From: jim@mentat.com (Jim Gillogly)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:25:53 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Can someone look this up? (fwd)
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Ray Arachelian skribis:
> Can someone on the list look this up?
> 
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> If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does
> Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
> implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S.
> citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their
> vehicles?

An authoritative-looking message from Ken Jenks of NASA appears at
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8148/quaranti.html .  It
says this section was repealed 26 Apr 1991, and that the intent was
to allow for a quarantine after the Apollo missions.  The full text
appears on that page.  It talks about exposure to lunar material
from NASA space shots, rather than UFO contacts.

	Jim Gillogly
	Trewesday, 8 Solmath S.R. 1998, 01:13
	12.19.4.15.18, 9 Edznab 16 Muan, Third Lord of Night