Ronald Reagan

The Alien Thread

"... when you stop to think that we're all God's children, wherever we may live in the world, I couldn't help but say to him, just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from some other species from another planet outside in the universe. We'd forget all the little local differences that we have between our countries and we would find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together"


White House transcript of "Remarks of the President to Fallston High School Students and Faculty"

December 4, 1985

 



"In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world"


Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, 42nd General Assembly

September 21, 1987

 



"I occasionally think how quickly our differences, worldwide, would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world"


From a speech with President Mikhail Gorbachev, in 1988

He made almost the same comment on many occasions
 


The Alien Thread

by Ronald Reagan

 

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations. The speech has become known as his famous Disarmament speech.

In this address, he postulated upon his "fantasy" of an alien species, from outside this world, invading Earth. Reagan thought that this would unite all humanity and tear down national borders. He also said that an alien force is already amongst us. Hear the audio portion of this speech above.

If this were not remarkable itself, look at this. Before he gave the address, his speech writer, Rhett Dawson, removed his comments from Mr. Reagan's draft. Reagan insisted that he replace it.