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July 21, 2012
UFO Disinformation Agents Exposed on The Paracast
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About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chis present a return appearance from long-time UFO researcher Greg Bishop, host of the "Radio Misterioso" radio show, who attempts to blow the lid off the "Aviary," an ad-hoc group of individuals allegedly connected to the intelligence community who may have been responsible for ongoing UFO disinformation.
Christopher O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Radio Misterioso: Radio Misterioso | In-depth conversations on the paranormal alternating with weird music. Live on Sundays 8-10 PM PST @ killradio.org
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Welcome to the Crazy World of UFO Dirty Tricks
By Gene Steinberg
There’s a meme being played out in the UFO field over the years that government disinformation agents have been scurrying about the landscape playing evil pranks against innocent citizens who just happened to see the wrong things in the sky. Or they are demanding that the eyewitnesses not talk about what they saw, sometimes citing national security concerns as the reason.
During the early 1980s, or perhaps late 1970s, a curious collection of scientists, military people and intelligence agents, reportedly came together to form a group known as “The Aviary.” Their connection to each other was an interest in UFOs and possible government experiments with remote viewing, telepathy, and other alleged psychic powers.
They were also given code-names that corresponded to birds, such as Falcon, Condor, Owl, and even Penguin. Who was who may not be important in the scheme of things, except for the possibility that at least two well-known researchers, such as Dr. Bruce Maccabee and Jacques Vallee, may have been members of this group. Or maybe not.
The Aviary largely came to public attention when UFO researcher William Moore, one of the original investigators into the Roswell, NM episode, and co-author of ‘The Roswell Incident” with Charles Berlitz and Stanton Friedman (who went mostly uncredited) in 1980, confessed to being a government disinformation agent. He evidently worked at the behest of members of The Aviary, and, as you might expect, he was more or less shunned by the UFO field after making that admission at a MUFON conference in Las Vegas in 1989.
Now the possibility of secret or overt government involvement is romantic in a sense, as such behavior would appear to validate the belief that the authorities are taking the UFO mystery seriously. Or maybe they are actually looking for possible spies or terrorists among the ranks of people interested in the subject. It’s not as if any of this is particularly clear.
Possible proof of government concern may be found in the pages of “They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers,” by Gray Barker, which first revealed the alleged existence of the Men In Black. UFO author John Keel went a long way towards expanding on the MIB legend. Indeed, he claimed over the years to be the victim of evil pranks by possible MIB types, including weird phone calls, and the possibility that people actually impersonated him and other figures in UFO research from time to time.
All so curious.
Now I do not know whether or not everything Keel wrote in his books is necessarily true. Some of his critics suggest that, although he came upon some compelling cases, his respect for scholarship may have been lacking. As far Barker, he was notorious for embellishing facts with fictional overtones.
Over the years, I’ve actually come across some people who claim to have been the victim of supposed MIB visits. Of course, nothing stops rogue military people from going out on their own and pretending to represent some secret military agency. Perhaps civilians hoping to generate some controversy are also somehow involved.
Sometimes the situation gets a little too close to home.
I recall, for example, attending a lecture by Whitley Strieber, where he recounted his various abduction experiences. It all took place during a series of UFO-related meetings sponsored by long-time researcher and publisher Tim Beckley in New York City. It was in the late 1980s, and Strieber delivered an anecdote about possible government interference in his personal life. One example he mentioned was a particularly invasive tax audit.
Now I more or less forgot Strieber’s statement until I happened to get an IRS letter announcing an audit not too many weeks after that lecture. It was all a curious situation because the accountant I hired to represent me basically messed up the meetings with the IRS auditors and thus only made it take longer to resolve the situation. I did not think of this episode as a possible government effort to intimidate me. It was just one of those things.
I could say the same for some particularly irritating incidents over the last three years, where my family bank accounts were hacked on four separate occasions. If it has ever happened to you, you realize how helpless you feel. Suddenly your bank balance is zeroed (or even goes negative if you have “overdraft protection”). Depending on how the account is hacked, it can take days or weeks for the intrusion to be resolved. Two of those episodes occurred just this month, in fact, and are still under investigation.
Now I will not presume to suggest that I have been targeted by anyone or any agency. Episodes of identity theft are more and more common these days. Criminals can get ahold of your personal information, including credit card and checking account numbers, without actually gaining access to your computers or an Internet account. Sometimes the mere act of handing a check or credit card to a cashier at a local store or restaurant can result in an unscrupulous party taking down the information under the pretense of verifying your accounts.
When you become a victim of these crimes, and you are interested in the paranormal, I can see where you might feel inclined to consider a possible connection. But lots of people are victimized who may have no interest whatever in the strange and unknown. Stuff happens.
In any case, on this week’s episode of The Paracast, we are presenting Greg Bishop, host of the “Radio Misterioso” radio show, and author of several UFO books, to provide his insights into the history of The Aviary and its possible impact on UFO research. Should we take government intervention and harassment against people active in the field seriously? Or is that, too, just one of those things?
