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responsible for UFO investigations. Nevertheless, given the first-hand most often cited are Gene Lakes (aka Gene At the same time, there are many claims —_ experiences Doty has revealed and his well- Loscowski) and Paul McGovern. Lakes based on second- or third-party stories documented former career, it is very worked for the DIA from 1964 to 1996 as an which are hearsay and require independent important to consider seriously what he investigator and then as director of security corroboration before accepting. These latter personally claims to have experienced or operations (see http://www.ufoconspiracy. claims could be part of an acclimation _ read in terms of classified information. com/reports/tom_mack_groomlake.htm). program based on "plausible deniability". Consequently, it can be concluded that According to Doty's statement, Paul Alternatively, these claims based on hearsay Doty's written testimony of what he saw and McGovern was a "former security chief for could be part of a deception program, since read concerning classified UFO/EBE- the Defense Intelligence Agency". the latter individuals are not able or willing related projects is plausible, though his Both Lakes and McGovern claim to have to come forward to confirm their testimonies _ tendency to repudiate critical details makes _ had access during their respective military publicly. him unreliable. careers to a briefing document titled "Project A significant fact concerning Richard Furthermore his claims, based on what he Serpo", which discussed the alien exchange Doty and his recent emergence is that he at was told by other military personnel, need to program. Indeed, McGovern supplies the no time has reported any harassment, be regarded as hearsay and not sufficient to classification number of the briefing intimidation or threat as a consequence of _ corroborate the Project Serpo material. document to which they had access (see his revelations. This is quite remarkable, A third possibility—that Doty is a genuine _ http://www.serpo.org/information.html#1). given that he is revealing highly classified, whistleblower, following his conscience in Because both McGovern and Lakes claim to compartmented information on topics that the release of classified information—is have gained their information from the appear far more sensitive than what has been extremely unlikely, in the author's view. alleged briefing document, this is important released by other whistleblowers who report Doty's military history, the quality of the evidence supporting the existence of the having been threatened for their revelations. information he has released, his ability to Serpo project. For instance, John Maynard, a former escape any form of harassment and his After reflecting on the initial email from Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, has repudiation of key details of earlier Anonymous describing Project Serpo, reported a number of threats for releasing far statements suggest that he is participating in Lakes/Loscowski wrote: less information than what Doty has either an officially sanctioned acclimation Most of the information is absolutely revealed about compartmented programs program or a deception program. correct... To the best of my knowledge, involving EBEs (see web page http://www. Consequently, I will focus on these latter we had 12 men, all military men. Eight surfingtheapocalypse.com/maynard.html). two possibilities with regard to the Serpo USAF, two Army and two Navy guys. I This suggests that Doty has gained a __ project and Doty's role in it. think the females are a red herring. But "green light" to come forward with his maybe I just didn't have the clearance testimony in a possible effort to "acclimate" Testimony from other insiders for that... Only eight came back, that the public for future disclosure of the It is now worth examining the testimonies much is right. Two died a few years extraterrestrial presence. of some of the other main players in the into their assignment on the Visitors’ However, due to Doty's former career in _ unfolding Serpo information. planet. Two others decided to remain AFOSI and professional involvement in Two prominent insiders involved in and maybe are still alive today. Since deception programs, it is also possible that confirming the Serpo story and who are their return, all have died. Doty is participating in an elaborate deception program with his claims that give remarkable support to the Project Serpo material. Something that is suggestive of such a possibility is his repudiation of some passages he authored in Exempt from Disclosure, describing his face-to-face meeting with EBE-2. Ina later "clarification", Doty claims that he viewed the alleged meeting involving EBE-2 on a video screen and was not in the same room after all (see web page http://www.serpo.org/consistencies.html). This turnaround—where Doty makes some astounding claims regarding his EBE- related experiences, approves _ the publication of these in print and then repudiates some important details—suggests his testimony is unreliable. Doty may therefore be participating in a "Yeah, tell Maintenance to turn up the monoxide on the aircon." deception program. Testimony from other insiders It is now worth examining the testimonies of some of the other main players in the unfolding Serpo information. Two prominent insiders involved in confirming the Serpo story and who are APRIL — MAY 2006 NEXUS + 67 "Yeah, tell Maintenance to turn up the monoxide on the aircon." www.nexusmagazine.com