# Citizen Hearing on Disclosure - April 29 - May 3, 2013(ETs & UFOs)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-april-29-may-3-2013-ets-ufos/655629>\
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**Created:** [April 13, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-april-29-may-3-2013-ets-ufos/655629 "2013-04-13T20:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-april-29-may-3-2013-ets-ufos/655629/1 "2013-04-13T20:12:12Z")

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They just interviewed Stephen Bassett on the radio(KCBS in San Francisco). He said that ETs are here now on earth and have been for decades. He wants an end to the “Truth Embargo”.:rolleyes:  
[Paradigm Research Group](http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/main.html)  
His website looks like any other crackpots website with dozens of links, but it does lack animated gifs and sparkles.

[Citizen Hearing on Disclosure-“If the Congress won’t do its job, the people will.”](http://www.citizenshearing.org/)

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> An event with historical implications will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC from April 29 to May 3, 2013. At that time as many as forty researchers and military/agency witnesses will testify for thirty hours over five days before former members of the United States Congress.
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> The Citizen Hearing Committee will be Senator Mike Gravel (Dem/Lib, AK), Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey (Dem, CA), Carolyn Kilpatrick, (Dem, MI), Darlene Hooley (Dem, OR); and Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (Rep, MD) and Merrill Cook (Rep, UT),
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> The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race will attempt to accomplish what the Congress has failed to do for forty-five years - seek out the facts surrounding the most important issue of this or any other time.
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> For this reason the motto for the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure is "If the Congress will not do its job, the people will."Jones Cheryll 1 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure April 29 to May 3, 2013 Washington, DC
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> Reflecting the global implications of the issue, the entire CHD will be live streamed worldwide in English, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese and Mandarin (archive only). This represents approximately one half of the world’s population. The live webcast will also include side press conferences with witnesses as well as interviews by former CNN News Anchor Cheryll Jones.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-april-29-may-3-2013-ets-ufos/655629/2 "2013-04-13T20:35:13Z")

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-april-29-may-3-2013-ets-ufos/655629/3 "2013-04-13T23:29:35Z")

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“The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race will attempt to accomplish what the Congress has failed to do for forty-five years - seek out the facts surrounding the most important issue of this or any other time.”

How is this more important than what some Kardashian had for breakfast?

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-april-29-may-3-2013-ets-ufos/655629/4 "2013-04-14T00:38:59Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> “The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race will attempt to accomplish what the Congress has failed to do for forty-five years - seek out the facts surrounding the most important issue of this or any other time.”
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> How is this more important than what some Kardashian had for breakfast?

Because there is a chance, no matter how incredibly small, that something interesting just might come out of the hearing. 😉
