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SUBJECT: WHISTLEBLOWERS FILE: UFO2444
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"Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free".
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Whistleblowers Part One
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UFO Magazine Vol 5 No 5 by Don Ecker
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All rights reserved.
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As many of you know, UFO Magazine completed a story and investigation
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on Milton Wm. Cooper in Vol. 5, No. 4 and 5. Cooper, a very
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controversial figure in the UFO field, has been making claims and
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pronouncments for the last several years. We spoke to many that know
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him, and for you folks that are new here at ParaNet, Cooper made his
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debut right here. At that time ( in 1988 ) he was "made" as a fraud by
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the former Administrator Jim Speiser, and was removed from the system.
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I have just received a copy of "NEW TIMES" NEXUS, a magazine that is
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published in Australia. The issue is Volume 2 Issue 1 dated October
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1990. In this magazine is a story by Cooper with his "Operation
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Majority". Now during the UFO Magazine investigation, we found most of
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this to be fabricated or information that Cooper plagerized. However it
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is a fact of life that not everyone reads UFO, and Cooper is public in
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every area he can attain to. So I am going to place the entire Two part
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story right here for all of ParaNet to read.
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One other thing, I am also going to include a couple of things that
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did not reach publication, because of space, and also the fact that at
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the time we did not wish to "crucify" Cooper. However, to paraphrase
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George Knapp, News Director of KLAS TV in Las Vegas, "Cooper is like a
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cornered rat, desperate, vicious and vile." He has "smeared, lied,
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threatened, and libled everyone that has disagreed with him. With that,
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here is "Whistleblowers Part ONE. All Rights Reserved UFO Magazine
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Who are the UFO whistleblowers? They come out of relative obscurity
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and burst into the center of ufological attention. Making incredible
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claims of alien activity on earth and the Government's deep but covert
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involvement. Without exception, the whistleblowers of recent times only
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furnish the most hazy evidence of their claims, if that.
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Oftentimes they will also lay claim to having worked with or for the
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government, in high enough positions to wield security clearances and
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to have observed the most unequivocal documentation.
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Because these individuals fail to furnish proof for their startling
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claims, and because many people have asked UFO Magazine for a readout
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on their credibility, we are beginning a series of investigative
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articles on certain individuals who fall into the "Whistleblower"
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category. Normally, UFO avoids focusing on personalities, preferring to
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concentrate on the phenomenon itself.
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But these personalities force us to make an exception. Their material
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has appeal and sensation value. But is it legitimate? Who are the
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whistleblowers who are telling the truth? Who are the ruthless Pied
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Pipers forging a trail of lies and deception? Our series begins with
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Milton William Cooper.
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COOPER
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In the last several years, few have stirred the field of ufology like
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Milton William Cooper. Cooper, born May 6, 1943, is a balding 47-year-
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old man who has enthralled thousands with lurid tales of dangerous UFOs
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and secret government treaties allowing the alien menace to abduct and
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experiment on unwilling human victims in exchange for advanced alien
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technology.
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Raining threats and pronouncements over the UFO field like a
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continuously firing shotgun, Cooper has recently leveled charges of
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government spookery against a number of prominent ufologists in the
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field, in many cases claiming to have seen their names on a government
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recruitment list back in 1972 and 1973 while he was purportedly serving
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in Naval Intelligence in CINCPACFLT (Commander in Chief, Pacific
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Fleet).
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Not above accusing former friends and associates, Cooper has charged
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various ufologists with illegal acts, moral turpitude and of purveying
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disinformation that permeates the field. Now with an agent to book
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speaking engagements at any and every UFO event possible, Cooper is
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very fond of stating to his audiences, "Don't take my word for it, go
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out and check the information yourself." UFO Magazine has, and the
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following is the result of our investigation.
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Paranet debut
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Who is M. Wm. "Bill" Cooper, and where did he come from? Cooper's
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first public appearance resulted when he uploaded a text on ParaNet,
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the international computer data service. The file alleges a fantastic
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UFO sighting while Cooper was a crew member of the U.S.S. TIRU, a
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United States Naval submarine, in 1966. According to Cooper, the
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sighting took place while he was on duty as port lookout.
