UFO believer offers Obama a briefing on extraterrestrials
By Daniel J. Chacon, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published August 21, 2008 at 2:06 p.m.
Photo by Barry Gutierrez / The Rocky
Jeff Peckman, who is pushing a ballot initiative to form an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver, would like to meet with Barack Obama, but doesn't think it will happen.
The Denver man who is pushing a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in the Mile High City is offering to give Barack Obama a briefing on space aliens and their alleged visits to Earth.
"I can get him information that I believe is better than what he would get as president," Jeff Peckman said Thursday.
Peckman said he realizes his chances of meeting with Obama when the presumptive presidential nominee comes to Denver are slim.
"I don't expect anybody to let me meet him in person," he said, laughing.
Peckman also is asking the Democratic Party "to include a plank in the their platform" during the Democratic National Convention that includes holding "open, secrecy-free hearings on the UFO/extraterrestrial presence on and around Earth."
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August 21, 2008
2:15 p.m.
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temurlan writes:
Shouldn't the briefing be the other way around?
August 21, 2008
2:16 p.m.
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elkman writes:
Not again! Anything for a chance to stand in the spotlight again.
Get a life.
August 21, 2008
2:21 p.m.
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danirobi writes:
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, there are no words for this! hahahahahahaha!!!!!!
August 21, 2008
2:22 p.m.
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KING writes:
The hard part is figuring out which one is more full of crap....
August 21, 2008
2:24 p.m.
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CDee writes:
You have GOT to be kidding me. And the RMN still thinks this joker is news??
August 21, 2008
2:28 p.m.
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dilligaf writes:
I have a feeling the RMN is setting up the cons with all of these reports. I think they all get together and have a laugh when they start reading the posts that start flooding in from the whiners on the right. I would bet they have a contest on who can stir up the most. But this one proves they are starting to run out of ideas. Whats next Pee Wee Herman is seen having dinner with Obama. And if not I probably started it. When I get home I will have to check in. I bet I s--ker MarineGrunt in.
August 21, 2008
2:34 p.m.
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solar_satellite writes:
Here is another story about this flake! Why?!?
August 21, 2008
2:37 p.m.
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Mayor_Quimby writes:
Why is it that loons like this guy gravitate towards Obama?
August 21, 2008
2:39 p.m.
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Squatch writes:
I heard the bigfoot guys want to sit down with obama also.
This guy needs to go away.
August 21, 2008
2:41 p.m.
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Dick_Tater writes:
I heard the big O is picking Jeff as his VP.
August 21, 2008
2:49 p.m.
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HopiMedicineMan writes:
The Big Foot was a gorilla suit. It was a joke that got way out of control. Film at 10.
This is one of my all time favorite subjects, people who see UFOs, aliens and are taken up in them for sexual abuse.
And yes, they gravitate left (no pun intended). They're all over
crop circles, a phenomena increasing in reverse proportion to the British rate of employment. They're into wind, solar, bio, reincarnation, and astral projection.
August 21, 2008
2:51 p.m.
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SomeRandomGuy writes:
Is this the guy who claimed space aliens were peeking in his windows at his daughter and then offered to sell us the proof? Clearly he knows what he is talking about and should be taken seriously. I should know, I've got his alien dead in my freezer.
August 21, 2008
3:01 p.m.
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HolierThanThou writes:
"Why is it that loons like this guy gravitate towards Obama?"
Because the loons around McCain would crowd him out.
August 21, 2008
3:05 p.m.
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DenverDan writes:
This freak is a Republican all the way.
August 21, 2008
3:13 p.m.
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Mayor_Quimby writes:
HolierThanThou writes:
"Why is it that loons like this guy gravitate towards Obama?"
Because the loons around McCain would crowd him out.
That's a weak comeback if i ever saw one.
August 21, 2008
3:51 p.m.
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LarryWBryant writes:
== Relief from Public Ridicule Is Just a Blog Away ==
Cutesy (and/or malicious) putdowns like the ones posted at the beginning of this comments section won't make the reality of the UFO experience evaporate.
The record of presidential action/inaction on matters UFOlogical dates back to the Truman administration.
However much they strive to be witty and profound in their ad-hominem attacks, the detractors of Mr. Peckman's public spiritedness are diminishing their own credibility, not his.
As the UFO-disclosure train leaves the station, they're still huddled on the platform, in fear and loathing, trying to outdo one another's sarcasm and incivility. For those eschewing such passe childishness, I refer them to my blog at http://ufoview.posterous.com .
August 21, 2008
3:59 p.m.
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DC9Series30 writes:
Jeff Peckman - Obama's selection for VP !!!!!!! Wonderful running mate - both are totally "out" there - somewhere I guess :-))))))
August 21, 2008
4:12 p.m.
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JluvDC writes:
Why is it that the Denver Post has a cute article about a new baby giraffe at the Denver Zoo...but the RMN's keeps torturing us with more blather from this idiot? I think I signed up for the wrong paper sometimes :(
August 21, 2008
4:19 p.m.
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esarem writes:
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL LOLOLOL catch my breath.... LOLOLOLOL
August 21, 2008
4:36 p.m.
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HolierThanThou writes:
UFOs, fact or fiction?
Who knows?
One thing that we can be sure of is that the chances of space aliens visiting Earth are much higher than the odds that Saddam Hussein has WMD.
If you believed that big steaming pile of crap about Saddam's WMD, they go to the mirror and take a look at a gullible moron who makes the UFO-believing crowd look like gifted skeptics.
August 21, 2008
4:56 p.m.
