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T•S C.H.U.LENGE THE UFO CENSORS
by
Larry W. Bryant
Before you see this article •in print, it will have
been submitted to appropriate Defense Department authori­
ties for security review and clearance. Why?
Because,
under U. s. Anny regulations, its author is in duty bound
to have its contents examined for adherence to accuracy,
propriety, and security. And the process applies. not
just to this article, but to any others he might write
on the military aspect of Unidentified Flying Objects.
While employed as a Department of the Army civilian,
I have been writing for the past six years unofficial
critiques of the Federal Government's role in UFO research.
I have confronted and withstood the obvious objections
to my writing on such a controversial subject (e.g.,
"biting the hand that feeds you"), and I ean only say to
my detractors:
"Someone must do it. Someone must challenge
the UFO censors, assuming they exist."· Proof of their
existence has been offered by at least two of my previously
cleared manuscripts and by one that failed to hurdle the
review-clearance obstacle. As to exactly how much longer
I can speak out freely for what I believe without bringing
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