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Claiming that the sub's skipper immediately classified the incident,
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Cooper reported that when the submarine reached port, the witnesses
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were debriefed by Naval Security.
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During this time frame of Cooper's initial appearance on the scene,
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John O. Lear, son of William "Bill" Lear of Lear Jet fame, had also
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been undergoing ParaNet scrutiny as a result of the release of his
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hypothesis concerning an alien threat. Lear's document, released in
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December of 1987, had created quite an uproar in its own right. Lear
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alleged that the U.S. government had entered into a relationship with a
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possible ET intelligence, and in exchange for super technology gave
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carte blanche to the ETs to conduct experiments and abductions on
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unsuspecting human beings.
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Lear also claimed that the ETs, with our government's knowledge, were
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mutilating domestic animals such as cattle and sheep, and in some cases
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even human victims. Because much of Lear's information was hypothesis,
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and little checkable information was forthcoming, many ParaNet members
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and others in the UFO community were asking very hard questions. In a
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number of instances, Lear's credibility was attacked.
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When he again visited the ParaNet system, Cooper allied himself with
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Lear, publicizing the claim that because of releasing his UFO infor
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mation, he had just been terminated from his $75,000 a year job as the
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executive director of a commercial business school.
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In October of 1988, Cooper contacted this writer, requesting a favor.
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Telling me at that time that "this is dangerous if anyone finds out,"
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he asked me to accept the electronic transfer of a file into my
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computer, to be sent to Stanton Friedman with the information of who
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wanted Friedman to see it. The document included information about
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purported government UFO involvement under the terms MAJI, MJ-1, THE
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BLUE TEAM, GRUDGE, etc. -and, according to Cooper, various other
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alleged secret government projects dealing with the alien presence. I
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agreed to send the information to Friedman. (I never heard anymore
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about it until later, when Cooper was barred from ParaNet because of'
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claims of feeding false and fraudulent information.)
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I basically forgot about the file to Friedman until Cooper released
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additional files with the claim that they were the final release. But
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subsequently Cooper was to release several "final" releases.
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In one, he claimed, "MJ-12 is the name of the secret control group.
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The Jason Society [was set up] to sift through all the evidence,
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technology, lies and deception . . ." But later, in another file, he
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stated, "MJ-12 cannot be used as a name for the control group as it
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would cause confusion in meaning, i.e., is it referring to MJ-12 the
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person or MJ-12 the group...?" (Italics added) By this time, I and
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others were becoming confused with the various "final releases."
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Project 'Luna'
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In another public release, Cooper claimed that "Project Luna" was an
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alien base on the far side of the moon which had been observed by
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various astronauts, but changed the story in one more "Final release,"
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stating that it was the code name for an underground base near Dulce,
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New Mexico.
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In Cooper's later releases are a number of names that were never
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mentioned in earlier releases, names such as JOSHUA and O.H. KRLL or
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KRLLL, or CRLL, CRLLL, or even KRILL. When it comes to answering
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whether these claims will bear up under serious scrutiny, these names
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prove to be very important, as later information in this article will
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show.
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Whistleblowers Part Two
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UFO Magazine Vol 5 No 5 by Don Ecker
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All rights reserved.
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In part one of this series, UFO focused on the background of Milton
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Wm. Cooper. Cooper's information raises many questions, especially in
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light of its sensationalist nature and the potential harm it may cause
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to unsuspecting, gullible innocents.
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During the latter part of 1988 and the very first part of 1989,
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Cooper's story varied widely from what he is presently disseminating.
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In early January 1989, Cooper was interviewed by a California
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researcher, Paul Shepherd. An excerpt of this interview follows.
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Cooper: "While serving in the United States Navy in 1972, I
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participated the intelligence briefing team of the Commander-in Chief
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of the United States Pacific Fleet . During this participation on the
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intelligence briefing team, I came across a document called the Grudge
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Bluebook Report Number 13, and a file called the Majesty File .
