I-Team: Sen. Harry Reid believes UFO files shouldn't remain secret

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) >>> FORMER SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID THINKS IT IS TIME FOR THE PENTAGON TO OPEN UP ITS SECRET UFO FILES. ((DENISE VALDEZ)) >> THE LONGTIME NEVADA LAWMAKER ADMITS HE SPONSORED A SECRET STUDY THAT WAS COORDINATED BY A LAS VEGAS CONTRACTOR. BUT VERY LITTLE OF WHAT WAS PRODUCED BY THE STUDY HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC. ((BRIAN LOFTUS)) >> SO, WHAT'S HIDING IN THOSE FILES AND WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE THEM? GEORGE KNAPP IS HERE WITH A PREVIEW OF HIS REPORT. ((GEORGE KNAPP)) FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, THE PUBLIC HAS HEARD ABOUT THE SECRET STUDY INITIATED BY SENATOR HARRY REID AND OTHER LAWMAKERS.

THE STUDY CONTINUED FOR YEARS, BUT WHATEVER FILES OR REPORTS IT CREATED, VERY LITTLE OF THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC. AS THE I-TEAM FIRST REPORTED, THE COMPANY WHICH LANDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROGRAM WAS A SUBSIDIARY OF BIGELOW AEROSPACE BASED HERE. THE PENTAGON AND THE DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY HAVE CONFIRMED THE PROGRAM WAS REAL, AND WE KNOW IT STUDIED ANOMALOUS AERIAL ENCOUNTERS, SUCH AS THE NOW-FAMOUS TIC TAC INCIDENT FROM 2004, BUT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAS SAID IT KNOWS OF ONLY 38 UNCLASSIFIED REPORTS THAT WERE PRODUCED...38 PAPERS TOTAL THE I-TEAM HAS CONFIRMED, BEYOND ANY QUESTION, THAT THE STUDY PUT TOGETHER A HUGE UFO DATA BASE WITH MATERIALS AND EVIDENCE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO WHAT ELSE IS IN THE FILES? ((GEORGE KNAPP: THE PENTAGON HAS FILES. MORE FILES, COMPILED IN YOUR STUDY.

DID YOU READ IT? ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW DEEP IT GOES AND WHAT'S IN IT? HARRY REID-FORMER SENATOR: I DIDN;T READ ALL OF IT. MY STAFF DID AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MY STAFF GOING OVER THAT. IT WAS QUITE A LOT OF MATERIAL, SO FOR ME TO TELL YOU I READ EVERY WORD OF IT, IF SOMEBODY SAW THAT STACK OF PAPER, WELL I'M NOT SURE HE'S GOING TO LINK THROUGH IT, SO TRUTHFULLY I HAD TWO STAFF PEOPLE WHO WORKED THIS ISSUE AL OT AND WE SPEJNT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER. GEORGE KNAPP: WHAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU? IS THERE SUBSTANTIAL DOCUMENTATION? REID: IN MY OPINION, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE STUDYING AND AS I SAID, THIS IS A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON. IT'S NOT JUST HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

)) ((GEORGE KNAPP)) ONE FOCUS OF THE STUDY, REID SAYS, WAS A RANCH IN UTAH KNOWN AS THE SITE OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY FOR MANY YEARS. ANOTHER FOCUS WAS THE APPEARNACE OF UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT OVER NUCLEAR MISSILE BASES AND OTHER CLASSIFIED MILITARY LOCATIONS AND UNITS. ((GEORGE KNAPP)) TONIGHT AT 11 PM, THE SENATOR--AND OTHERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM--WILL GIVE A BROADER VIEW OF WHAT ELSE WAS STUDIED. AND WE WILL HEAR OPINIONS ABOUT WHETHER THIS MATERIAL IS EVER GOING TO BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. ((DENISE VALDEZ)) >>> STILL AHEAD ON THE VALLEY'S NEWS LEADER...

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