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6. There are other civilian groups which are framing this topic in
~!armist, xenophobic and potentially conflict-oriented ways which will
i;:-ove harmful to wortd stability and to the world's "consciousness... This
potentially harmful trend would be contained by Project Starlight, Which
is committed to presenting this information in a scientific. non-alarming
wnd hopeful manner.
~ We have learned that the other nations of the worfd are looking to the
U.S. for leadership on this subject. Providing that leadership on a
subject this important would strengthen the Administration's stature In
u,e Post-Cold war era.
~ Insofar as a majority of Americans hold that UFOs are real and are
~robably interplanetary spacecraft, the President would be viewed in a
positive, courageous and possibly even heroic light for cooperating with
s:Jch an Announcement and briefing process. Similarly, the public
would become convinced that a new era had truly begun where
government could be trusted to tell the truth; such a perception could go
a long way towards erasing the cynicism and mistrust which has
developed since the assassination of Kennedy, the Vietnam War,
Watergate and other scandals. It would certainly be convincing
evidence that the Administration is sincere about building a "new
covenant" with the people and would fulfill the promise of a new
openness in government. Mr. Woolsey's comment on "Larry King Live"
on November 30, 1993, that the Administration wished to "disclose
historical material" in a spirit of new openness would be fulfilled by a
cooperative relationship with Projed Starlight.
■ We are sincerely dedicated to fulfilling this project in a way which would
be a positive event for humanity. We are acutely aware of the profound
Implications this projed might have, both positive and negative, on
humankind, in general, and on economic and other systems, in
particular. and are therefore making all efforts to prevent a negative or
alarmist tone from creeping into the message. U.S. govemment
cooperation in this project would assist us in this goal, and specifically
cou Id serve to calm the financial markets in the period of the
Announcement.
s: A major media project, plus a maj~r ea~t ~ast U.S. newseaper ~ill
probably be completing large scale investigative reports on this subJect
in the next 12 months. These projects, which are very high quality and