MAY 14, 2015 STEPHEN BASSETT & CONG. MERRILL COOK

Stephen Bassett is a leading advocate for ending the 68-year government imposed truth embargo regarding an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race. He is a political activist, lobbyist, commentator, executive director of Paradigm Research Group and executive producer of the X-Conference, the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (CHD) and the Congressional Hearing Initiative (CHI). His work has been covered extensively by national and international media.  See PRG Media Coverage and CHD Media Coverage.

Since 1996 Bassett has assisted numerous organizations and initiatives working to 1) raise public awareness of the both the extraterrestrial presence and the truth embargo, 2) convene open congressional hearings to take government and agency witness testimony, and 3) incite the political media to appropriately cover the attendant issues. He has appeared on over 1,200 radio and television talk shows and in numerous documentaries speaking to millions of people about the implications and likelihood of “Disclosure” – the formal acknowledgement of the extraterrestrial presence by world governments

Merril Cook

Merrill Cook was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah the son of scientist Melvin A. Cook who pioneered the development of slurry explosives. He graduated from East High School in 1964 and the University of Utah in 1969 and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1971. He was hired as a budget analyst by Arthur D. Little, Inc. and in 1973 founded Cook Slurry Company, a mining explosives manufacturer, of which he served as president and chief executive.

Merrill was elected to Congress in 1996 and served two terms representing the 2nd District of Utah. He held seats on the U.S. House Banking Committee, Financial Institutions Subcommittee, and Capital Markets Subcommittee for four years, dealing with the highest levels of the American financial, investment and banking industries.