A.D. After Disclosure: When the Government Finally Reveals the Truth About Alien Contact Read Free

quite possible they might see the wisdom of actually doing their job and effectuating a proactive, orderly Disclosure event that gets the job done without unnecessary, self-destructive melodrama.
    If this happens the government would feel good about itself, the people would be more assured, and even the extraterrestrials might take comfort in the rare display of maturity on the part of human institutions.
    So do yourself and your nation a favor and send a copy to your elected representatives. I’m sure they’ll thank you for it in a nicely worded form letter.
    Stephen Bassett
Washington, D.C.

Introduction
    Thousands of books, all debating whether UFOs are real or just figments of our imaginations, have been published.
    This book is not one of them.
    More than six decades into this quiet revolution, we can now see the outlines of a reality that has been sneaking up on us, one step at a time.
    The issue that was hushed up by one generation, then turned into an object of derision by another, now demands to be heard straight in ours.
    Since the first major wave of UFO sightings in 1947, the number of people who believe that UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin has steadily risen. Today, a majority of Americans, as well as other global citizens, believe this is so, and at least five percent claim to have seen a UFO.
    The evidence that something strange has been happening is voluminous and convincing. All you have to do is look for it. Through the years, determined researchers have forced the release of classified reports prepared by the U.S. government and other nations. These accounts tell a story of contact through the eyes of thousands of professional witnesses, such as law enforcement, military pilots, and even astronauts. Most people now reject the theory that all sightings can be explained away as weather balloons, swamp gas flares, ball lighting, or mass hallucination. Instead, they have settled on one conclusion: Some UFOs appear to be intelligently controlled physical craft of some kind from some place that is not here.
    Accepting that as our starting point makes our book different.
    A.D. After Disclosure is the first project to focus on what might happen after an announcement that UFOs are real.
    Even if you are skeptical about UFOs, or (if you believe in them) doubt that the secrecy will end any time soon, this book should still engage you. Consider it a fascinating “What if?”
    What if UFO secrecy were to end? How would that change our world?
    No secret can last forever. Our society is changing so fast, so completely, that we will be unrecognizable a mere century from now. In such a world, with intelligent computers, advanced quantum computing, and nearly unforeseeable developments in global communication, can we really believe that a secret such as the presence of an alien intelligence on Earth can continue to remain hidden and undisclosed? At what point between now and then do we cross the threshold of knowing the truth about UFOs, and having an open acknowledgment of them in our world? It might be as soon as next week, or as long as several more generations, but it won’t be forever. It will happen. The wall of official denial that has been in place for more than half a century is now crumbling.
    And yet, an acknowledgment that “UFOs are real and some of them are not us ” will not end the debate. It will only lead to more questions, and mark a new phase of the mystery.
    Will Disclosure lead to social panic? Undermine religion? Destroy the stock market? Or will it lead to revolutionary new technologies, extended life spans, and world peace?
    If alien civilizations have sent their own explorers across the universe to visit us, who are they? What do they want? And why would some of our people keep the news of their arrival from the rest of us? What will unmasking a truth of this magnitude do to our reality, our way of life, our culture, our society? Could it be that these beings are not “visitors” from