A Canadian ex-defense minister, who claims he saw a UFO in 2005, wants the world’s governments to disclose secret alien technologies (presumed to have been obtained from captured UFOs at Roswell and the like), to prevent global warming:
Paul Hellyer, 83, is calling for a public disclosure of alien technology obtained during alleged UFO crashes -- such as the mysterious 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico -- because he believes alien species can provide humanity with a viable alternative to fossil fuels.
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"Climate change is the No. 1 problem facing the world today," he said. "I'm not discouraging anyone from being green conscious, but I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet."
I’m sure the aliens could provide the advanced technology we need to eliminate the need for fossil fuels. Just as soon as they’ve finished their experiments abducting hillbillies, mutilating cattle and scaring people at Chicago Airport. Expect them any day now.
(Thanks to reader Tyler for the link.)
Warning: cattle mutilations ahead!
A few days ago I found a used book Aliens in the Sky: The Scientific Rebuttal to the Condon Committee Report edited by John G. Fuller (written in 1969). Scientific should of course be read as "woo".
I think I need to read and review it. Could be interesting to see how many of the arguments are still recycled today.
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | March 02, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Hellyer has been going steadily, publicly nuts for about 20 years now. He started out with the Trudeau government, but since then, he's jumped from party to party on down into the fringes of politics, with tiny little parties that don't register in the polls at all. His other political projects have included Quixotic attempts to merge various larger parties, and some pretty odd policial/monetary schemes that sort of sound like warmed over Social Credit stuff.
Nobody in Canada has taken him seriously since the 1980s, at least.
Posted by: Matthew | March 04, 2007 at 06:25 PM
Hilarious! We all must be desperate if we're going to La Chupacabra for policy advice.
Posted by: | March 13, 2007 at 02:45 PM
When Paul Hellyer was the Canadian Minister of National Defence in the 1960s, he championed the "unification" of the Canadian Forces. That is, instead of separate Army, Navy and Air Force pay systems, supply systems, medical systems, etc, just have one. He went too far when the military ended up in the same bland, green uniform, but much of his integration of systems and policies resulted in efficiencies and was ahead of his time. Back then, he was a bold iconoclast. Years later, as a curriculum planner for a military college, I invited Hellyer to speak to a senior course about his thoughts and experience concerning his unification policy. His speech was disappointingly banal, but then he finished with a 10-minute riff on the conspiracy of a secret, one-world government. It was uncomfortable to say the least. Needless to say, he was not invited back. Sad.
Posted by: Ex-drone | March 23, 2007 at 05:33 AM
I thought this would interest you Skep.
I can only imagine the woo response.
Posted by: Rockstar Ryan | March 23, 2007 at 08:51 AM
If we are being visited by races from other worlds perhaps there is more that just one type of alien visiting us?
Perhaps, like humans, there are heartless aliens possessing high technology and also other extraterrestrials with high technology but with a sense of compassion?
Whether alien or an apparent "human" from South Dakota, I would prefer to meet the compassionate kind!
Posted by: Todd Goninon | March 24, 2007 at 08:49 PM