US President Reagan suggested that Gorbachev fight aliens together

President of the United States Ronald Reagan was a big fan of science fiction and was serious about the possible alien invasion, write the British media. Once the American leader even suggested to the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev to unite the efforts of the two superpowers in case of an attack of "green men".

Before Ronald Reagan became an American president, he starred in second-rate Hollywood films. At the same time, writes The Daily Express, he became a big fan of science fiction. According to the publication, his favorite stories were those in which "an invasion from a remote space forced the Earthmen to postpone their interstate disputes and unite to fight alien invaders."

In 1982, in the White House, Reagan even organized a private viewing of Stephen Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Degree" by inviting federal judges, astronauts and other important personalities to him. After the end of the film, the president allegedly turned to the audience and said: "The people gathered in this room know that what is shown on the screen is true."

All this information the British newspaper drew from the book "How the Newcomers captured the world" (How UFOs Conquered The World) by David Clark, notes the publication in the article, the translation of which leads InoTV.

According to the author of the work, in 1985, during the first meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev, Reagan went even further. "He surprised Gorby by saying that he was confident in the cooperation of the two superpowers, if the Earth was threatened by an alien invasion," Clark writes. - Stunned Soviet leader politely moved to another topic.

National Security Advisor Colin Powell was "scared" when on his return to the US, Reagan repeated the same story in front of high school students in Maryland. After this incident, Powell studied all the appeals of the president and removed all "interplanetary mentions" before retiring from office. "When Reagan started an old record about the threat of an alien invasion, Powell rolled his eyes and said to the staff:" Well, here again green people begin, "the publication notes.

According to Clark, the president may also have been convinced that he speaks on behalf of the entire American society. Indeed, shortly before this event, a public opinion poll showed that 57% of Americans believe in the existence of a UFO.

According to the book, Reagan was secretly afraid of nuclear weapons and, on a new approach to Gorbachev, he may have been inspired by the 1951 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still." In this film, interplanetary peacekeeping forces arrive on our planet and use a giant robot to force belligerent nuclear powers to forget about disagreements.

"For a generation that lived in fear of the fall of a (nuclear) bomb, this message of salvation coming from heaven as technological angels has become a more desirable alternative than the stalemate of the cold war," Clarke said.