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- IS THERE A PLOT TO PROMOTE THE SAUCERS?
-
- Peter Kor
- Copyright C Peter Kor 1977
-
- (This is an edited version of an article that
- was originally published in the Winter 1977
- SEARCH.)
-
- A PRINCIPAL article of faith of most
- saucer researchers is that the government
- has been engaged in a massive coverup.
- Opinions vary about what is being covered
- up. Some believe that certain agents of
- the government have known for a long time
- that the saucers come from outer space.
- Others think that government authorities do
- not have the complete answer and are
- frantically trying to solve the mystery
- before the Russians do.
- Whatever version is espoused, all of the
- conspiracy theories have one element in
- common. All assume that some real alien
- power is at work in the world and that the
- purpose of government efforts is to prevent
- that truth from becoming known.
- There is another, much more profound
- possibility, however. The government may
- be covering up the fact that there is nothing
- to cover up! Rather than trying to hide a
- profound truth, certain quasi-government
- groups may be trying to convince people
- that there is a profound truth to hide. In
- short, researchers must consider the pos-
- sibility that much of the saucer mystery and
- movement has been created and controlled
- by the very people who have been accused
- of suppressing them.
- To fully appreciate this new possibility,
- researchers must be willing to rethink the
- basics of their present view about saucer
- conspiracy. The evidence usually cited to
- support that view includes the following:
- 1. The air force and other government
- agencies reacted suspiciously from the
- beginning, publically down-playing saucer
- sightings, while carrying on a serious
- investigation in secret.
- 2. Factions within the air force probe
- that took the saucers seriously and tended
- to believe in the extraterrestrial hypothesis
- where suppressed. Only negative findings
- and conventional explanations were given
- out for public consumption.
- 3. Many saucer reports were classified,
- indicating that there were facts that the air
- force wanted hidden.
- 4. Many so-called solutions to key
- saucer cases were patently absurd.
- 5. Certain photos and other materials
- allegedly related to saucer encounters were
- "confiscated" and never returned to their
- owners. What other reason could there be
- for this behavior except to suppress proof
- that the saucers are real?
- 6. Many researchers have been
- threatened by mysterious "men in black",
- indicating that the government is trying to
- plug the leaks that develop in their security
- net.
- 7. Air force denials just do not hold up
- against the innumerable dramatic reports of
- strange objects and alien beings coming in
- from all over the world.
- 8. Recent disclosures show that the
- CIA and, perhaps, other super-secret
- government agencies have been in on the
- saucer probe since the beginning. Why
- would such top security people get into the
- act unless they were (and are) trying to
- suppress an incredible secret?
- Much of this evidence is hearsay.
- Some of it can be explained on grounds
- other than conspiracy. But there is a
- portion of the evidence that supports a
- conspiracy theory that is radically different
- from the traditional view. Here is a point
- by point analysis.
- EARLY SECRECY: Yes, the early air
- force PR was defensive and the real
- investigation did go underground. But there
- were simple and obvious reasons for this
- behavior. The saucers burst onto the scene
- without warning. Within a few months
- people all over the country were reporting
- strange, elusive objects. There was a
- genuine fear that the U.S. might be coming
- under some kind of attack, launched either
- from another country or planet. That the
- government would be secretive until it
- studied the possibilities is understandable.
- As the initial fears waned, others
- developed. While no evidence was found
- that the saucers were hostile, they still
- resisted definitive analysis. Since the name
- of the government game is CONTROL,
- authorities were genuinely incensed that
- something could be going on above and
- around them that was not subject to their
- power. Thus, subsequent efforts were
- undoubtedly devoted to bringing the situa-
- tion under control. Researchers believe
- that this control involved discovering and
- suppressing the truth that flying saucers
- were from another planet. But it could have
- involved encouraging, consolidating, and
- using the movement that saucer "exper-
- iences" were producing.
-
- OPINION SUPPRESSION: The interest-
- ing aspect of the alleged fight within the air
- force between skeptics and believers is not
- that such a fight may actually have taken
- place, out that knowledge of the claimed
- dispute reached the public so easily. If
- there was a bona fide move to suppress
- positive views, it wasn't very effective.
