{"id":1428,"date":"2007-11-15T21:39:07","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T21:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/2007\/11\/15\/nov-12-2007-ufo\/"},"modified":"2007-11-15T21:39:07","modified_gmt":"2007-11-15T21:39:07","slug":"nov-12-2007-ufo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/nov-12-2007-ufo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 12, 2007 UFO Press Conference – International Declaration, transcripts of NPC presentations, photographs & worldwide media coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

International Declaration, transcripts of NPC presentations, photographs & worldwide media coverage
\nhttp:\/\/www.freedomofinfo.org<\/wbr>\/national_press.htm<\/a><\/p>\n


Photo by Bernard Thouanel
<\/span><\/em>The 14 members of the panel with James Fox and Leslie Kean, after the press conference on Novermber 12th, 2007<\/p>\n

Read release on press conference here<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


Photo by Bernard Thouanel
<\/span><\/em>First meeting at the hotel, Sunday morning, Nov. 11th<\/p>\n


Photo by Bernard Thouanel
<\/span><\/em>UK pilot Ray Bowyer presents his statement at the National Press Club<\/p>\n


Photo by Bernard Thouanel
<\/span><\/em>The day after the event, Nov. 13th, in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n


Photo by Bernard Thouanel
<\/span><\/em>Leslie Kean with Iranian General and former Air Force pilot Parviz Jafari<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wilfried DE BROUWER, Major General, Ret. <\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
After
\nspending 20 years as a fighter pilot, he was appointed to the Strategic
\nPlanning Branch in NATO while a Colonel in 1983. He then became Wing
\nCommander of the Belgian Air Force Transport Wing and, in 1989, chief
\nof the Operations Division in the Air Staff. It was in this function
\nthat he was confronted with the Belgian UFO wave. Promoted to Major
\nGeneral in 1991, he became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Belgian Air
\nForce, in charge of Operations, Planning and Human Resources. General
\nDe Brouwer retired in 1995 and subsequently worked more than ten years
\nas consultant in the United Nations to improve the UN Logistics rapid
\nresponse capabilities during emergencies.
Dr. Claude POHER, engineer, astronomer and astrophysicist.<\/span><\/u><\/a> <\/strong>
Had
\na 33 year career in space research at CNES (Centre National d\u2019Etudes
\nSpatiales), the French equivilant of NASA and was awarded the National
\nOrder of Merit. In 1977, he created and directed, at CNES, the GEPAN
\n(Groupe d\u2019Etude des Ph\u00e9nom\u00e8nes A\u00e9rospatiaux Non identifi\u00e9s ; Group for
\nthe Study of Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena), the official French
\nagency dedicated to the investigation and analysis of UFO reports.
\n(Today, the agency is called GEIPAN.) He investigated numerous
\nwell-documented UFO cases while training investigators for GEPAN.
Jean-Charles DUBOC, Captain, Air France, Ret.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
While
\npiloting an Airbus A 320 over France in 1994, he observed a large
\nlens-shaped UFO at about 25 NM to the left of the plane, also seen by
\nthe copilot and one steward. It didn\u2019t move and then disappeared after
\none minute almost instantaneously. Duboc reported the sighting to Air
\nTraffic Control and Air Defense Operations (CODA); simultaneously CODA
\nrecorded an unidentified object on radar crossing the track of the
\nplane. The object seemed to disappear from the radar scope at the same
\ninstant as it did from the view of the crew. CODA investigations ruled
\nout a weather balloon or any other aircraft.
Dr. Jean-Claude RIBES, Astrophysicist. <\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
Radio
\nAstronomer, Paris Observatory and associate director of National
\nInstitute for Astronomy and Geophysics. Member, New York Academy of
\nSciences. Contributed to the COMETA report, 1999, and the new book
\n"Phenomenes spatiaux non identifies." As a long term consultant to
\nGEIPAN, he was asked by the Steering Committee to represent GEIPAN at
\nthis event.
Parviz JAFARI, General, Iranian Air Force, Ret.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
In
\n1976, as a major and squadron commander, he was ordered by the Air
\nForce Command to approach, in his Phantom F-4 jet, a large UFO observed
\nover Tehran. During a wild cat and mouse chase, he attempted to launch
\na Sidewinder missile at the brilliant object but at that instant his
\nfire control consul became inoperable. The UFO exhibited an
\nextraordinary degree of maneuverability. Other electromagnetic effects
\nwere reported. The object was pursued by a second pilot, recorded on
\nradar and witnessed by a General and experienced air navigation crews.
\nA US Government officer interviewed Jafari in Tehran and the incident
\nwas described in a detailed US Defense Intelligence Agency document,
\nreleased through the Freedom of Information Act. The DIA assessment
\nsaid \u201cThis case is a classic that meets all the necessary conditions
\nfor a legitimate study of the UFO phenomenon.\u201d Later, as a General,
\nJafari became the coordinating officer between the Iranian Army, Navy
\nand Air Force. He retired in 1989.
Rodrigo Bravo GARRIDO, Captain and Pilot for the Aviation Army of Chile.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
In
\n2000, he was assigned to conduct an internal study titled "Introduction
