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SAUCERS SOURCES Lee McGiffen SOURCES OF SAUCERS THE CIA AND THE SAUCERS Lee McGiffen The most daunting obstacle to a 1980s investigator of unidentified flying ob- jects is the sheer overload of informa- tion. The data is confusing enough in itself (the field is loaded with quacks of all types), but when you have to contend with the deceptions of various govern- ment agencies as well, the truth is hard to catch as it flies out the window. Much of the role of the C.LA., for instance, is to propagate disinformation and in the area of UFOs (or “bogeys’ as NASA calls them) they do very well. Not that the C.I.A. needs much help. THEN AND Now An easy stroll through UFO literature shows that something has been appear- ing to humans for thousands of years. Sections of ancient Indian scriptures such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana suggest to many an atomic war between the Rama and Asvin civilizations 15,000 years ago. Reports of disc- shaped craft go back to the scribes of the Pharaohs. But one thing that character- izes chance encounters, experiences and visions over the centuries is that many are totally unfathomable to the rational mind. If there are alien civiliza- tions interacting with our own, many seem to resemble leprechauns playing 1 PRE. cosmic pranks. : io \\ ee Xs theories of birth trauma psychology Take the case of Whitley Strieber. | , Ye OP may help to explain the Adamski and Strieber, a writer, apparently had an oO . + we ovemn Strieber encounters. But if govern- experience out of his own stories re- {CO a. aaa § ments are responsible for much UFO cently. His wife discovered a puncture —_ its deadiy atmosphere - and was widely _ disinformation, what, if anything, could wound in his neck when hecomplained =——_giscredited as a hoax for having faked _they be covering up? of a pain there. He suddenly remem- i j " E photographs of saucers. Where did he | FREEDOM OF INFORMATION bered being carried aboard a UFO in a get the photos from? dream-like state and having his “mind Recently, intrepid ufologist Timothy probed”. Happily, Whitley is enjoying DIsINFORMATION? Good has been prising information the publicity of his newly released book, Enter the CIA, according to Leon from the CIA using the Freedom of In- Communion, in which he describes his Davidson, a ufologist and ex-army formation Act. Good has written in the abduction. chemical engineer. Davidson says that British publication The Observer dis- George Adamski, perhaps the most the CIA invented Adamski’ssauceren- closing the existence of a top secret famous ‘contactee’ case, was said by his counter, as well as the famous *extrater- | committee in the late 1940s code- friends to be in a perpetual dream-like resirial encounters’ of Daniel Fry and named Majestic-12. state. policeman Lonnie Zamora. MJ-12’s purpose was to investigate Adamski founded an international Davidson believes Adamskiwasthe and then cover up news of flying saucer contact organization for beings from naive victim of a hoax perpetrated by _— crashes. FOI files also record that on Venus - an unlikely source because of government agents, who builta*space- June 24th, 1947 a disc-shaped object 16 ship’ with windows which were actu- ally film screens. Adamski himself claimed to have been encouraged in his search for flying saucers by four “US government scientists’. Not all hoaxes involve the CIA or other government agencies, In the case of Frank Scully two rogue ex-army personnel were involved. In 1950, Scully became instantly famous when he released Behind The Flying Saucers. In that book he recounted a story told to an audience at the University of Denver by a man called Silas Newton, who claimed to be a Texan millionaire. Newton told the audience that a friend of his, Dr Gee (whose real name was Gebauer), had personally partici- ‘pated in the autopsies of alien bodies at an Air Force base. At that time many people suspected that the government was covering up something big, like , contact with alien civilization. But two years after the book was “ published Newton and Gebauer, both described as confidence tricksters, were caught while trying to sell off worthless war surplus equipment as oil detection devices. Goodbye to the story of the alien bodies and to Frank Scully’s repu- tation. Rebirthing experiences and new Nexus New Times Two The most daunting obstacle to a 1980s investigator of unidentified flying ob- jects is the sheer overload of informa- tion. The data is confusing enough in itself (the field is loaded with quacks of all types), but when you have to contend with the deceptions of various govern- ment agencies as well, the truth is hard to catch as it flies out the window. Much of the role of the C.LA., for instance, is to propagate disinformation and in the area of UFOs (or “bogeys’ as NASA calls them) they do very well. Not that the C.I.A. needs much help. THEN AND Now An easy stroll through UFO literature shows that something has been appear- ing to humans for thousands