Why are all these u.f.o investigations restricted for 50 yrs or more?

Question

Can someone explain to me why goverments have restricted access to investigative files which contain U.f.o witness accounts? All the content in these files seems to consist of silly witness testimonials. Why is this inconclusive tripe all so secret? The public have always had access to these modern u.f.o stories since the first wave of public interest hit, so why?

No conspiracy theorists plz because ppl are just going to laugh at you or downrate your comment.

Answer 1

Because the government wants us to stay focused on this crappy, smoggy, as sho le infested planet.

Answer 2

The initial letters U.F.O. usually expressed as UFO - mean exactly what they are supposed to indicate - an Unidentified Flying Object.  

UFO does not mean alien craft or flying saucer.

The fifty year rule applies to any 'secret' and/or 'restricted' document produced by a UK.gov department for whatever reason or purpose.

Try the links below for more . . .

ufo - UFOS at close sight: FOIA declassified documentsIf the government denies they have got the documents that you are ... has placed the full texts of recently declassified documents concerning UFOs online at ...

http://www.ufologie.net/htm/foia.htm

[PDF] Research Notes 6File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML

There are several files documenting the UK Government’s policy on UFOs, including .... Defence Intelligence Staff concerning UFOs as a potential hazard to ...

http://www.ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...

SHG: J. J. A. Hennessey - "The U.K. Government and UFOs."(With the recent release of records in the UK and with the newly enacted ... in UFOs, and writing to embassies at the United Nations concerning other ...

http://www.project1947.com/shg/hennessey...

The Rendlesham Forest UFO IncidentBelow is the report that Lt Col Halt Filed concerning the incident at ..... In mid-January 2005, the UK Government released documents regarding the ...

http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicrend....

Answer 3

I think that many of these so called UFO sightings (remember you do have to travel faster than the speed of light to get around the universe and that as far as I know is impossible) were possibly military experiments. Hence the 50 year ban. That's my best guess anyway.