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Scammers, Inc.: MJ-12, Bennewitz & Serpo

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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

  1. 01:32 - Majestic 12
  2. 02:27 - Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman! Jaime Shandera, Stanton Friedman & Bill Moore; the Cutler-Twining Memo and more
  3. 05:15 - The Dirty Dozen - original MJ-12 members
  4. 08:20 - James Forrestal - an untimely death
  5. 09:30 - Later rumors about Forrestal
  6. 10:06 - Other possible Council of Twelve candidates
  7. 10:47 - Bill & Dick's Bogus Journey - the FBI investigates, Friedman theorizes, Moore probably started it all, Linda Moulton Howe talks with Richard Doty
  8. 16:09 - Majestic by Any Other Name - Tim Cooper & Robert Wood continue MJ-12 stuff
  9. 17:00 - Milton William Cooper (again!)
  10. 18:07 - Cooper's affidavit on MJ-12 - What a story! (and a possible source for "Q-level clearance")
  11. 27:12 - The Bennewitz Affair - Paul Bennewitz reports strange things, gets targeted by fake M.I.B.s
  12. 29:01 - Richard Doty takes over the campaign, he & Bill Moore drive Bennewitz insane...on purpose
  13. 29:54 - Doty & Moore talk grey aliens, Dulce Base
  14. 30:56 - Project Beta - the elaborate story Bennewitz believes, and it ends badly for him
  15. 34:34 - Project Serpo - a human-alien exchange program with Zeta Reticuli outed by Richard Doty, another complicated tale
  16. 39:00 - Bill Ryan starts a Serpo website, possibly as part of a PR push for a book by Doty
  17. 40:41 - Len Kasten writes about Serpo, Howe & Doty chat, Steven Spielberg is in the loop
  18. 41:49 - Bob Lazar gets in on Serpo (natch)
  19. 43:15 - The Truth is (Not) Out There - The Imaginary Intelligence Agency or Scammer's, Inc. 
  20. 44:20 - An attempt to weave it all together, and an invitation to Doty & Moore
  21. 48:33 - Follow the breadcrumbs

    22. 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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