\nto Anomalous Aerial Phenomenon and their considerations for aerospace
\nsecurity" involving previous case reports military planes encounters
\nwith UAP. For the last several years he has continued this research on
\nrecent and current cases affecting aviation safety in cooperation with
\nthe Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (CEFAA), a
\nbranch of the General Administration of Civil Aeronautics, Chile’s FAA.
Comandante Oscar Alfonso SANTA MARIA HUERTAS<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
Commander
\nwith the Peruvian Air Force (FAP), Ret. Specialization as an Air Force
\nfighter jet pilot. In 1980, while a FAP Lieutenant, he encountered a
\nUFO while flying his SU-22 "SUKOI" jet over the La Joya Military Base.
\nHe fired at the object, strafing it with sixty-four 30mm rounds, but
\nthe UFO remained unaffected. A US Department of Defense document for
\nthe CIA and the NSA, titled \u201cUFO Sighted in Peru,\u201d describes the
\nincident. \u201cThe Peruvian Air Force tried to intercept and destroy the
\nUFO, but without success," it states, adding that the vehicle\u2019s origin
\nremains unknown. CMDT Santa Maris is currently a Flight Safety and
\nAccident Prevention Consultant for the airline industry.
Dr. Anthony CHOY<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
Lawyer
\nand founding member in 2001 of the Air Anomalous Phenomenon
\nInvestigation Office (OIFAA), of the Peruvian Air Force, with a Masters
\nfrom the Peruvian Air Force in High Management in Defense and Aerospace
\nDevelopment. He conducted a three year investigation on a sequence of
\nsightings and landings of a UFO on behalf of the OIFAA in 2002, which
\nwere recorded on video. In 2003, this case became the first official
\nUFO investigation in Per\u00fa to be disclosed by the Air Force.
Ray BOWYER, Captain, Aurigny Airlines.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
In
\nApril 2007 he observed a UFO estimated as being up to a mile long,
\nvisible from about 50 miles away, in the vicinity of the Channel
\nIslands. Some of his passengers saw the object, as did at least one
\nother pilot in the area. An anomalous radar return was detected and the
\nincident was reported by the BBC.
Nick POPE, official for the UK’s Ministry of Defence from 1985 to 2006. <\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
From
\n1991 to 1994, he was the desk officer responsible for investigating
\nofficially documented UFO sightings to determine whether they involved
\nany potential threat to the UK. As a result of his thorough study of
\nsome incidents involving the police and military during his watch, he
\nand some colleagues became privately convinced that there were
\nimportant defense, national security and flight safety issues involved
\nwith the unexplained phenomenon.
Jim PENNISTON, TSgt USAF Ret. <\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
Also
\nstationed at RAF Bentwaters, he witnessed a landed UFO with two
\nmilitary patrolman in nearby Rendlesham Forest. He conducted a 45
\nminute ground investigation and filed an official report. He has the
\noriginal log book with drawings including details of symbols on the
\ncraft; radiation records; and plaster casts of landing gear imprints.
\nHe is the only person out the three witnesses that actually touched the
\nUFO.
Charles HALT, Col. USAF Ret.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
Deputy
\nBase Commander of RAF Bentwaters, former US Air Force facility in the
\nUK. He witnessed multiple UFOs at close range with six other military
\npersonnel in December, 1980, and documented this event on a pocket tape
\nrecorder. He also saw a UFO shooting beams into sensitive weapons
\nstorage areas at the base. He wrote an official memorandum for the
\nMinistry of Defence (MOD) describing a UFO maneuvering through the
\nforest and ascending, which was released through the US Freedom of
\nInformation Act.
John CALLAHAN, Ret.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/strong>
Division
\nChief of the Accidents and Investigations Branch of the FAA in
\nWashington DC, for 6 years during the 1980\u2019s. He investigated an
\nincident in which a 1986 Japanese Airlines 747 flight was followed by
\nan unidentified object for 31 minutes over Alaska. The UFO also trailed
\na United Airlines flight until the flight landed. Data includes visual
\nconfirmation, air-based and ground-based radar confirmation, videotape
\nradar evidence, air traffic voice communications and official reports.
Fife SYMINGTON<\/span><\/u><\/a> <\/strong>
Two
\nterm Governor of Arizona in the nineties; cousin of the late Missouri
\nSenator Stuart Symington; former Captain, USAF. While Governor, he
\nwitnessed to a massive craft up to a mile across over Arizona in 1997,
\nalso seen by hundreds of citizens. Although he attempted to investigate
\nat the time, he also publicly spoofed the sighting so as not to add to
\nthe public hysteria, while keeping his own observation secret. He first
\nrevealed his sighting last March, and states that the craft is of
\nunknown origin and the incident remains unsolved. <\/p>\n

International Declaration to the U.S. Government
Requesting the re-opening of the U.S. Government’s investigation
into UFOs<\/p>\n

Read the declaration here <\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For links to the extensive, worldwide media coverage on the press
conference, go to
http:\/\/www.ufomediawatch.com\/<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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