Dr. Michael Salla: French
Expert Publicly Emerges to Confirm Secret United Nations Meeting on
UFO’s
A French aviation expert has come forward to reveal his participation
in a secret meeting held at the United Nations New York headquarters
that discussed the UFO phenomenon from February 12-14. Gilles Lorant
is an attaché to the Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS- National Center for
Scientific Research) which is a government-funded research organization,
under the administrative authority of France’s Ministry of Research.
He is also a member Institute
of Advanced Studies for National Defense (IHEDN – the French Organization
that produced the 1999 COMETA Report). Both CNRS and IHEDN are prestigious
scientific organizations in France, and Lorant was invited to attend
the UN meetings in a professional capacity. A
report released by a French UFO organization (Federation of European
Airplane ), of which Lorant is an executive member, contained a summary
of the UN meeting where he describes what happened at the meeting.
Lorant revealed that a series of UN meetings were held over a three
day period. In the meetings there was discussion of a confidential report,
prepared by the U.S. Air Force and a branch of the National Guard, concerning
the societal impact of UFO sightings. The initial meeting was held on
February 12 and, according to Lorant’s report, led to a request by three
U.S. Senators for further discussions. Additional meetings were held
immediately after on February 13 and 14. The implication is that three
U.S. Senators attended the secret UN meetings. The meetings were very
concerned about social upheaval from continued UFO sightings and the
testimonies of individuals claiming to have first hand knowledge about
UFO’s, extraterrestrial life, and future global events. It was reported
that adverse public reactions to UFO sightings could have a dramatic
economic impact that could lead to recessions in some countries.
The emphasis on possible societal upheaval due to growing UFO sightings
was reminiscent of recommendations of the 1953
Robertson Panel, convened by the CIA, which identified adverse public
reactions as a major security threat that could be exploited by foreign
enemies. The UN discussions appeared to match concerns identified in
both the 1953 Robertson Panel and the 1961
Brookings Report to the U.S. Congress, over ramifications of UFO
reports and the eventual discovery of extraterrestrial life.
2009 was raised as the year when an important change in official attitudes
concerning the UFO phenomenon could be made. This suggested that the
official debunking policy underway since the 1953 Robertson Panel would
be abandoned and more serious study of the UFO phenomenon would occur.
This indicated an important policy shift where the study of UFO’s would
be officially encouraged. However, certain global conditions would have
to be met for the official opening. Most important appeared to be social
stability in G-8 countries and the maintenance of liberal democratic
systems in developing nations. Lorant also suggested that an official
opening in attitudes would only occur if UFO sightings continued to
occur at present levels.
Lorant’s testimony provides independent corroboration for an anonymous
source who first came forward on February 12 to reveal to two New York
researchers (Clay and Shawn Pickering) that the UN meeting had taken
place. The source’s testimony was revealed in two articles published
by this author on February
13 and 20
, and a follow up article
by Robert Morningstar on Feb 25. Lorant’s testimony gives more detailed
information of what happened at the meeting, and is consistent with
statements from the original source of the UN meeting concerning approximately
40 participants, multiple issues being discussed as well as the UFO
phenomenon, and public reactions to increased UFO sightings. Most importantly,
Lorant provides insight into reasons for a significant change in official
public policy towards the UFO phenomenon.
The reported results of the UN meetings indicate agreement was reached
for an international strategy to more seriously study the UFO phenomenon
in a manner that maintains present levels of social stability. This
raises the possibility that those presenting information on UFOs/extraterrestrial
life deemed to threaten national stability or financial systems, would
receive special attention by national security agencies. The meetings
results suggest that an official change in government policy from ‘debunking’
to ‘openness’ concerning UFO’s would lead to official approval to narrowly
define study of the UFO phenomenon. However, those claiming to have
first hand experience of extraterrestrial life would be targeted as
charlatans. The UN meeting thereby suggested continuation of policies
aimed at exploiting divisions in the UFO community between researchers
advocating a strictly scientific study of the UFO phenomenon, and those
wishing to discuss testimonies/documentation concerning extraterrestrial
life visiting Earth. An article exposing "Galactic COINTELPRO"
is available here.
Lorant’s testimony finally suggests that governments are being driven
to more open approach to the UFO phenomenon due to the recent increase
sightings that are projected to continue well into 2009. What follows
is a summary report of the UN meetings based on Lorant’s testimony that
appears in a newsletter of the FEA and is available in the original
French.
Michael
E. Salla, Ph.D
Kona, Hawaii
03/01/08
www.Exopolitics.Org
[Acknowledgements] I thank Didier de Plaige for his kind assistance
in helping confirm background information about Gilles Lorant, and for
first revealing on his blogsite
details about Lorant who at the time requested anonymity through
a mutual acquaintance of de Plaige. I also thank Jean-Luc Bozzoli, Victor
Viggiani and others for their assistance in translating the original
French document.
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Newsletter No. 4 of the F.E.A, 25.02.2008
Posted by Jean-Jacques Yvars …
Dear Friends,
…
For strictly professional reasons and by coincidence, an active member
of the FEA was invited to the UN in New York in the week starting February
11, 2008. This person took part in the development of discussions on
the subject of UFOs, after the meeting of February 12. These discussions
at the United Nations, brought forth further deliberations during three
conferences held behind closed doors on 13 and 14 February, to which
our member had the honor and pleasure to attend.
Here is a summary of the minutes that Mr. Gilles Lorant, invited to
the meetings, kindly shared with us about what was said at the United
Nations in New York:
On 12 February, the U.S. Air Force and the National Guard would actually
presented a report on the subject of UFOs and the impact of sightings
on many communities in the United States. Since this report was considered
important for industrialized countries, representatives from several
countries were invited to attend. Then, at the request of three United
States Senators, a series of three meetings took place in the [two]
following days, in the presence of forty representatives from twenty-eight
member countries, including the Vatican (two countries did not send
representatives). On both days, the subject of UFO’s was discussed,
for no more than an hour and a half, as one of the causes of social
upheaval of a country, due to the high probability of economic recession
resulting from the speeches of ‘contactees’, charlatans, religious [figures],
some scientists and prophecies. Sightings of UFOs increase sharply the
risk of social unrest threatening the political systems of several emerging
democracies.
According to Mr. Gilles Lorant, what was discussed was an opening in
official attitudes when publicly considering, in future, how to treat
the UFO phenomenon. An official opening to be held under two conditions:
1) Until the end of 2009, that social peace in the G8 countries is
guaranteed around the liberal democratic model (US version)
2) That by the end of 2009, the annoying manifestations of our "neighbors"
continue to exist throughout the world.
Furthermore, also discussed was what position to adopt in case a non-aligned
country decided to get ahead of the countries present at this meeting
with the "officialization" of the subject. The atmosphere
was rather serious, according to Mr. Lorant, the participants were,
in fact, cognizant of the presence of "our neighbors" in our
environment.
Conclusion:
The suggestion agreed upon at the United Nations by the representatives
of the 28 nations, in the course of these exchanges, is of paramount
importance for public recognition of the topic. The official treatment
of information relating to UFOs could be a turning point at the international
level, if the circumstances remain favorable. The coming years could
show a surprising evolution (development) of communications on the subject
on the part of governments.
[Note: Original French Version available online
at F.E.A. website and has also been archived here]
[Update,
March 02, 2008- The above English translation was slightly modified
to better clarify key passages after further consultation. The see the
original English translation, click
here. ]
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