EPISODE 31 | Scammers, Inc.: MJ-12, Bennewitz & Serpo
Sometimes the crap piles up so high in the UFO world you'd need a flying saucer to stay above it all. And yet, man, these are some good stories! We look at three key events from the 1980s: the Majestic 12 claims, Project Serpo, and the sad & infuriating Bennewitz Affair. And some of the people who might be behind it all.
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EPISODE 31 | Scammers, Inc.: MJ-12, Bennewitz & Serpo
Sometimes the crap piles up so high in the UFO world you'd need a flying saucer to stay above it all. And yet, man, these are some good stories! We look at three key events from the 1980s: the Majestic 12 claims, Project Serpo, and the sad & infuriating Bennewitz Affair. And some of the people who might be behind it all.
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SECTIONS
- 01:32 - Majestic 12
- 02:27 - Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman! Jaime Shandera, Stanton Friedman & Bill Moore; the Cutler-Twining Memo and more
- 05:15 - The Dirty Dozen - original MJ-12 members
- 08:20 - James Forrestal - an untimely death
- 09:30 - Later rumors about Forrestal
- 10:06 - Other possible Council of Twelve candidates
- 10:47 - Bill & Dick's Bogus Journey - the FBI investigates, Friedman theorizes, Moore probably started it all, Linda Moulton Howe talks with Richard Doty
- 16:09 - Majestic by Any Other Name - Tim Cooper & Robert Wood continue MJ-12 stuff
- 17:00 - Milton William Cooper (again!)
- 18:07 - Cooper's affidavit on MJ-12 - What a story! (and a possible source for "Q-level clearance")
- 27:12 - The Bennewitz Affair - Paul Bennewitz reports strange things, gets targeted by fake M.I.B.s
- 29:01 - Richard Doty takes over the campaign, he & Bill Moore drive Bennewitz insane...on purpose
- 29:54 - Doty & Moore talk grey aliens, Dulce Base
- 30:56 - Project Beta - the elaborate story Bennewitz believes, and it ends badly for him
- 34:34 - Project Serpo - a human-alien exchange program with Zeta Reticuli outed by Richard Doty, another complicated tale
- 39:00 - Bill Ryan starts a Serpo website, possibly as part of a PR push for a book by Doty
- 40:41 - Len Kasten writes about Serpo, Howe & Doty chat, Steven Spielberg is in the loop
- 41:49 - Bob Lazar gets in on Serpo (natch)
- 43:15 - The Truth is (Not) Out There - The Imaginary Intelligence Agency or Scammer's, Inc.
- 44:20 - An attempt to weave it all together, and an invitation to Doty & Moore
- 48:33 - Follow the breadcrumbs
Music by Fanette Ronjat
More on these topics
- FBI Records: The Vault Majestic 12 documents
- 1993 FBI reaction to MJ-12 documents
- Conspiracy Weary - article about MJ-12 investigation by FBI
- The New Bogus Majestic-12 Documents by Philip Klass at Skeptical Inquirer
- The Majestic 12 Papers - An Analysis at The Roswell Files
- Majestic Documents - a comprehensive catalogue
- Mounting Evidence For Authenticity of MJ-12 Documents by Robert Wood, MUFON paper
- UFO Explorations article on Majestic-12 documents being hoaxed
- Behold a Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper
- Majestic 12 page on ufos-aliens.co.uk, includes Cooper's affidavit
- Yellow Book: History of Aliens on Earth by Gil Carlson & Bob Lazar
- Huffington Post article on Richard Doty
- Civilian Intelligence News Service article on Richard Doty
- Webpage on the Greys
- Project Beta by Greg Bishop - book about the Bennewitz Affair
- Article on Dulce Base secret alien war
- Project Serpo website
- Doty's "revelations" about Serpo
- The Black World of UFOs: Exempt from Disclosure by Robert M. Collins with Richard Doty
- Secret Journey to Planet Serpo: A True Story of Interplanetary Travel by Len Karsten
- The Truth About Zeta Reticuli by Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
- Hollywood Reporter review of "Mirage Men"
- Science Behind the Fiction article about Bob Lazar on SyFy Wire
- Article on Vice about FBI raid on Lazar's home
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