From: UFO UpDates - Toronto <post.nul>
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:40:22 -0500
Archived: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:40:22 -0500
Subject: Ike Librarian Denies Any Film Footage




Source: Larry W. Bryant's Blog

http://ufoview.posterous.com/item-224-ike-librarian-denies

February 27, 2009


Item 2.24: Ike Librarian Denies Possessing Any Film Footage of
Eisenhower's Viewing of UFO-E.T. Artifacts

[LWB note: In a near-historically timely response to my 19 Feb
09 FOIA request (posted as Item 2.20 of this blog -
 http://ufoview.posterous.com ), a staffer at the Dwight D.
Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan., has sent me a
snail-mail reply dated Feb. 20, 2009. Though he - Tim Rives -
 apparently has done no actual records search for the alleged
UFO-E.T. film footage in question, he nevertheless declares that
the library contains no such material. I'm quoting his reply,
below. Meantime, his denial raises some key points, e.g.:

(1) Either he's been misinformed or is lying about the
whereabouts of the film's original negative, or he's keeping the
door open on whether the (inherited) copy now in the hands of a
fellow named "Bob" may indeed be the original version.

(2) Here's a professional librarian we'd expect to have some
excitement over a citizen's possible discovery of a monumental
slice of presidential history, and he refrains from even
suggesting how his institution (or some other one) might
facilitate the forensic vetting of that specimen.

(3) How many times during his librarianship has Rives
encountered such a claimed discovery only to end up so jaded as
to greet with an arbitrary shoulder-shrug any public inquiry
about it? His reaction to the claim has all the irony of the
ending of the movie "Raiders of the Lost Arc," whereby the
original negative of the Ike UFO-E.T. film reposes on some
obscure, dusty basement shelf amidst dozens of canisters
labeled, say, "Army Recruitment Training Films of the 1950s
Era."]


Text Of Mr. Rives's 20 Feb 09 Letter To L.W.B.:

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Dear Mr. Bryant:

This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act
request, which we received in this office on February 20, 2009.

I am sorry, but we do not hold motion pictures, still
photographs, or records of any kind documenting President
Eisenhower's alleged inspection of alien bodies or UFOs.

You also inquired whether we would accept such a record should
it be offered to us. The short answer is yes, provided it
conforms to the criteria outlined in our acquisitions policy
below:

Historical materials sought will be those documenting the
private and public lives of General and President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, as well as the historical events and governmental
policies which shaped the mid-Twentieth Century and on which he
exercised considerable influence.

* Materials must have substantial historical value.

* The creator, either individual or corporate, must have had a
direct - or if indirect, significant - relationship with, or
impact on, the life and/or political and governmental activities
of General and President Eisenhower, or the larger social,
cultural, political, and economic environments that shaped
Eisenhower's private life and public service. Papers and
associated historical materials will be solicited from:

** The President and the President's family.

** Close personal friends of the President and Mrs. Eisenhower.

** White House staff holding political and policy positions as
well as White House career administrative staff whose functions
included significant, regular contact with the First Family.

** Executive Office of the President officials who held
political and policy-related positions.

** Executive Department Secretaries, Under-, Assistant-, and
Deputy-Secretaries. The papers of non-political (career)
officials who held solely operational and administrative
responsibilities will be solicited only in special
circumstances.

** Historical materials of or relating to governmental or
nongovernmental organizations with which Dwight D. Eisenhower
was associated.

** Collectors of historical memorabilia, particularly those
holding presidential and political items relevant to the
Museum's exhibit programming.

Again, we would welcome the donation of any substantial
historical material fitting the criteria defined as above.
Please note, however, that as a federal agency we are prohibited
by law from buying material. It must be given to us.

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.


Sincerely,

Tim Rives
Supervisory & Solicitation Archivist
Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum

-----


[Thanks to 'The Norm' for the lead]




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