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SUBJECT: INCIDENT REPORT ON COOPER BY BILL ENGLISH FILE: UFO1783
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CONFIDENTIAL
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Bill Cooper Incident Report
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The following is a report of the circumstances that have taken place
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leading to legal action against Milton William Cooper, by William S.
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English.
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BACKGROUND
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In July of 1989, Milton William Cooper began to call various
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people to include Leonard Stringfield and relate to them that I had
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been on my way back from the 1989 MUFON conference that took place in
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Las Vegas, Nevada, and that someone tried to shoot at me. I first
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learned of this when John Reynolds, a UFO Investigator in
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Massachusetts, wrote me a letter where he expressed concerns about my
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well being. I thought this to be an odd comment from John and called
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him to inquire as to what would prompt such concern.
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John informed me that he had spoken to Len Stringfield, and that
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Len had told him that he had been informed that someone tried to kill
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me on my return trip form Las Vegas. I then called Len, and asked
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where he had heard such a thing. Len replied that Bill Cooper had
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called him in the middle of the night and told him the story of how I
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had been shot at while driving back from the conference. It was at
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this point that I determined that this along with several other
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incidents that took place at the conference with Mr. Cooper, was cause
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to remove Mr. Cooper From the UFINET Board of Review. For several
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reasons, but the first and foremost being that since UFINET had been
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founded on the principals of honesty and integrity that this kind of
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activity would be detrimental to the organization. Cooper was removed
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and informed of that removal. I would point out that Cooper was aware
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of his membership to the Board of Review, and did take full advantage
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of the privileges of that membership. It was shortly after this
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removal that he contacted me at my home and denied having ever made
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such a statement to Stringfield. It is my estimation that Len
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Stringfield had no reason to lie to me about some as ridiculous as
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that.
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During the following several months, Cooper made several public
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appearances in which I learned that he made reference to my having
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viewed the same document that he had. Based on further information
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about Cooper I have severe doubts about his claims, but I did not say
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anything publicly, opting instead to announce that Mr. Cooper and I
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had no association with each other. I made several announcements to
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this effect in both "THE PEGASUS" Newsletter, published by UFINET News
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and INformation Service, and finally one in UFO Magazine, which in
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effect said that Mr. Cooper and I were not associated with one another
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and that I doubted his claims to having seen the same material that I
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had, and also that I objected to his taking peoples hard earned money
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by spreading horseshit as factual information.
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THE INCIDENT
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During an appearance on the Bill Goodman radio show, "The
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Happening", Bill Cooper had the occasion to answer a question by one
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of those calling in. The caller asked Cooper about the most recent
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disclaimer I had placed in the January edition of UFO Magazine.
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Cooper asked the caller to read the add, after which he said that he
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was aware of the announcement, but wanted the listeners to know that
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he was forthright, honest, man. He then proceeded into a long
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diatribe about myself.
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During the course of this diatribe, Cooper claimed that I had
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called him in a drunken state for which I kept apologizing, and told
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him that someone tried to kill me on my return from Las Vegas. He
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went on to say that I admitted to him that I had a drinking problem
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and that I had been drinking heavily during the period before and
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after the conference due to my fears. He further stated that I was an
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alcoholic.
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Learning about the radio broadcast from a source in Los Angeles,
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I made arrangements for a tape of that particular broadcast to be sent
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to me. When I listened to the broadcast tape I became extremely angry
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about the comments that had been made by Cooper and immediately
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contacted a lawyer here in Alamogordo to begin legal proceedings.
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During the course of this I appeared on a radio show in Los
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Angeles called "Adventure Radio" hosted and produced by Ken Hudnell,
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and announced that I was filing legal action against Milton William
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Cooper for the amount of one million dollars for slander. this was on
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a friday, the 26th of January. I was scheduled to appear again on the
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following monday, the 30th of January. It was toward the end of this
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broadcast that Milton William Cooper called into the show.
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Mr. Cooper made the statement that he was tired of having his
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good name dragged through the mud. He went on to say that he had a
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tape of a phone conversation between him and myself that would
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substantiate everything that he had said during the course of the
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Billy Goodman radio show, and that if I were to send him a release he
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would play the tape. At this point I said o.k.
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The following morning I fax'ed a release in care of Ron
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Feryanitz, co-host to the Adventure Radio Show, giving Cooper
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permission to play the tape providing it was of the conversation where
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I supposedly was drunk and told him that some one tried to kill me on
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my return from Las Vegas. I also placed the stipulation on it that
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the tape be delivered into the hands of either Ron Feryanitz or Ken
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Hudnell at the studios where the Radio show originated and that it was
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not to be played on the phone from Cooper's home. This in part
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because there was no telling what kind of tape Cooper would try to fob
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off as having come from me. I then spoke with both Ron and Ken and
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they felt that the release was fair and certainly above board.
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That night Cooper was to appear with me once again of Adventure
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Radio to play the tape. Prior to the broadcast Ken Hudnell apparently
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called Cooper and told him to bring the tape and they would play it on
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the air. Hudnell went on to read the release to Cooper. Cooper then
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made the statement that he would not bring the tape to Hudnell and
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that he would not agree to the provision that the tape not be played
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on the phone line to the studio. He went on to state that he would
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only play the tape if I were to sign an agreement written up by his
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attorney, and refused to appear on the radio show that night.
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When I appeared I made the comment that the reason why Bill Cooper was
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not there and there was no tape was because no such conversation
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between him and I took place. I also made the remark to the effect of
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"Where's the Beef Bill??" In short Bill Cooper was told to put up or
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shut up.
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CONCLUSION
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At this point I am still finalizing the legal action and waiting
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to see what takes place with Cooper. I am aware of Cooper's situation
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and know that he does not have one million dollars. But I am willing
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to accept a public apology from Cooper and his leaving UFOlogy
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permanently, and turning over the amount of funds he received for his
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appearances in Hollywood, and in Las Vegas.
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