(meteorobs) Fwd: [RASCals] Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space RocksNow Classified

[Jim Gamble]

Larry,
  It's not a matter of disclosure. The gov't isn't in the business of disclosure. It's in the business of protection of rights...right to discovery, and that's what we do. Thanks for your input, though...everybody has a voice.
Jim
 

  





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From: Larry <ycsentinel at att.net>
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:50:26 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: [RASCals] Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space RocksNow Classified

No, it is not.

We have two articles from sources that are likely popular in local 
out-houses which have taken concerns out of context and Chapman was made a 
patsy in this because of his language brevity.

(Quote)
"I think that this information is very important to make public," Chapman 
told SPACE.com.
"More important than the scientific value, I think, is that these rare, 
bright fireballs provide a link in public understanding to the asteroid 
impact hazard posed by still larger and less frequent asteroids," Chapman 
explained.

Those objects are witnessed by unsuspecting people in far-flung places, 
Chapman said, often generating incorrect and exaggerated 
reports....(Unquote)

What Chapman should have added is......

"The Military & Homeland Security is justified in preventing official 
releases of information, especially unconfirmed preliminary releases, of 
Space objects posing a SERIOUS future hazard to any country including our 
own. This should be done to prevent PREMATURE widespread panic". But no one 
mentions this......doesn't sell tabloids!

Now back to a more practicle approach and the reasons for it........

Envision what would happen if everyone thought their final end would come in 
10 years, 1 year, 1 month, or 7 days..... You wouldn't even recognize the 
world you once knew.

Proper control of this information is necessary to allow time to seek 
solutions before everyone goes ballistic with fear. And that fear might just 
turn out to be groundless!

Confirmed deadly impacts, (planet killers), with no hope of solution should 
NEVER be made public. There is no humanitarian reason to disclose it to the 
public.

YCSentinel
(Q-Clearance downgraded to Trivia level 3.)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden at shaw.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Cc: <bolidechaser at yahoo.com>
Sent: 2009/06/10 16:52
Subject: (meteorobs) Fwd: [RASCals] Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space 
RocksNow Classified


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>
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Ed Majden <epmajden at shaw.ca>
>> Date: June 10, 2009 4:43:32 PM PDT
>> To: RASCals Discussion List
>> Cc: MIAC List
>> Subject: Re: [RASCals] Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now
>> Classified
>> Reply-To: RASCals Discussion List
>>
>> Is this what the Yanks call Homeland Security and Military
>> Intelligence???? ;-)
>> Ed Majden
>>
>>
>> On 10-Jun-09, at 4:31 PM, Kevin Fetter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.space.com/news/090610-military-fireballs.html
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
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