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SUBJECT: REVIEW OF THE K2 DOINGS. INTERESTING                FILE: UFO1547 
 
 
 
 BBS: Flite-Line
Date: 08-06-92 (11:18)             Number: 4496
From: PARANET(SM) INFORMATION S    Refer#: NONE
  To: ALL                           Recvd: NO  
Subj: Phoenix Project Report         Conf: (46) UFO(Fido)
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A  few  weeks  ago, ParaNet received on-line  copies  of  several
documents  which  purported  to come from  a  previously  unknown
organization  called  "The  Phoenix  Project".  The  project   is
described  in  the documents as a  "private,  civilian,  research
organization"  which  was  "formed in  1952  to  investigate  and
correlate information" concerning UFOs and ETs. According to  the
information contained in the documents, for a small price one can
receive  printed copies of the project's reports,  complete  with
maps,  magnetometer  readings,  and a host  of  other  supporting
charts  and diagrams which serve to make the whole endeavor  look
scientific and legitimate.

The  documents  we  received  were  formulated  as  investigative
reports  on  two  of the hottest and  most  controversial  issues
within  the UFO research community: the underground  alien  bases
which  are said to exist at numerous locations around the  United
States, and the cluster of alleged UFO-related projects sometimes
referred   to  collectively  as  "Operation   Majestic   Twelve".
Specifically, the material consisted of three separate documents:

(1)  "The  Ultimate Secret", originally dated 4 August  1989  and
revised  most  recently 5 May 1992, purporting to  lay  bare  the
inner workings of the government's secret UFO projects, including
the  recovery of alien technology and bodies from  crashed  UFOs,
the  exploitation  of this technology by a number  of  code-named
government  projects,  and the involvement of NASA  and  the  SDI
program in preparing for conflict with alien invaders;

(2) "The Dulce Report", dated 27 May 1992, describing an  on-site
investigation of the Dulce and Archuleta Mesa area in New Mexico,
which  purportedly proved beyond any doubt that there is  nothing
there  of  any  interest to UFO  researchers  despite  persistent
reports to the contrary; and

(3)  "The K-2 Report", originally dated 28 July 1989 and  revised
27  June  1992,  which purports to document the  discovery  of  a
genuine  "secret  alien base" in the Pilot Peak  area  of  Plumas
County, California.

ParaNet  quickly  reviewed  this material and posted  it  in  its
entirety  for  our  subscribers,  pursuant  to  the   permissions
attached  to  the  material by the publisher. We  also  posted  a
preliminary  evaluation  which  warned that  the  material  might
contain   inaccuracies   or   deliberate   disinformation.   This
evaluation was based on a number of factors:

(1)  much  of  the information in  "The  Ultimate  Secret"  about
Operation  Majestic  Twelve and associated  projects  is  clearly
related to, and probably derived from, earlier material which has
been   dismissed  as  worthless  by  almost  all  reputable   UFO
researchers;

(2) much of the information in "The Dulce Report" about Dulce and
the  Archuleta Mesa contradicts information already  provided  to
ParaNet by other capable investigators;

(3) some of the information in "The K-2 Report" is  intrinsically
implausible  (although, admittedly, not impossible), such as  the
claim  that a seasoned military intelligence  operative  "forgot"
his  camera when rushing to document a UFO landing site, or  that
by the next day that same landing site had been re-sodded by  the
aliens to obliterate all the evidence.

ParaNet  received the three documents as uploads from a Mr.  Jack
L. Mathias of Carson City, Nevada, who represented himself as the
sole public spokesman for the Project. But the reports themselves
name  neither the authors of the documents nor the principals  of
the  Phoenix Project. Instead, they cryptically state  that  they
are  the  work of "former military personnel who  have  all  been
associated  with intelligence activities, and have  knowledge  of
covert  government operations concerning UFO's". Given the  sorry
history of anonymous documents and "former" government agents  in
the  UFO  community, ParaNet felt it necessary to start  its  own
investigation  in an effort to determine just who was behind  the
Phoenix Project and what their motives might be.

First  we  sent  a letter to the post office box  listed  in  the
documents,  asking for further information about the  group;  but
the  letter was not answered. We corresponded by electronic  mail
with  Mr.  Mathias, who represents himself as an  agent  for  the
group,  but  he  refused to provide any  of  the  information  we
requested. So much for the direct approach.

