UK government releases more UFO files, February 2010

[Siani]

The British government has just released more of its UFO archive:

UFO files | Newly released files from The National Archives

The links below summarise some of the highlights included in the latest release -

Close Encounters of the Second Kind: the latest release of UFO files | The National Archives

MoD files show 'UFOs' visited Michael Howard's home town

http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/feb-2010-highlights-guide.pdf

 

[Rick Deckard]

They recently closed down the official UFO reporting department here in the UK - I'm guessing the reason is that the police have started to use UAVs to monitor us, so more and more people are gonna be seeing more 'UFOs' from now on and the UFO reporting desk would have been flooded as a result...

...although it is funny that some UAVs have been grounded by the bureaucrats BBC Article

How many times do I have to say "1984"? Guardian Article - Police Plan to Use Military-style Spy Drones

 

[CapnG]

How many times do I have to say "1984"?

2+2=5 times.

 

[ALPHA ROMEO UNIFORM]

Animal Farm?

 

[AdamI]

They recently closed down the official UFO reporting department here in the UK - I'm guessing the reason is that the police have started to use UAVs to monitor us, so more and more people are gonna be seeing more 'UFOs' from now on and the UFO reporting desk would have been flooded as a result...

...although it is funny that some UAVs have been grounded by the bureaucrats BBC Article

How many times do I have to say "1984"? Guardian Article - Police Plan to Use Military-style Spy Drones

What is it with England and its surveillance obsession? Last time I was there I was just amazed... I was in London and there was basically a camera every place you could reasonably put one.... even out in the 'burbs! It was amazing! I got to the point where I'd see a little corner or nook and think "I bet there's a camera there" and of course there would be.

 

[Rick Deckard]

What is it with England and its surveillance obsession? Last time I was there I was just amazed... I was in London and there was basically a camera every place you could reasonably put one.... even out in the 'burbs! It was amazing! I got to the point where I'd see a little corner or nook and think "I bet there's a camera there" and of course there would be.

Our Government is run by control freaks - they can't fix the underlying social issues that push people into criminal behaviour, so they are pushing an agenda of behaviour control through surveillance. Their mantra is "if you've nothing to hide then you've nothing to fear". They get the population to support their ever increasing draconian measures by scaring the shit out of everybody. Newspaper's often carry stories about paedophiles hiding around every corner waiting to pounce on your kids, terrorists building bombs in their bedrooms, illegal immigrants scamming the welfare state, 'feral' youths running amok in their communities, knife crime among teenagers, inner-city gang warfare, drug use...the list goes on...

...the reality is that the problems being highlighted have not gotten any worse in the last 20 years. What has gotten worse is the amount of press coverage that these crimes now get. Twenty-four hour news is ramping up the perception of rampant criminal behaviour in order to push an agenda to erode civil liberties. I'm not sure what's driving it - malevolent intent or lucrative contracts for the large amount of hardware required to implement ever more sophisticated monitoring systems.

The next big thing is a compulsory DNA database (which will most likely be linked to a biometric ID card) - everyone in the UK (about 65 million people) has to be on it "to combat crime". There are currently 4 million profiles on it, a large number of which are from innocent people who were arrested but not charged with any offence. The police take a DNA sample "as a matter of routine" and refuse to remove it from the database, even if you're innocent of the charge. These samples are made available to private companies for scientific research. There have already been cases of 'inappropriate' use by these companies.

Whenever I talk about these issues to people, I'm regularly shocked by the complete apathy shown - why can't people see where this is leading?