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June 10, 2005
Another UFO Weirdo Makes for Nifty Follow-Up to Yesterday's Posting
A CF reader asked "What's up with the UFO action in the news lately?" after reading this June 9 news story about a Brit who allegedly hacked into U.S. government computer networks because he thought they were hiding evidence of the existence of UFOs.
Highlights from the story:
A British computer whiz who allegedly hacked into Pentagon and NASA networks because he thought they were hiding evidence of the existence of UFOs is fighting extradition to the United States...
...McKinnon -- known online as "Solo" -- allegedly accessed 97 U.S. government computers, stole passwords, deleted files and shut down military computer networks, crashing 300 computers at Earle Naval Weapons Station in Colts Neck, N.J., shortly after 9/11...
...According to British press reports, McKinnon, who was unemployed but had worked as a computer engineer, dressed like his hero, glam rocker David Bowie, and believed that U.S. defense networks were concealing evidence that aliens had visited Earth.
Posted by MJuhre at June 10, 2005 12:59 PM