FAA Removes Bigelow UFO Directive Issued To
Air Traffic Controllers, Pilots From Internet Site
By Alfred Lambremont Webre
Seattle Exopolitics Examiner
4-8-10

NASA: Robert Bigelow (3rd from left) with Ames Mars rover

A recent directive issued by the Federal Aviation Administration to the FAA Air Traffic Organization setting out how pilots and all individuals should report sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) sightings has been removed from the FAA website. A December 10, 2009 FAA UFO directive specifically mentioned an organization controlled by Las Vegas real estate and aerospace entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, stating in part that “Persons wanting to report UFO/unexplained phenomena activity should contact a UFO/ unexplained phenomena reporting data collection center, such as Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS)….”

Informed sources whom this reporter contacted speculate that the FAA removed the notice specifically mentioning Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) from the FAA website following complaints by other organizations also accepting UFO reports as to their exclusion from being named in the FAA directive. Henry P. Krakowski, chief operating officer of the FAA Air Traffic Organization was not available for comment. Other organizations such as the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and UFOs Northwest also accept UFO reports.

Reached by this reporter at his office in Las Vegas, Dr. Colm A. Kelleher, BAASS Deputy Administrator confirmed that BAASS has an office established to receive UFO reports. He stated that the monthly volume of UFO reports received by BAASS is “infrequent.” Dr. Kelleher stated that BAASS received no FAA funds for receiving UFO reports. This reporter verified that BAASS UFO hotline staff was on duty to receive UFO reports.

Dr. Kelleher and Mark Easter, public relations director for Colorado-based MUFON, gave Examiner.com an exclusive insight into the state of relations between the for-profit BAASS organization, and MUFON, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that with approximately 2500 members in 50 states remains one of the largest UFO organizations in the world. In the article below, Examiner.com evaluates the future of this hybrid partnership for leading edge UFO research into “cases where physical effects of a UFO are reported or where ‘living beings’ are allegedly sighted or where ‘reality transformation’ is said to occur.”

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