Sci-Fi channel may sue NASA for UFO documents

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(Combo Meeting Room/LBN item -- so graft 'em together and split the difference, and it winds up in the Lounge! Interesting Tin Foil aspects, plus could get additionally interesting if they sue DoD, Air Force, etc., as stated...)

Sci-Fi channel may sue NASA for UFO documents

Tuesday, October 21, 2003 Posted: 12:25 PM EDT (1625 GMT)

NEW YORK(Reuters) -- The truth is out there, and the Sci-Fi Channel is determined to find it, even if that means suing NASA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army and Air Force for documents related to unidentified flying objects.

Sci-Fi, a cable channel that airs fictional programming such as Battlestar Galactica, as well as documentaries that explore the line between fact and science fiction, is part of a group pressuring the federal government to de-classify UFO information.

Last year Sci-Fi joined forces with an investigative journalist, a Washington, DC law firm, and former President Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, to gain release of documents relating to an incident it calls "the new Roswell," a UFO sighting in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania in 1965.

"Now, one year later, despite serious effort to uncover the facts, NASA and the Department of Defense are still maintaining their wall of silence," said Sci-Fi Channel president Bonnie Hammer. "Whether or not this has anything to do with UFOs the public has the right to know."

Now the Sci-Fi Channel is supporting what could turn into a series of lawsuits, first against NASA and then against the Department of Defense, the Army and Air Force, to get classified documents released to the public.

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/21/ufo.records.reut/index.html