Crashing into the White House: CIA, 9/11, UFOs, and the Extraterrestrial Presence
Ron Pandolfi, who had a day job working out of an office at the Defense Intelligence Agency for the Director of National Intelligence, was referring to his friend and associate, Dan Smith, who had been dubbed "Chicken Little" of the infamous AVIARY UFO group. The idea of a metaphorical crashing was an apt image for those seeking government disclosure from the Executive Office.
Smith, the son of a former Eisenhower Administration tax adviser, had worked hard to earn his role as the AVIARY resident eschatologist: he pondered the uncharted religious territory implied by the government's UFO "phenomenology problem," where the end of science smashes head first into the end of the world.
One of the truly unforgettable scenes inspired by real UFO sightings is a flying disc crashing into the US Capitol Building from the 1950s sci-fi cult classic EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS.
The UFO invasion of Washington would eventually be re-imagined on a grander scale in a spectacular scene visualizing the total destruction of the White House, from the 1996 alien invasion flick INDEPENDENCE DAY.
"BREAKING NEWS: WHITE HOUSE LEVELED BY EXTRATERRESTRIALS" would qualify as the kind of UFO "phenomenology problem" guaranteed to elicit an executive statement.
Unfortunately, according to Smith, his friend Pandolfi, who specializes in "measurement and signature" intelligence, told him the real "phenomenology problem" is elusive and can't be traced.
Instead of tracking UFOs, the intelligence community has focused on tracking the "persons involved with the phenomena."
Notice he left out whether the "phenomena" was real, or an imagined but effective means of altering human behavior.
I questioned why highly placed and respected individuals would risk so much by exposing themselves to ridicule, not to mention the attention of the world intelligence community, some who are no as friendly as their American counterparts.
A small coincidence soon provided another ephemeral piece to the mystery.
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