| Shirley MacLaine had some things to say about | | | | Eisenhower was introduced to the press. The |
| Dennis Kucinich and UFOs in her new book, | | | | man seemed embarrassed and nervous. Years |
| Sage-ing While Age-ing. According to Ms | | | | later his widow was unable to provide any |
| MacLaine, Dennis Kucinich had a UFO sighting | | | | particulars about the president's visit to |
| while he was visiting her home in Graham, | | | | the dentist's office that was located in |
| Washington, about fifteen years ago. She | | | | their home. Instead, a number of stories have |
| writes, "And then the smell of roses drew him | | | | surfaced about a late night trip that |
| out to my balcony, where he looked up. He saw | | | | President Eisenhower made to Edwards Air |
| a gigantic, triangular craft, silent and | | | | Force Base. |
| observing him. He said it hovered, soundless, | | | | |
| for ten minutes or so and sped away with a | | | | Eisenhower's alleged visit to Edwards has |
| speed he couldn't comprehend." Kucinich was | | | | always been a point of conspiratorial |
| later asked if he really did see a UFO by Tim | | | | contention. Some say it had to do with an |
| Russert of NBC News during a debate involving | | | | invitation to view some new super weapon or |
| the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate | | | | secret military aircraft. Others claim that |
| hopefuls and replied, "I did...you have to | | | | Eisenhower actually met and signed agreements |
| keep in mind that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO." | | | | with some type of Aliens. Personally, I |
| I'm guessing that the Congressman felt a need | | | | believe he was shown what remained of a |
| to play the Carter card to add credibility to | | | | crashed UFO and its occupants from any one of |
| his answer. | | | | several crashes that may have taken place in |
| | | | the Southwest USA during the late 1940s or |
| There are a number of important politicians | | | | early 1950s. |
| and celebrities connected to the UFO subject | | | | |
| in one way or another. Former U.S. Presidents | | | | President Harry Truman has become an |
| Reagan and Carter have openly talked about | | | | enigmatic figure within UFO research thanks |
| experiencing UFO sightings, while President | | | | to a series of documents that tell the tale |
| John F. Kennedy had a close encounter that | | | | of a quickly-formed scientific advisory |
| was a little too close for comfort. Carter | | | | committee known as Majestic Twelve. The |
| saw a classic nocturnal light while standing | | | | committee was ordered into existence by |
| around waiting for a meeting to begin with | | | | Truman in 1947 and consisted of twelve people |
| ten members of the Lion's Club of Leary, | | | | which included prominent scientists, members |
| Georgia in October of 1969. The object | | | | of the military and elected officials. |
| appeared to change color and shape during the | | | | Originally created to study all available |
| roughly ten to twelve minutes they watched | | | | evidence that UFOs might be extraterrestrial |
| it. | | | | crafts and offer advice to the President, the |
| | | | group may have evolved into a government |
| During the 1976 Presidential Campaign, Jimmy | | | | within a government to deal with UFOs and |
| Carter talked about his sighting and promised | | | | Aliens in a manner that was completely |
| to reveal anything he could find out about | | | | separate from other U.S. Government |
| UFOs if elected. Although a former Navy | | | | departments or agencies. |
| Officer, he was considered a dove by members | | | | |
| of the military hierarchy. They didn't trust | | | | John Lennon's UFO experiences are among the |
| him and believed Carter was trying to starve | | | | most popular and controversial celebrity UFO |
| them down into smaller and less influential | | | | events ever discussed and all are said to |
| departments through funding cuts. It's | | | | have occurred in New York City. Most people |
| assumed that he was never told anything of | | | | have heard about the August, 1974 sighting, |
| substance about UFOs by military insiders. | | | | so I will relate that story first. It began |
| | | | with the return of Lennon and May Pang from a |
| While many historians choose to paint Carter | | | | long day at the Record Plant East where |
| as having a cozy relationship with | | | | Lennon was working on tracks for his upcoming |
| intelligence gathering agencies because of | | | | Walls and Bridges album. The two were staying |
