[ WP ] When the President was campaigning , they promised that the Secret UFO files would be released to the public . Upon learning what is in them , the President realizes that they ca n't .

`` Mr. President, here are the files you requested.'' 
 
 
 `` Is everything here Stevens?'' 
 
 
 `` Yes sir, Mr. President. All of our files regarding any UFO activity ever recorded.'' 
 
 
 `` Good, I'll need some time to look this over to know exactly what I'm releasing. You can go now Stevens.'' 
 
 
 `` Thank you sir.'' 
 
 
 The President sat, staring at the giant stack of files laid upon his desk in the Oval Office. A bright light illuminated the files in an otherwise dark room. He had spent days getting moved in and finally had time to himself that night. Why not review the files, it was just a formality. 
 
 
 `` This is much more than I expected,'' he said to himself, through puffs on a cigar. A file labeled `` Roswell, 1947'' caught his attention. He took a sip of whiskey and flipped open the file. `` Holy hell'' he said, louder than he expected. He could n't believe his eyes. Slowly, he flipped the pages. It was all true. There had been first contact. How would the public recieve this? Surely they would understand. He kept flipping and found a page titled `` Cooperative Research.'' 
 
 
 What could this be? No, no! His mind screamed at the vulgar pictures, pictures of the stereotypical little grey men, strung up in a lab somewhere. Men in white lab coats where pictured in black in white, poking and proding the creatures, obviously in pain. He read the report, `` The beings were uncooperative at first, but after many tests began to reveal many technological secrets. There is no doubt that with this information we can surpass the Communists in the space age.'' 
 
 
 He took another puff from his cigar and a long sip of whiskey. Further reading revealed the extent of the knowledge gleaned from the visitors turned captives. Without the information they provided, the United States would never have put men on the moon. There were detailed schematics of advanced rocket technology with notes explaining how much of it was impossible with current materials. Regardless, it was integral to the U.S. space program. 
 
 
 What could he do? Release this and let the Russians know that it was n't America ingenuity that beat them, rather some alien freaks? Show the world that America was wiling to torture the first outsiders ever encountered? No, he closed the files in front of him, brushing cigar ash off the papers. He could n't reveal this, the public would have to understand.
