Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:42 by Alton Parrish, BeforeItsNews Paul Hellyer, the former Canadian Defense Minister, says UFOs are real and the U.S. military has weapons to use against UFOs and that aliens can help us learn about climate change. He adds he would probably get fired for his views if he was still Canada's Minister of National Defense today, but is adamant he has seen UFOs himself, according to reports in the Daily Mail, AOL News and the Barrie Examiner. Hellyer says, "the reality is that they (aliens) have been visiting earth for decades and probably millennia and have contributed considerably to our knowledge." He says UFOs are not the biggest secret in the world, the biggest secret he says is how a "handful of bankers" have "bamboozled" politicians for the past century to take control of the world's currencies by creating a monopoly on printing money. He adds the bankers are "very clever" in financing politicians and now control the political processes. Mr Hellyer presented his views on UFOs this week at the International UFO Congress in Scottsdale, Arizona, and says he is 'convinced' of their existence. Hellyer says UFO have inadvertently caused the crash of military aircraft. The crashes were caused when jets approached too closely to the extraterrestrial craft and the energy fields that propel the saucers caused the military aircraft to fail. He also said that some aliens are helping the U.S. develop weapons.Trusted political and scientific sources with whom Hellyer has spoken have suggested that the United States has developed new forms of energy at top-secret "black operation" installations, using reportedly extraterrestrial technology, according to AOL writer Lee Speigel.In his book "Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Survival Plan for the Human Species" (AuthorHouse), Hellyer claims that an American "shadow government" is behind this activity.Hellyer is on an advisory body to the Queen, works as an environmental campaigner and is credited with integrating Canada's armed forces. But aside from all this, the ex-Canadian defense minister says UFOs are real, aliens have visited Earth and the U.S. government is covering up information about them.Full story HERE