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We're not alone - they want to prove it Mail Tribune / Jim Craven Jordan Pease maintains a home library of books, video and audio tapes about UFOs and extraterrestrials. Pease is a member of the Disclosure Project, which has a goal of proving the government has withheld information about visiting aliens and their revolutionary energy technology. By SARAH LEMON Mail Tribune Jordan Pease has never been abducted by aliens. And those strange flashes in the sky could be Earth lights, he says. But Pease still preaches his pet philosophy that humans are not alone in the universe. A self-taught student of UFO phenomenon, or "ufology," for the past 13 years, Pease has collected hundreds of tomes at used bookstores in out-of-the-way communities - and has amassed just as many audio and video tapes - in his search for the truth about life on other planets and, he believes, the U.S. government's mission to keep it all a secret. If you go WHO: Dan Willis of Grants Pass and Jordan Pease of Medford WHAT: Disclosure Project video and lecture about alien technology WHEN: 7 to 9 tonight WHERE: Southern Oregon University's Stevenson Union, Rogue River Room "I don't want to describe myself as totally obsessed by all this," the Medford resident says. "This is like a controversy within a huge controversy." It's a controversy that Pease feels must be brought to the public's attention, particularly if the world's energy problems could be solved. That's the mission of The Disclosure Project, a Virginia-based research and investigative group with which Pease tours the country presenting video-taped testimony of "dozens of military, intelligence, corporate and government witnesses to highly classified rogue projects." Disclosure Project advocates say these witnesses provide proof that the government has withheld technology that could "reverse environmental destruction and end world dependence on fossil fuel," project representatives say. Skeptical? Pease expects those sentiments but says he hates hearing that if aliens, UFOs, the "black budget" and government conspiracies were real, they would be on "60 Minutes." Yet The Disclosure Project grabbed a few national headlines in May when Project staff tried to lobby for congressional hearings on the existence of UFOs and extra-terrestrials. The conference - hosted by the National Press Club - gave Pease the opportunity to work on the Project and to witness a "historic event" for UFO aficionados. But the scant media coverage the Project did receive immediately evaporated after Sept. 11, frustrating Pease and other Project staff, he says. But even in today's pro-government and pro-military climate, Pease says he just can't ignore the testimony of people who claim to have personally experienced contact with alien technology. Willis will discuss transcribing top-secret messages as a U.S. Navy serviceman. He and Pease will answer questions near the end of the event, held in the Stevenson Union Rogue River Room from 7 to 9 p.m. Disclosure Project books, videos and audio recordings will be available. Pease also offers his personal "ufology" collection for the public's use through the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. The library Web site previews some of Pease's volumes, such as "Flying Saucers Have Landed," "UFOs are Real" and "The Day After Roswell," along with snippets of audio testimony. Materials can be borrowed by contacting Pease at www.rvml.org on the Web. Reach reporter Sarah Lemon at 776-4487, or e-mail [email protected] Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.