EP. 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.

SECTIONS
01:32 - Majestic 12
02:27 - Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman! Jaime Shandera, Stanton Friedman & Bill Moore; the Cutler-Twining Memo & 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 w/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! (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, 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 - another complicated tale
39:00 - Bill Ryan starts a Serpo website, 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 MJ-12 docs https://tinyurl.com/82thj5fm
FBI reaction to MJ-12 docs https://www.cufon.org/cufon/mj12_fbi.htm
FBI MJ-12 investigation https://tinyurl.com/9e6r24jr
The New Bogus Majestic-12 Documents by Philip Klass at Skeptical Inquirer https://tinyurl.com/3bcud5ec
The Majestic 12 Papers - An Analysis https://tinyurl.com/nax64rh8
Majestic Documents - a comprehensive catalogue https://majesticdocuments.com/
Mounting Evidence For Authenticity of MJ-12 Documents by Robert Wood, MUFON paper https://ghoster.dynu.net/files/MJ12/rmwood_mufon2001.pdf
UFO Explorations article on Majestic-12 documents as hoaxed https://tinyurl.com/yyw5my9k
Majestic 12 page that includes Cooper's affidavit http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicmaj.html
Yellow Book: History of Aliens on Earth by Gil Carlson & Bob Lazar tinyurl.com/2fbuz5za
Huff Post article on Richard Doty https://tinyurl.com/sjed7jw6
Civilian Intelligence News Service article on Richard Doty https://tinyurl.com/4ts4enfe
Project Beta by Greg Bishop https://tinyurl.com/yaxbfxnd
Dulce Base secret alien war https://tinyurl.com/ayz5ek8s
Project Serpo http://www.serpo.org/index.php
Doty's "revelations" about Serpo http://www.serpo.org/article3.php
The Black World of UFOs by Robert M. Collins with Richard Doty https://tinyurl.com/r2uxy44v
Secret Journey to Planet Serpo by Len Karsten https://tinyurl.com/yjwwh9ts
The Truth About Zeta Reticuli by Armagh Observatory and Planetarium https://tinyurl.com/3k6azpu6
"Mirage Men" review https://tinyurl.com/45hbxpr7
Article about Bob Lazar https://tinyurl.com/kr2yxfpm
Vice article about FBI raid on Lazar's home https://tinyurl.com/2wnhxcs

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