- Such views were leaked continually to
- saucer savants via quasi-official contacts
- such, as Major Donald Keyhoe. The result of
- the leaks was the appearance of a cover-up
- in which some of those who supposedly knew
- the truth wanted the truth revealed, while
- others wanted the truth suppressed.
- The question is: Why weren't the leaks
- plugged? Why were people like Donald
- Keyhoe, Frank Edwards, and Ed Ruppelt
- given information that supposedly conflicted
- with the official line and allowed to publish
- it far and wide?
- REPORT CLASSIFICATION: There are
- several non-conspiratorial reasons why the
- air force (or other government agencies)
- would have classified certain saucer reports
- as secrets. Here are three. First, the most
- important early cases would have been
- classified merely as a precaution until the
- nature of the problem was determined.
- Second, some subsequent cases would have
- been suppressed so that secret developments
- in military hardware and intelligence
- technology would not be revealed. Third,
- other cases would likely have been classified
- to prevent certain key contacts and infor-
- mation networks from becoming known.
- Knowing the government's (and es-
- pecially the military's) proclivity for
- secrecy, the classification process almost
- certainly was abused. Once again, however,
- the incredible aspect of such secrecy is not
- that there was so much of it, but that it was
- breached so often. Donald Keyhoe was
- constantly receiving "classified" reports as
- the main exhibits for his many books. The
- organization he headed for so many years,
- NICAP, was permeated with military,
- intelligence, and political leaders (retired
- and otherwise) who managed to kick loose
- enough exciting information to keep the
- saucer "ball" rolling. There is even some
- evidence that dramatic cases (such as UFOs
- "swallowing" air force planes) were planted
- for publication, only to be denied later. The
- stories and the denials worked together to
- create the impression that the government
- was trying valiantly to cover up something
- incredible.
- The question that now must be asked is:
- Were Donald Keyhoe, Frank Edwards, et al;
- really courageous heroes fighting to uncover
- a hidden truth -- or unwitting dupes, man-
- ipulated into helping to create a popular
- movement for unknown purposes?
- ABSURD SOLUTIONS: Many air force
- solutions to key saucer cases were absurd
- because the original reports were absurd.
- An analyst cannot be faulted for offering
- highly speculative explanations for in-
- credible or nebulous reports that had little
- or nothing to back them up.
- But, beyond this consideration, there
- WERE cases where the answers arrived at
- simply did not satisfy the main features of
- the reports being analyzed. Enthusiasts see
- such instances as obvious examples of a
- coverup. But such a view is self-refuting.
- To wit: If the explanations were
- OBVIOUSLY insufficient, why were they
- offered in the first place?
- Such "explanations" could have been
- outright blunders. Or, they could have been
- further attempts to convince believers -- and
- the public at large -- that the answer to the
- saucer mystery was being hidden at all
- costs.
- EVIDENCE CONFISCATION: Much has
- been made of photographs (such as the
- Ralph Mayher film) and other so-called
- "hard" saucer evidence that was supposedly
- acquired and analyzed by government
- personnel and never returned. Assuming,
- for the sale of argument, that such incidents
- occurred as reported, what do they prove?
- Certainly, the blob of light that showed up
- on Ralph Mayer's film could not be
- construed as proof that flying saucers
- originate from another planet!
- How, then, can the reports of confis-
- cation be explained? There are several
- possibilities. First, such materials might
- have been truly lost in the maze of bureau-
- cratic red tape that characterizes all gov-
- ernment agencies and departments. Second,
- some of those who supposedly produced or
- found the materials might have lied about
- their encounter and/or about the role al-
- legedly played by the government. Then,
- when government officials denied receiving
- or keeping the materials, researchers
- naturally sided with the accusers. In such
- cases, the presumption of a coverup would
- have been used to "prove" that saucer evi-
- dence was being covered up! Third, certain
- materials might actually have been confis-
- cated -- not to hide a secret truth, but to
- prevent knowledge about secret hardware,
- etc., from becoming public.
- There is another, more radical
- possibility. Unknown to the air force, a
- clandestine organization might have been
- implicated in either staging or lending false
- credence to certain key saucer incidents. In
- some cases, the saucer "evidence" would
- have been confiscated, stolen, or secured
- for "analysis" and conveniently lost to hide
- the group's complicity.