Each document formally states that the Phoenix Project logo is  a
registered  trademark (presumably in the state of  Nevada,  since
that  is where their mailing address is located), so we  tried  a
query to the Nevada trademark office in Carson City. That  office
informed us that the state of Nevada has no record of any current
trademarks  under the "Phoenix Project" name. They did  say  that
articles  of  incorporation  were filed under  the  name  of  the
Phoenix  Project on 25 August 1988 by a Mr. Thomas Naylor of  Las
Vegas, Nevada. However, the corporation failed to file the  names
and  addresses  of  its officers by 1 July 1989  as  required  by
Nevada law, as a result of which the incorporation was revoked by
the Nevada Secretary of State. And so we reached another apparent
dead  end,  except for one bit of trivia uncovered by  a  ParaNet
investigator in Las Vegas: An attorney named Thomas C. Naylor had
recently moved into an office building at 2810 West Charleston in
Las Vegas.

Next we contacted the U.S. Postal Service in Carson City,  Nevada
to determine the box holder for the Phoenix Project's  publisher,
Advent  Publishing  Company.  We  were  told  that  the  box  was
registered  to a Richard T. Miller, whose address was given as  a
mobile-home park in Carson City. Following this, we contacted the
Clerk and Recorder's office in Carson City, and determined that a
Richard  Miller is listed with them as the legal owner of  Advent
Publishing.  However, the telephone number they gave us  for  Mr.
Miller has been disconnected, and directory assistance was unable
to provide a new one. Another brick wall.

To  this  point,  all attempts to verify  the  Phoenix  Project's
legitimacy  using conventional methods had proved futile,  so  we
decided  to  try  a  different  approach.  The  Phoenix   Project
explicitly and emphatically disclaims affiliation with any  other
groups  using the name "Phoenix". And just to make sure  everyone
gets  the  message, each document states at  the  beginning  that
"[i]n particular, there is no affiliation with a publisher  known
as  America  West, any of its publications,  or  the  individuals
known  as George and Desiree Green". Unfortunately,  ParaNet  has
uncovered  evidence  that these disclaimers may  be  intended  to
conceal rather than to illuminate.

America West, it turns out, is the publisher of a magazine called
the   Phoenix  Liberator,  which  carries  large  quantities   of
channelled material alleged to originate with an entity from  the
Pleiades known as "Hatonn". The Phoenix Liberator has come  under
fire recently from some in the UFO community as anti-Semitic  and
neo-fascist. (See, for example, "Hatonn's World: A Neo-Nazi  ET?"
by Don Ecker in the July/August 1992 issue of UFO Magazine.)  But
"Hatonn"  and his defenders vehemently deny the charge,  and  the
whole affair has been widely and rather nastily trumpeted both on
the net and in print.

It  seems  that until recently America West  Publishers  and  the
Phoenix Liberator were operated out of Tehachapi, California. But
a  few days ago one of ParaNet's subscribers uploaded a  response
from "Hatonn" to Don Ecker, which he said he had pulled down from
the  Phoenix Liberator BBS; and with it he posted a  new  address
for  the Liberator. That address was all too familiar: 2810  West
Charleston  Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada--the same  building,  it
seems,  where  an attorney named Thomas Naylor also has  his  new
office.

And then another strange coincidence: A posting coming across the


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Date: 08-06-92 (11:18)             Number: 4497
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Subj: Phoenix Project Report         Conf: (46) UFO(Fido)
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Internet  stated  that  before "Hatonn"  channelled  through  his
current  host,  he  used to convey his  messages  through  a  Mr.
Richard  Miller, who started an organization which was  known  as
the  Solar  Cross and which was apparently a  forerunner  of  the
Phoenix  Liberator. Is this the same Richard Miller who owns  the
Phoenix Project's publisher, Advent Publishing Company?

We do not yet know if the Thomas Naylor who tried to  incorporate
the  Phoenix  Project is the same Thomas  Naylor  who  apparently
shares  2810 West Charleston with the new offices of the  Phoenix
Liberator.  We  do not yet know if the Richard  Miller  who  owns
Advent Publishing is the same Richard Miller who reportedly  once
channelled "Hatonn". In short, we do not yet know if the  Phoenix
Project  is truly an independent organization, or merely  another
incarnation of America West Publishers and the Phoenix Liberator.
But  the coincidences are certainly striking and suggestive.  And
in  light of this we again urge extreme caution in  dealing  with
the  Phoenix  Project material, until such time as  a  definitive
assessment of the Project's motives and reliability can be made.

ParaNet  will  keep you advised of our findings  as  they  become
available. If you have any information about the Phoenix Project,
especially  regarding its possible relationship with the  Phoenix
Liberator  or America West Publishers, please send it to  Michael
Corbin  by  Internet mail to mcorbin@paranet.org; by  Fidonet  to
1:104/422;  by U.S. Mail to P.O. Box 172, Wheat Ridge, CO  80034-
0172; .

--- FD 1.99c
 * Origin: ParaNet -- Leading UFO Research Network (1:104/428.0)
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