Was JFK killed because of his interest in aliens?

[David]

Not really sure where to put this. I chose World History because the assassination was so long ago and is a known fact all over the globe.

Quote:An uncovered letter written by John F Kennedy to the head of the CIA shows that the president demanded to be shown highly confidential documents about UFOs 10 days before his assassination.

The secret memo is one of two letters written by JFK asking for information about the paranormal on November 12 1963, which have been released by the CIA for the first time.

Author William Lester said the CIA released the documents to him under the Freedom of Information Act after he made a request while researching his new book 'A Celebration of Freedom: JFK and the New Frontier.'

The president’s interest in UFOs shortly before his death is likely to fuel conspiracy theories about his assassination, according to AOL News.

Alien researchers say the latest documents, released to Mr Lester by the CIA, add weight to the suggestion that the president could have been shot to stop him discovering the truth about UFOs.

In one of the secret documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, JFK writes to the director asking for the UFO files.


Released: Letter from JFK to CIA director asking for access to UFO files, which has been released to an author under the Freedom of Information Act

In the second memo, sent to the NASA administrator, the president expresses a desire for cooperation with the former Soviet Union on mutual outer space activities.

The previously classified documents were released under the Freedom of Information Act to teacher William Lester as part of research for a new book about JFK.

He said that JFK’s interest in UFOs could have been fuelled by concerns about relations with the former Soviet Union.


Unclassified: A second memo written by JFK on November 12 1963, 10 days before his assassination, which has been released by the CIA

‘One of his concerns was that a lot of these UFOs were being seen over the Soviet Union and he was very concerned that the Soviets might misinterpret these UFOs as U.S. aggression, believing that it was some of our technology,’ Mr Lester told AOL News.

‘I think this is one of the reasons why he wanted to get his hands on this information and get it away from the jurisdiction of NASA so he could say to the Soviets, “Look, that's not us, we're not doing it, we're not being provocative. “.’

But conspiracy theorists said the documents add interest to a disputed file, nicknamed the ‘burned memo’, which a UFO investigator claims he received in the 1990s.

The document, which has scorch marks, is claimed to have been posted to UFO hunter Timothy Cooper in 1999 by an unknown CIA leak, but has never been verified.

In a note sent with the document, the apparent leaker said he worked for CIA between 1960 and 1974 and pulled the memo from a fire when the agency was burning some of its most sensitive files.

The undated memo contains a reference to ‘Lancer’, which was JFK's Secret Service code name.

On the first page, the director of Central Intelligence wrote: ‘As you must know, Lancer has made some inquiries regarding our activities, which we cannot allow.

‘Please submit your views no later than October. Your action to this matter is critical to the continuance of the group.’

The current owner of the ‘burned memo’, who bought it from Timothy Cooper in 2001 told AOL News that it shows that when JFK asked questions about UFOs that the CIA ‘bumped him off’.

UFO investigator Robert Wood said he has tested the paper it was printed on, the ink age, watermarks, font types and other markings.

He said: ‘I hired a forensics company to check the age of the ink and check several other things that you can date, using the same techniques you’d use in a court of law.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z1JzawsPZ0

[El Mono]

Lol The Daily mail.

There are so many conspiracies now I lost count, but they were supposed to release the documentation they had in 2014/15 however, they've bumped it for another 50 years (according to my History teacher who is keen to get his hands on information), you really think the Daily Mail would be the place to uncover the secrets behind the assassination?

What's next, Russia Today finds Dead Aliens in Siberia? Please.

[matt romney]

haha he couldve been killed for a million reasons. any progressive could

[ClichéGuevara]

The reason is really irrelevant now, to be honest.

[cleef]

(04-19-2011 11:56 PM)Amaru Zion Wrote:  haha he couldve been killed for a million reasons. any progressive could

progressive...ah come on thats a little far isnt it?

Have you never heard of the Cuban missile crisis or vietnam??

[David]

(04-19-2011 10:54 PM)El Mono Wrote:  Lol The Daily mail.

There are so many conspiracies now I lost count, but they were supposed to release the documentation they had in 2014/15 however, they've bumped it for another 50 years (according to my History teacher who is keen to get his hands on information), you really think the Daily Mail would be the place to uncover the secrets behind the assassination?

What's next, Russia Today finds Dead Aliens in Siberia? Please.

I never said anywhere the Dailymail is going to uncover the mystery. Its just the source that I got it from.. And in Journalism, newspapers get their information from other sources that I can unfortunately not reveal.

I've always considered this as an interesting theory and now that these documents got released I thought it would be nice to share it with you all who are also curious what the reason might be for JFK's assassination. I did not say that this is the primary reason for his death.

And that Dead Alien in Siberia are fake as can be.

[El Mono]

Yeah, I do find it interesting, the theories involving the fact his Father was a Mafia man, and he lost control over Mafia-run Cuba, and didn't regain it or other stories within the fact his Dad was a straight up gangster tend to strike me as the most convincing