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Hacker Cites Government Cover-up, UFOs
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2006-06-21
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A British hacker who broke into the computer systems of the U.S. military claimed he did it in order to research UFOs. That's not some tech-related acronym that you haven't encountered; Gary McKinnon says he was researching unidentified flying objects of extraterrestrial origin.
McKinnon hacked into networks controlled by the Pentagon, Army, Navy, and Air Force, among others. The U.S. government estimated the damage from his actions at over $1 million. McKinnon is facing extradition from the U.K., and a possible sentence of 70 years in prison. He could also be fined in excess of $1 million (amounts vary by source).
In an interview with Wired News, McKinnon reiterated his motivations. "I knew that governments suppressed antigravity, UFO-related technologies, free energy or what they call zero-point energy. This should not be kept hidden from the public when pensioners can't pay their fuel bills," he said.
Such claims have drawn quite a bit of attention to the hacker. He realizes this, but has not altered his story. It has been of the utmost importance to him (and to his legal defense) to make clear that he was not trying to compromise national security. "I was looking before and after 9/11. If I had wanted to distract anyone, I would not have chosen ufology, as this opens me up to ridicule," McKinnon said in the interview.
He mentioned "Non-Terrestrial Officers," and "ship-to-ship transfers." Those transfers, McKinnon said, involved ships that he's "never seen . . . noted anywhere else." Oh, and apparently there's a UFO parked outside the Johnson Space Center.
The hacker's legal fate is still up in the air; it could still be some time before the matter of his extradition is decided.
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Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews, InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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