EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL EXPOSURE
LAW
Already Passed by Congress
On October 5, 1982, Dr. Brain T. Clifford
of the Pentagon announced at a press conference ("The Star", New York,
Oct. 5, 1982) that contact between U.S. citizens and extra-terrestrials
or their vehicles is strictly illegal.
According to a law already on the books
(Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, adopted on July 16, 1969, before the Apollo moon shots),
anyone guilty of such contact automatically becomes a wanted criminal
to be jailed for one year and fined $5,000. The NASA administrator
is empowered to determine with or without a
hearing that a person or object has been "extraterrestrially
exposed" and impose an indeterminate quarantine under
armed guard, which could not be broken even by court order.
There is no limit placed on the number of
individuals who could thus be arbitrarily quarantined.
The definition of "extraterrestrial exposure"
is left entirely up to NASA administrator, who is thus endowed with total
dictatorial power to be exercised at his slightest caprice, which
is completely contrary to the Constitution.
According to Dr. Clifford, whose
commanding officers have been assuring the public for
the last 39 years that UFO's are nothing more than hoaxes and
delusions to be dismissed with a condescending smile: "This is really
no joke, it's a very serious matter." This legislation was
buried in the 1,211th subsection of the 14th section of a batch of regulations
very few members of government probably bothered to read in its entirety,
the proverbial needle in the haystack, and was slipped onto the books
without public debate.
Thus from one day to the next we learn that,
without having informed the public, in its infinite wisdom, the government
of the United States has created a whole new criminal class: UFO contactees.
The lame excuse offered by NASA as a sugar
coating for this bitter pill is that extra-terrestrials
might have a virus that could wipe out the human race.
This is certainly one of the many possibilities
inherent is such contact, but just as certainly
not the only one , and in itself not a valid reason to make all contact
illegal or to declare contactees criminals to be jailed and fined immediately.
It appears the primary effect of such a
law would not be to prevent contact, it would be to silence
witnesses. If enforced, the law would prevent publication
of contactee reports except under cover
of anonymity, and unleash a modern inquisition in the Land
of the Free. However, it is unenforceable, so obviously
absurd and unfair that the public will refuse to accept it. The citizens
of the United States will greet it with a resounding
Bronx cheer and laugh it out of court, forcing it to
be repealed.
It should be replaced by clearly worded
legislation, not open to interpretation in a multitude
of different ways, humanely relevant to the contingency of E.T. contact,
debated and passed by Congress openly instead of slipped through
"under the table" without the public being informed.
According to NASA spokesman Fletcher Reel,
the law as it stands is not immediately applicable, but in
case of need could quickly be made applicable. What this means
is that it is ambiguously worded, so that it can be interpreted
either one way or the other, as the government desires.
It is certainly not a coincidence that Dr.
Clifford held his press conference during the period when the
popularity of the film E.T. was at its peak. As E.T.
portrayed a type of extraterrestrial that was
benevolent and lovable, the inference is that the
press conference was intended to discourage attempts to communicate
or fraternize with UFO occupants. However,
instead of having the intended effect,
it backfired, causing public furor. There may be some relationship between
this fiasco and the next semi-officially endorsed attempt to deal
with the subject of extra-terrestrials, the TV film V,
which was featured with repeat performances and maximum
publicity by major networks worldwide. The aliens
portrayed in V are the most horrifying and
repulsive nightmares imaginable, who are defeated thanks largely
to a CIA hit man specializing in covert operations, the tough
guy with the heart of gold who with the aid of the handsome
hero saves the human race. This is obvious and transparent
propaganda, designed to do what the government's widespread use of
dis-information, and Dr. Clifford's press conference about the absurd
lemon of a law already on the books failed to do: squelch
attempts to communicate or fraternize with UFO occupants.
One way to avoid widespread panic
at the announcement of the news that we are under surveillance
by nonhuman intelligent beings with a technology far
more sophisticated than our own is to point out that this
situation is nothing new, but has literally been going
on for millennia.
If the "flying dragons" mentioned in the
I Ching intended to attack and destroy us, they could easily
have carried out this objective long ago. Along with
this article, the text of the E.T. Law will
be
presented. However, there are several points that I wish
to make:
1211.101 Applicability. The provisions of this
part apply to all NASA manned and unmanned space missions...
