President Ronald Reagan’s Obsession With an Alien Invasion

Ronald Reagan has become the first President of the United States to talk about he possibility of an alien invasion from outer space, and he has done so not once or twice but in three speeches. Reagan was also the only president who admitted, in a 1984 Presidential debate against Walter Mondale [to] having “philosophical discussions” about Armageddon in the White House with some rather well known fundamentalist preachers. And then there was the explosion about astrology in the White House, triggered by Don Regan’s disclosures that Nancy had often consulted astrologers to arrange for appointments with the President. The…