Former pilots, officials call for UFO study

Panel calls on Air Force or NASA to reopen decades-old investigation

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich may have been ridiculed for saying he had seen a UFO, but for some former military pilots and other observers, unidentified flying objects are no laughing matter.

An international panel of two dozen former pilots and government officials have called on the U.S. government to reopen its generation-old UFO investigation as a matter of safety and security, given continuing reports about flying discs, glowing spheres and other strange sightings...[Open in new window]