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Show The Thunderbird Monday November 12 , 1984 UFOs subject of government Robert Hastings brought his message of the alleged government conspiracy surrounding UFO sightings and investigations to a standing room only audience at the SUSC Convocation Thursday. There is a top secret policy surrounding UFOs and the working hypothesis that they are craft that far surpass anything we had technologically, said Hastings. Hastings is supported by a former director of the CIA, as well as the Air Force director for Project Blue Book, which investigated UFO sightings in the extra-terrestri- curb potential panic. The government did not wish to upset the public in the same way Orson Welles infamous broadcast War of the Worlds did in 1939, Hastings claimed. Hastings said he believes the current concern the government may have for not telling the citizens is that many of the UFO sightings are over military nuclear research and storage facilities. We have ample evidence that these sightings have occurred on repeated cover-up- , says Hastings occasions around nuclear related facilities, said Hastings. Hastings speculated that the objects are expressing an interest in U.S. nuclear weapons capati lilities. The consensus of military circles and the intelligence community is: Would the public react well if they knew that Americas nuclear arsenal was being repeatedly violated by objects that our Air Force could not touch said Hastings. technologically? 1960s. Hastings stressed that his program was based on information he and other researchers obtained through previously classified CIA, FBI and Air Force documents via the Freedom of Information Act. I think that the strength of my program lies in the fact that everything that comes from my mouth I can document as fact, Hastings said. I tend to shy away from speculation totally, he added. Hastings said he relies primarily on military sightings for most of his information because the nature of military reporting makes the documentation much more dependable. He noted that CIA documents from the early 1950s show the government originally elected not to notify the public of UFO sightings in order to A visit to SUSC today by Gov. Scott Matheson will kick off Jewish Week activities, which will continue through Friday. The governor will speak at a dedication ceremony scheduled to start at 3 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall. Matheson will proclaim the week of Nov. 12 through 16 as Utah Jewish Week. SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt will officially open the weeks activities, which have been planned to enhance SUSCs sponsorship of the Public Broadcasting Service Telecourse Heritage: Civilization and the Jews. Dance specialists Burch Mann and San Christopher spent two days in Cedar City elementary schools teaching about 500 students an Israeli dance, which will be performed Friday as part of the dance department contribution to Jewish Week. Ive seen as many as 500 people performing this dance in an Israeli kibbutz, many of them dressed in their work clothes who came in from the fields when they heard the music, Mann told a group of 60 at North Elementary. Mann, distinguished artist in residence at SUSC and the founder of the American Folk Ballet, spent two months in Israel with her dance troupe. We were scheduled to spend two weeks there but we stayed much longer because the Israelis so enjoyed our performances, she said. Students at North, South and East elementary schools learned the lively dance called the Hora Hadera. Hora means circle, Christopher said, adding that the circle is a universal dance form. Christopher, a special artist in residence at SUSC, learned the folk dance while studying in California with the Israeli Dani Dassa. The cultural experiences during Jewish Week range from an extensive Jewish Exposition scheduled to be held in the Great Hall to an Einstein exhibit in the SUSC Science Center. fifth-grade- In other words, Hastings explained, got a lot to lose and not too 'theyve much to gain by being forthright. Hastings said he and his associates believe no government on Earth can ultimately control the actions of whoever is piloting these craft. If at some point they choose to excellerate their efforts and make themselves plainly known, Hastings said, ...nobody else is going to be able to prevent them. Hastings said he feels the public would be better prepared to deal with the UFO issue if the government would address the problem. t We dont want to frighten anybody, Hastings said. We dont want to upset anybody, but the evidence we have is real. Its factual. Its documented. If you want to say no, I wont believe it. I wont accept it, fine, he added. Im not a missionary. I woi t twist anybodys arm. The evidence s there if you care to pursue it. Hastings said he considers himself a political activist. We are publically challenging official government policy of secrecy, implemented by CIA in conjunction with the Air Force, National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and some degree the FBI. We are not condemning what has been going on, but at the same time we are saying this is an idea whose time has come. People need to at least be aware of the evidence that is available. Political activist Robert Hastings spoke of UFOs and an alleged in Thursdays Convocation. government cover-u- Matheson to visit for Jewish Week Page 3 p Blodgett deciphers ancient tongues by Annette Grooms The man coming out of the Old Administration Building, with his briefcase in his right hand and clenching his coat closed with his left, is hurrying to his 11 a.m. class. Its a cold fall morning so it is very hard to stop a redfaced man on his way to language class to talk to him about Hebrew. Terry M. Blodgett started to talk more after a few minutes of defrosting in his room at the library. Blodgett, chairman of the language department, has been with SUSC for 11 years. Though he looks very young to be an associate professor and lecturer, he already has his doctorate in language. Although German is my specialty, I also enjoy teaching beginning Hebrew and historical linguistics, said Blodgett. He loves to talk about it in his classes. He occasionally teaches a Hebrew class during the summer quarter and has the freedom to really teach it thoroughly. He is so interested in the subject, in fact, that he will talk more about it this week during Jewish week festivities. His interest in Hebrew caused him to make an intriguing discovery dealing with historical linguistics not too long ago. He discovered that many groups of people influenced languages as they migrated across Europe. Many Israelites migrated to Europe and they eventually changed the pronunciation of six letters; the pronunciation cf the letter p was changed to f, t to th, k to ch, b to bh (or a w sound), d to dh, and g was changed to gh. This influer.ee increased the total vocabulary in the Germanic language, including English, tv one-thirB.C. said Blodgett. Thir occurred from 500-40This new vocabulary is listed in the dictionary as being of unknown origin and it was this vocabulary that proved to be of Hebrew origin, he said. While on a Fulbright Scholarship, I toured Germany, Austria, and England, he said. I also lectured for six 'different groups of interested faculty and students, explaining my discovery. C Blodgett has been invited back to England this summer for another lecture on the subject, though he has not sent them a commitment yet. Blodgett flashes an easy smile and has a twinkle in his eye when he talks about languages and historical linguistics. In his classes he manages to make everyone else excited about them, too. He takes time to discuss problems and questions with everyone. He also sets aside an hour every week to have interviews or to just discuss whatever subject interests students the most. He makes students feel at ease while they learn a difficult new language. Blodgett i Linguist Terry Blodgetts interest in Hebrew caused him to make an intriguing discovery. to everyone as if they were in his living room. Even though he researches and studies historical linguistics, he also spends a great deal of time teaching modern languages. One day he walked into his classroom and was faced with the problem of everyone talking among themselves. In order to quiet them, he calmly said, I dont want anyone to say anything unless you say it in German. That was difficult to do because everyone was just beginning to learn the language. I plan on continuing my teaching and my research, Blodgett said, Since being in Europe, I have been studying the extent of these influences from various countries and the histories of their languages with scholars of Europe and the U.S. will talk |