INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------1 Click to Read
About this book------------------------------------1
The Problem of UFOs--------------------------------2
Official Culture vs. Unofficial Culture------------6
The Redmond, Oregon Incident-----------------------6
Power and Fear-------------------------------------8
The National Security State------------------------9
Can They Really Cover This Up?--------------------11
Scientific Questions------------------------------12
Possible Dimensions of the UFO Problem------------15
Sources and Documentation-------------------------17
Final Remarks and Concerns------------------------20

CHAPTER 1 - PROLOGUE: TO 1947--------------22
Two Paths Converge--------------------------------22
UFOs Before the Second World War------------------22
The National Security Connection------------------24
Foo Fighters--------------------------------------28
Ghost Rockets-------------------------------------31 Click to Read
Deutschland Über Allies---------------------------35
Convergence---------------------------------------38 Click to Read
Summary-------------------------------------------42

CHAPTER 2 - SAUCERS IN THE SKIES: 1947------44
Crescendo-----------------------------------------44
The Arnold Sighting-------------------------------45
The Floodgates Open-------------------------------47
Making Sense of It--------------------------------48
Roswell, Roswell!---------------------------------49
Roswell: Development of a Story-------------------53
Roswell: More Witnesses---------------------------55
Roswell: The Skeptics Explain---------------------58
Roswell: Lore-------------------------------------65
Roswell: Conclusions------------------------------66 Click to Read
The Rest of July----------------------------------67
The Muroc Sighting--------------------------------68
Media Clampdown-----------------------------------70
U.S. Pressure on Greece?--------------------------70
National Security Reorganization------------------71
The Maury Island Saga-----------------------------72
Government Squabbles------------------------------79
The Twining Letter--------------------------------81
MJ-12: Yes or No?---------------------------------82
Schulgen's Report---------------------------------88
The Consensus at Year's End-----------------------89 Click to Read
1947 Summary and Speculation----------------------91

CHAPTER 3 - MANAGING THE PROBLEM:
1948 TO 1951-----------------------------------93
The Mantell Incident------------------------------93
Project Sign Begins Work--------------------------94
The Phony War Scare of 1948-----------------------94
Twining and Cabell seek support for UFO research--96
Troubles for Forrestal----------------------------96
The White Sands Sighting: I-----------------------97
Secret Success in Italy---------------------------98
George Polk's Murder and Coverup------------------98
The Summer Crisis of 1948-------------------------99
"The Estimate of the Situation"------------------101
Truman, Landry, and UFOs-------------------------103
Mid- to Late-1948: Key Developments--------------105 Click to Read
Forrestal's Deterioration------------------------107
The Green Fireballs------------------------------108
Top Secret Documents-----------------------------109
1949: General Developments-----------------------111
More Fireballs-----------------------------------112
Forrestal Replaced and Hospitalized--------------115
White Sands Proving Ground: II-------------------116
The Air Force Debunks----------------------------118
The Death of James Forrestal---------------------120
Sightings: Late Spring and Summer 1949-----------122
Grudge's Report----------------------------------124
CIA Secret Spending and Mind Control-------------125
More Fireballs, More Sightings, More Developments126
"The Flying Saucers Are Real!"-------------------128
The Secret State in 1950-------------------------129
UFO Secrecy and Publicity in Early 1950----------131
Spring 1950: An Outbreak of UFOs-----------------134
Keeping the Lid Down-----------------------------138
The Montana Film---------------------------------140
Alien Sighting?----------------------------------141
Secret Doings in 1950----------------------------142
Scully, Sarbacher, Smith, and Keyhoe-------------143
Another Crash?-----------------------------------146
1950: The Year in Review-------------------------147 Click to Read
1951: The Year Previewed-------------------------148
Key Sightings for 1951---------------------------149
The Lubbock Lights-------------------------------151
JANAP 146(B)-------------------------------------152
General Cabell and the Fort Monmouth Sighting----153
Attempted Intercepts and Near-Misses-------------156
Summary------------------------------------------157

