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Gold of the Gods

Paul Jacob on two strangely related stories that suggest our government is untrustworthy.

There may be something more shocking than UFOs.

Non-​existent gold.

Aliens and crash-​landed flying saucers are not supposed to exist. Experts have been telling us they are mere fantasy and rumor for longer than I’ve been alive.

Meanwhile, experts at the U.S. Mint insist that something very different does exist: “approximately 147.3 million troy ounces of gold stored at Fort Knox in Kentucky.”

We have testimony from two senators on these subjects. 

Senator Barry Goldwater (R‑Az.), who ran for the presidency in 1964, infamously said: “I think that, at Wright-​Patterson Field, if you could get into certain places, you’d find out what the Air Force and the Government knows about UFOs.” 

He went on to say that, even while heading the Senate Intelligence Committee, he was barred from entering the Air Force base.

His buddy General Curtis Le May also blocked the senator. “I’ve never heard him get mad, but he got madder than hell at me” for asking to see the evidence. “He cussed me out. ‘Don’t ever ask me that question again.’” 

Senator Rand Paul (R.-Ky.) has a similar story about Fort Knox. He’s tried to get inside to see the alleged gold but has always been rebuffed. 

And given no reasons.

Elon Musk, asked on X about the gold, with the suggestion that DOGE look into it, was surprised to learn from Senator Paul that there has been no believable audit of Fort Knox in decades.

Elon says he’s game to hold a public inspection.

The Government may house downed UFOs but no gold!

Which is worse?

Not knowing. 

Time to open up the vaults — in Fort Knox as well as Wright-Patterson.

This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.


Addendum: “I’m actually going on this one,” President Trump said to a roomful of Republican governors, yesterday. “We’re going to open up the doors. I’m going to see if we have gold there. Did anybody steal the gold in Fort Knox?”

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