For anyone seriously interested in uncovering the connection between UFO's and the government, the 'Aviary' represents the primary collection of known 'witnesses.' All members have been on the 'scene' for at least a decade, and most of them for considerably longer. If one could demonstrate that this group of individuals was not privy to any substantial UFO related secrets, that would go a long way toward resolving this entire issue.

If the public concern about a government cover on UFO's intensifies then so will the pressure increase for there to be substantive action toward resolving this issue. Informal attempts to collect Aviary testimony should be encouraged. If this approach fails to produce an adequate response, then more formal processes should be instituted. Several members of the Aviary have already been subjected to low levels of inquiry. The results of these inquiries should reviewed in light of any new information. As much of the information as is practical should be made directly available to the public.

There are other avenues of potential inquiry besides the Aviary. Over the years ufologists have amassed a great quantity of government documents, many significant ones of these have not even been privately circulated. There should be an effort to make a rough inventory of these very substantial holdings with an eye toward developing a rough overview of the nature of the known UFO paper trail.

Many ufologists also have developed their own networks of government informants. There should be a preliminary assessment of the usefulness of these existing networks for any future expanded inquiry.

There should also be an attempt to interview a substantial random set of former government officials in positions where they would likely have been privy to inside information of either a formal or informal nature.

Rather early in the above inquiries one could get a good indication of the value of the information resulting from the given level of effort. This assessment should also be made public so that the interested parties could decide on the desirability various continuing actions.

Such measures as these are not going to resolve every question and concern, but they could go a long way toward substantially reducing the amount of public distrust in an area that generates much impassioned confusion.

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rev. 7/10/97