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== Sir Eric Gairy and His E.T. Secret ==
[[Image:Gairy2.jpg|thumb|right|Sir Eric M. Gairy]]
by Wesley H. Bateman

''Copyright 2008, Wesley H. Bateman - All Rights Reserved''

Sir Eric M. Gairy, Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs of the Caribbean Island nation of Grenada, spoke before the United Nations, General Assembly, Thirty-Third Session, 32nd Plenary Meeting, on Thursday, 12 October 1978.

The key points of Sir Eric's U.N. speech, which are relative to this article, are quoted below an underlined.

1982: "During our four years of membership in the United Nations we have raised many matters of importance and some of which have been considered innovative, others were current and regular but our views ushered in new thoughts about them, thoughts that aroused new vistas in an attempt to tackle traditional thought-patterns. And still further we have been introducing some very thought-provoking subjects of world importance and world concern, subjects considered by some to be strange and extraneous, but which we feel are sufficiently important and significant to merit our constant articulation and review of them, however and whenever the opportunity permits. Permit me to refer to only a few: the question of women's rights, the universality of God, economic cruelty, the problems of man and his environment, disarmament, man and his material and spiritual behavior, the Bermuda Triangle, unidentified flying objects and extraterrestrial phenomena, decolonization and territorial integrity, human rights, and undue solace given to terrorists."

It is reported that prior to returning home to Grenada Sir Eric visited with President Jimmy Carter, during which they discussed their individual UFO sighting experiences and the pending U.N. resolution. It is also reported that Zbigniew Brzezinski attended this meeting.
[[Image:La-meeting.jpg|thumb|left|UN Meeting on UFOs - July 14, 1978 - Left to right: Gordon Cooper, Jacques Vallee, Claude Poher, J. Allen Hynek, Prime Minister of Grenada, Sir Eric Gairy, UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and David Saunders.]]
Sir Eric returned to New York City on March 12, 1979 to meet with the then Secretary General of the United Nations, Kurt Walheim. The official purpose of this meeting was to discuss the fact that on December 18, 1978, the United Nations General Assembly voted to approve decision 33/426, inviting U.N. Member States "to take appropriate steps to coordinate on a national level scientific research and investigation into extraterrestrial life, including unidentified flying objects, and to inform the Secretary-General of the observations, research and evaluation of such activities." The United States was the sole U.N. member nation, which unsuccessfully attempted to block that 1978 UN E.T. resolution.

The efforts made by the United States to block this United Nations resolution was by exerting various forms of pressure on a number of other member nations.

On the very day that Sir Eric was to visit with Kurt Walheim and discuss the UFO resolution, it was learned that a Cuban sponsored Marxist group, known as the New Jewel Movement (NJM), had overthrown him and his government. The NJM was led by a young attorney named Maurice Bishop, who along with 46 others planned and executed the coup using weapons smuggled into Grenada in a barrel of petroleum jelly.

The official purpose of this meeting was to discuss the fact that on December 18, 1978, the United Nations General Assembly had voted to approve decision 33/426, inviting U.N. Member States "to take appropriate steps to coordinate on a national level scientific research and investigation into extraterrestrial life, including unidentified flying objects, and to inform the Secretary-General of the observations, research and evaluation of such activities." 

The United States was the sole U.N. member nation, which unsuccessfully attempted to block that 1978 UN E.T. resolution.

The efforts made by the United States to block this United Nations resolution were by exerting various forms of pressure on a number of other member nations.

www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2335.htm

At this point Sir Eric was stranded in the United States, during which he lived in New York City and spent considerable time broadcasting anti-Cuban and anti-Communist radio messages from station WLIB, to listeners on Grenada and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. During his stay in New York Sir Eric was under constant US Government surveillance. 

Maurice Bishop and the NJM responded to Sir Eric's radio messages with some radio messages of their own. Other than trying to hang charges of corruption on him and his cabinet members they concentrated on destroying Sir Eric's character in particular. They emphasized that a search of Sir Eric's home brought to light physical evidence that he practiced "Voodoo." They also said that they learned that he arranged and participated in sexual orgies during which drugs were used. They also said that his declared belief in the reality of UFOs was just another piece of evidence that proved beyond all possible doubt that he was mentally defective.

Oblivious to what was going on the Island of Grenada at the time, I was living in the community of Mira Mesa, which was located a few miles north of San Diego, California. At the time I was director of the "Molecular Energy Research Institute" which was engaged in the construction of a device intended to extract entrapped crude oil from tar sands and shale rock. Our office and laboratories were located directly across the roadway from the "Miramar Naval Air Station."

