The petition for UFO disclosure goes international

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Source: OpenMinds.TV - 9/11/12

Several petitions submitted to the White House’s We the People website during the past year asked for information to be released about UFOs and extraterrestrials. And, although only one of his petitions has successfully reached the required number of signatures to earn an official response, Steve Bassett of the Paradigm Research Group just launched his fifth petition on the website. This latest attempt asks for the Obama administration to re-investigate the alleged crash of an extraterrestrial craft near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.

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But it appears that petitions like these aren’t unique to the United States. Simon Sharman, a filmmaker and broadcaster in the UK, has lodged a petition with the UK government requesting parliamentary debate on UFO disclosure in Britain. The wording of this petition is similar to previous We the People petitions in the U.S. It reads: “We, the undersigned, ask the British government to share with its citizens the full truth that it knows about UFOs and any visitations to Earth by beings or probes not from this planet.” The first petition submitted to We the People by Bassett asked the president to “formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.”

Phil Larson, who works on space policy and communications at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, responded to Bassett’s petition in November 2011 with the following statement:

The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race. In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public’s eye.

Sharman’s petition is the only one of its kind in the UK, and he is going to actively attempt to engage the British population on the UFO subject by touring towns and cities all over the country during the next year, giving presentations on the subject, free of charge.

U.S. petitions submitted to We the People require 25,000 signatures in one month to merit an official response from the White House. Sharman’s petition to the UK government has a longer time frame, but within the one-year period, 100,000 signatures must be achieved for the issue to be considered for debate in the House of Commons.

The benefit of these petitions is debatable. Some truly believe petitions like these will incite meaningful change, and will result in the disclosure of secret information from governments. Others, however, think it highly unlikely that governments will openly admit a history of public deception, petitions or not.

What do you think about the efforts of those submitting petitions like the ones mentioned in this article? Is there any chance they will be productive, or are they a waste of time? Share your comments with us below, or on the Open Minds facebook page.

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I would like to think yes

4dangelo3's picture

I just got off the streets getting a patitions signed ,I got over 1100 in the hot sun all day to get Jill Reed on the ballet in MS.For our new President of the USA.We needed 1000 for the state of Ms.only 280 signature where aproved,all I needed was380 to go with the other 620,I was very upset becouse I knew most of the people on the patitions.The helpfull ladys at the courthouse that said that they knew them to,  decided that they could not understand most of the signature,or ther addresses did not mach ther voter regastation card .trying to deal with this currupt goverment is like trying to pull a rotten tooth out of your own mouth .Jill Reed is bringing peace to the USA with the PrimeLaw.See it at TVP.org.The thing that did happend was the word got out,everyday people say" how is it going with that".and I say"good".We have to remember that our family of light does not agree on every thing all the time eather.they just dont kill each other when they have a misunderstanding.so we are in this together.We have to think together.So do what you think it takes to find peace in your mind first.and all we have to do is think the same thing together and it will happen.thats what I beleave so for .

as JFK said the very idea of

Legalize Freedom's picture

as JFK said the very idea of secrecy is repungant in a free society

lies hurt everyone

Why petition?

Chetan's picture

 When galactics have been given full power (as clearly depicted by various messages) to interfere with the proceedings of our planet, why do they require signing petitions and all such things to make things happen or for a disclosure etc.?