CHAPTER 4 - CRISIS AND CONTAINMENT:
1952 TO 1953----------------------------------159
Base Sightings ----------------------------------161
Grudge Becomes Blue Book-------------------------162
The Merry Month of May 1952----------------------165
The Pace Quickens--------------------------------166
The July Crisis----------------------------------168 Click to Read
July 1952: The Sightings-------------------------169
Bracing for an Invasion?-------------------------171
The Washington, D.C. Sightings-------------------171
CIA Monitors North African UFOs------------------175
The Press Conference-----------------------------176
Reactions from FBI and CIA-----------------------178
American Sightings Continue----------------------178 Click to Read
The CIA Acts-------------------------------------180
A Monster in Flatwoods?--------------------------183
Operation Mainbrace------------------------------185
Chadwell and UFOs--------------------------------186
The Wave Subsides – A Bit------------------------187
The Air Force Gets Ready-------------------------189
The CIA Gets Ready-------------------------------190
Covert Ops---------------------------------------192
The Robertson Panel------------------------------193 Click to Read
Robertson Panel: Agenda--------------------------195
Robertson Panel: Conclusions---------------------196
Robertson Panel: Analysis------------------------197
Robertson Panel: Aftermath-----------------------199
Sightings Continue-------------------------------202
Summary------------------------------------------204

CHAPTER 5 - SHUTTING THE LID: 1953 to 1956-205
A Culture of Consensus or Conformity?------------205
Collisions and Crashes?--------------------------207
Who Was Investigating?---------------------------208
AFR 200-2----------------------------------------210
Project Magnet Report----------------------------211
Blue Book Becomes Irrelevant---------------------211
Keyhoe's Activities------------------------------214
Albert Bender and "The Men in Black"-------------215
Silencing the UFO--------------------------------216
LSD, Mind Control, and the Death of Frank Olsen--218
A Brief Outbreak of Truth------------------------220 Click to Read
UFO Sightings of Early 1954----------------------222
1954: The Battle Continues-----------------------224
More Sightings and an Explosion------------------226
Washington Sightings, Revisited------------------227
Covert Infiltration?-----------------------------228
A Ruckus at Wright-Pat---------------------------229
Summer 1954: Once Again, Matters Get
Out of Control-----------------------------------230
Frank Edwards Loses His Job----------------------234
AFR 200-2 Declassified---------------------------234
The Humanoid Sightings---------------------------235
The "Invasion" of France: October 1954-----------238
Global Sightings---------------------------------241 Click to Read
November and December 1954: World
Sightings Continue-------------------------------245
America Debunks----------------------------------247
Intelligence Oversight? Nah.---------------------250
Blue Book Cooks Its Books------------------------252 Click to Read
Voices in the Dark Ages--------------------------254
1955 Sightings: More Humanoids-------------------258
Military UFO Encounters and the U-2--------------259
Senator Richard Russell Sees a UFO---------------261
Government Out of Control------------------------263
Silencing Policies of 1956-----------------------264
UFOs during a Period of Silence------------------265
Summary------------------------------------------268

CHAPTER 6 - THE FIGHT TO END SECRECY:
1956 to 1962-----------------------------------270
The Birth of NICAP-------------------------------270 Click to Read
A "UFO Man" Heads NSA----------------------------274
Creating Zombie Rooms----------------------------275
Worldwide Military Aircraft Encounters-----------275
NICAP and the U.S. Senate------------------------279
Summer 1957: Crashes, Near Collisions,
Opening Fire, and Silence------------------------280
Sputnik and a Bizarre Global Wave----------------282
November 1957: A Rash of American Sightings------286
As 1958 Begins-----------------------------------292
The Air Force Parries NICAP----------------------292
Keyhoe Censored on Television--------------------293
The Senate Stops Its Investigation---------------296
Ruppelt is Turned--------------------------------298
1958: America Becomes A UFO-Free Zone------------299
The McCormick Committee Fiasco and Aftermath-----303
Fighting a Losing Battle-------------------------304 Click to Read
Some Thoughts on J. Allen Hynek------------------307
1959 Unfolds-------------------------------------308
The Killian Case and Other Noteworthies----------309
The Strange Case of Morris Jessup----------------312
The Reverend Gill Sighting-----------------------314
Redmond, Oregon: 6 Jets Attempt an Intercept-----317
Air Force and NICAP Regroup----------------------317
Ruppelt Revises His Book, Then Dies--------------318
1960: Serious Business---------------------------321
1960: Monitoring the UFOs------------------------323
Project Ozma Gets a Signal-----------------------325
The U-2 Affair: A Peek Down the Rabbit Hole------326
Mid-1960: NICAP Presses Congress Once Again------327
The Secret State in 1960 and 1961----------------330
UFOs in 1961-------------------------------------332
1961: Another Round with Congress----------------333
The Hill Abduction Case--------------------------335
Moving to 1962-----------------------------------343
Hillenkoetter Resigns from NICAP-----------------344
Summary------------------------------------------345

