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So, has your president seen a UFO?
Aliens are a government tradition.
National Archives, Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff)
From antiquity, the powerful leaders of the world have been involved with higher powers, spirits and entities. They even had their own contact teams, special contact rooms, or rituals.
Nowadays, people are less dissmissive of aliens that there is an acknowledgement that “somthing” has been flying in the sky. But there is a strong tradition of world leaders having encouters, information and knowledge of aliens.
1. George Washington (United States, 1789–1797)
Claim: Legend has it that Washington experienced a vision at Valley Forge, interpreted by some as a divine or extraterrestrial encounter. This story is largely folklore and unsupported by historical records.
“James Everell, a sober, discreet man, and two others, saw a great light in the night at Muddy River.” — John Winthrop
Notable Report: Before the idea of the United States, there were alien encounters.
