© J. Major/NASA/Hubble/ObamaWas the 44th President of the United States a top-secret teenage Mars explorer?
Yes, you read that right.
It seems that two government employees and self-professed time-travelers - er, "chrononauts" - Andrew D. Basiago and William Stillings have come forth and named President Obama as one of their own, along with the current head of DARPA, Regina Dugan.
(DARPA, if you don't know, is the agency responsible for keeping U.S. defense up-t0-date with advancements in technology. Begun as a response to the Sputnik program in the late 50s, DARPA finds ways to integrate cutting-edge tech developments into stuff the military might want.)
Basiago, a Washington state lawyer, says that he was part of a time travel program developed by DARPA in the 1970s code-named Project Pegasus. He and Stillings claim that both Obama and Dugan were in their "Mars training class" at California's College of the Siskiyous in 1980, part of a group of 10 young adults chosen to travel to Mars via a top-secret teleportation "jump room".
They also claim that the then-19-year-old Barack Obama went by the name "Barry Soetero".
© via startrek.com"I'll beam ya down Mister President but I'll have to see your birth certificate first."
The two former chrononauts also said that they encountered the future president at secret U.S. bases on Mars, which he is said to have visited twice between the years 1981 and 1983. On one instance Basiago said he even exchanged words with Ob - uh, Soetero - en route to the "jump room" while on Mars.
"We're here," Basiago claims the young president-to-be said to him.
And the supposed reason for the secret teen task force's Red Planet expedition? To "acclimate Martian humanoids and animals to their presence," according to Basiago.
You know, to make good with the locals so there'd be no trouble when setting up camp.
White House officials have denied all allegations of the President's Martian travels, or the existence of a Mars training class. But, of course, they would.
And you thought the whole birther thing was a bit extreme? Wake up sheeple, this is some real crazy here. Chrononaut style.
The writer claims this story is "kooky."
At least he covered it!
I have no real idea whether Basiago and his crowd are being truthful. But he is serious about his claims.
Stranger things have happened. If you were in a culture that knew nothing about aircraft, wouldn't the story of a plane flying in, landing, and people getting out be mocked?
Maybe this "time travel" technology is just something we aren't familiar with.
What is odd is that it would exist on earth and be kept secret. But would that be the first time something strange existed on earth and was kept secret?
Remember Roswell!