Alien Lore No. 73 - An amateur UFOlogist hacks into U.S. defense network looking for suppressed data on UFOs and aliens

According to The U.S. government, an Englishman, Gary McKinnon committed "the biggest military computer hack of all time." And he did it to learn what we are hiding about Aliens and UFOs.

According to Reuters, McKinnon broke into computers at the Pentagon, NASA and the Johnson Space Center, and systems of each branch of the military over a period of two years.

"U.S. officials say he caused $700,000 worth of damage and even crippled vital defense systems shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks."

"The unemployed computer programmer is now battling extradition to the United States, where, if found guilty, he faces up to 70 years in prison and fines of up to $1.75 million. His lawyer fears he could even be sent to Guantanamo Bay."

Gary McKinnon was initially inspired by the movie War Games, and years later, with information from the widely available The Hacker's Handbook, began his snooping.

From 2001 to 2001, with a simple computer, and a dialup modem, McKinnon began browsing U.S. defense computer systems.

Was he a spook? A terrorist? A thief? A lone crackpot looking for attention? Not really. He wanted to find out what the U.S. government was hiding about UFOs and alien technologies. "I wanted to ... find out stuff the government wouldn't tell you about." He was looking for the truth behind all the alien lore.

Using commercial software, and with no special knowledge, he hacked into dozens of high security systems via a hole in a Microsoft Windows program. He began searching any system that might have links to UFO informatiom.

He claims to have also found documents from the so-called Disclosure Project, who documented that technology obtained from extraterrestrials did exist. He also found evidence of cover-ups, and even evidence of airbrushed photographs used to ruse the public at large.

"I can't talk about a lot of stuff that I found. It's just not the right time," he said with a smile.

At the Infosecurity Europe 2006 conference in London on April 27, 2006, McKinnon appeared on the Hackers' Panel. When asked how his exploits were first discovered, McKinnon answered that he'd miscalculated the timezone -- he was using remote-control software to operate a Windows computer while its user was sitting in front of it.

Boom! He was busted, and now the U.S. government would like to extradite and try him, and possibly imprison him at Guantanamo Bay, near Cuba. You can read a copy of his indictment here.
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