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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. 
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((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)) 
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