Extraterrestrials

The Government and the Grays

The Government and the Grays - part 2 of 2

"'Unfortunately, right as this plan began to be implemented, a little event came along called Watergate, and it was obviously not the time to do this,' Friedman told the Expo audience.

"'Remember the special circumstances of that--because they're appropriate now. Nixon had been reelected, and that meant he could not run again. Reagan is the next president to be in the situation; he cannot run again,' Friedman said, conjecturing that this could lend credence to the idea that the release of the Majestic-12 documents is the next step of that postponed release of information.

"'It seems entirely likely that the government may have gotten STUCK IN A POSITION OF COVERUP A LOT LONGER THAN THEY INTENDED. When you read the MJ-12 debriefing document, it states very clearly that one of their reasons for coverup was that there had been almost a public panic in response to sightings in 1947 (Not to mention Orson Well's radio adaptation of the 'War of the Worlds', which caused quite a panic as well - Branton).

"'Apparently, as long as UFO occupants' motivations weren't known, and government officials didn't know what their technology was, they felt they could not in good faith discharge their public responsibilities by telling the public "oh, by the way, there are these alien vehicles flying over our country. We don't know what they want, we don't know what they've done or will do, but we thought you ought to know."'

"Friedman agrees that it would have been an irresponsible approach to dealing with the problem. 'I am by no means in favor of putting everything out on the table, especially in matters of technical detail, but that doesn't mean I don't think we ought to know what's going on.'

"Indeed, Friedman is one of the key figures in a group of ufologists who are vigorously seeking to secure UFO data from government agencies. He held up one such document for the audience to see, the result of months of court appeals and denials. It was almost entirely crossed out with black felt-tip marker, deletions said to have been made in the 'Interests of national security.'

"'Anytime someone tries to tell us that there is no such thing as a coverup, I say, "except what's under the felt-tip, and except what's in all of the classified material that they have refused to release,"' Friedman says, adding that government agencies have denies ufologists thousands of pages of documents relating to UFOs.

"'Freedom of Information is not a magic key that unlocks all the doors, nor should it be.'

"His associate Bill Moore, also on the panel, voiced another opinion as to the nature and reasons for the coverup. 'To be subjective for a moment, one has to assume that if an alien intelligence is capable of manifesting itself, as some have alleged, through channeled experiences, or 'translations of light', as I've heard them referred to today, if they're capable of manifesting to some people in a group and not others, if they're capable of appearing in people's bedrooms and walking through walls, if they're capable of erasing memories, as appears to be the case in literally hundreds of alleged abductee experiences, if they are capable of coming here across the vast distances between us and the nearby stars, and underline 'if,' then maybe, by an extension of that logic, they would be capable of MANIPULATING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY OF THIS CRASHED VEHICLE AND THE STUDY OF IT,' said Moore."

Seemingly prophetical of Moore's own words, some researchers allege that even government officials trying to release UFO information might in SOME respects be deceived by alien influences into accepting information which is false or at least misleading, whether or not such researchers or expositors are 'knowingly' spreading such forms of propaganda. Some believe that Moore is caught in the middle of a kind of tug-of-war between government officials who are interested in getting the truth to the public and others who are intent on confusing the issue and continuing the cover-up. One possible indication of this comes from a UFOlogist, B.W., who sent a copy of the so-called 'South African Affair' information describing an alleged disk-recovery operation, to William Moore. On March 13, 1990 Moore responded with the following words:

"You sent me a couple of pages of material on an alleged South African case. Try checking out the two people behind the documents: Henry Azahehdel and James van Groenen. You will find that the first is a convicted smuggler who had just been released from jail when that story just surfaced, and the second is a known con man with a history of forged credentials and shady deals. Want proof? I have it."

Leaders of QUEST INTERNATIONAL, the British UFO-club made up largely of ex-military, police and security officials with an interest in UFOs, argues however that such charges are misleading, and that SEVERAL people were involved in the investigation of the South African case, and that the evidence available indicates that either the incident actually occurred or the International 'Intelligence' Community is intentionally perpetrating a complex hoax for some undetermined reason. Moore also stated that, in regards to the alleged underground installation near Dulce, New Mexico: "My first trip to Dulce was in 1982... I am completely satisfied that the whole Dulce story began as government disinformation, and that there is absolutely nothing beneath Archuleta Peak. How do I know? I've been up there... The satellite photo you sent me (made in 1968) is indeed of Groom Lake, which is in 'Area 51'...'Dreamland' is a different area entirely, and lies west of Area 51."

