Unidentified Flying Officers...

While I was searching around for some information on those who believe we aren't alone in this vast wasteland of a galaxy, I ran across quite a few interesting sites. My favorite is www.nationalufocenter.com. This website is evidently run by ex-U.S. Air Force pilot Ret. General George Filer. General Filer first began believing UFO's when he reportedly chased one around the skies of London while flying for our Air Force. I thought this was ironic after considering a very similar story that was part of the reading in 'Claiborne Pell, Senator from Outer Space'. Cecil B. Scott Jones, who was on Senator Pell's staff, began believing in UFO's while he was a Korean War fighter pilot. Those stories concern me because I have a friend currently abroad with the Air Force, and I'm beginning to fear he's going to return raving about Martians.

General Filer's site is maintained on a weekly basis, providing the most up-to-date information on UFO spottings worldwide. After flipping through for a few minutes, it seems to have been updated very religiously for at least the past year. Each week there is a new report on where the UFO's have been sighted and often times there are pictures of the reported spaceships. This week he lists nearly twenty U.S. states and five foreign countries as recent UFO sighting areas. It's strange to me how North America seems to be getting the bulk of the UFO's these days, as Canada, multiple U.S. states, and Mexico were all referenced as recent sites. I guess aliens can only speak English and Spanish, so they avoid Russia, Germany, etc.

Speaking of aliens, General Filer dedicates a section of his website to the extra-terrestrial beings. In it he provides an article written by another Air Force officer, Ret. Lt. Col. Donald Ware. His curiosity began at age sixteen when he saw seven flying saucers appear over the White House. While in the Air Force he met six additional people who claimed to have seen UFO's up close and personal. The more articles I read, the more it seems like your best chances of seeing an alien is to enlist in the armed forces. Or maybe the armed forces just addle your brains the minute you get to boot camp.