- "SHUT-UP" CASES: The truth about
- people who claim they were shut up is that
- their reported "research" and/or "exper-
- iences" hardly justified being singled out for
- coercive tactics. And those researchers
- who later talked despite their harrowing
- shut-up encounters (ala Albert Bender) were
- found not to be in possession of decisive
- saucer evidence or information in the first
- place. Furthermore, mere threats would
- hardly be the way to "take care" of people
- who were really in a position to blow the lid
- off of the most incredible secretl of the
- century.
- Therefore -- to the extent that the so-
- called men-in-black stories represent real
- happenings -- the more reasonable assump-
- tion is that the purpose of the shut-ups was
- to CREATE THE IMPRESSION of suppres-
- sion, rather than to actually suppress vital
- information.
- Some readers might take issues with
- this analysis on the grounds that the truly
- successful shut-up cases would be precisely
- those that we haven't heard about. Thus,
- they will argue, conclusions about such
- cases cannot be made solely on the basis of
- what is known.
- The error in logic in this argument is
- subtle, but decisive. To wit: Possibilities
- cannot take precedence over actualities
- What is not known is not evidence. To use
- the unknown as a trump card in analysis is
- merely to assume what must be proved. So
- an estimate of the shut-up cases must be
- based upon available facts and claims, and
- neither justifies the conclusion that actual
- suppression of vital information was
- involved.
- REPORT ACCUMULATION: At first
- glance, official denials and explanations do
- seem quite fragile when compared to the
- many thousands of saucer reports that have
- been recorded over the years. Buy what is
- always conveniently overlooked is that
- NONE of those thousands of reports has
- produced decisive evidence for the exist-
- ence of what is reported! So what appear at
- first glance to be obvious attempts to hide
- the truth about the saucers, turn out, after
- analysis, to be quite in accordance with
- available facts.
- Of course, researchers will claim that
- proof has not been obtained because the
- alleged conspirators have successfully
- suppressed it. But this argument is self-
- refuting. If the proof has been successfully
- hidden, on what basis do researchers claim
- to KNOW that it exists?
- The truth is that a saucer secret such
- as researchers imagine could not be
- suppressed for very long. No group of
- conspirators could keep on top of the
- tremendous activity implied by the saucer
- reports. Thus, there is nothing to prevent
- proof from being secured and revealed as
- the result of any one of the many
- encounters that supposedly occur every day.
- Yet, such proof has never been obtained.
- CIA INVOLVEMENT: The revelation
- that the CIA and, perhaps, other govern-
- ment agencies have been involved In the
- saucer probe is not surprising. What is
- surprising is that researchers have been so
- slow to recognize the possible implications
- of the information. Contrary to what
- researchers believe, CIA involvement does
- not prove the existence of a high-level
- cover-up of a saucer secret -- only a high--
- level interest in flying saucers.
- The mission of quasi-official organiza-
- tion such as the ICA is two-fold. First, to
- secure and analyze pertinent information
- for intelligence purposes. And, second, to
- plan, and execute covert intelligence opera-
- tion. The reasoning of researchers has
- been preoccupied with the first of these
- missions. They believe that the threat
- posed by the saucers was grave enough to
- get the highest levels of government into
- the act. The challenge supposedly given to
- the CIA was to find the truth. And when it
- was discovered that alien powers were
- involved, the agency's mission shifted to
- covering-up the truth.
- This view of the situation presumes
- that flying saucers exist. As it becomes
- more and more clear that this presumption
- is false, researchers will be faced with
- having to account for the great commotion
- that has been created over virtually nothing.
- Then, perhaps a few thinkers among them
- will consider the possibility that the purpose
- of the ClA-type involvement was not to
- suppress interest in flying saucers, but TO
- PROMOTE AND REGIMENT IT!
- In the meantime, I will ask the relevant
- questions:
- * Is the saucer mystery mostly the
- result of a covert operation?
- * Was the famed government coverup
- a trick to generate support for the saucer
- cause on the basis of opposition to what was
- thought to be official policy?
- * Were certain well-known cases
- invented or staged -- using props, hypnosis,
- and/or psycho-chemicals -- to add substance
- to the saucer myth and to trigger further
- "experiences"?
- * Have quasi-official agents infil-
- trated so-called saucer research?
