November 3, 2004

'Secrets of UFOs Revealed' At Boise State Nov. 15

Robert Hastings, an independent UFO researcher, will present a lecture and slide show titled “UFOs: The Hidden History” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15, in the Boise State University Special Events Center. Sponsored by the Student Programs Board, the lecture concerns the U.S. government’s alleged secret response to UFO’s. Tickets will be available at the Student Union information desk and are $1 general and free to Boise State students. Free parking will be available in the Liberal Arts parking lot, West of the Special Events Center. Hastings claims that his documents confirm beyond a reasonable doubt that UFOs exist and that the mysterious objects are of great concern to the highest levels of the U.S. Air Force and the intelligence community. His interest in UFOs began in 1967 when he was present at an air traffic control tower at Malstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls, Mont. “Five UFOs were tracked on radar for several minutes,” he recounts, “and jets were launched to intercept them. I later learned from Air Force sources that as the jets closed in, the UFOs performed a vertical ascent and left the area at enormous speed.” Among the evidence he will present, Hastings claims to have a copy of an official government memorandum written in 1950 that reports, “flying saucers crashed in New Mexico and were secretly recovered by the U.S. Air Force. Aboard the craft were found bodies of human shape but only three feet tall.”  He has devoted countless hours researching UFOs and the U.S. government’s covert response to them. He has spoken at more than 500 colleges and universities in an effort to bring to the public the intriguing information that he and other researchers have obtained. -30- Contact: Autumn Haynes, Student Activities, 208 426-1223. Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, communications and marketing, 208 426-3275. Rachel Bonilla, communications and marketing, 208 426-3196.