Also, Moore claims to have documentation that Frank Scully, who wrote 'BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS', which was one of the first books to describe an alleged disk-retrieval after an apparent 'UFO crash' near Aztec, New Mexico, was inspired by Silas M. Newton, a confidence artist, who along with his partner L. A. GeBauer systematically conned Frank Scully into writing the book. Moore offers his subscribers copies of F.B.I. files on Newton and many others. Actually, Moore seems to have unusually free access to sensitive government files on certain individuals. This in itself would indicate that he 'might' have ties with certain organizations within the Intelligence Community. Incidentally William Moore, according to THE JOURNAL OF UFO INVESTIGATION, admitted that he has worked with U.S. Intelligence in Connecticut for many years. (also see: 'CRASHED UFOS; EVIDENCE IN SEARCH OF PROOF', by William L. Moore [item #1258]; 'FBI FILES ON SILAS M. NEWTON: 1941-1971' [item #4512/A]; 'FBI FILES ON LEO A. GEBAUER: 1941-1969' [item #4512/B]; 'AFOSI & MISC. DOCUMENT FILE ON AZTEC' [item #4512/C]; Available from: William L. Moore Publications & Research., 4219 West Olive Ave., Suite #247., Burbank, CA 91505.)

Researcher Jason Bishop, when asked to respond to these allegations by Moore, stated: "...At his talk in L.A. on April 1st (1990) he stated that there are NO animal mutilations OR abductions! About the Aztec crash... it DID occur. Frank Scully did get bad info, but a crash DID occur... Moore says there is no base at Dulce because he has been there. How could he locate a base that is 4000 ft. in the ground? We have soundings that show large hollow areas below Archuleta Mesa (not just peak)...

"Moore is WRONG about 'Dreamland; being west of area #51. Groom Lake is WITHIN 'Dreamland' (Area #51)! Do not trust Moore... He is full of dis-information... Just a few months ago John Anderson (Integrated Health Network, Inc. Tempe, AZ) witnessed 3 discs land north of Dulce. His car would not work (not even the headlights) till they left (flew away). They met a McDonell Douglass traveling Lab van and Several Security Vehicles (nearby). The Japanese witnessed discs too (at Dulce). They also videotaped 2 discs at Area #51 in Feb. '90 and broadcast it on March 24th, '90 on NIPPON TV in Japan..."

So, the controversy rages on...

In the April, 1991 issue of FATE magazine, there appeared the following article written by Ann Druffel, titled: 'UFOLOGY'S "MR. CONTROVERSY" ?' Following are some excerpts from this lengthy article:

"William L. Moore has admitted passing disinformation to ufologists. Here is the rest of the story along with some startling NEW information---Do you believe it...?

"(William Moore) made the startling announcement at the 35th MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) Annual Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada, that he and his associate, Jaime Shandera, had been part of a disinformation scheme launched by the government against Paul Bennewitz, a scientist who had set out to prove that there was ongoing UFO activity at a military base adjacent to Bennewitz' New Mexico home...

"WHY HE COOPERATED - Moore asked the forum audience the question, 'If an individual, flashing credentials of an agency of your government, invited you to cooperate with him in studying UFOs, what would you do?' He admitted that he jumped in, he felt he had to find out what there was to find out. He found himself in the midst of a widespread effort on the part of several government agencies to collect data, to send this data up to higher agencies, and to disseminate DISINFORMATION among the public.

"Moore differentiated between 'disinformation' and 'misinformation.' Disinformation is a diversion away from the truth; it necessarily has some truth sprinkled in. Misinformation is lies, or phony information.

"At this point, Moore made it plain that the disclosures he and Jaime Shandera planned to make at this forum were with the express permission of the government agents with whom they had been cooperating for several years. THE INFORMATION, HE WARNED, WOULD BE A MIXTURE OF TRUE INFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION, FOR THAT WAS THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT WORKED, EVEN IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. He assured the audience he and Shandera had tried to sort out fact from fiction in order to share it with them...

"According to Moore...the official government policy for the past 21 years--ever since the 'close' of Project Blue Book, which ostensibly disseminated public information about UFO sightings-- is that UFOs do not exist. Why is the government, through the '80s and up to present, still spreading falsified data?

"Perhaps the most blatant example of this concerns the Roswell, New Mexico, crash of 1947. In that situation, Moore is sure that something did crash on an isolated ranch near Roswell and that the air force put out a bulletin that they had recovered a 'flying saucer.' However, the next day this was denied and a cover story about a 'balloon' was disseminated as a cover-up, a story the government has stuck by for over 40 years.

