The Queen's astronomer Lord Martin Rees stated in February 2010 that "ET could be right in front of our noses, but we are not able to detect him, because we are looking for aliens who are more or less like ourselves. Rees has emphasised that ETs could be beyond our ability to comprehend them. Read article in The Telegraph. The British scientist participated in The Royal Society's conference mentioned earlier. This event was held at the end of January 2010.
The Ministry of Defence declassified another batch of UFO files in the middle of February of 2010. They are available for download on the website of The National Archives and cover the years from 1994 to 2000. Watch news piece from ITN News with former MoD employee Nick Pope. Read article on CNN. Watch news piece on CNN.
The distinguished researcher Robert Hastings held a lecture about UFO files declassified under the Freedom of Information Act. To our knowledge his presentation took place at Idaho State University in January 2010. It was mentioned in the news on one of ABC's affiliates. Click here to watch it.
At the end of 2009 Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell (6th man on the moon) reiterated that earth is being visited by ET. This time the distinguished gentleman was interviewed via Skype from France where activist and lobbyist Stephen Bassett was a guest during a tour in Europe. Mitchell has repeatedly stated his opinion publicly, e.g. on several occasions on CNN. The latter has many times during the last couple of years addressed the possible extraterrestrial presence. In the slip stream of a conference in the Royal Society in London in January 2010 CNN broadcasted the following piece: Aliens - Fantasy or Reality?