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- Feb. 7, 1989
-
- In a manner like no other civilian field of endeavor with heavy geopolitical
- overtones, UFO research is a mine field of covert operations by agencies
- connected with the government and military powers. In the 40-plus years
- Americans have been aware of the phenomenon, "Big Brother's" hand has
- effectively stymied the free flow of dependable, factual information on
- UFOs and has managed to keep whatever evidence it has deeply hidden.
-
- Shielded by the worn-out canard of "national security," members of an
- "invisible government" maneuver undetected throughout the UFO community. In
- that sense, ufology reflects the wider use of secrecy measures which are
- usually inappropriate, often illegal and always antithetical to what most of
- us would consider an open, principled democracy. But the distinction of
- Ufology--which is already an offbeat underground of sorts--is its readymade
- cushion of myth and propaganda, backed by an atmosphere of debunkery and
- ridicule, which makes the so-called "cover-up" a more-or-less natural
- extension of prevailing cultural attitudes about the phenomena.
-
- Legitimate interest and research in UFO/alien _facts_ remain the purview of
- a hardy and courageous and very tiny minority. The lack of legitimizing
- efforts by mainstream science and media leaves ufology endlessly "out in the
- cold," where decent investigators find themselves in a sea polluted with
- manipulators, hoaxsters and charlatans, and no directional guide on how to
- detect the "agents among us." Since the days of NICAP's overwhelming
- infiltration by CIA elements, the discovery of Blue Book as little more than
- hype, and the official stonewalling that still greets any sincere
- questioning of government agencies by citizenry, the dangers of covert world
- have only increased.
-
- That danger is bolstered by the forth estate, when it comes to UFOs, not
- minimized or exposed: UFO is still a subject which few journalists can
- report on with a straight face and in a serious tone of voice. Without
- grounded facts, the UFO phenomenon in general inspires false hopes and a
- range of fanciful speculations, but little real reflection and fact
- gathering. Why?
-
- 1. The phenomenon itself operates on the principle of deception and
- secrecy.
-
- 2. Those who study the phenomenon tend to gravitate toward
- information that supports their pet theories and will shut out most
- anything else.
-
- 3. Ufology tends to be a petty "in-crowd" prone to fragmentation
- and dissent.
-
- 4. The covert forces ensure that ufology remains in a state of
- fragmentation and dissent.
-
- 5. The covert forces infiltrate the field, manipulate its members
- and exploit valuable research and case material to suit their own
- purposes.
-
- And finally, the covert forces overlay the UFO community with less-
- than-honorable counterintelligence "games" designed to fulfill several
- purposes at once, not the least of which appears to be the implementation of
- psychological warfare against vulnerable UFO researchers and witnesses.
-
- I believe that the Billy Meier case, the Gulf Breeze events, the "Lear
- material" and the entire MJ-12 imbroglio have to some degree or another been
- examples of covert action by factions in the intelligence community with an
- accent on counterintelligence. With MJ-12 in particular, the scent of "red
- herring" and expert manipulation and diversion is POWERFUL.
-
- I have very little to prove the above allegations. Let's just say
- my intuitive self refuses to let go of this semi-paranoid
- scenario.
-
- Paranoia is justified in today's world.
-
- One last note: the "covert forces" just may be BOTH alien and
- human!
-
-
-
- - Vicki Cooper, UFO Magazine