Are unidentified flying objects real or just the product of overactive imaginations sparked by pop culture? Millions of Americans believe that extraterrestrials regularly visit Earth. The UFO industry has evolved over 50-plus years, starting in 1947 when pilot Kenneth Arnold flew near Mt. Rainier in Washington state and spied nine crescent-shaped metallic objects in the distance traveling at speeds he estimated to be 1,000 miles per hour. During the same year of Arnold’s flight, another seminal UFO event occurred. An alien craft allegedly crashed on a ranch in Roswell, N.M. Although the military initially released information to the press that a flying saucer was recovered, within hours the official government explanation stated the debris found in the desert was simply a fallen weather balloon. The seeds of a government cover-up were planted with the explanation. Area 51, a top secret military base in New Mexico, has since become a focus for “ufologists,” or those who study the UFOs. Groups dedicated to researching the UFO phenomena have proliferated, along with sightings of lights and objects darting through the skies. It’s been 60 years since the remnants of either a weather balloon or a spaceship were recovered in the desert, but the UFO industry that emerged has grown astronomically. Claims that the U.S. government is either in cahoots with aliens to cull their technology, or responsible for squelching data by disseminating misinformation, was the basis of a recent meeting sponsored by the Ventura/Santa Barbara chapter of MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network. About a dozen UFO enthusiasts met at Marie Callender’s in Westlake Village in mid-February to hear author and UFO expert Bill Hamilton discuss the fantastic case of Dan Burisch and the government’s quest to silence him, and how time travel plays into some UFO theories. Dr. Dan Burisch (aka Dan Crain) was allegedly an Area 51 microbiologist who worked on the Lotus Project, a governmentsponsored study of the Ganesh particle, which purportedly has the capability of repairing damaged cells. Burisch claims to have worked with an alien being named J-Rod on a variety of “black budget,” (top secret, not officially recognized by the government) projects.
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