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interventions: 158 REVELATIONS sial document out of public hands. If that fails, then the intelligence agencies go into a confusion mode characterized by three simultaneous 1. They trot out their team of debunkers (astronomers, skeptics or "rationalists") who seize upon any available explanation; the more ab- surd the better. 2. They "oversell" the UFO explanation, always emphasizing the extraterrestrial interpretation. For example, if an object has been seen on the ground, they will make sure the media give prominence to the wild-eyed witness or the local contactee cult member who will claim that he has received a message for mankind, so that the entire affair is quickly blown out of proportion. 3. They start leaking some correct information to the investigators but mix it with confusing elements regarding the date, the time, and the identity of the witnesses. All these elements are demonstrably present in the Bentwaters case, and they can be found in other military cases as well. Is there evidence that Bentwaters was in fact an instance of decep- tion rather than delusion? I believe the testimony of Larry Warren is very interesting in that regard. On a syndicated television program called Dimensions in Parapsy- chology, Warren recalled his experience in detail. It had been eight years since he had served at Bentwaters. He was now engaged in media work, he said. A lean young fellow with long hair falling over his shirt collar, he seemed very relaxed, his hands hooked in his belt as he spoke. He was in the security police at Bentwaters, he said. On the evening in question he was dispatched to the motor pool to get lighting equip- ment. He did not know why. He obtained some "light-alls," loaded them and drove to a designated point near the forest where the vehicles were parked. There he was ordered to leave his weapons and he walked half a mile into the forest with other personnel. They halted behind a small stone wall. From that position he could see a lot of ground fog or mist which was illuminated. There was no UFO in view anywhere, yet an elaborate scene was