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<\/a>\n<\/p>\nSeptember 11, 2005 – 17:11<\/p>\n
Former Canadian cabinet minister Paul Hellyer<\/a> takes up the cause of believers in UFOs<\/p>\n JOHN WARD<\/p>\n OTTAWA (CP) – Paul Hellyer, onetime cabinet minister and a political Hellyer is to be a featured speaker at a UFO conference in Toronto Skeptics are, well, skeptical.<\/p>\n The 82-year-old Hellyer says he believes not only that UFOs are He says he believes American scientists have re-engineered alien "I believe that UFOs are real," he said in a recent interview. "I’ll Hellyer was once a political star. He was first elected to the He went on to become a cabinet minister, ran for the Liberal He says his conviction that UFOs are real arose from reading in "I’ve been a skeptic for quite a while but I’ve been exposed to more Organizers of the MUFON conference – the name is an acronym for the The conference is billed as "Canada’s first major UFO symposium "Mr. Hellyer’s involvement will increase the impact of the symposium," says a conference news release.<\/p>\n Victor Viggiani, a retired educator who is an organizer of the event, calls him a featured speaker.<\/p>\n "We’re depending on him to be a real focal point," Viggiani said. He says Hellyer has a simple point to make: "Let’s start telling the Does Hellyer feel he’s being used?<\/p>\n "I think they are trying to make the most of my appearance."<\/p>\n His participation is exasperating for David Gower, a spokesman for "This sort of thing is a big feather in their cap, to come across "There’s no convincing evidence that can be anything other than He said UFO enthusiasts have a quasi-religious fervour that often makes them impervious to doubt.<\/p>\n "There is a deep-seated need, a desire in people, to feel that Trying to wean people away from UFO beliefs is like "nailing Jello to the wall," he said.<\/p>\n Viggiani says UFOs could be a boon for mankind. He says they have This is where the conspiracy theory takes off for him.<\/p>\n "For some strange reasons, our governments can’t come forward to "They are just not prepared to handle this."<\/p>\n Hellyer, too, thinks there are important secrets to be learned.<\/p>\n "I think, frankly, that the subject should be taken seriously, While some believers think western governments have actually negotiated with extraterrestrials, Hellyer doesn’t go that far.<\/p>\n "To my knowledge, it’s just visitations," he says.<\/p>\n Although his participation in the conference is likely to draw "It wouldn’t be the first time, would it?"<\/p>\n
\nchameleon who went through Liberal and Tory colours before founding two
\npolitical parties of his own, has a new cause – UFOs.<\/p>\n
\nlater this month and organizers are making much of his credentials as a
\nformer defence minister in the Pearson administration 40 years ago.<\/p>\n
\nextraterrestrial visitors, but that some governments – the United
\nStates at least – know all about it and are covering up.<\/p>\n
\nwreckage from a supposed UFO crash at Roswell, N.M. in 1947 to produce
\nmodern technical marvels.<\/p>\n
\ntalk about that a little bit and a bit about the fantastic coverup of
\nthe United States government and also a little bit of the fallout from
\nthe wreckage, by that I mean the material discoveries we have made and
\nhow they’ve been applied to our technology."<\/p>\n
\nCommons in 1949 at the age of 25, at that time the youngest person ever
\nto win a seat.<\/p>\n
\nleadership against Pierre Trudeau, switched parties to the
\nConservatives and ran for that party’s leadership, too. He eventually
\nfounded two other political parties, Action Canada in 1971 and the
\nCanadian Action party in 1997.<\/p>\n
\nrecent years, not from anything gleaned from secret archives during his
\ntime in office.<\/p>\n
\nand more information recently and have just decided to take a stand,"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
\nMutual UFO Network – see Hellyer’s participation as giving legitimacy
\nto the cause.<\/p>\n
\ncalling for complete government disclosure concerning the reality of
\nUFOs and the extraterrestrial presence on Earth."<\/p>\n
\n"We’re using his sort of experiences to demonstrate that national
\npolitical figures can come out and talk about this."<\/p>\n
\ntruth about what we all know is really happening in the skies and
\njournalists start paying attention, that’s basically going to be his
\nmessage."<\/p>\n
\nSkeptics Canada, a group dedicated to rational thinking and to
\ndebunking paranormal claims.<\/p>\n
\npeople like him," says Gower, who is dismissive of the whole UFO
\nmystique.<\/p>\n
\npersonal anecdotes or allegations that can’t be proven," he said.<\/p>\n
\nthere’s something in control somewhere, bigger than they are, something
\nthat can give some kinds of answers."<\/p>\n
\ntechnology that could solve the world’s energy problems "in one fell
\nswoop."<\/p>\n
\ntalk to us about what these energy sources are," he says. "Because oil
\nis just about $70 a barrel and that would undercut a lot of the power
\nstructure, the World Bank . . . the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n
\nbecause there are consequences that have real effects or could have
\nreal effects on the people of the world and I think there should be
\ndiscussion of it."<\/p>\n
\nridicule, Hellyer said he’s used to that after his roller-coaster
\npolitical life.<\/p>\n