The Skeptical Believer by John Shirley
HEY, UFOLOGISTS! MAKE IT IMPORTANT!
by John Shirley

You, the hundreds of thousands of ufologists out there -- you want to find out what's in Area 51 and at Wright Patterson? You're convinced this is the biggest thing that's happened to humanity ever, etc., etc.? It's pretty damn important, right? We have a right to know? It is epochal, it is of vast significance, you say? Then, if you really believe it, treat it as important -- as important as the Vietnam War was when thousands mobilized to march on Washington, D.C. Mobilize ufology! Quietly, through the Internet and phone trees and letters, coordinate a mass visitation to either of those two bases. Without any unnecessary publicity, descend on the fucking place in the tens of thousands at a prearranged time. I know there's that enough of you worldwide. Get, say, 50,000 people to Area 51 at once -- and drive en masse into the grounds and BREAK THE LAW.

That's right -- take the risks to find out the truth...if it's so important to you. Yeah, I'll go too. Cross the boundaries. Enter the base. Are the Cammie Dudes going to turn back 50,000 people? Even 10,000? How many are they going to shoot? They aren't going to shoot any, probably, especially if you bring some select media source who doesn't prompt the rest of the media, some newsmen with cameras. And if they do shoot some of us -- well hey, you said it was of epochal, of earthshaking, history-making importance, right? It's worth the risk, and the sacrifice, then. Bust down the gates and walk in. If the stuff is there, you'll find it. Bring crowbars. Stay together. Don't let anyone be arrested without their arresting all 10,000. What are the Cammie Dudes and the sentries going to do?

Let's try it. Just tell me when to show up. Personally I think we'd find a hangar, and in the hangar will be a top secret...manmade aircraft. Something with more or less conventional propulsion. Not derived from alien tech. Probably. Or another stealth weapon. It may be embarrassing. But the truth will be there, in your laps, for once.

Do something, if it's so important to you. Ghandi's people did something en masseabout what was important to them. Martin Luther King's people did something en masse about what was important to them. If it's so damn important...

Do something.

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