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Barry Goldwater (January 2, 1909 - May 29, 1998) was an American politician.

Goldwater was open in his support for the reality of UFOs. He was on record more than once that he considered it likely that UFOs existed.

Perhaps most famously, he replied in a letter to Shlomo Arnon at the U.C.L.A. Experimental College:

 The subject of UFOs is one that has interested me for some time. 
 About ten or twelve years ago I made an effort to find out what was   
 in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the 
 information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, 
 and I was understandably denied this request.

 It is still classified above Top Secret.  I have, however, heard 
 that there is a plan under way to release some, if not all, of this 
 material in the near future.  I'm just as anxious to see this 
 material as you are, and I hope we will not have to wait too much 
 longer.  

Other

Goldwater was a stated Conservative, and a Presidential candidate.