I could dismiss this whole controversy
as a tempest in a teacup if the above passage contained
the word "only", so as to read: "The provisions
of this part apply only to all NASA manned and
unmanned space missions..." However, it does not contain that
one little word which would have made such a big difference.
If the government was suddenly faced with the accomplished
fact of an undeniable overt E.T. visitation, this regulation
could therefore, be construed as being applicable
to all space missions, NASA or non NASA,
whether of terrestrial or extra-terrestrial origin. As
it stands, this law is applicable to UFO contact.
The meaning would have to be stretched, but the built-in loophole does
exist.
1211.102 Definitions. (b) (2):
Touched directly or been in close proximity to (or been exposed
indirectly to )...Even without involved in a UFO
close encounter would become eligible for
indefinite quarantine under armed guard according to
the above. By including indirect exposure,
the NASA administrator is empowered to make the definition
mean just about anything he wants it to. An example
of indirect exposure is given, but an example is not a definition.
Unless indirect exposure is defined precisely, it can mean
almost anything. The possibility is not specifically
ruled out that other types of indirect exposure
than the example given might be considered valid grounds
to "quarantine" a citizen or group of citizens.
In my opinion, it is vital that we challenge the
validity of his law, for if it is allowed to stand
unchallenged, UFO contactees and researchers
may all meet behind barbed wire and armed guards somewhere in Alaska.
I strongly urge everyone who reads the E.T. Law, Title 14, Section
1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (at the end of
this article), to clip it out, and send it on to your congressman,
with a demand penciled in, to repeal this absurd and potentially
lethal law. We must use reason, and transcend fear in order
to make this planet a place where all may live in peace and harmony,
as One.
provided by R. Solomon for posting:
Text of the E.T. Law
1211.100 Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
Part 1211 - Extra-terrestrial Exposure
1211.100 - Scope
This part establishes:
(a) NASA policy, responsibility and authority to guard
the Earth against any harmful contamination or adverse changes in its environment
resulting from personnel, spacecraft and other property returning
to the Earth after landing on or
coming within the atmospheric envelope
of a celestial body; and
(b) security requirements, restrictions
and safeguards that are necessary in the interest of national security.
1211.101 - Applicability
The provisions of this part to all
NASA manned and unmanned space missions which
land or come within the atmospheric envelope of
a celestial body and return to the Earth.
1211.102 - Definitions
(a) "NASA" and the "Administrator"
mean, respectively the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration or his authorized
representative.
(b) "Extra-terrestrially exposed" means the
state of condition of any person, property, animal or other form
of life or matter whatever, who or which has:
(1) Touched directly or come within the atmospheric envelope
or any other celestial body; or
(2) Touched directly or been in close proximity to (or
been exposed indirectly to ) any person, property, animal or other
form of life or matter who or which has
been extra-terrestrially exposed by virtue of paragraph (b)(1) of
this section.
For example, if person or thing "A" touches the
surface of the Moon, and on "A's" return to Earth, "B"
touches "A" and, subsequently, "C" touches "B",
all of these - "A" through "C" inclusive - would be extra-terrestrially
exposed ("A" and "B" directly; "C" indirectly).
(c) "Quarantine" means the detention, examination
and decontamination of any persons, property, animal
or other form of life or matter whatever that is extra-terrestrially
exposed, and includes the
apprehension or seizure of such person, property,
animal or other form of life or matter whatever.
(d) "Quarantine period" means a period of consecutive
calendar days as may be established in accordance with 1211.104 (a).
(a) Administrative actions.
The Administrator or
his designee..shall in his discretion:
(1) Determine the beginning and duration of a quarantine
period with respect to any space mission; the quarantine period as it applies
to various life forms will be announced.
(2) Designate in writing quarantine
officers to exercise quarantine authority.
(3) Determine that a particular person, property,
animal, or other form of life or
matter whatever is extra- terrestrially exposed
and quarantine such person, property, animal, or other
form of life or matter whatever. The quarantine
may be based only on a determination, with or without
the benefit of a hearing, that there is probable cause
to believe that such person, property, animal or
other form of life
or matter whatever is extra- terrestrially
exposed.
(4) Determine within the United States or
within vessels or vehicles of the United States the place,
boundaries, and rules of operation of necessary quarantine
stations.
(5) Provide for guard services by contract or
otherwise, as many be necessary, to maintain security
and inviolability of quarantine stations and quarantined persons,
property, animals or other form of life or matter whatever.