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classified Above Top Secret with a MAJIC classification, which means
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MAJI controlled; MAJIC is the Majestic Agency for Joint Intelligence.
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It is the organization that controls all the operations with UFOs and
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with an alien race that is present on the Earth." In later interviews,
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and especially after he began accusing researcher Bill Moore of being
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an agent of the secret government, Cooper began claiming that any file
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with the word "Majestic or forms thereof, are a fraud, a lie."
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Attempting to check on Cooper's claim of belonging to a permanent
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intelligence briefing team while serving in the Navy between 1970 and
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1973, which would have allowed him access to some classified documents,
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UFO called the United States Navy to determine how the Navy conducts
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its briefing teams. UFO spoke to Lt. Commander Ron Morse at the Office
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of Information-West.
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Lt. Commander Morse stated that the Navy did not have permanent
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briefing teams, but would form a temporary one on a need basis.
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"Usually if a team is put together, it will last for no more that two
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weeks," Morse said.
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Many of Cooper's claims have been disputed not only by John Lear and
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Bob Lazar, but also by Tony Pelham, former reporter for the Las Vegas
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Bullet newspaper. All three men told UFO Magazine that Cooper admitted
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early on that he had never been on a briefing team, but had in fact
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"taken the documents, copied them and then returned them."
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"Cooper told me that while he worked on the graveyard shift, he would
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wait for the Lt. JG [Junior grade] to go on a coffee break, and then
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somehow get into the classified files," Pelham said. "l asked him if he
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broke into the files, but he never answered me.
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"Cooper then told would take a number of files,copy them, and then
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carry them out in his lunch pail. He said he did this until he got all
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the files he needed." Cooper called Pelham in early August. "He asked
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me why I had turned away from him. He is really upset about all the
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people who are attacking him . he said that if I turned against him, he
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will crucify me next." Pelham also reports that when he asked Cooper
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about his claim that all his stolen government documents were lost in a
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garage fire, Cooper refused to give the date or location of the fire so
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Pelham could check the police or fire records, and would give no
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explanation for refusing to provide information that would validate his
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story.
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"Usually if a team is put together, it will last for no more that two
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weeks," Morse said.
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Other unsubstantiated information from Cooper has apparently
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stimulated the fears and concerns of some people who have undergone the
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"abduction"experience. East coast researcher Marianne Shenefield, a
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nationally-known abductee who works with many abductees, called UFO on
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several occasions and expressed her own concern about what she heard
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while dealing with abduction victims. She told UFO, "When Bill
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Cooper's paper 'The Secret Government' came out, I had abductees all
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over the U.S. calling me. Cooper said in his paper, and was claiming in
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his lectures, that the government was going to round up abductees and
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put them in concentration camps.
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"I knew it was going too far when two abductees whom I have worked
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with were talking about committing suicide. They were terrified that
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the Army was going to come into their homes and take them off to
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concentration camps."
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Cooper has stated that he doesn't care who his information hurts or
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who it helps, but that he will continue to put it out there because
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people "deserve the truth."
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In his paper "The Secret Government," Cooper falsely claimed that
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"Stanton Friedman has told me and many others that years ago he helped
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develop a nuclear reactor the size of a basketball, to power an
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aircraft. It was clean, turned out hydrogen, and worked like a dream".
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UFO called Friedman, a respected nuclear physicist and one of the top
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ufologists in the United States. "Cooper's claim is totally
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fraudulent," Friedman stated.
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"There is no truth to it at all." Friedman expressed bewilderment
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when asked why he thought Cooper would make that claim.
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THE "Orange"
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UFO Magazine was present in the fall of 1989 at a UFO conference
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hosted by the UFO Data Research and Intelligence Center, in Modesto,
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California. Bill Cooper was one of the speakers, and during the course
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of his lecture was asked by a member of the audience if he knew how
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many types of aliens were presently on earth. Cooper answered, "There
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are four types, and four only. one group (is) very human looking; as a
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matter of fact they are starring on television in "Alien Nation," the
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Orange.
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According to the casting director of Alien Nation, Irene Kagan, these
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remarks of Cooper's are totally false. "I can assure you that all the
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'alien' actors on the show are human," she said. "I hired them."