"To date, after years of investigation by Moore, Stanton Friedman and others, 130 people have been contacted and interviewed in connection with the Roswell crash. More than 36 claim to have been first-hand witnesses to the situation, and some claim to have actually held the wreckage in their hands.

"Some reported that dead alien bodies were recovered from parts of the wreckage which came down a few miles from the main object. These 130 source stories do not include numerous other statements made by persons whom the investigators judged to be less than honest and reliable.

"Moore thinks that writing THE ROSWELL INCIDENT opened a can of worms. In September 1980, shortly after the book was published, a source to which he gave the pseudonym 'Falcon' contacted him with the offer to participate in government UFO studies. To this day, Moore is not sure what the government people's motives were or what they continue to be. Other government sources continued to contact him, and he and Shandera continued to give each source the name of a bird. In this way, the two could discuss the activities in which Moore was involved without having to worry about telephones being bugged or being overheard in public places.

"Bill Moore stated with a grin, 'There are now 12 in the aviary,' [Not to be confused with MJ-12 or Majestic 12. It is merely a coincidence that the 'aviary' and the alleged Majestic 12 high-level government UFO study group each have 12 members.] (Note: Moore stated that some of his information may be misleading. For instance, other sources stated that 'MJ-12' has more than just 12 members - Branton) all credible people, well-placed as employees, scientific consultants, or intelligence agents. They hold a variety of 'need to know' security clearances, and seem to know each other. Falcon's identity still remains a mystery, but Bill describes him as very knowledgeable about UFOs. (There is an ongoing controversy in the UFO field about Falcon's true identity as demonstrated by recent letters to the editor of Fate by such UFO notables as Jerome Clark and Linda Moulton Howe.)

"He went on to describe the main characteristic of each aviary member: 'Hawk is a person well-connected in areas of study in ESP since the 1960s, with impressive credentials. Blue Jay is a person close to the President of the United States, capable of checking on information to determine its reliability. Partridge is a scientist privy to UFO information collected by the government. Chickadee is well-placed in the Pentagon and versed in scientific data. Heron is enigmatic and puzzling; he seems to 'speak in riddles.' Sparrow is the code name for Richard Doty, a former agent for the Air Force's Office of Scientific Information (AFOSI), and was the original go-between between Falcon and myself, and so on.'

"Later, Moore stated that Doty was a small man in the operation. The process, in his opinion, started 'originally from the National Security Agency (NSA) and high levels of the AFOSI.

"According to Moore's assessment, AFOSI holds prime responsibility for UFO data collection in the government. It is also responsible for planting information and disinformation on the subject. Why are they doing this if UFOs don't even exist? If it is a case of national security, why is this so? How could UFOs jeopardize the national security of the U.S.?

"Of one thing Moore is sure. Government agents are faster at planting 'data' than civilians can check and verify it. Civilian UFO research finds itself in a pitiful state. Moore pinpointed the case of Paul Bennewitz as an example. The Department of Energy, the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies were interested in Bennewitz' claim that he had intercepted low-frequency electromagnetic signals which he believed originated from UFOs.

"Bennewitz was a reputable scientist; his only crime, according to Moore, was his claim that he was receiving signals from UFOs. To this date it is UNCLEAR whether or not the strange signals Bennewitz was picking up actually originated from secret government projects, and had no connection with UFOs...

"According to Moore, he tried to diffuse all disinformation schemes containing references to underground alien bases, UFO involvement in cattle mutilations, genetic research by aliens and government, (so-called) 'hybrid' babies, and rumors of 'aliens among us.' He recognizes such incredible rumors--as the sort of thing that was fed to Paul Bennewitz and others. Disinformation, but even more so (Note: If such things as subterranean 'alien' activity, cattle mutilations, abductions, secret government-grey interaction, genetic experimentation, and alien infiltration do exist as many claim, and the reality of which Moore denies, could this attempt to label such ideas as 'government disinformation' be a form of disinformation tactic itself, explaining why the 'Aviary' and the NSA, etc., so readily allowed Moore to speak openly when this would not seem consistent with a group of intelligence agencies involved in DECADES-OLD coverups? Remember Moore's words to the effect that anything he might tell the public may be DISINFORMATION. Veteran aviator John Lear believes this to be the case, and suggests that such denials are part of a secret government-grey 'agreement' wherein the elite 'secret' government (not the U.S. Constitutional government) receives 'technology' in exchange for their promise to keep hidden from the public such activities as those listed above, including the malevolent nature of the 'greys' itself - Branton).

"At the 1989 MUFON symposium in Las Vegas, Moore tried to defuse such stories, but they are still believed by some in the UFO community and by many members of the 'unsuspecting' public...

