wraggster
May 21st, 2015, 22:19
Scotland Yard was worried that fans of shows like the X Files and Star Trek might run amok during the Millennium (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11611086/Secret-files-reveal-police-feared-that-Trekkies-could-turn-on-society.html) according to secret files. The file, called UFO New Religious Movements (NRMs) And The Millennium, reveals that anti-terrorism experts were also concerned about the brain-washing effect of Dark Skies, Roswell, Millennium and The Lawnmower Man on viewers. According to the Telegraph: "The secret briefing note was obtained from the Met under the Freedom of Information Act by Sheffield-based British X-Files expert Dr Dave Clarke while researching a new book, How UFOs Conquered the World. Dr Clarke, who teaches investigative journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, said: 'The documents show the police and security services were concerned about the export of some new religious movements concerning UFOs and aliens from the USA in the aftermath of the mass suicide by followers of the Heaven's Gate.'"
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/15/05/21/0139212/secret-files-reveal-uk-police-feared-that-trekkies-could-turn-on-society
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/15/05/21/0139212/secret-files-reveal-uk-police-feared-that-trekkies-could-turn-on-society