I remember that it was a Monday morning when Don B..... came into the office filled with excitement. Don was in the public relations business and also managed the funds, which a Canadian oil company had invested in our project. As a sideline Don also restored classic cars (a subject that will be mention again).

Don started our conversation with the question: "Do you know Sir Eric Gairy?" My answer was "no." The name was slightly familiar, but I had no idea who Don was talking about.

Don went on to explain how he on occasion attended meetings of a group calling itself the "Dilettantes. The group met once a week in La Jolla, California to delve briefly into subjects such as French cooking, art, travel destinations, and even UFOs. The subject of UFOs was one they just could not leave alone; an UFOs were the subject of the previous Friday night meeting that Don attended.

Don went on to say that Sir Eric Gary, the recently deposed Prime Minister of the Caribbean Island of Grenada was also present at the meeting. Sir Eric asked the host if he could address the group and obtained immediate permission to do so. 

Sir Eric first asked the group if any one of them could help him locate any of the people he had listed on a sheet of paper. Don said that he could have fainted when the first name Sir Eric read from his list was mine. 

Don was quick to tell Sir Eric that he knew me personally and could arrange for us to meet.

That afternoon I met Sir Eric Gairy in Don B.....'s Point Loma home that was on a hillside that overlooked the Pacific Ocean.

Sir Eric first informed me that he preferred to be addressed as Doctor Gairy

Dr. Gairy was accompanied by a young African American minister (who's name I can not recall). I really can't remember anything the young man might have said. I did become aware that Dr. Gairy was the Reverend's houseguest. Both of these gentlemen were well mannered and very well dressed.

This meeting was one of many that Dr. Gary and I had over the following two weeks. Some times we met as much as two times a day either at Don B..... house, at the Molecular Energy offices and at various restaurants for lunch or dinner. 

Eventually Dr. Gairy's companion (the young minister) disappeared and Scot ..... (a friend of mine) or Jennifer B..... (Don B.....'s daughter) became Dr. Gairy's chauffeurs and tour guides. They escorted Dr. Gairy to the Zoo, Sea World and the Ruben H. Fleet Space Center. 

I learned from Scot that Dr. Gairy had rented a studio apartment in a very run down part of San Diego and was definitely being followed about by what appeared to be government agents. A number of articles written about Dr. Gairy, all make the point that he was under constant government surveillance when he lived in New York and in San Diego.

On one occasion we went to an early lunch at a restaurant that was located on a pier. In our party was Dr, Gairy, Don B...., his daughter Jennifer, Scot and myself. With in minutes 5 young men in black business suits joined us. Each took individual tables, which surrounded us. That is none of them sat together.

In the course of our conversation the relative locations of Grenada and the Panama Canal came up. The room, which was silent, to begin with, suddenly got even quieter. Dr. Gairy gave me a knowing glance and moved his eyes from side to side to alert me. The conversation was immediately changed to the bird life of San Diego and Grenada.

When we left, we were sure to take some pieces of bread to feed the sea gulls that were waiting patiently on the railing of the deck outside the restaurant. Scot, Jennifer and Dr. Gairy walked down the deck and out of sight. Don and I had parked one of his restored classic cars in another parking area. From our position we watched as one of the "men in black" who was in the restaurant came out and hurried after Dr. Gairy and the others.

Don and I watched as the other four men in black came out of the restaurant together and got in to an older model car that had at least 50 antennas placed on the roof, fenders and trunk of the vehicle. 

I quickly scribbled a note to Don, which said: "The car could be bugged." With in 3 days of the event Don was able to sell the car along with any electronic bugs the men in black might have planted.

Finally one afternoon Dr. Gairy came to the Molecular Energy offices, I sent for some sandwiches from a near by delicatessen. This was the first time we were able to get together privately.

Dr. Gairy looked at me smiled and said: "Any questions?"

I inquired as to what happened to the young minister who he was with when we first met. With no hesitation Dr, Gairy told me that the "young man felt that his wife was becoming infatuated with him and they mutually agreed it was best for Sir Eric to find another place to live." He added that the whole thing was simply in the young man's mind."
 
My next question was: Where did he learn of me and my interest in UFOs? He said, "after a number of UFO sightings that were reported though out the island of Grenada, he put out the word that he wanted to talk to anyone that had any knowledge of UFOs or intelligent extraterrestrial life. From this search, a woman contacted him that claimed she had telepathic contact with extraterrestrials. She gave him the list of names he should contact for more information. When he mentioned that he wanted to learn as much as possible from me about the "Frequency Barrier" I knew Dr. Gairy was seriously trying to solved the UFO mystery.



== Credits ==

Special thanks to [[UFO Digest]].


== External Links ==

* [http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0308/gairy.html Original UFO Digest Article]

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