Contact with Extra Terrestrials Illegal?




On July 16,1969, a little known US law was passed called the 'Extra Terrestrial Exposure Law' that made it illegal for the public to come in contact with extra terrestrials or their vehicles (Title 14, Section 1221 of the Code of Federal Regulations). Anyone found guilty of such contact could be imprisoned for one year and fined $5,000 US. As well, any individual who has been 'extra terrestrially exposed' could be quarantined under armed guard by the NASA administrator without a hearing. The law was removed on April 26, 1991 'since is has served its' purpose and is no longer in keeping with current (NASA) policy)'1.

The law was passed originally to protect the earth from possible biological contamination resulting from the United States Apollo Space Program and other related space exploration programs. It has been suggested that the U.S. government was very concerned that contact with extra-terrestrial bacteria could result in a worldwide plague. The immune system of human beings would not be able to combat the extra-terrestrial bacteria; therefore any 'extra terrestrial exposure' was taken very seriously.

People in the UFO community were alarmed with the Extra Terrestrial Exposure Law because its broad wording could allow the U.S. government to prosecute people in NASA along with individuals in the general public who come into contact with extra-terrestrials and their vehicles e.g. abductees. UFO believers found it interesting that on the one hand the government was denying they had any interest in extra terrestrials yet they had a law on the books which forbid contact with extra terrestrials and their craft.

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