Thursday at 10: Valley firefighters trained for UFO contact
Whatever your beliefs, it’s hard to dismiss how life-changing alien contact could be.
It would literally change everything, and because of that, Valley emergency teams are taking it all seriously.
Firefighters are getting trained for that contact, learning what to do and how to handle the situation if it ever turns into reality.
It’s a training guide everyone will be talking about.
Watch the full story, Thursday at 10 on ABC15 News.
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That headline might catch you by surprise if you aren’t already deeply familiar with the UFO subject. But the serious ufologist will already know what script this training will likely be following. This FEMA approved manual has a whole chapter devoted to how firefighters should deal with the possibility of encountering a UFO. Chapter 13 in the Fire Officer’s Guide to Disaster Control is a fantastic introduction and valuable resource covering the many issues surrounding contact with the UFO phenomenon.
It’s even couched in terms of potential “terrorism” …
Chapter 13: Enemy Attack and UFO Potential
Few Residents of the United States, except for those in Hawaii, have experienced an enemy attack on their hometown in this century; some think they have. The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of February 26, 1942, began at 2:25 A.M. when the US Army announced the approach of hostile aircraft and the cities air raid warning system went into effect for the first time in World War II. “Suddenly the night was rent by sirens. Searchlights began to sweep the sky. Minutes later gun crews at Army forts along the coast line began pumping the first of 1,433 rounds of ack-ack into the moonlight. Thousands of volunteer air raid wardens tumbled from their beds and grabbed their boots and helmets. Citizens awakened to the screech of sirens and, heedless of the blackout warning, began snapping on their lights . . . The din continued for two hours. Finally the guns fell silent. The enemy, evidently, had been routed. Los Angeles began to taste the exhilaration of its first military victory. “(1)
The UFO Threat A Fact
In this chapter we will now turn our attention to the very real threat posed by Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), whether they exist or not. The well-documented and highly publicized War of the Worlds radio drama by Orson Welles shows how even a perceived existence to alien creatures can cause very real disaster-like conditions and panic among a given populace. In addition, if the apparent visits by alien beings and their space vehicles should pose any type of threat, it will, as always, be the fire service that is called upon to provide the first line of life-saving defense and disaster mitigation.
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