Greg Bishop

Project Beta (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth

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THE HORRIFYING TRUE STORY OF A GOVERNMENT-AUTHORIZED CAMPAIGN OF DISINFORMATION THAT DEFINED AN ERA OF ALIEN PARANOIA AND DESTROYED ONE MAN'S LIFE.

In 1978, Paul Bennewitz, an electrical physicist living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, engaged in some aggressive radio monitoring of the nearby Sandia Labs, then managed by the Department of Defense. When he became convinced that the strange lights hovering over the labs and Kirtland Air Force Base signaled the vanguard of an extraterrestrial alien invasion, he began writing TV stations, newspapers, senators -- and even President Reagan -- to alert them.

For the most part Bennewitz received form-letter replies, but Air Force investigators paid him a visit, as did Bill Moore, author of the first book on the Roswell incident. Before long Moore -- then a new force in civilian UFO research -- was tapped by a group of intelligence agents and a deal was struck: Moore was to keep tabs on Bennewitz while the Air Force ran a psychological profile and disinformation campaign on the unsuspecting physicist. In return, Air Force Intelligence would let Moore in on classified UFO material.

This is Bennewitz's harrowing tale, told by fringe-culture historian Greg Bishop. It is the troubling account of the custom-made hall of smoke and mirrors that eventually drove Bennewitz to a mental institution, as well as the story of the explosive propagation of disinformation that began in 1979 and reverberates through the UFO community and pop culture to this day.

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• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781416513391
• Artikelnr.: 49185097

Autorenporträt

Greg Bishop publishes and edits the UFO/conspiracy/psychedelic/new science journal The Excluded Middle. His reports, interviews, and features have also appeared in Fortean Times, UFO Magazine, Magical Blend, The Nose, Crash Collusion, Book Happy, and in the books Conspiracy and Cyberculture, Zen And The Art of Close Encounters, You Are Being Lied To, and Kooks. Greg has spoken publicly at numerous conferences and meetings, including an appearance as a panel member and featured speaker at the Disinfocon conference in New York City, described by the New York Times as the "Cyberpalooza of the Internet culture." He has also appeared on many radio and Internet interview programs, including The X Zone, Strange Days, The Paul Garson Show, and The Infinity Factory. His radio show, Radio Mysterioso, can be can be heard on the Internet on Sundays at KillRadio.org.

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Contents
Chapter 1 Kirtland
Chapter 2 Close Encounters and Dead Cows
Chapter 3 Blue Light
Chapter 4 The Implant
Chapter 5 Pictures of Pictures
Chapter 6 The Meeting
Chapter 7 Disinformation
Chapter 8 The Maverick
Chapter 9 Silver Skies
Chapter 10 True Adventure
Chapter 11 Mystery Man
Chapter 12 Riders of the Radioactive Sage
Chapter 13 The Saucers Speak
Chapter 14 The Shadow Base
Chapter 15 Flushing Moles
Chapter 16 The Age of Aquarius
Chapter 17 Techie Playground
Chapter 18 A Serious Problem
Chapter 19 Project Beta
Chapter 20 The Shit
Chapter 21 The Craft
Chapter 22 Revelations
Chapter 23 More Lies
Chapter 24 Fallout
Chapter 25 Out of Control
Chapter 26 Las Vegas
Chapter 27 The Enigma of Belief
Epilogue Where Are They Now?
Appendix PROJECT BETA: THE REPORT
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index