Depressing to see this thread immediately devolve into dismissals from people who obviously didn&#x27;t take the time to read the article. It&#x27;s actually pretty interesting -- both because of who it&#x27;s about (pretty serious classified government dude) and what action he&#x27;s taking (collecting hard data).<p>To paraphrase:<p><i>I&#x27;ve spent a lot of time in classified programs and there doesn&#x27;t seem to be any official government UFO program, so getting the government to disclose what it knowns won&#x27;t amount to much. Having said that, if such programs exist they&#x27;re likely conducted by separate, extra-government organizations. Personally, I think the phenomenon is worth studying based on a high number of credible people giving credible reports. Because of that, I&#x27;ve joined the board of UFODATA which is using automated surveillance stations to try to collect (more) hard data about UFOs.</i>