| his less threatening assessment of the Soviet | | | | at his 52nd Street Apartment which had a |
| Union's military abilities that agreed with | | | | commanding view of the East River and the |
| some of theirs, this doesn't mix well with | | | | sky. |
| the facts. During his first briefing by then | | | | |
| CIA Director George H.W. Bush, President | | | | Sometime after 8:30pm, May was taking a |
| Elect Carter asked to see documents related | | | | shower while Lennon went up to the roof. |
| to UFOs. Bush told him that any documents | | | | After a few minutes, he began yelling for her |
| which might exist about such things were | | | | to come up there. May rushed to the roof and |
| classified above his immediate need to know. | | | | found John pointing to what looked like a |
| If he wanted to see any, he would have to ask | | | | classic disc-shaped UFO that was silently |
| the appropriate congressional committee to | | | | hovering about 100 feet from them. The object |
| declassify them. As president, Carter sought | | | | seemed to change shape as it rotated and |
| to dismantle the CIA superstructure into | | | | moved slowly towards the United Nations |
| smaller agencies, but failed. | | | | Building and out over the East River. Before |
| | | | it moved away, May ran and retrieved a 35mm |
| Ronald Reagan was a completely different | | | | camera from the apartment. She was able to |
| story. As a member of Army Air Force | | | | get back to the roof in time to snap off a |
| Intelligence during World War II, a supporter | | | | few photos of the object. |
| of military modernization and a president | | | | |
| with a vice president that once served as CIA | | | | After the disc moved away, Lennon and May |
| Director, we assume he was told more about | | | | returned to the apartment. John made |
| UFOs than most elected officials. Reagan's | | | | arrangements to have the film developed |
| own interest in and experience with the | | | | immediately by a photographer who was also a |
| phenomenon is well known. His daughter, Patti | | | | friend. Bob Gruen came and picked up the |
| Davis, said he was "fascinated with stories | | | | film. He returned to his studio and developed |
| about unidentified flying objects and the | | | | the film along with two rolls of his own. |
| possibility of life on other worlds." | | | | Gruen's film developed perfectly, but he said |
| | | | that Lennon's was blank. Fortunately, Lennon |
| Ronald Reagan had two UFO sightings that we | | | | started making sketches of what he and May |
| know about. The first occurred while he was | | | | saw while it was all still fresh in his mind. |
| still acting in films sometime during the | | | | |
| 1950s. After showing up late for a dinner | | | | Another story about Lennon and a possible UFO |
| party attended by other Hollywood | | | | experience comes from Uri Geller. He met |
| celebrities, Ronald and Nancy Reagan said | | | | Lennon in November of 1974 during a concert |
| they saw a UFO. This story was later | | | | that Elton John was giving at Madison Square |
| confirmed by the Kitty Kelly, Lucille Ball | | | | Garden. Geller was a kind of mystic to the |
| and Steve Allen. The second sighting occurred | | | | Stars in those days and Lennon was in need of |
| in 1974 while he was Governor of California. | | | | any help he could find. Distraught over his |
| | | | separation from Yoko, he wanted her back and |
| Less than a month after leaving the | | | | asked Geller to use his alleged psychic |
| presidency in 1989, Ronald Reagan reiterated | | | | powers to help. Yoko phoned John within |
| a story he first told to a Bureau Chief for | | | | thirty-six hours, the lovers reunited and |
| the Wall Street Journal in 1974: | | | | John and Uri became friends. |
| | | | |
| "I was in a plane last week when I looked out | | | | Sometime after their reconciliation, Geller |
| the window and saw this white light. It was | | | | was eating with John and Yoko in a New York |
| zigzagging around. I went up to the pilot and | | | | City restaurant. Yoko was pregnant, so it had |
| said, 'Have you seen anything like that | | | | to be sometime before Sean Lennon was born in |
| before?' He was shocked and said, 'Nope.' And | | | | October of 1975. Geller says that John became |
| I said to him: 'Let's follow it!' | | | | very serious and asked him to step over to a |
| | | | smaller table in a quiet corner of the |
| We followed it for several minutes. It was a | | | | restaurant. Once seated, Lennon spoke in |
