Larry Hancock - The History of Ufology from past to present

Episode 166: History Repeats itself 

 Hancock is a leading historian-researcher in the JFK assassination. He co-authored, with Connie Kritzberg, “November Patriots” and is the author of the acclaimed “Someone Would Have Talked”, now in its third, 2010, edition. His newest work is titled “NEXUS” and is a concise historical study of how political assassination evolved within the Central Intelligence Agency, 

There is simply no doubt that unidentified aerial objects were taken seriously by military intelligence.  Over some three decades, both military and civilian intelligence groups used the standard methods of conventional and technical intelligence to resolve what was officially stated to be a serious security and air defense problem. 

Those well-established methods failed, frustrating those involved in investigations and creating serious public relations and credibility problems for the U.S. Air Force. Ultimately the only solution to the UFO problem was to simply abandon it. In the end the intellectual challenge of highly anomalous “unknowns” – unconventional aerial objects internally and confidentially described in both Air Force and CIA reports as national security threats – had literally beaten the system. 

One of the strangest things kept occurring during the interview, the keyword was “Russia”. Anytime the conversation would get into Russia, the audio would cut off. The interview was able to continue, but the conversation on Russia had to be dropped.