(6) Provide for the subsistence, health and welfare
of persons quarantined under the provisions of this part.
(7) Hold such hearings at such times, in
such manner and for such purposes as may be desirable or necessary
under this part, including hearings for the purpose
of creating a record for use in making any determination under
this part for the purpose of reviewing any such determination.
b) (3) During any period of announced quarantine,
no person shall enter or depart from the limits of the quarantine
station without permission of the cognizant NASA officer.
During such period, the posted perimeter of a quarantine station
shall be secured by armed guard.
(b) (4) Any person who enters the limits of any quarantine
station during the quarantine period shall be
deemed to have consented to the quarantine
of his person if it is determined that
he is or has become extra-terrestrially exposed.
(b) (5) At the earliest practicable
time, each person who is quarantined by NASA shall be
given a reasonable opportunity to communicate by telephone
with legal counsel or other persons of his choice.
1211.107 Court or other process
(a) NASA officers and employees are prohibited
from discharging from the limits of a quarantine
station any quarantined person, property, animal
or other form of life or matter whatever during
order or other request, order or demand
an announced quarantine period in compliance with a subpoena,
show cause or any court or other authority without the prior
approval of the General Counsel and the Administrator.
(b) Where approval to discharge a quarantined person,
property, animal or other form of life or matter whatever in compliance
with such a request, order or demand of any court
or other authority is not
given, the person to whom it is directed shall, if possible,
appear in court or before the other authority and respectfully state
his inability to comply, relying for his action on this 1211.107.
1211.108 Violations
Whoever willfully violates, attempts
to violate, or conspires to violate any provision
of this part or any regulation or order issued under this
part or who enters or departs from the
limits of a
quarantine station in disregard of the quarantine rules
or regulations or without permission of the NASA quarantine officer
shall be fined not more that $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year,
or both.
Write or call your congressman and tell him you
want this law taken off the books.
This article was printed in The Open
Line Newspaper (Environmental Stewards) August, 1992 in Spokane,
WA 99223.
From: jr@efi.sintef.no (Jarand Roeynstrand)
Subject: Re: ET Exposure Law details
Date: 17 Jan 94 16:40:19 GMT
Organization: SINTEF EFI
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL EXPOSURE LAW
Already Passed by Congress
On October 5, 1982, Dr. Brain T.
Clifford of the Pentagon announced at a press conference ("The Star",
New York, Oct. 5, 1982) that contact between U.S.
citizens and extra-terrestrials or their vehicles is
strictly illegal.
According to a law already on the books
(Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, adopted on July 16, 1969, before the Apollo
moon shots), anyone guilty of such contact automatically
becomes a wanted criminal to be jailed for one year and
fined $5,000. The NASA administrator is empowered to determine
with or without a hearing that
a person or object has been "extraterrestrially
exposed" and impose an indeterminate quarantine
under armed guard, which could not be broken even by court order.
1. The law does not say anything about ET's, only about
man's "contact" with as far as we know lifeless heavenly bodies.
2. If applicable in the case of ET's, (and there probable
are no other suitable law in such a situation) the law does not state that
such contact is illegal, only that persons that undergo such contact may
be
quarantined. If we assume that such people might pose
a treath to the entire humanity, such a quarantine does not seem unreasonable
to me. One year in quarantine might be very simmilar to new year in prison,
but in principle those two are different. And there is no way anybody could
possibly be fined 5000$ for meeting ET on the street. If anyone is attempting
to break a quarantine set up due to such a meeting, that is a crime, and
it should bee.
But note that in the case of ET landing on earth the law
probably states that all mankind should be put into quarantine.:
(b) "Extra-terrestrially exposed" means the
state of condition of any person, property, animal or other form
of life or matter whatever, who or which has:
(1) Touched directly or come within the atmospheric envelope
or any other celestial body; or
(2) Touched directly or been in close proximity to (or
been exposed indirectly to ) any person, property, animal
or other form of life or matter who or which has
been extra-terrestrially exposed by virtue of paragraph (b)(1) of
this section.
An real ET should probably be considered a "other celestial
body" and not an "other form of life or matter" in this context. (I.e.
as far as danger of alien virus is considered.) These is obviosly insane,
and is the result of teh law not beeing intended to deal with ET's.