"(Moore) has come to believe that ETs are more than one race. Whether they are extraterrestrial or intradimensional... they have some stake in our existence. Their agenda is their own, and to date not even the government has been advised of it. When Moore asks the aviary about this, he receives short and enigmatic answers. He has asked them about the question of UFO abductions, reports of which are flooding the UFO research field. The short answer by the aviary? 'Abductions are not happening...' (Note: According to 'abduction' expert Bud Hopkins, he was approached by the CIA and asked if he would be willing to work for them, and be their 'abduction' expert. Strange that the intelligence community would hire someone to work with abductees when 'abduction', according to them, do not exist - Branton).

"...Whatever aliens are doing on Earth, they are actively manipulating us as a race. They are also manipulating our awareness of them, and this is responsible for the various groups of humans in the UFO research field who are manipulating each other! But evidently some conditioning process is at work...

"(Moore) learned that government agents had tested 20 people, all civilian researchers, to see what they would do with limited information, and Moore and he were chosen as a result of their reaction to the test...

"During the past decade, there have been four or five 'summit meetings' of the aviary with Shandera and Moore. Once the meetings began, information flowed quite freely. Specific questions had to be asked of the right person, and the questions had to be carefully phrased. Other contacts are with just one of the aviary.

"...Although the U.S. Presidents from 1947 onward have been advised of MJ-12's existence, they DO NOT control its activities. It is an INDEPENDENT entity, responsible for policies regarding UFOs and alien contact..."

Mysterious informant 'Commander X' related the following information in one of his reports:

"...In the revised September, 1959 edition of THE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS, prepared for and in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense and The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, under the direction of The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, we read about how 'complete underground placement of bases is desirable.' On page 382: 'There are apparently no fundamental difficulties in construction and operating Underground various types of important facilities. Such facilities may be placed in a suitable existing mine or a site may be excavated for the purpose.'

In reference to the 'Delta' Force which allegedly supplies security for Above Top Secret projects involving 'interaction' with the aliens (greys, etc.), the government informant states:

"The DELTA Group... have been seen (within the Intelligence Support Activity) with badges which have a black Triangle on a red background.

"DELTA is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. It has the form of a triangle, and figures prominently in certain Masonic signs.

"EACH BASE HAS ITS OWN SYMBOL. The Dulce base symbol is a triangle with the Greek letter 'Tau' (T) within it and then the symbol is inverted, so the triangle points down.

"The Insignia of 'a triangle and three lateral lines' has been seen on 'Saucer (transport) Craft,' The Tri-Lateral Symbol. "Other symbols mark landing sites and 'Alien' craft..."

In his book 'ANATOMY OF PHENOMENA: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT IN SPACE - A SCIENTIFIC APPRAISAL', researcher Jacques Vallee states:

"Agobard, Archbishop of Lyons, wrote in 'De Grandine at Tonitrua' how in 840 AD he found the mob in Lyons lynching three men and a woman accused of landing from a cloudship from the aerial region of Magonia. The great German philologst, Jacob Grimm, about 1820 described the legend of a ship from the clouds, and Montanus, an eighteenth century writer on German folklore, told of wizards flying in the clouds, who were shot down. The belief of Beings from the skies who surveyed our earth persisted in human consciousness throughout the Middle Ages." (Comments given by 'Drake', as related by Jacques Vallee)

Vallee quote's 'Drake's' translation of a manuscript, 'ANNALES LAURISSENSES' - A.D. 776,which gives some additional details on this incident:

"In 927 the town of Verdun, like the whole eastern part of France, saw fiery armies appearing in the sky. Similar phenomena happened several times under King Pepin the Short, under Charlemagne (and) under Louis I, the Debonair. These sovereigns' capitularia mention penalties against creatures that travel in aerial ships. Agobard, the archbishop of Lyons, is said to have freed three men and a woman who had come down from one of these spaceships, and were accused by the mob of being emissaries sent by Grimoald, Duke of Benevento, to spoil the French harvests and vintage by their enchantments. Emperor Charlemagne's edicts forbade the perturbing of the air, provoking of storms by magical means and the practicing of mathematics... Agobard's manuscript, which can be consulted at the National Library, mentions that the astronauts captured at Lyons were obviously foreigners and that 'by an inconceivable fatality, these unfortunate people were so insane AS TO ADMIT THEY WERE WIZARDS.' The mob killed them, and their corpses were fastened to boards and thrown into the rivers... In March, 842, multicolored armies were seen marching in the sky... these sightings of INFERNAL armies were nocturnal, THEY SEVERAL TIMES ACCOMPANIED THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM."