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Does
the U.S. government classify UFO's "Above Top Secret"?
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level of secrecy imposed by the U.S. government on the
UFO issue is revealed in this Top Secret memorandum written
by electronics engineer Wilbert Smith, a high-ranking
official in the Canadian Department of Transport. Smith
wrote the memo in November of 1950 after a meeting with
Dr. Robert Sarbacher, a top government scientist employed
by the Pentagon. |
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Dr.
Robert Sarbacher
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a 1983 phone interview with Stanton Friedman, Dr.
Robert Sarbacher confirmed that he had spoken to
Wilbert Smith in 1950. Dr. Sarbacher operated a
laboratory that was used for various military tests.
The lab was located near the Canadian Embassy in
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| Dr.
Sarbacher claimed that prior to his conversation
with Smith, he was invited to Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base for a briefing on the recovery of a flying
saucer in western United States. In a letter dated
November 29, 1983, he talked openly about his involvement
in investigating material recovered from a UFO.
He wrote: “... certain materials reported
to have come from flying saucer crashes were extremely
light and very tough. I am sure our laboratories
analyzed them very carefully.” Dr.
Sarbacher concluded the letter by saying: “I
still do not know why the high order of classification
has been given and why the denial of the existence
of these devices.” |
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Wilbert
Smith was a senior radio engineer with the Broadcast and Measurements
Section of the Department of Transport. He was responsible for the
engineering aspects of all matters concerning the use of radio in
Canada. Smith had a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
and held a number of patents.
After
Smith sent his Top Secret memo to the Controller of Telecommunication,
the Canadian government started its own official investigation into
the UFO phenomenon. Launched on December 2nd, 1950, it was called
Project Magnet. Wilbert Smith ran the classified project
for the four years that it was operational.
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