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Darwin writes:
HTH; Both Democrats and Republicans believed it, as they voted in the affirmative to go after Saddam. It's time for you supporters of the Dems and Repubs to abandon them. Don't vote for Obama or McCain. But of course you sheep of both parties will not be deterred as you are herded where the party want you to go.
Oh, btw, I hate to break it to you but regarding your comment
"One thing that we can be sure of is that the chances of space aliens visiting Earth are much higher than the odds that Saddam Hussein has WMD."
Saddam is kaput, dead, no more, now shed your tears and move on.
August 21, 2008
5:27 p.m.
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HolierThanThou writes:
Here are other things that are less likely than a having a big UFO land in front of the Colorado Capital and make the 10 o'clock news:
1. Bush admitting that any of his many disastrous failures are a mistake is 100 time less likely than Vulcans dropping in at the local bar for shots of tequila.
2. The US economy improving while conservatives are in power is 1000 times less likely than Amazon Women from the Moon abducting your teenage son.
3. Conservatives balancing the federal budget is 1,000,000 times less likely than little green men showing up at your door asking for a cup of sugar.
4. Conservatives doing anything that benefits the working middle class is 10,000,000 times less likely than an alien army helping Fidel Castro conquer the United States with ray guns shooting yellow fizzy crap.
Conservatives are dead certain they'll see those four unlikely things happening and then some. So, who's being unreasonable here?
Conservatives make UFO believers look perfectly rational. At least believing in UFOs never did anyone any harm with the possible exception of some of my boyhood friends. For a joke I made a big UFO hoax. Sorry guys. But the garbage that conservatives believe gets people maimed and killed. Conservative beliefs ruin working folks, cause foreclosures, job elimination, and every other ill associated with unemployment and poverty.
Conservatives believe that working people don't need to collectively bargain for better pay and working conditions. Oh, that's hilarious! They actually think their bosses are going to give them everything out of the goodness of their hearts! Are you kidding me?
What planet did you numb nuts arrive from yesterday?
August 21, 2008
5:28 p.m.
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KarlCheney writes:
And they say there is a left wing bias!! The only reason to print crap like this is to make Obama look bad, as if he associates with jokers like this. As you can tell by the posts here the right wingers are eating this story up!!!
August 21, 2008
6:13 p.m.
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jayerick writes:
If you are open to having your mind changed about the legitimacy of the UFO phenomena, then go to www.disclosureproject.org and watch the video from the National Press Club conference where a plethora of ex-military and government employee-insiders give first hand accounts of the "UFO" situation...it won't bite.
August 21, 2008
9:27 p.m.
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gary writes:
Obama knows about UFOs already...can't all of you tell?
Just look at his Spock ears...
Nuff Said!
August 21, 2008
11:09 p.m.
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EZBakeOven writes:
Everyone, prepare your tin foil hats now!
August 22, 2008
7:12 a.m.
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Gonzopozo writes:
I still think the Earth is FLAT !!! Looks flat to me.
August 22, 2008
7:33 a.m.
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vudumom writes:
Obama should meet with him personally and then hold a press conference to solicit votes from aliens, legal or not. Obama is slipping in the polls and needs all the help he can get.
August 22, 2008
8:53 a.m.
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jay_is_an_idiot writes:
Suddam doesn't have WMD, unless that is part of an Islamic heaven that includes having frequenty love trysts with seventy virgins.
Who knows? Maybe he and Satan are laying in bed together doing errotic things with rods of uranium and plutonium. Or maybe they are snorting ricin through a straw.
August 22, 2008
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El_Mariachi writes:
Isn't this guy's 15 minutes up yet?
August 23, 2008
2:49 p.m.
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thscd writes:
I have seen many UFO's over the years and I have no explanations of what they are, because I have no clue if it's ours or Alien. Obama would be the least likely to believe in aliens, his EGO is too large, he thinks he is the center of the Universe and runs it, with true ability of a chi chi fly! My feeling of Obama he is lower than whale s--t!
August 23, 2008
5:16 p.m.
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Quanta writes:
As usual, even though the great majority of US citizens polled by AOL say they believe that extraterrestrials not only exist but have visited Earth, the great majority of people responding to this article are page ragers with nothing better to do than pretend - anonymously, of course - that they know what they're talking about. If everyone here making jokes about a serious topic would do even a little tiny bit of research into the UFO/et reality, I'd respect their opinions - but as it stands, I'll bet not one of them has viewed the Disclosure Project testimonies. So their words are empty. For whatever reason, they do not wish to know the truth - maybe because then they'd have to abandon their gang mentality and admit they were wrong, and then they'd have to find another outlet for their page rage. Sadly, they seem to be grade-school bullies that never grew up.
Then again, not all lifeforms are intelligent...
August 23, 2008
10:22 p.m.
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repelmexico writes:
What was that about Chevy buying the fleet of Dammocrat hippy busses?
brutal.conversions@yahoo.com
If the dammocrats are worried about pollution they should quit trashing america with emma lazarus' "wretched refuse".
January 21, 2009
3:11 p.m.
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mls700 writes:
The Era of Secrecy is over? We shall see!
If Obama is sincere and the "Era of Secrecy" is over. He should immediately release all information on UFOs and alien contact.
Even our astronauts have said UFOs and Aliens are real... so why lie to the American people? OBAMA - TELL US THE TRUTH and help bring this world together...
Start with Roswell and Kleckburg, PA incidents.
Sometimes you have to fight to have the truth and then be strong enough to live with what was discovered. This is one of those issues.
Our astronauts have admitted that they saw many UFO's on the moon and were followed while in route to/from the moon. Can Obama be this honest? I'm not sure.
But one thing is certain... EVERYONE should push Obama to end the era of UFO secrecy! This answer will change the world.