- * Are certain saucer personalities and
- groups being financed, knowingly or other-
- wise, by silent partners?
- Does the influx of credentialed
- scientists and other "recognized authorities"
- into saucer "research" represent an effort to
- take direct control of the saucer movement
- and to channel its ideas and activities into
- preferred directions?
- * Is the recent media blitz about
- UFOs and related "phenomena" a calculated
- attempt to transfer "saucerphobia" from a
- small band of programmed zealots to the
- public at large?
- By single-mindedly preaching their
- message of alien visitation and government
- suppression, saucer researchers may be
- unwittingly playing a part they hadn't
- bargained for and don't -- even suspect -- a
- part dictated by the very people they think
- they are opposing.
- What would be the purpose of such
- manipulation? Why would the powers that
- be want to create an army of believers
- marching on behalf of alien visitors? One
- possibility is that the myth of flying saucers
- is being used as a form of psychological
- warfare. The question is: WHO is the
- enemy?
-
-
- Part 2 - Understanding the New Theory
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- THE PUBLICATION of the preceding article
- created quite a stir. Most researchers were
- defensive, but a significant few set out to
- seriously consider the possibility of a PRO-
- saucer conspiracy. The driving force behind
- such consideration is the realization that
- the root facts of the saucer situation and
- the cover-up explanation are more consis-
- tent with the plot to promote the saucers.
- From now on, serious researchers will have
- to consider the possibility that their efforts
- are being subtly prompted and directed by
- people who are trying to keep the saucer
- mystery alive for their own secret purposes.
- In response to those researchers and
- other interested parties who have asked for
- more coverage of this subject, I offer the
- following observations about the how, who,
- and why of such a conspiracy. When reading
- this material bear in mind that my present
- purpose is NOT to make a case for a pro-
- saucer conspiracy, but to produce a
- conspiracy THEORY that is in accordance
- with the basic saucer facts and can be
- evaluated in the light of future events.
- HOW? I have not said, nor do I mean to
- imply, that the entire saucer saga has been
- created from scratch. Far from it. The
- initial reports posed a genuine mystery to
- government officials and intelligence
- experts. The earliest air force investigation
- was a genuine attempt to find the answer
- while, at the same time, keeping the lid on
- key incidents. But early in the game, events
- and analysis showed that the elusive discs
- were not weapons directed by a foreign
- power or space ships sent by beings from
- another planet. At some point, the "flying
- saucers" -- and the popular movement
- "they" had generated -- were reconsidered
- in a new light. this "new light" concerned
- promoting and manipulating the saucer
- mystery, rather than opposing it.
- Since the group doing the reconsidering
- was not the group doing the investigating,
- the two programs proceeded concurrently.
- And although the latter, official group did
- not know about the former, covert group,
- the covert group knew about, infiltrated,
- and used the official group.
- Means used by the covert group to
- sustain the saucer mystery and movement
- could have included: 1. Encouraging interest
- in the subject through &rect agent
- participation and the indirect financing
- (through intermediaries) of certain saucer
- organization, publications, and researchers.
- 2. Fostering the idea of a coverup through
- intentional leaks concerning "secret"
- reports, investigations, and conclusions. 3.
- Creating saucer hysteria by inventing
- incidents, playing-up reports from the
- public, and even staging dramatic saucer
- encounters.
- This scenario does not call for
- thousands of conspirators running around the
- country creating thousands of saucer
- incidents and otherwise masterminding the
- situation at every turn. To the contrary,
- very little direct intervention would be
- necessary. All that would be required would
- be the problem and/or staging of key saucer
- claims and encounters. The ubiquitous
- network of saucer enthusiasts would do the
- rest: Investigations would be conducted,
- reports published, rumors circulated, and
- calls for official candor made.
- A few invented or staged encounters
- would not only trigger a new round of
- interest but would produce new "incidents"
- as well This "contagion effect" would
- increase the impact of the few interventions
- far beyond the significance of the
- interventions, themselves. Thus, the total
- saucer situation might be composed of, say,
- 2% intervention and 98% contagious
- commotion in the form of concretized
- fantasies and other types of "psychic"
- experiences, imaginative misinterpretations,
- and outright hoaxes.
