FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) - UFO theorists are probing
declassified National Security Agency files on the U.S.
spy agency's website, hoping to find evidence that
proves there is life beyond Earth.
The NSA hoped the documents released two years ago
would quell suspicions that it harbored information
about unidentified flying objects. Instead, thousands
are looking at the documents, which include an article
in the tabloid newspaper National Enquirer with
the headline: "Take UFOs Seriously or Be Prepared
for Sneak Invasion by Space Aliens."
"The fact that they're releasing this stuff and
it's so blacked out, the theories just flurry,"
said John Greenwald, who has collected UFO documents
from government agencies for more than five years and
posts them on his Web site.
NSA staffers receive hundreds of written requests
under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, and the UFO
queries are slowing everything, said Pamela Philips,
chief of FOIA/Privacy Act Services for the agency.
"More people than ever are interested in this
stuff," said