1-18-2012
GENERAL (RET.) RICARDO BERMUDEZ WILL MAKE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT OFFICIAL CHILEAN UFO PROJECT AT THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL UFO CONGRESS THIS FEBRUARY IN FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA.
Tempe, Arizona-Chilean Air Force General (Ret.) Ricardo Berm'udez, Director of Chile's official Committee for the Study of Aerial Anomalous Phenomena (CEFAA) will address the International UFO Congress in Scottsdale, AZ this February. This is the first time ever in the USA when a high-ranking military officer who runs an official government sponsored UFO project talks about the subject at a conference open to the general public.
"This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for us" says conference co-organizer Maureen Elsberry, "this is the first time in the U.S. that such a high-ranking government official has spoken to the public about an official government sponsored UFO project. It shows how serious other countries take the subject of UFOs. Its something they feel is worthy of official investigation."
General Berm'udez served as commander of the Third Air Brigade in southern Chile, Director of the Technical School of Aeronautics, Deputy Director of the Air Force Academy, and Air Attach'e in London. He became Director of CEFAA shortly after Chile's Directorate of Civil Aviation created this office in 1997.
CEFAA collects UFO cases mostly from commercial and military pilots. "The policy of CEFAA is to pursue solid cases with adequate scientific data," stated Gen. Berm'udez, "but only if there is an indication that the safety of the aircraft might have been at risk."
This was the case when a pilot from the Chilean Air Force approached a group of luminous spherical objects that were on a collision path with the aircraft. This occurred in 1965, the entire encounter was recorded on the aircrafts black box and was reportedly registered with the government agency and could not be explained by any normal standards.
Gen. Berm'udez will outline the history, methodology and some of the best cases collected by CEFAA up to now. He is also expected to make an announcement about the need for an exchange of UFO data among different countries and between official and civilian research groups, to better understand this puzzling phenomenon.
"The CEFAA's official position has always been to recognize that something is happening in our skies, but we, as yet, do not know what it is," he said.
