“Stanton Friedman had been around UFOlogy since the 1960s
and likes to present himself as a scientist, who studies UFOs. He does have a masters degree in Nuclear
physics but never earned his Phd. Despite his claims, Friedman has never really
practiced science when it comes to UFOs. I am unaware of any articles he has
written in scientific journals about detailed scientific studies of UFOs. One
might find his appeal that "UFOs are real" in some magazines, or
possibly journals, but nothing that could be presented as a detailed study of
the phenomena. Most of what Friedman has written can be found in books or
magazines in the paranormal section of the local library or bookstore.
Friedman dropped out of the nuclear field when the funding
ran out and learned that he could earn money writing and talking about UFOs. He
was a very big hit and people loved to hear him talk. In fact, Friedman comments in one of his
books, "As I gave more lectures, I found that I enjoyed speaking and that
people believed me, NO MATTER WHAT I SAID (My emphasis)" (Friedman 9).
Apparently, Friedman realized that he could say anything, within reason, and
the UFO faithful would accept it. As a result, he began to promote the idea that
the governments of the world were hiding one of the greatest secrets of all
time and the US government was in control of it all.
In the late 1970's, Friedman had discovered Jesse Marcel Sr.
He had told Friedman that he helped recover a crashed flying saucer back in
1947, when he was stationed at Roswell, New Mexico. This was the birth of the
Roswell legend and Stanton Friedman was there on the ground floor. It did not
take long for Friedman to make the connection that this was a grand conspiracy
and cover-up by the US government.
Despite having no documentation to support the claim, Friedman began to
write about the crash and appear in movies on the subject. All it would take is
for some form of documentation to appear that supported his theory of a
"Cosmic Watergate".”READ MORE
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