Ancient of Days UFOs and Abduction ConferenceFilmed on Location in Roswell, New Mexico During the Annual Roswell UFO FestivalStephen Bassett is a political activist, founder of Paradigm Research Group, Executive Director of the Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Committee (X-PPAC), and a political columnist, and former Independent candidate for Congress. Presently he is the only registered lobbyist in the United States representing ET related phenomena research/activist organizations, and X-PPAC is the first political action committee to target the political implications of extraterrestrial related phenomena. In 2002 he conducted an independent candidacy in the 2002 congressional campaign for the 8th District of Maryland. It was the first instance in which a candidate on the November ballot in a federal election addressed the matter of an extraterrestrial presence and the government imposed truth embargo. Since 1996 Bassett has assisted a number of organizations and initiatives, which have been making the case for 1) an end to the government embargo on the truth surrounding an ET presence and 2) open congressional hearings to take the testimony of former military and agency employees witness to ET related events and evidence. He has spoken to millions of Americans about the likelihood and implications of a formal disclosure event.