Did Eisenhower Nearly Launch an Alien War in 1956

Released on = January 8, 2007, 5:14 pm

Press Release Author = Temple Productions

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Did a town in Colorado become so vulnerable to alien attack
that President Eisenhower prepared for war? It did according to \"The Top Secret UFO
Project,\" filmmaker R. J. Thomas\' parody of UFO documentaries.


Press Release Body = One of the great truth-or-hoax tales in UFO folklore involves a
1954 meeting between President Eisenhower and aliens at the Edwards Air Force Base
in California. But Ike\'s connection to UFOs had a bigger story than that, one in
which he prepared for a possible alien war, or so the legend goes in \"The Top Secret
UFO Project,\" filmmaker R. J. Thomas\' parody of UFO documentaries.

\"Ike was president in 1956, at the time when my film takes place, so I had to drag
him into it,\" Mr. Thomas said. \"My film is a spoof of UFO cover-ups, and Ike
certainly was interested in keeping the public in the dark about things of this
nature.\"

According to \"The Top Secret UFO Project,\" President Eisenhower prepared for a
showdown with creatures from outer space, setting up military operations in a little
Colorado town some seventy-five miles south of Denver in the summer of 1956.

Based on Thomas\' 2004 novella of the same name, \"The Top Secret UFO Project\"
chronicles the UFO-related events experienced by the tiny town of Jasper. According
to the film, the town dealt with one unusual event after another in July and August
of 1956. After a farmer spotted a flying saucer zipping over his property,
scientists rushed into Jasper to investigate, reporters rushed in looking for
stories, and government officials rushed in to keep it a secret from the world.

\"The Top Secret UFO Project\" has created some internet buzz and landed Mr. Thomas a
guest spot on \"The \'X\' Zone,\" Rob McConnell\'s internationally-syndicated radio
program that deals with the unproven and the unexplained.

Billed as \"the movie the government does not want you to see,\" \"The Top Secret UFO
Project,\" is a parody of the cheesy UFO documentaries of the 1970s like \"Overlords
of the UFO\" and of TV programs like \"In Search Of.\"

\"According to legend, Eisenhower visited Edwards Air Force Base and either viewed
the bodies of dead aliens and the wreckage of their craft, or met with live aliens
to discuss peace between the worlds,\" Mr. Thomas said. \"He left a vacation in Palm
Springs for this meeting and the press became curious as to where he was. Some
thought he was dead.\"

The White House called a press conference to announce that the president had knocked
a cap off a tooth while eating chicken, and that he had to be taken to a local
dentist for treatment. Many believe this was a cover-up, the kind spoofed so
mercilessly in Mr. Thomas\' biting satire.

\"Unlike Jimmy Carter, Ike never admitted to seeing a UFO or vowed to make reports of
UFOs available to the public,\" Mr. Thomas said. \"If he did believe in UFOs, he
certainly didn\'t want the world to know about it.\"

\"The Top Secret UFO Project\" is available on DVD at BooksAndSuchMart.com.

\"The Top Secret UFO Project (DVD Promo)\" is available for viewing on GoogleVideo.com
and YouTube.com.


Web Site = http://www.BooksAndSuchMart.com

Contact Details = CONTACT: R. J. Thomas
310-288-6605
rjt1976@yahoo.com
www.BooksAndSuchMart.com

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