- The induced hysteria envisioned is not
- hypothetical. The general population of any
- society contains a significant proportion of
- disturbed and suggestible individuals who
- will respond to certain ideological stimuli in
- a predictable way. The triggering of such
- individuals can be accomplished remotely.
- If researchers dig deep enough, they
- will find indications of covert intervention.
- Rather than identify specific incidents, I
- will point to certain general subject areas
- that deserve further scrutiny. These include
- the "leaking' of alleged top-secret reports
- in the early-to-late 1950s; the formation
- and organization (NICAP) in the mid-1950s;
- the early contact reports in the early-to-
- mid 1950s; the "abduction contagion" of the
- 1970s and the resurrection of the crashed-
- saucer stories in the late 1970s.
- When inquiring into these matters,
- researchers should try to get answers to the
- following questions
- * Who were the first or most impor-
- tant sources for the claims involved?
- * What are the backgrounds and
- connections of these people?
- * Who aids them in publicizing their
- claims?
- More specifically, researchers should
- look for ufologists who have secret
- informants or have backgrounds that include
- work experience in intelligence agendas or
- the military. Especially significant is the
- "mentor phenomenon" in which researchers
- and, sometimes, contactees receive ideas,
- guidance, and encouragement from in-
- dividuals who operate on the periphery of,
- or behind, the saucer scene. There are at
- least a few cases in which such mentors
- have "turned on" certain enthusiasts who
- went on to have a great impact on the
- saucer field. Also important is the fin-
- ancing of specific individuals, groups, and
- projects. Who is receiving financing from
- outside the field? Who supplies such money
- and why?
- Ufologists are especially susceptible to
- covert manipulation. For although they
- continually denounce what they think is
- official secrecy, they will jump at the
- chance to establish secret communication
- links with apparently-official sources. Their
- zeal in this regard prohibits them from
- asking the crucial questions. To wit: Why
- has the secret "contact" picked the par-
- ticular researcher for leaking information
- What motive other than getting the truth
- out might the "contact" have? And who
- other than the government or intelligence
- agency might the "contact" be working for?
- WHO? If a pro-saucer conspiracy IS
- perpetuating the saucer mystery, it does not
- originate in the government or intelligence
- agencies per se. The saucer saga spans too
- many different administrations and the
- nature of the effort is too subtle and far-
- reaching to support such a theory. It must
- be the project of a powerful private group
- that has an on-going liaison with -- or even
- agents in -- various government departments
- and services. Thus, the role and purpose
- the group would be filtered through and
- distorted by intermediaries.
- The independence of intelligence agents
- is well known. They do not restrict them-
- selves to carrying out the official project
- of their superiors, but do "free-lance" work
- as well. The presence of such agents in the
- government and in the "field" would be
- vital aspect of a conspiracy network. They
- would act as links between the prime
- movers of the plot and "fellow travelers"
- within saucer research who are open to
- contact or collaboration. In most cases,
- these agents would not know the real
- purposes behind the "services" they have
- contracted to perform.
- The prime movers of such a conspiracy
- would not be directly interested in flying
- saucers or similar subjects. Their efforts
- would be purely pragmatic. The achieve-
- ment of their objectives would require that
- they deal with various fringe groups.
- WHY? To fully appreciate the purpose
- of such a conspiracy, researchers must think
- beyond the unproven assumption that flying
- saucers and the saucer movement are
- important IN-THEMSELVES. They must
- consider the possibility that their cherished
- subject is merely a means to a greater end
- that has nothing to do with extraterrestrial
- or inter-dimensional visitors -- that they are
- unknowingly participating in a psycho-social
- experiment, not engaging in original
- frontiers research.
- I know this suggestion will repel most
- ufologists. They have spent so much time
- and effort chasing the saucers that they
- almost HAVE TO BELIEVE that their pursuit
- is vital to human knowledge and
- understanding. The idea that their entire
- quest has been predicated on a deliberately
- fostered illusion will seem impossible to
- most of them.
- The previously-best estimate of what
- might be going on as Leon Davidson's
- suggestion in the 1950s that the CIA was
- using saucer reports and investigations as a
- psychological warfare weapon against the
- Russians. Material released under the
- freedom-of-information act documents the
- ClA's concern about how saucer reports
- would affect the population of the U.S.,
- especially during a crisis such as a Russian
- attack. There are indications that the CIA
- might have eventually tried to turn the
- saucer reports to its own advantage by
- making the Russians consider the possibility
- that the U.S. had a new technology or was
- about to gain such a technology from
- contact with extraterrestrials.
