If the weather-balloon incident in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 is a big issue for you, Bill Richardson is your presidential candidate.<\/p>\n
The New Mexico governor hosted a town-hall meeting the other day when a voter asked Richardson whether he’d be willing to get to the bottom of the “mystery.” Not only did Richardson take the question seriously<\/a>, he’s also apparently had his own questions about this for a while.<\/p>\n “I’ve been in government a long time, I’ve been in the cabinet, I’ve been in the Congress and I’ve always felt that the government doesn’t tell the truth as much as it should on a lot of issues,” said Richardson, who is governor of New Mexico.<\/p>\n “When I was in Congress I said (to the) Department of Defense … ‘What is the data? What is the data you have?’ ”<\/p>\n He was told that the records were classified.<\/p>\n “That ticked me off,” he said, as the crowd laughed.<\/p>\n “What do you want me to do? You want me to open up all those files?” he asked the alien enthusiast, who answered that he did.<\/p>\n “I’ll work with you on that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As the AP noted, the Air Force, not too terribly long ago, disclosed that the Roswell incident was actually part of something called “Project Mogul,” a top-secret effort to monitor Soviet-era nuclear testing. It’s why officials were always reluctant to answer questions about what happened.<\/p>\n Of course, those who prefer to believe a UFO was involved have rejected this explanation. Richardson apparently wants more information, too. Later Sunday, during a town-hall meeting in Exeter, Giuliani assured a young questioner that preparedness will be key for all crises, including those from outer space.<\/p>\n “If (there’s) something living on another planet and it’s bad and it comes over here, what would you do?” a boy asked.<\/p>\n Giuliani, grinning, said it was his first question about an intergalactic attack.<\/p>\n “Of all the things that can happen in this world, we’ll be prepared for that, yes we will. We’ll be prepared for anything that happens,” said Giuliani, who mayor during the 9\/11 terrorist attacks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’m as big a sci-fi fan as the next political blogger, but I had no idea the candidates would actually start fielding questions on the subject.<\/p>\n
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\nI’d just add that there seems to be quite a bit of interest<\/a> in this area lately.<\/p>\n