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On a recent broadcast of the "Billy Goodman Happening" on KVEG from
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Las Vegas, researcher Lars Hansson (see article, p. 17) debated Cooper
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on the air and pointed out some of the inconsistencies that Cooper has
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espoused. Hansson brought up the fact that at one time Cooper himself
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gave Bob Lazar his "stamp of approval." Cooper vehemently denied ever
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having endorsed Lazar's authenticity,
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UFO has been following the Lazar story since it broke upon the UFO
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scene. Cooper's claim that he never gave Lazar his support or claims of
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legitimacy is untrue. On November 21, 1989, Bob Lazar was a guest on
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the Billy Goodman Happening, and during the audience call-in phase of
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the show, Cooper phoned in and said the following over the air: "I'd
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like to clear up a couple of misunderstandings here. Number 1, I would
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really like to thank Bob Lazar for coming forward. I have been talking
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to him for the last year, along with John Lear, we have met in groups
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and privately. The man (Lazar) is a wealth of information. I am tickled
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pink that he has finally decided to come forward and use his real name,
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because it helps all of us. the reason he has gotten into this
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predicament is because he is a Patriot. He cares about this country and
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that is what made him do this. . ." Goodman then broke in, saying,
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"That's beautiful, Bill, an unsolicited testimonial, basically, that's
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what it comes down to. "
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Then Cooper continued, "First, I'd like to say that I personally, and
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also Tony Pelham and also the Channel 8 news staff-George Knapp and
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several other people, John Lear-we have all investigated this man's
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background thoroughly because we did not want to be sucked into a trap
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by the government. And I can tell you that he is who he says he is. He
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has worked at Los Alamos. He is a physicist, he is a theoretical
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physicist. He has worked at Area S4 in Groom Lake. We have verified all
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of this-not just me but several other people, and I have verified it by
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two different sources of mine who are in the government. One is at
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories . We are always on the
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lookout for somebody trying to trap us and something that we ean be
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discredited by. We have to do that [background research] to protect our
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own credibility." Cooper has subsequently attacked Lazar with claims
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that he knew all along that Lazar was fraudulent. In his CAJI
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Newsletter, he now presents a completely different tone than before,
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and writes of "Lazar, the so-called physicist who claims to have seen
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flying saucers.
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This information was not included into the Cooper story, and as
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promised, I will now relay it.
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Cooper, during his initial exposure in the public, was on the Billy
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Goodman Happening over a year ago. One of the people that heard Cooper
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was a well known Hollywood entertainment figure, Michael Callan. Callan
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was fascinated by the information that Cooper was giving, and ended up
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contacting Cooper. Callan, and a close friend of his, Doug Deane,
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decided that they would use their entertainment contacts, and
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professionally "market" Cooper. Callan and Deane set up a business
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called "Need to Know Productions", and sunk money into setting up
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Cooper on the "lecture tour".
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Callan and Deane videoed Coopers lectures, and gave him the benefit
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of their combined knowledge of Hollywood to go out and sell himself.
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Setting up Cooper at lectures, and finding an agent for him at
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"Spotlight Enterprises", Callan and Deane made a heavy investment.
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Cooper signed a contract with Deane and Callan, and when he saw how
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much money he "could" be making, tried to squeeze Callan and Deane out
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of their contract. Callan had had suspicions earlier when Cooper spoke
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to him about trying to squeeze Stan Barrington (business manager) out,
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but then Cooper found out that it would cost him $15,000. Barrington
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stayed, but one night, Cooper indulging in his childish temper
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tantrums, and drinking heavily, made 10 ( thats TEN ) phone calls to
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both Callan and Deane, threatening them with public ruin, death,
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property damage, and slander if they did not give him the master copies
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of the tapes that they had videoed for him. Both men (Callan and Deane)
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ended up phoning the police, and they had Cooper placed on file. Later,
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Cooper went to Deane's home, was witnessed by Deane's gardener, and tried
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to force his way into Deane's house. Later, when Deane returned home,
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found all the tires on his car slashed. It is interesting to note, that
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one of Coopers threats to Deane mentioned his car tires. The police
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investigated, but it ended up that no charges were filed.
