Former Canadian minister of Defense Paul Hellyer warns against the reckless idea of shooting down an unidentified flying object.

His position as minister of Defense (1963-1968) allowed him access to information pertaining to the UFO phenomenon. Since he retired, Hellyer has made some unexpected statements that resounded within the community.

He believes that we are not alone in the universe and aliens have been visiting our planet for thousands of years. The former minister is certain they still walk among us. As a matter of fact, Hellyer claims, their crafts are as real as airplanes flying over our heads.

In an interview with RT, he recalled an event that took place in 1961, during the Cold War:

“[…]there were about 50 UFOs in formation flying south from Russia across Europe, and Supreme Allied Command was very concerned and about ready to push the ‘Panic’ button when they turned around and went back over the North Pole.”

“They decided to do an investigation and they investigated for 3 years and they decided that, with absolute certainty, four species – at least – had been visiting our planet for thousands of years.”

Hellyer is convinced the increase of UFO activity over the past few decades can be blamed on the invention of the atomic bomb. The first detonations of nuclear weapons during WWII attracted the attention of extraterrestrial civilizations because these weapons of mass destruction disrupt the unity of the Cosmos, affecting us and aliens alike.

“They are very much afraid that we might be stupid enough to start using atomic weapons again, and this would be very bad for us and for them as well.”

The former minister thinks our recent advancements in technology have had an unexpected side-effect. They served as a cosmic beacon for as many as 80 different alien species.

“There are about 80 different species and some of them look just like us and they could walk down the street and you wouldn’t know if you walked past one. They are what we call ‘Nordic blondes’ and also the Tall Whites who were actually working with the US Air Force in Nevada.”

“Then there’s the Short Greys as they are called, and they are the ones you see in most of the cartoons, they have very-very slim arms and legs, they are very short, just a little over 5 feet, and they have a great big head and great big brown eyes.”

It would be difficult to ascertain the intentions of the various alien species on Earth. Their agendas are as diverse as those of the different human nations populating our planet.

“I would say that nearly all are benign and benevolent and they do want to help us, there may be one or two species which do not. That’s one of the things I’m investigating at the moment, to see who they are, what they are up to and what their agendas really are.”

Until such information becomes available, we should definitely exercise caution. Our inferior technology would be no match for that of the extraterrestrials; they are far ahead of us and in the event of war, we wouldn’t stand a chance. In this case, should we be expecting an invasion?

“I think it’s a possibility,” says Hellyer. “But it’s a possibility especially if we shoot down every UFO that comes into our airspace without asking who they are and what they want. Right from the beginning we started scrambling planes, trying to shoot them down, but their technology was superior enough that we weren’t able to get away with it, certainly not for a long while.”

 

“During that period of time they could have taken us over without any trouble if they wanted to, so I think, rather than developing our own Star Wars to protect ourselves against them, we should work with the benign species that are of a vast majority and work together, and rely largely on them, of course, and cooperate, so that we would be contributing something at the same time; I don’t think there’s any point in us developing a galactic force that would tempt us to ride on our own and get into mischief, which is one of the things that some of them are concerned about.”

While some of the ETs originated in distant places in the universe, such as the Pleiades or Zeta Reticuli star systems, others inhabit planets in our own solar system, such as Venus, Mars or the moons of Saturn. Regardless of their provenance, these alien species have recognized the need to form alliances:

“[…]they may be interacting between themselves – I suspect that they are because there is what is called a ‘Federation’ of these people and they have rules. For example, one of the rules is that they don’t interfere with our affairs unless they are invited to – and that’s one of the reasons, probably, that we haven’t seem more of them until very recently…”

Despite keeping their diplomatic distance, the aliens of the Federation are deeply concerned about the future of humanity and Planet Earth. They acknowledge the fact that Earth is our home but they cannot dismiss the fact that we are bad keepers:

“They don’t want to tell us how to run our affairs, they have accepted the fact that this is our planet, and that we have the right to run it, but they are very concerned: they don’t think we are good stewards of our planet, we’re clear cutting our forests, we’re polluting our rivers and our lakes, and we’re dumping sewage in the oceans, and we’re doing all sorts of things which are not what good stewards of their homes should be doing.”

And we are still being given a chance. Despite our global selfishness, the Federation avoids using its superior technology to punish us. Hellyer believes it all boils down to free will:

“The Cosmos is based on free choice. We’re given the option of making mistakes, of making wrong choices, and I guess, what bothers some of us, is that we’ve made too many wrong choices, and not enough right choices.”

“So we’re going to have to start switching our priorities and stop spending so much time and effort on weapons to kill each other, or to dominate each other, and spend a lot more time on how to help each other to have a better life and a more just society, and life which is healthier.”

Paul Hellyer is an advocate of disclosure. Only by knowing the full magnitude of the situation could we begin to change.

“Our future as a species, and here I mean all of the species in the world, is potentially at risk if we don’t figure what’s going on and work together and try and make life more amenable for all of us, and to work with our neighbors from other planets as well.”