November 19, 1985🇨🇭Disclosure

Reagan Alien Invasion Speech at Geneva Summit with Gorbachev

On November 19-20, 1985, at a summit in Geneva, President Ronald Reagan meets Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the first time. While making a toast, Reagan surprises everyone by discussing the idea of an alien invasion. He tells Gorbachev and the Soviet delegation how much easier their tasks might be 'if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another species from another planet outside in the universe.' Researcher Grant Cameron locates a State Department 'Memorandum of Conversation' recording the comment. Cameron's review of the December 4 Fallston High School speech reveals that the alien invasion reference was not in the drafts — Reagan added it on his own. His handlers did not like these references. According to the author's sources, Reagan was formally briefed on UFOs and extraterrestrials.

[Dolan Vol.2 enrichment]: Dolan provides context for Reagan's repeated alien threat statements. Beyond the September 1987 UN speech, Reagan had also made this comment on February 16, 1987 in the presence of Gorbachev at Geneva, and repeated it on May 4, 1988. Gorbachev later confirmed the exchange at the February meeting. In early June 1988, when Gorbachev asked Reagan directly 'What is SDI for? What missiles is it supposed to bring down if we eliminate all nuclear weapons?', Reagan replied: 'It will be there just in case.' The pattern suggests Reagan was either deeply concerned about an actual extraterrestrial threat or using the concept strategically in Cold War diplomacy.

Date
November 19, 1985
Type
Disclosure
Country
🇨🇭 Switzerland

Background

EVENT TITLE: Reagan Alien Invasion Speech at Geneva Summit with Gorbachev
EVENT DATE: 1985-11-19
EVENT TYPE: disclosure
EXISTING SUMMARY: On November 19-20, 1985, at a summit in Geneva, President Ronald Reagan meets Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the first time. While making a toast, Reagan surprises everyone by discussing the idea of an alien invasion. He tells Gorbachev and the Soviet delegation how much easier their tasks might be if faced with such a threat.

1. During the Geneva Summit in November 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time. During a toast, Reagan spoke about a hypothetical alien invasion scenario. He suggested that such an event would unite the two nations.

The Incident * The Geneva Summit took place on November 19-20, 1985. * President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev met to discuss international relations. * During a toast, Reagan raised the idea of an alien invasion. * He proposed that a common extraterrestrial threat would make their tasks easier by uniting their countries.

Investigation There is no information about an official investigation into this event in the provided text.

Significance Reagan's comments, though seemingly off-the-cuff, are significant within the UFO context because they suggest an awareness, or at least a consideration, of the potential impact of extraterrestrial contact on global politics. The fact that he brought up the topic with the leader of the Soviet Union, at a time of heightened Cold War tensions, indicates that the concept of an alien threat was something he had considered. It also highlights a potential belief in a unifying force that could transcend national divisions.

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