The Washington Monthly
Disclosed Encounters: Why UFO buffs think Barack Obama is their best hope for the truth about ET
January/February 2010
“It’s a hell of a challenge,” says Stephen Bassett as he saws through his chicken Caesar salad at a restaurant in the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. “But the reason we’ve made progress is because this isn’t just any issue.” After logging thirteen discouraging years as a lobbyist in Washington, Bassett is finally feeling optimistic. Compared to Barack Obama, Bill Clinton was “utterly unacceptable,” and there were “huge problems” with George W. Bush. “They did what was necessary to contain the issue,” he says.
“They had to do that because it wasn’t a secret,” he adds, leaning in, elbows on the table. “The ETs are all over the place. They’ve been flying around our skies for sixty-two years.”
Bassett is Washington’s only registered UFO lobbyist. …
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