April 28, 2021

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

50 minutes

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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