The Story of the Man Who Hacked NASA and Discovered Hundreds of Mysterious UFO Photos

POT, like any government agency, keeps a large number of secrets and confidential documents under lock and key. Although this information is now guarded by the space agency with particular suspicion, a certain person managed to break into his defenses and hack into his computers, as well as computers of other departments of the government. USA- 20 years later. Among what he says he found are thousands of photographs UFO which have never been made public.

Gary McKinnon56-year-old Scot who calls himself a cyber detective managed to bypass the security system POT in what was then considered “the biggest computer attack of all time” and was able to locate the files in the database of the space agency as well as other US military organizations.

His alibi was motivated by the statement Donna Hareformer employee POT who mentioned that the space agency frequently removed satellite imagery UFO.

UFO images protected by NASA

In an interview given Sun last May, Mackinnon mentioned that “he was completely stunned” Given the large number of images of unidentified flying objects that he found on computers POT. According to him, he found them in four folders called “Filtered”, “Unfiltered”, “Processed” and “Unprocessed”, which were located in the systems of the 8th building Johnson Space Center.

Mackinnon violated technique POT between February 2001 and March 2002, enough time to study 97 computers of various US government agencies, such as Army, in Naval, in air force D in Ministry of Defenceto name just a few. However, the Scot was arrested in 2002, but was soon released, and in 2005 he was again caught on demand. state joined.

The indictment against him states that Mackinnon caused US$700,000 in damage while hacking government computers and tampered with files air force in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Prosecutors wanted up to 60 years in prison for him, but even after his extradition was approved in 2006, appeals alleging that he asperger’s syndrome and campaigns in their favor caused United Kingdom I blocked his extradition process in 2012.

“It would have been very bad for me, and they promised to “punish me to the maximum” if I did not agree to extradition. One of them (from US officials) said he wanted to “see him roasted”, referring to the electric chair.”told Mackinnon in an interview to Sun.

NASA and its Commission on UFO Investigation

June 9 at POT confirmed the establishment of a commission of inquiry into this phenomenon UFO after the publication of more than 400 sightings that occurred in 2014 and were captured on video Pentagon. Because of this revelation, McKinnon’s testimony is now gaining momentum, despite the fact that his last interview with Sun this was a month before the formation of this scientific division.

The Scot mentioned that the United States decided to hide information about UFO “Either because the ships are so advanced that they are beyond human comprehension, or because they managed to extract secret technologies from mysterious objects that they want to hide”. Nonetheless, Mackinnon he also noted that he believed there would be no more revelations after the release of the Pentagon files.

“Audience (from Pentagon) is not important for expansion at all. These hearings, panel discussions, and the like are never fruitful for disclosure. We must not forget the military mentality: the unknown is a potential threat or a potential tool to use. The disclosure comes from witnesses, not the military, not the government. Everything they give us is a lie.”announced Mackinnon.

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