of years. Sections of ancient Indian scriptures such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana suggest to many an atomic war between the Rama and Asvin civilizations 15,000 years ago. Reports of disc- shaped craft go back to the scribes of the Pharaohs. But one thing that character- izes chance encounters, experiences and visions over the centuries is that many are totally unfathomable to the rational mind. If there are alien civiliza- tions interacting with our own, many seem to resemble leprechauns playing cosmic pranks. Take the case of Whitley Strieber. ship’ with windows which were actu- ally film screens. Adamski himself claimed to have been encouraged in his search for flying saucers by four “US government scientists’. Not all hoaxes involve the CIA or other government agencies, In the case of Frank Scully two rogue ex-army personnel were involved. In 1950, Scully became instantly famous when he released Behind The Flying Saucers. In that book he recounted a story told to an audience at the University of Denver by a man called Silas Newton, who claimed to be a Texan millionaire. Newton told the audience that a friend of his, Dr Gee (whose real name was Gebauer), had personally partici- ‘pated in the autopsies of alien bodies at an Air Force base. At that time many people suspected that the government was covering up something big, like , contact with alien civilization. But two years after the book was “ published Newton and Gebauer, both described as confidence tricksters, were caught while trying to sell off worthless war surplus equipment as oil detection devices. Goodbye to the story of the alien bodies and to Frank Scully’s repu- tation. Rebirthing experiences and new theories of birth trauma psychology may help to explain the Adamski and Strieber, a writer, apparently had an Strieber encounters. But if govern- experience out of his own stories re- ments are responsible for much UFO cently. His wife discovered a puncture —_ its deadly atmosphere - and was a, disinformation, what, if anything, could wound in his neck when hecomplained ~——iccredited as a hoax for having faked _they be covering up? of a pain there. He suddenly remem- i j " E photographs of saucers. Where did he | FREEDOM OF INFORMATION bered being carried aboard a UFO in a get the photos from? dream-like state and having his “mind Recently, intrepid ufologist Timothy probed”. Happily, Whitley is enjoying DISINFORMATION? Good has been prising information the publicity of his newly released book, Enter the CIA, according to Leon from the CIA using the Freedom of In- Communion, in which he describes his Davidson, a ufologist and ex-army formation Act. Good has written in the abduction. chemical engineer. Davidson says that British publication The Observer dis- George Adamski, perhaps the most the CIA invented Adamski’s saucer en- closing the existence of a top secret famous ‘contactee’ case, was said by his counter, as well as the famous “extrater- committee in the late 1940s code- friends to be in a perpetual dream-like restrial encounters’ of Daniel Fry and named Majestic- a int ae RAT 19% 6 nes investigator of unidentified flying ob- jects is the sheer overload of informa- tion. The data is confusing enough in itself (the field is loaded with quacks of all types), but when you have to contend with the deceptions of various govern- ment agencies as well, the truth is hard to catch as it flies out the window. Much of the role of the C.LA., for instance, is to propagate disinformation and in the area of UFOs (or ‘bogeys’ as NASA calls them) they do very well. Not that the C.I.A. needs much help. THEN AND Now tation. Rebirthing experiences and new theories of birth trauma psychology may help to explain the Adamski and Strieber encounters. But if govern- ments are responsible for much UFO disinformation, what, if anything, could they be covering up? FREEDOM OF INFORMATION its deadly atmosphere - and was widely discredited as a hoax for having faked photographs of saucers. Where did he get the photos from? DISINFORMATION? Recently, intrepid ufologist Timothy Good has been prising information from the CIA using the Freedom of In- formation Act. Good has written in the British publication The Observer dis- closing the existence of a top secret committee in the late 1940s code- named Majestic-12. MJ-12’s purpose was to investigate and then cover up news of flying saucer crashes. FOI files also record that on June 24th, 1947 a disc-shaped object Enter the CIA, according to Leon Davidson, a ufologist and ex-army chemical engineer. Davidson says that the CIA invented Adamski’s saucer en- counter, as well as the famous “extrater- restrial encounters’ of Daniel Fry and policeman Lonnie Zamora. Davidson believes Adamski was the naive victim of a hoax perpetrated by government agents, who built a “space- State. Adamski founded an international contact organization for beings from Venus - an unlikely source because of 16 THE CIA AND THE SAUCERS T he most daunting obstacle to a 1980s Nexus New Times Two