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This uncharacteristic, saturation methodology for what—on the mass—market scale—was a marginally productive speculation, bears deep similarity to that most peregrine of recent promotions, i.e. the Alien Nation t.v. series which with its conditioning themes of peaceful coexistence toward alien neighbors seems to have been pushed down the public throat against all the standard bottomline indices such as the Nielsens (it stayed in the cellar Jong past the time any profit—predicated series would have been yanked from the air). Do we have to ask what the message is here? True Gritz Returning then briefly to the thought that our just—reviewed series of alien—related events comprises a "factoid" list first popularized by the "suspect" Cooper, we may wish to take deep pause; for if examined carefully we consistently find that those who ought to be "in the know", at worst take ad hominem exception to Cooper himself yet stay clear of invalidating the material he presents’. We noted last month the curious ad in UFO magazine for the alleged candid "Cooper tapes" purporting to be Mr. C. in a really bad mood—the ad declaiming (most peculiarly!) that though there may be truth to what he says, do we want to accept such facts from "this type" of person! Say WHAT !? Again along the same lines: if we wanted to know the truth behind the alleged events recited in our list, who best to consult other than those involved in the occurrences, agencies or policies alluded to? If the claim is made for example that the Delta Force was (despite its Chuck Norris popular image) an elite squad first formulated to cope specifically with iheAlien/UFO situation, and if moreover we hear through the same sets of recited claims that the D-force is tacitly on—the—outs with the underground-fortified Orion minions having had an unsuccessful shootout with them in 1979, then whom should we automatically expect to be ina position to verify or disclaim these things on a first-hand basis? 57 Why, a member of the Delta Force, of course. And what more reliable member of the Delta Force than the inimitable Col. Bo Gritz, former Chief of Special Activities on the Army General Staff, who in fact is ostensibly the very model of heroism on which the character Rambo was based? How surpassingly "interesting", then, that we find in issue No. 1, Vol. 6 of UFO magazine (put out by one Vicki Cooper and dedicatedly anti—Bill Cooper) a letter—-to—the—editor from none other than Bo himself! in which (consistent with the conventional policy, apparently) he takes strong exception to Bill Cooper but not because he disputes Cooper's facts! Rather, so the colonel says, he feels Cooper couldn't have had sufficiently high clearance to have seen the things he alleges to have seen, therefore his promulgation of what Gritz himself identifies as very important matters is liable to be unfairly discredited in its association with him! Col. Gritz goes on to specifically affirm the truth and critical character of much of the contents of Cooper's material (some of which, indeed, he claims Cooper originally filched from him). "As a Chemical, Biological, Nuclear trained officer, I know that 'the' government lied about gassing sheep in Montana with GB—Agent, infecting San Francisco with a virus...why wouldn't they cover up UFOs?" "I returned from Burma's Golden Triangle with videotape of overlord Khun Sa accusing U.S. officials of being his best customers..." "We are facing a true peril from within. The secret government needs to be exposed and expunged before it turns us into economic slaves through King George's 'New World Order'." In the face of something of this magnitude (if casual presenta— tion) everyone ought to be sitting up and taking notice. If Col. Gritz is this publicly adamant about the "factoid" re the alien—government situation, what business have those without such intimate association to the specific elements involved in turning their backs, or indeed dismissing such material as unsubstantiated? If Gritz is publicly so serious, in tones of such alarm, then perhaps it might be profitable to project that some such thing as the alien/Army fallout did indeed occur, that as a consequence there could be formal or informal movement of resistance within or around the 120 T-Bird_Vs_The_Flying_saucers.htm