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Prior to the above events, one of Coopers invitations to speak were
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from a German UFO groups. Cooper was invited by Michael Hesseman, a
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German "New Age UFOlogist" to appear in Germany. Cooper had accepted,
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and demanded 5000 Duetch Marks ( $3000 US ) plus his plane ticket,
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room, board, and the other things that Hesseman had promised. Hesseman
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sent Cooper all of the above, but because of a German Postal Strike,
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word of the event was late in getting out in Europe. Cooper had
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planned, according to Hesseman, in making money in "workshops" while
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the UFO event was going on, and because the event would not be so well
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attended, became upset.Hesseman offered to reschedule the event, or set
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it up later, but Cooper refused, and then told Hesseman that if he
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wanted him to come, he needed another 5000 Duetch marks, or he refused.
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Hesseman did not have the money, so Cooper informed Hesseman that he
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would not fly over, and then refused to refund Hessemans cash.
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WHISTLEBLOWERS PART ONE SIDEBAR.
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In his CAJI newsletter, Cooper stated that "No one likes to be a
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fool, but most ufologists are exactly that. I keep saying to do
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research, to investigate, but no one does it. They just sit around and
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call each other names." This reporter, representing UFO Magazine,
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attempted to contact Cooper to verify his claims by leaving a message
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on his computer service.
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Cooper read the message and called about an hour later. When I
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answered the phone, Cooper growled, "What the hell do you want!?" When
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I attempted to explain that I was doing a story for UFO and wanted to
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verify his claims, he shot back, "What are you writing for your f***in'
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trashzine?" I then said that I had received a copy of the CAJI
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newsletter and he replied, "I would be very careful if I was you. That
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newsletter is copyrighted."
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Cooper then stated, "I don't trust you or anyone you are associated
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with. " The only response I was able to get concerned the allegation
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that Bob Lazar ran a speed lab. "John Lear told me that out of his own
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mouth... I got the information from a man named Cory and eoff who are
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good friends of John Lear. "
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Just at that moment the phone rang with the call waiting feature, and
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Cooper refused to hold 'til I could find out who was calling. He
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refused to speak any further and hung up. This seems out of character
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for a person who claims that his information is legitimate.
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As UFO Magazine was going to press, and as we expected, Cooper's
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newest newsletter attacked this writer and the magazine. Cooper now
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claims that Cory Testa was intimidated by UFO regarding the claims that
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Bob Lazar is involved with drugs, and that UFO or myself or both are a
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part of Cooper's paranoiac "secret government."
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The absurdity of this speaks for itself. But for the record, UFO will
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attempt to get Testa's version of this. Researching and accurately
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reporting facts are not Cooper's strong suit.-D.E. And UFO MAGAZINE CO-
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Publisher says...
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There you have it. Don Ecker's article, documentary reports
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researched and produced by George Knapp of KLAS-TV and what Cooper has
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published in his CAJI newsletter are part of a growing information base
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which should demonstrate why we have chosen not to give space to the
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often false and specious claims that Cooper purveys.
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It is not our intention to single out individuals and "pick on" them;
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it's simply very important that the truth or the closest thing to it be
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established. A close reading of our whistleblowers series, as it
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progresses, will demonstrate that there are people in this field who
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have set themselves up for examination and whose claims of truth are,
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at best, cleverly-mouthed chunks of propaganda; some if not most will
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be found wanting. Milton William Cooper has threatened, lied about and
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attacked a number of people in the UFO field (I'm included, as is Don
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Ecker). Along with slander and lying, he has a clear history of con
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tradicting himself, backtracking when caught in those contradictions
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and then attempting to patch up his story with a turnaround position
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based on sudden new claims that, true to style, cannot be checked out.
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A Bill Cooper could not maintain a foothold in any other field. Such
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a bullying personality would have been "run out of town" long ago. But
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the fact that this man and others like him still can command some
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audience and are seen as having some veracity and authority denotes a
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sore lack of discrimination on the part of many in the UFO arena, if
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not outright foolishness.
