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Paul Hellyer's UFO statements
Former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer began saying publicly in 2005 that aliens visit Earth and that governments hide it.
2005 CE · 43.65, -79.38 · status: claim
The account
Hellyer, Canada's Minister of National Defence from 1963 to 1967, spoke at an exopolitics conference in Toronto in September 2005. He later called for governments to release alien technology to help with climate change (2007) and claimed in a 2014 interview that several alien species had visited Earth for millennia. His rank made him one of the most quoted names in disclosure circles.
The sceptical view
Hellyer had no UFO role in office and offered no documents; he repeated claims such as Project Serpo, which traces to Richard Doty, who admitted spreading disinformation.