Food for thought. An appetizer say. Do the Intelligence Agencies utilize the UFO phenomena for their own security/psy-ops purposes?
CIA, under its assigned responsibilities, and in cooperation with the psychological strategy board, immediately investigate possible offensive or
defensive utilization of the phenomena for psychological warfare purposes both for and against the United States, advising those agencies charged with
U.S. internal security of any pertinent findings affecting their areas of responsibility.
www.deeppoliticsforum.com...
AND
The Pied Pipers of the CIA
...In short, Menger’s story was a CIA experiment to see how easily and whom specifically could be fooled into believing anything.
More significantly, it is now known that Adamski was the same: he was not only encouraged in his work, but actively supported and assisted, by the
CIA.
This became known – though not widely reported when scientists attempting to investigate Adamski's claims (in an effort to discredit him and stop
him in his tracks) were warned off by CIA Director Allen Dulles in person. And research has shown that during tours of Europe and Australia to promote
his “message”, Adamski travelled on a passport furnished by the CIA.
www.philipcoppens.com...
Flying Saucer Review 1960 (Kudos to the great Kandinsky for finding the following)
And the following without which any armchair ufologist is at a disadvantage.
RAND, Superstition and Psychological Warfare
And lastly, for now:
A lone chemist’s quest to expose the UFO cover-up
...Later, Davidson would write: “It became clear [to me], early in the 1950’s, that the CIA, specifically Allen Dulles, had used legitimate
‘flying saucers’ events […] as a tool in the Cold War. Dulles wanted Russia to waste effort on defences against objects having the extreme
capabilities implied by the public saucer stories. […]
Dulles also adopted a concept from his old friend Carl Jung, and co-opted the myth that benign aliens have visited Earth for millennia. He used
magicians’ illusions, tricks, and showmanship to blend in sightings, landings, and contacts, with the legitimate military test sightings. The public
perception grew (from comic book to TV show) that space travel was a real possibility, easing Congressional appropriations for the ‘moon race’
with Russia.
Later, Dulles found the saucer believers and their clubs an ideal propaganda vehicle.”
In short, Davidson believed there was a government
conspiracy, but it was not hiding “aliens on ice”, but falsely promoting the belief that they were hiding “aliens on ice”.
At the time, a lot of emphasis was placed on UFO sightings that were confirmed by radar – as late as 1989 and the Belgian UFO wave, specific
emphasis continues to be placed on this “technological confirmation”. But Davidson pointed out that as early as 1945, mechanical countermeasures
against radar had become publicly known – and used. It was known that these could cause blips on the radar screen, resulting in incorrect range,
speed, or heading. This was called Electronic Countermeasures and Davidson believed this method of counterintelligence was used to present the myth
that “UFOs” existed. Davidson drew the infamous equation: ECM+CIA=UFO, suggesting that the CIA were creating ECM signals on radars, so that people
would believe in the presence of UFOs, as they confirmed eyewitness accounts of anomalous objects in the sky. Furthermore, the anomalous blips were a
perfect mechanism to distort the true capabilities of any new aircraft that was being test-flown – occasional sightings of which were passed off as
UFOs too….
www.philipcoppens.com...
Soooooo...is the pertinent question of this OP not only viable but within the realms of Operational Security? And speaking of radar blips...Mr.
Davidson--and others--make a GREAT case for the Washington, D.C. flap.
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