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For some people, the moment in Washington that made waves this week was when Donald Trump tried explaining the element of surprise to the Japanese prime minister. For others, it may have been the response to NATO members’ outright refusal to assist at all with the US efforts in the Persian Gulf. For a handful, though, the most shocking news was that the White House has registered the domain names “alien.gov” and “aliens.gov.” The websites are not active yet, but it raised their hopes that maybe the government is finally ready to admit they’ve been holding back on whether there is proof that extra-terrestrial life exists and, more importantly, has been to Earth. Cue the X-Files theme: are we alone?
Former WOR news director Joe Bartlett is among the believers who have a one-way ticket to Area 51 riding on the possibility that extra-terrestrials have been here. He appeared on 710 WOR’s Curtis Sliwa and Larry Mendte in the Morning program to explain why the news has his spirits out of this world.
Bartlett told Curtis and Larry what his biggest worry is when it comes to what’s out there: “Look, I’ve always said if I were ever elected President, the first questions I would ask would be, ‘Who killed Kennedy?’ and ‘What are we hiding in Area 51? Is there proof of alien life?’ And if there was ever going to be a President who would release that to the public, it would be Donald Trump. So, I’m anxious to see what comes out. There’s no doubt in my mind that there is alien life here, but my concern is that, when all of this stuff actually comes out, it’s going to be like the Epstein files- all the good parts are going to be redacted!”
Bartlett feels there are three camps on alien existence: believers, non-believers, and “the rest”: “I think there still is this feeling among the government that Americans and the rest of the world just can’t handle the fact that there is life out there. On this issue… I think the big section in the middle there are, and I think it’s people like you, Larry, [they say], ‘Well, you know there probably is, but I don’t have proof; when I see proof, I’ll believe it’, and maybe we’ll get that proof.”
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