- But if such a plan existed, it was short-
- lived because the Russians had the means to
- establish the facts about the situation
- independent of CIA machinations. Most
- likely, there was no such plan. The alleged
- concern over and plan for using the saucers
- in psychological warfare were probably
- misdirection ploys designed to account for a
- CIA interest that might otherwise be traced
- to sinister sources beyond the CIA.
- What might such sinister sources be up
- to? The saucer mystery and movement bear
- all the earmarks of an exercise in social
- control -- directed at Americans, not
- Russians! Such an exercise would be merely
- one part of a larger on-going program
- designed to shape social attitudes and
- responses for the purpose of mobilizing and
- channeling public opinion.
- The basic modus operandi of the
- program would be ideological. By creating
- and/or encouraging certain beliefs and
- expectations, specific public responses could
- be triggered remotely under certain condi-
- tions.
- The overall program would deal directly
- with public attitudes and ideas concerning
- social, economic, and foreign policy issues.
- The portion of the program dealing with
- fringe movements in general, and flying
- saucer "research" in particular, would be
- predicated on the "need" of covert authori-
- ties to contain the ideas and actions of "its"
- citizens.
- A certain percentage of people in any
- society will not be satisfied with conven-
- tional ideas and pursuits and will, inevitably,
- seek out and develop off-beat ideas and
- movements. Left to themselves, such
- people might become a potent anti-social or
- anti-establishment force. The way to
- handle such an on-going possibility is NOT
- to stifle such movements. That would only
- intensify the concern of its participants.
- Instead, such movements would be
- encouraged and controlled by containing and
- shaping the basic ideas containing and
- shaping the basic ideas and beliefs involved.
- They would also serve as testing grounds for
- developing, testing, and using new belief
- systems,
- The short-term objectives of such an
- effort would vary, depending on the
- character of the movement and the desires
- of the covert authorities at the time. To
- illustrate how such short-term changes
- might be made and why, consider this
- partly-hypothetical synopsis of the saucer
- saga. For most of the 33-year saga, the
- reigning belief was that the saucers were
- Visitors from other planets. Because
- enthusiasts were preoccupied with the
- means and purposes of the "visitors", they
- overlooked the ideological aspects of the
- belief -- aspects which reinforced the
- prevailing ideas about reality, society, and
- authority. To wit: The "visitors" were 3-D
- humanoids traveling through space in
- advanced vehicles; they had their own
- government-like confederation; and, most
- important, proof of the nature and purpose
- of the aliens was possessed only by
- CERTIFIED authorities.
- The 1970s saw a drastic change in
- saucer beliefs. Researchers began to
- explore the possibilities of what seemed to
- be increasingly bizarre saucer encounters.
- Travelers from other dimensions, archetypes
- from the collective unconscious, and trans-
- formations of consciousness became the
- orders of the day.
- The ideas spawned by this stage of the
- saucer saga were decidedly anti-establish-
- ment and anti-authoritarian in orientation.
- Eventually, the conspirators feared that
- they were losing control of the beliefs and
- events that defined and directed the saucer
- movement. An ideological pullback was
- necessary. That pullback came In the form
- of a resurrection of the crashed-saucer
- stories. By creating the appearance that
- "officials" were finally going to release
- details about crashed saucers and their
- occupants, the focus of attention and the
- thinking of researchers were shifted back to
- the conventional ideology implicit in the
- extraterrestrial explanation.
- The re-introduction of the crashed-
- saucer stories was predictable, and lends
- support to the pro-conspiracy theory. Now,
- the crucial questions to be answered are:
- Which ufologists are promoting the crashed-
- saucer stories? Who is feeding them infor-
- mation? And what dramatic conclusion Is
- the crashed-saucer caper building toward?
- When researchers accepted the exis-
- tence of flying saucers WITHOUT PROOF,
- they set themselves up for possible
- ideological control. To counteract this
- possibility, a new dimension of saucer
- inquiry is necessary. That dimension should
- include a study of the ideological context
- and implications of the saucer belief
- system, as well as of the social context and
- implications of the saucer movement.
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