From: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley)
Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
Subject: Re: A letter to Clinton/Gore
Date: 18 Nov 92 22:14:43 GMT
Reply-To: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au

In <1992Nov18.074528.14279@netcom.com> jeffp@netcom.com (Jeff) writes:

>Below is a letter I have written to President elect, and Vice President
>Clinton/Gore regarding UFO secrecy. I would appreciate any constructive
>comments...

In outline, not bad, but it is still a little too "lunatic sounding".  If I
was Clinton/Gore's secretary sorting through the morning mail, I'd put this
one into the "Mad Conspiracy Theorist" bin.  This bin probably gets lots of
mail, so you want to make yours different from the others so that it will be
given a second look.

This is no reflection on you Jeff - it just needs to be made more professional
and less fringe-element sounding.

>Anybody figure out how to reach H. Winkler yet?

No idea.

>Dear Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore,

>This is not a letter of congratulations on your win of the

Bad start.  Congratulate them and then say something like "I wish to take up
another matter ..."  You want to avoid negatives wherever possible.  You're
dealing with people in suits here - people who don't like to see negatives,
especially when you are flattering them. :)  Even if you didn't vote for them,
still congratulate them.

>The reason I am writing to you is to inform you that as a regular
>member of UFO discussion groups on USENET and other electronic
>media, there is growing awareness that the US government has
>systematically hidden the truth of regular UFO radar sightings at
>military installations, UFO crashes and recoveries, and possibly
>even extraterrestrial (ET) visitation, communication, and
>agreements made with races from beyond our planet.

OK.

>I will not define or argue these charges, since they are well
>documented in books such as Timothy Good's "Above Top Secret",
>Michael Lindemann's "UFO's; Six Viewpoints" and William Hamilton's
>"Cosmic Top Secret" as well as dozens of other literary works of a
>similar nature.

"Of a similar nature".  Not my first choice of a phrase.  Some people would
consider all lunatics to be "of a similar nature", and hence, Good et al, as
well.  But pointing him to published books is good.  Replace "of a similar
nature" with "in the field", or something similar.

>What I do call for you to do during your administration is wipe
>clean the veil of UFO secrecy that has existed in this country
>since 1945, and declassify all information relating to UFO
>sightings, ET visitation and contact, and any communication or
>agreements made with such beings.

OK.

>The American people have a right to know the truth regarding their
>place in the galaxy; and the government, being "of, for, and by the
>people" has an obligation to US citizens to make the truth known,
>and stop hiding it behind the false curtain called "National
>Security".

Good.

>If you truly believe that the American people deserve an honest
>government, then the "Secret Government", the lie that UFO's do not
>exist, the truth about US government involvement in drug dealing,
>money laundering, black projects intended for defense against alien
>races or space/world domination; all must be brought out into the
>open and laid bare before the people, so that we can take our
>country back from the CIA, the NSA, and the other agencies that
>would usurp our constitutional rights.

I think this paragraph is a big mistake.  It may be true, but going for the
throat in an initial letter to the President is a bit premature I feel.
Always remember that you have to get through layers of suits before anyone
even remotely in a position to chew the President's ear will see it.  Going
on about the "Secret Government" will send the wrong signals IMHO.  Get him
interested and doing something about it and then throw the rest in his face.
By all means put books on your book list that talk about this aspect.  Books
(by well-respected UFO researchers) help your case - unsupported claims do not.

Once the Congressional enquiries, or whatever, start, they'll be hard to stop,
and the various three-letter agencies will be running scared (hopefully), but
you don't want to kill your chances of getting the equiries started.

>I was very glad to hear of your recent meetings with Mr. Bill
>Moyers, and I do believe this is a great statement on your part
>that you intend to help the american people and create and honest
>government. I call upon you to rid us of the Secret Government, to
>tear-down the wall of deciet that has separated the people from the
>truth for so many decades, and make the US a truly
>democratic society, and the world, a better place to live.

Not "rid us of the Secret Government", but "rid us of the secrecy".  Same
thing, but likely to get through more "lunatic filters". :)

>We will be watching, waiting, and hoping, that you will live up to
>the greatness that is within you, and protect liberty and
>happiness for us all.

"Greatness that is within you".  Hmmm ... flattering him with newage stuff.
Not exactly my choice either.  Then again, I'm not an American, so I don't
know what the latest in pandering to the overblown American ego is. :)

This is all IMHO of course.  I'm glad to see that someone is taking the
initiative on USENET, but I don't want us to get shot down by an initial
letter, and then be ignored forever after that.  Initial impressions are
always important, especially when dealing with people that can ignore you
if you don't fit into one of their neat little boxes.

One more thing: add your e-mail address and mention alt.alien.visitors.  Maybe
we'll get lucky and someone will be assigned to keep an eye on USENET and
give us feedback on what the new adminstration is doing.  They are already
reportedly on the net.  Now if only a.a.v didn't have such a fringe-element
sounding name ... :-)

Cheers,

Rhys.
--
Rhys Weatherley, University of Queensland, Australia.
rhys@cs.uq.oz.au  "I'm a FAQ nut - what's your problem?"
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