| bright greenish-white light. We followed it | | | | discreet tones and told Uri about an incident |
| to Bakersfield, and all of a sudden to our | | | | that happened six months before. He and Yoko |
| utter amazement it went straight up into the | | | | were asleep in bed when John suddenly woke up |
| heavens. When we got off the plane, I told | | | | and noticed a blazing light shining through |
| Nancy all about it." | | | | the cracks and keyhole of their bedroom door. |
| | | | |
| During his first summer as President, John F. | | | | Thinking there was a fire or someone with a |
| Kennedy retreated to the Kennedy compound | | | | powerful flashlight trying to get into the |
| along the Nantucket Sound in Hyannis, | | | | room; he jumped out of their bed and opened |
| Massachusetts, for some rest and relaxation. | | | | the door. He was confronted by four beings. |
| While cruising around in one of the Kennedy | | | | Lennon said, "They were, like, little. |
| motor boats, the president and a few guests | | | | Bug-like. Big bug eyes and little bug mouths |
| reportedly saw a classic disc-shaped object | | | | and they were scuttling at me like roaches." |
| suddenly appear at a low altitude near their | | | | He tried to resist the beings, but they kept |
| vessel. At one point, the disc may have been | | | | coming at him. Lennon said that his next |
| as close as one hundred feet away. This sent | | | | memory was of being back in bed with Yoko. |
| secret service agents in nearby launches | | | | |
| scrambling to get the president's boat to | | | | Yoko didn't wake up during the incident, but |
| safety. After the object vanished and the | | | | later when she did it was obvious that John |
| motor boat was back on shore, the president | | | | was very upset and confused. He couldn't tell |
| told his guests not to talk about what | | | | her what happened right away and waited for |
| happened. | | | | an unspecified period of time before he did. |
| | | | Exclaiming that he was sober and wasn't doing |
| While Carter, Reagan and Kennedy saw | | | | any drugs at that time, Lennon said it wasn't |
| unidentified flying objects and George H.W. | | | | some sort of hallucination or lucid dream. |
| Bush probably knew all about them, UFO | | | | According to Geller, John's assertion about |
| stories involving Presidents Truman and | | | | the reality of what happened was backed up by |
| Eisenhower have become legendary. The story | | | | physical evidence. |
| of an alleged meeting between Alien | | | | |
| dignitaries and President Dwight D. | | | | When Lennon woke up, he claimed to be holding |
| Eisenhower is one that refuses to die. It | | | | a small egg-shaped object in his hand. After |
| stems from a report that the president | | | | eventually telling Yoko about the incident, |
| disappeared briefly during a trip to a Palm | | | | he showed it to her. He also showed it to |
| Springs resort which occurred in February of | | | | Geller. None of them had ever seen anything |
| 1954. | | | | like it. However, apart from the golden color |
| | | | and egg shape, little is none about the |
| On Saturday, February 20, 1954, some members | | | | object and it would be up to Geller to |
| of the white house press corps noticed that | | | | proceed with any investigation of its |
| President Eisenhower missed a planned event. | | | | properties. Many abductees have told stories |
| They contacted his spokesperson who seemed | | | | of being given various objects by their Alien |
| unable to provide an immediate explanation | | | | abductors, only to have them taken back later |
| for the absence. After it became obvious that | | | | |
| the president was no longer at the Palm | | | | Having met many celebrities over the years, I |
| Springs resort, rumors flew that he might | | | | can appreciate their need to weigh any |
| have become seriously ill and been moved to a | | | | statement they might consider making about |
| military infirmary or hospital for treatment. | | | | anything carefully in the balances before |
| Finally, a besieged spokesperson told the | | | | speaking or writing it for public |
| press that the president chipped a tooth | | | | consumption. A fickle public and press can |
| during a meal and was taken to visit a nearby | | | | easily turn on someone famous for the |
| dentist. | | | | smallest indiscretion. Imagine how they might |
| | | | react to news that a famous celebrity or |
| A steak barbeque was held a few days later | | | | important politician has had a UFO or other |
| and the dentist who allegedly treated | | | | paranormal experience. |