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But it should be likewise emphasized that this syndrome also
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testifies to our collective frustration with the lies and secret
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machinations of some powerful persons in the U.S. government,
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cultivating many people's willingness to listen and 'follow just about
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anyone who purports to be defending the Constitution and who vocally
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demands accountability from the very government officials in whom we
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should be able to place our trust.
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It's so very important: Dedication to the absolute truth, to the
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finer points of democracy, when exercised without caution and
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discernment, plays right into the hands of those who would short
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circuit those very precious qualities we hold dear. "Users" of all
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political persuasions will exploit the emotional fervor of the crowd to
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further their own selfish and inhumane ends. (Some names to remember:
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Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Stalin, Joe McCarthy.)
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It's imperative that we and I include everyone who shares the vision
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of UFO Magazine-short-circuit such perniciousness at its very core,
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striking at the heart of demagoguery with persistent courage and
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honesty.
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Only personal commitment to humane and truthful ideals, and the
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willingness to expose the truth, can successfully overcome The Big Lie.
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UFO Magazine honors just such a commitment.
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Vicki Cooper
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IN DEFENSE OF THE FACTS
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When I began to look at Cooper's UFO-related information, our pur
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pose was to examine his claims and see how valid they were. This
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endeavor started with Cooper's CAJI newsletter, and his claims that
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people such as Bob Lazar, John Lear, Bill Moore and others were engaged
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in various illegal or unethical acts.
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But back in April and May of I990, Lazar, for instance, had NO
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criminal charges even pending. Apparently Lear was targeted by Cooper
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only because he appeared on the George Knapp special and exposed some
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of Cooper's bogus information over the air.
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When UFO tried to contact Cooper, he immediately blew up. Sure
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enough, before too long he launched a smear campaign against the
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magazine and this writer. Cooper has even called the magazine and
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threatened to sue unless we print a complete retraction of Part One,
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published in UFO, Vol. 5, No. 4. Never a word that parts of the story
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(in his opinion) are wrong, not a word that he wants his side told in
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these pages. Instead, in his latest newsletter, Cooper has resorted
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once more to smearing, innuendo and libel. He even engages in an in
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credibly sophomoric, juvenile display by making scatological parodies
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of my name, George Knapp's, and Vicki Cooper's.
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I, for one, wiIl not be intimidated. UFO Magazine wilI continue to
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report the truest facts available, and what is nice about reporting
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facts is... they can be shown to everyone at any time.
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What is really sad about this story is the $act that I agree with
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much of what Cooper says when he is speaking about an erosion of
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Constitutional civil liberties. There are bizarre things afoot in the
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land, each day becomes more uncertain, and the public is simply not
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being told the true $acts. However, one thing about the First
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Amendment, that although it guarantees freedom of speech, it does not
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allow the screaming of fire (with no fire) in a crowded theater. Cooper
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has been screaming fire on rainy days, and the problem with that is...
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What do you do when a real fire starts? Just like the kid who always
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cried wolf, no one came when the wolf finally showed up.
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What it appears we are dealing with is demagoguery. Demagoguery in
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any form, with people following blindly, is always a dangerous
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development. Examine everyone's information, do not accept anything
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without checking it to the extent you are able, and then check it again
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from another angle, if possible.
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UFO Magazine's opinion is that this field is fraught with enough
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dangers; tread carefully while walking down this path.
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During this investigation UFO Magazine has found that much of
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Cooper's material is entirely fabricated, lifted from others'work, or
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facts he's selected and twisted to support his own story. Several times
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Cooper has told those who have disagreed with him or questioned his
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information, "I will crucify you. . ." At what point will someone allow
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a demagogue to intimidate him or her into silence? At what point will
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truth be the final casualty in a war of words with liars?
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I will report the truth as long as we publish, and if necessary
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suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous slander. At some point the
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public will learn that each demagogue DOES have his 15 minutes in the
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sun, but then the public learns WHAT IS THE TRUTH.
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Don Ecker
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