The lame excuse offered by NASA as a sugar
coating for this bitter pill is that extra-terrestrials
might have a virus that could wipe out the human race.
This is certainly one of the many possibilities
inherent is such contact, but just as certainly not the only one
, and in itself not a valid reason to make all contact illegal
or to declare contactees criminals to be jailed and fined immediately.
You admit that an UFO contact might wipe out the human
race by introducing a new virus. If this is a real danger, do you really
find quarantine in the law unreasonable? (I would expect erthly and alien
life to be too different too make alien virus a treath to humans, but who
knows?)
It appears the primary effect of such a law would
not be to prevent contact, it would be to silence witnesses.
If enforced, the law would prevent publication
of contactee reports except under cover
of anonymity, and unleash a modern inquisition in the Land of the
Free. However, it is unenforceable, so obviously absurd and
unfair that the public will refuse to accept it. The citizens of
the United States will greet it with a resounding Bronx
cheer and laugh it out of court,
forcing it to be repealed.
The purpose of the law, as stated is not to prevent contact
with aliens, but to handle certain risks with NASA's space activity. If
it should be able to prevent anything at all, it should be publically known.
As stated only space agency personell need to know about it.
It should be replaced by clearly worded
legislation, not open to interpretation in
a multitude of different ways, humanely relevant to the contingency
of E.T. contact, debated and passed by Congress openly instead
of slipped through "under the table" without the public being informed.
According to NASA spokesman Fletcher Reel,
the law as it stands is not immediately applicable, but in case of
need could quickly be made applicable. What this means is that
it is ambiguously worded, so that it can be interpreted
either one way or the other, as the government desires.
What it means is that the law is written for an entirely
different purpose than you imagines. It is intended to deal with human
space travel, and must be mended to deal with ET-encounters. As far as
I can jugde, the law is fairly well worded for its purpose. This is a law
about the unknown, and it would be impossible to write a complete ambiguously
worded law text applicable to any situation that might araise during the
space program.
I could dismiss this whole controversy as
a tempest in a teacup if the above passage contained
the word "only", so as to read: "The
provisions of this part apply only to all NASA manned
and unmanned space missions..." However, it does
not contain that one little word which would have made
such a big difference. If the government was suddenly
faced with the accomplished fact of an undeniable overt E.T.
visitation, this regulation could therefore, be construed
as being applicable to all space missions,
NASA or non NASA, whether of terrestrial
or extra-terrestrial origin. As it stands, this law
is applicable to UFO contact. The meaning would have to be
stretched, but the built-in loophole does exist.
The wording is most probably choosen because the writer
were unable to forsight your interpretation of the text. But if (what I
consider unlikly) a direct encounter should take place, do you not think
that some
precautions along these line should be taken?
1211.102 Definitions. (b) (2):
Touched directly or been in close proximity to (or been exposed
indirectly to )...Even without involved in a UFO
close encounter would become eligible for
indefinite quarantine under armed guard according to
the above. By including indirect exposure,
the NASA administrator is empowered to make the definition
mean just about anything he wants it to. An example
of indirect exposure is given, but an example is not a definition.
Unless indirect exposure is defined precisely, it can mean
almost anything. The possibility is not specifically
ruled out that other types of indirect exposure
than the example given might be considered valid grounds
to "quarantine" a citizen or group of citizens.
As alerady mentioned, precise definitions for unknown
situations is hard to come by.
We must use reason, and transcend fear in order
to make this planet a place where all may live in peace and
harmony, as One.
How do you KNOW, yhat alien life is not dangerous? (Note
: I said "Dangerous" NOT "evil". It hardly make sense to call virus evil.
It is somewhat unclear to me whether tha original writer
claims that this law was originally written in order to alow locking up
people contacting UFO's, and was hidden as a space-travell security law,
or it was written for its apearant purpose but us liable to be abused by
the UFO hush-hush guys.
But in any case, my points are:
The law does not criminalise or attempt to criminalise
ET-contact.
In case of ET-contact ther might be a need for precautions
similar to what the law prescriebes, but the law itself is not appilcable
in its present form, as it is intended to deal with humans and "things"
returning from human space travel.
I see nothing in the text that make me doubt the intentions
of the law, but if you want to find a conspirancy (sp?) in the law, you
will find it thera, as you will find it anywhere else.
by Jarand Roynstrand, Trondheim Norway
email: jr@efi.sintef.no
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