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July 21, 2012
UFO Disinformation Agents Exposed on The Paracast
Special Announcement: The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
We Hope You'll Send a Donation to The Paracast: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough. Also, we do not receive any revenue from the ads placed on the show by our network or local stations. So we hope you're able to help fill the gap if you can to help us cover increasing server costs and other expenses -- or perhaps provide a little extra cash for lunch. No contribution is too small (or too large
. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also a Donate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. Or just send your PayPal donation direct to sales (at) theparacast (dot) com.Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Brand New Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chis present a return appearance from long-time UFO researcher Greg Bishop, host of the "Radio Misterioso" radio show, who attempts to blow the lid off the "Aviary," an ad-hoc group of individuals allegedly connected to the intelligence community who may have been responsible for ongoing UFO disinformation.
Christopher O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Radio Misterioso: Radio Misterioso | In-depth conversations on the paranormal alternating with weird music. Live on Sundays 8-10 PM PST @ killradio.org
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
Welcome to the Crazy World of UFO Dirty Tricks
By Gene Steinberg
There’s a meme being played out in the UFO field over the years that government disinformation agents have been scurrying about the landscape playing evil pranks against innocent citizens who just happened to see the wrong things in the sky. Or they are demanding that the eyewitnesses not talk about what they saw, sometimes citing national security concerns as the reason.
During the early 1980s, or perhaps late 1970s, a curious collection of scientists, military people and intelligence agents, reportedly came together to form a group known as “The Aviary.” Their connection to each other was an interest in UFOs and possible government experiments with remote viewing, telepathy, and other alleged psychic powers.
They were also given code-names that corresponded to birds, such as Falcon, Condor, Owl, and even Penguin. Who was who may not be important in the scheme of things, except for the possibility that at least two well-known researchers, such as Dr. Bruce Maccabee and Jacques Vallee, may have been members of this group. Or maybe not.
The Aviary largely came to public attention when UFO researcher William Moore, one of the original investigators into the Roswell, NM episode, and co-author of ‘The Roswell Incident” with Charles Berlitz and Stanton Friedman (who went mostly uncredited) in 1980, confessed to being a government disinformation agent. He evidently worked at the behest of members of The Aviary, and, as you might expect, he was more or less shunned by the UFO field after making that admission at a MUFON conference in Las Vegas in 1989.
Now the possibility of secret or overt government involvement is romantic in a sense, as such behavior would appear to validate the belief that the authorities are taking the UFO mystery seriously. Or maybe they are actually looking for possible spies or terrorists among the ranks of people interested in the subject. It’s not as if any of this is particularly clear.
Possible proof of government concern may be found in the pages of “They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers,” by Gray Barker, which first revealed the alleged existence of the Men In Black. UFO author John Keel went a long way towards expanding on the MIB legend. Indeed, he claimed over the years to be the victim of evil pranks by possible MIB types, including weird phone calls, and the possibility that people actually impersonated him and other figures in UFO research from time to time.
All so curious.
Now I do not know whether or not everything Keel wrote in his books is necessarily true. Some of his critics suggest that, although he came upon some compelling cases, his respect for scholarship may have been lacking. As far Barker, he was notorious for embellishing facts with fictional overtones.
Over the years, I’ve actually come across some people who claim to have been the victim of supposed MIB visits. Of course, nothing stops rogue military people from going out on their own and pretending to represent some secret military agency. Perhaps civilians hoping to generate some controversy are also somehow involved.
Sometimes the situation gets a little too close to home.
I recall, for example, attending a lecture by Whitley Strieber, where he recounted his various abduction experiences. It all took place during a series of UFO-related meetings sponsored by long-time researcher and publisher Tim Beckley in New York City. It was in the late 1980s, and Strieber delivered an anecdote about possible government interference in his personal life. One example he mentioned was a particularly invasive tax audit.
Now I more or less forgot Strieber’s statement until I happened to get an IRS letter announcing an audit not too many weeks after that lecture. It was all a curious situation because the accountant I hired to represent me basically messed up the meetings with the IRS auditors and thus only made it take longer to resolve the situation. I did not think of this episode as a possible government effort to intimidate me. It was just one of those things.
I could say the same for some particularly irritating incidents over the last three years, where my family bank accounts were hacked on four separate occasions. If it has ever happened to you, you realize how helpless you feel. Suddenly your bank balance is zeroed (or even goes negative if you have “overdraft protection”). Depending on how the account is hacked, it can take days or weeks for the intrusion to be resolved. Two of those episodes occurred just this month, in fact, and are still under investigation.
Now I will not presume to suggest that I have been targeted by anyone or any agency. Episodes of identity theft are more and more common these days. Criminals can get ahold of your personal information, including credit card and checking account numbers, without actually gaining access to your computers or an Internet account. Sometimes the mere act of handing a check or credit card to a cashier at a local store or restaurant can result in an unscrupulous party taking down the information under the pretense of verifying your accounts.
When you become a victim of these crimes, and you are interested in the paranormal, I can see where you might feel inclined to consider a possible connection. But lots of people are victimized who may have no interest whatever in the strange and unknown. Stuff happens.
In any case, on this week’s episode of The Paracast, we are presenting Greg Bishop, host of the “Radio Misterioso” radio show, and author of several UFO books, to provide his insights into the history of The Aviary and its possible impact on UFO research. Should we take government intervention and harassment against people active in the field seriously? Or is that, too, just one of those things?
The Paracast Copyright 1999-2012 Making The Impossible, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy: Your personal information is safe with us. We will positively never give out your name and/or e-mail address to anybody else, and that's a promise!