CHAPTER 7 - OPEN CONFRONTATION:
1962 TO 1966----------------------------------347
Overview-----------------------------------------347 Click to Read
The Las Vegas UFO Crash--------------------------348
UFOs in America: 1962----------------------------350
Who Ran CIA?-------------------------------------353
UFOs in the World: 1962--------------------------354
The UFO Scene in 1963----------------------------356
Assassination and Secret Doings: 1963 and 1964---360
UFOs in 1964: The Pace Quickens------------------361
Close-up Sighting in Socorro---------------------362
Socorro Aftermath: A Year of UFOs----------------365
Ignorant Armies Clash By Night-------------------367
More Landing Traces, and the Dam Breaks----------367
CIA Peeks into NICAP-----------------------------370
The Wave of 1965---------------------------------371
The Wave of 1965: July---------------------------374
The Wave of 1965: August-------------------------376
The Incident at Exeter---------------------------379
Air Force Crisis of Credibility------------------382
Blackout Season----------------------------------384
The Kecksburg Crash------------------------------386
1966: A Year of Escalations----------------------389
Michigan Swamp Gas-------------------------------391
The Portage County Sightings---------------------395
James McDonald, an Outstanding Nuisance----------399
An Autumn Barrage--------------------------------400
Slouching Towards Colorado-----------------------401
Summary------------------------------------------403

CHAPTER 8 - WINNERS AND LOSERS:
1966 TO 1969----------------------------------406
Colorado to the Rescue---------------------------406
Visits to Boulder--------------------------------408
The Project Begins-------------------------------410
Condon Losing Allies-----------------------------411
Secrecy in 1967----------------------------------413
UFOs in Early 1967-------------------------------415
Falcon Lake--------------------------------------419
McDonald Rips Blue Book and Menzel---------------421
The Colorado Project in Mid-1967-----------------422
APRO Summer Cases--------------------------------425
Problems in Colorado-----------------------------428
An Animal Mutilation-----------------------------432
Shag Harbor--------------------------------------433
Cloak and Dagger---------------------------------434
Leaks From Boulder-------------------------------435
The Schirmer Abduction Case----------------------437
The Crisis---------------------------------------438
Airing the Dirty Laundry-------------------------441
The Symposium------------------------------------443
UFO Hypothesis and Survival Questions------------444
"The RAND Document"------------------------------446
UFOs in 1968-------------------------------------447
The Condon Report--------------------------------449 Click to Read
Review and Release of the Report-----------------456
From Johnson to Nixon----------------------------457
The End of Project Blue Book---------------------460
The End of NICAP---------------------------------461
The End of UFOs----------------------------------463
The Final Gasp-----------------------------------465
Summary------------------------------------------467 Click to Read

CHAPTER 9- THE PROBLEM RENEWED:
1970 TO 1973----------------------------------469
National Security State Triumphant---------------469
Things Fall Apart--------------------------------472
UFOs in the Early 1970s--------------------------473
An Underwater Thesis-----------------------------476
The Death of James McDonald----------------------478
The Return of UFOs-------------------------------481
Summary------------------------------------------483

CONCLUSION-----------------------------------485

APPENDIX: TABLE OF MILITARY UFO
ENCOUNTERS-----------------------------------492

BIBLIOGRAPHY---------------------------------500

ENDNOTES--------------------------------------505

INDEX-------------------------------------------535

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