Halloween... or Are there really aliens out there?

I read an interesting article in the Houston Chronicle today about the Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson. Richardson was in Round Rock, Texas on Friday, October 26, campaigning for his lost cause Presidential bid... but I digress. During a Q&A session, a Dell Computer employee asked him about the 60+ year old Roswell incident.

"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. (Now there's a news flash!)

"When I was in Congress I said (to the) Department of Defense ... 'What is the data? What is the data you have?' "

He was told that the records were classified. [Tell me it isn't so... ]

"That ticked me off," he said, as the crowd laughed.

Now, the "Roswell Incident" has been the stuff of lore for a looonnngg time. What would the town do if the government were to release a report that has been "classified" for a ridiculously long period of time and it really was a weather balloon or some project that was developed to monitor the Soviet Union's nuclear activity? (yea, right!) That poor town would have to close one of its biggest draws (especially since the army base that helped perpetuate the cover up suffered from one of the many base closures rounds from the past.) Economic ruin is what would happen.

Well, maybe not completely, people do have to have some place to stop for food, gasoline, and a potty break as they are driving from West Texas to Ruidoso for the horse races or snow skiing on ice and to gamble at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation.

It also gets me thinking about the strange goings on in that supposedly non-conspiracy, but highly classified, locale called Area 51 in Nevada. Rumor has it that the "aliens" recovered in New Mexico were taken there. Maybe alive. And the Government is conducting experiments or tapping their knowledge or maybe they are just wasting our hard earned tax payer dollars by fanning the rumors that lend to the intrigue of the "government." Who knows. But, Halloween is the time when things like that come to my mind.

Now, if everyone would just vote for Bill Richardson he swears he'll get to the bottom of the mystery... But, I wouldn't bet on it.