From: Gerald O'Connell <gac.nul>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:20:55 +0100
Archived: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:21:54 -0400
Subject: Re: Astronaut's Admission Sparks UFO Sightings


>From: Ray Dickenson <r.dickenson.nul>
>To: <ufoupdates.nul>
>Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:11:30 +0100
>Subject: Re: Astronaut's Admission Sparks UFO Sightings

><snip>

>The man and woman in the street don't realize how much 'power to
>punish' some agencies have - and are intent on using. In fact a
>List member once asked if he should give much credence to a
>'come-on' from a promised informant who said he was an officer in
>a security agency - military I think - and I had to tell him that,
>with loss of pension, damage/death of family members and worse
>all waiting for any real 'informer', you just don't get genuine
>stuff from those sources, unless the guy is psychotic/suicidal.

...or is a lottery winner, or who married an heiress so the
financial penalties don't bite, and who can afford to have a
public profile too high for other sanctions to be safe.

So, Ray, what do you think the real odds are on the authorities'
run of luck continuing on this one?


 -- Gerald O'Connell




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