[UFOs and the National Security State 01] • UFOs and the National Security State · Chronology of a Cover-Up · 1941-1973 by Dolan, Richard M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Praise Russell Targ Editions Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 - Prologue: To 1947

UFOs BEFORE WORLD WAR TWO THE NATIONAL SECURITY CONNECTION FOO FIGHTERS GHOST ROCKETS DEUTSCHLAND ÜBER ALLIES COMING TO AMERICA SUMMARY

Chapter 2 - Saucers in the Skies: 1947

CRESCENDO THE FLOODGATES OPEN MAKING SENSE OF IT ROSWELL, ROSWELL! ROSWELL: MORE WITNESSES ROSWELL: THE SKEPTICS EXPLAIN ROSWELL: CONCLUSIONS OTHER SIGHTINGS ENTER THE FBI MEDIA CLAMPDOWN THE MAURY ISLAND SAGA NATIONAL SECURITY REORGANIZATION THE TWINING LETTER MJ-12: YES OR No? SOVIET OR SOMETHING ELSE? ESTABLISHING PROJECT SIGN

Chapter 3 - Managing the Problem: 1948 to 1951

PROJECT SIGN BEGINS WORK THE SUMMER CRISIS OF 1948 “THE ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION” TRUMAN, LANDRY, AND UFOs LATE 1948: KEY DEVELOPMENTS THE GREEN FIREBALLS TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS 1949: GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS DIVERGING OPINIONS THE AIR FORCE DEBUNKS THE DEATH OF JAMES FORRESTAL SUMMER AND FALL 1949 “THE FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL!” UFO SECRECY AND PUBLICITY IN EARLY 1950 SPRING 1950: AN OUTBREAK OF UFOs KEEPING THE LID DOWN THE MONTANA FILM SCULLY, SARBACHER, SMITH, AND KEYHOE ANOTHER CRASH? 1950 TO 1951 THE LUBBOCK LIGHTS THE REAL CONTROLLERS? ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS AND NEAR MISSES SUMMARY

Chapter 4 - Crisis and Containment: 1952 and 1953

OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR BASE SIGHTINGS GRUDGE BECOMES BLUE BOOK THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY 1952 THE PACE QUICKENS THE JULY CRISIS THE WASHINGTON, D.C. SIGHTINGS THE PRESS CONFERENCE SIGHTINGS CONTINUE THE CIA ACTS A NATO ENCOUNTER CHADWELL AND UFOs THE WAVE SUBSIDES—A BIT THE AIR FORCE GETS READY THE CIA GETS READY THE ROBERTSON PANEL ROBERTSON PANEL: AGENDA ROBERTSON PANEL: CONCLUSIONS THE ROBERTSON PANEL: ANALYSIS ROBERTSON PANEL: AFTERMATH SUMMARY

Chapter 5 - Shutting the Lid: 1953 to 1956

BELOW THE SURFACE WHO WAS INVESTIGATING? KEYHOE’S ACTIVITIES ALBERT BENDER AND “THE MEN IN BLACK” SILENCING THE UFO LSD, MIND CONTROL, AND THE DEATH OF FRANK OLSEN A BRIEF OUTBREAK OF TRUTH UFO SIGHTINGS OF EARLY 1954 WASHINGTON SIGHTINGS, REVISITED A RUCKUS AT WRIGHT-PAT SUMMER 1954—ONCE AGAIN, MATTERS GET OUT OF CONTROL AFR 200-2 DECLASSIFIED THE HUMANOID SIGHTINGS THE “INVASION” OF FRANCE: OCTOBER 1954 GLOBAL SIGHTINGS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1954: WORLD SIGHTINGS CONTINUE AMERICA DEBUNKS INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT? NAH BLUE BOOK COOKS ITS BOOKS VOICES IN THE DARK AGES 1955 SIGHTINGS: MORE HUMANOIDS MILITARY UFO ENCOUNTERS AND THE U-2 SENATOR RICHARD RUSSELL SEES A UFO GOVERNMENT OUT OF CONTROL SILENCING POLICIES OF 1956 UFOs DURING A PERIOD OF SILENCE SUMMARY

Chapter 6 - The Fight to End Secrecy: 1956 to 1962

THE BIRTH OF NICAP CREATING ZOMBIE ROOMS WORLDWIDE MILITARY AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERS NICAP AND THE U.S. SENATE SUMMER 1957: CRASHES, NEAR COLLISIONS, OPENING FIRE, AND SILENCE SPUTNIK AND A BIZARRE GLOBAL WAVE NOVEMBER 1957: A RASH OF AMERICAN SIGHTINGS THE AIR FORCE PARRIES NICAP KEYHOE CENSORED ON TELEVISION THE SENATE STOPS ITS INVESTIGATION RUPPELT IS TURNED 1958: AMERICA BECOMES A UFO-FREE ZONE THE MCCORMACK COMMITTEE FIASCO AND AFTERMATH FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE SOME THOUGHTS ON J. ALLEN HYNEK 1959 UNFOLDS THE KILLIAN CASE AND OTHER NOTEWORTHIES THE STRANGE CASE OF MORRIS JESSUP THE REVEREND GILL SIGHTING AND ACTIVITY IN THE OCEAN GETTING UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL REDMOND, OREGON: SIX JETS ATTEMPT AN INTERCEPT RUPPELT REVISES HIS BOOK, THEN DIES 1960: SERIOUS BUSINESS 1960: MONITORING THE UFOs PROJECT OZMA GETS A SIGNAL THE U-2 AFFAIR: A PEEK DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE MID-1960: NICAP PRESSES CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN THE SECRET STATE IN 1960 AND 1961 UFOs IN 1961 1961: ANOTHER ROUND WITH CONGRESS THE HILL ABDUCTION CASE MOVING TO 1962 HILLENKOETTER RESIGNS FROM NICAP SUMMARY

Chapter 7 - Open Confrontation: 1962 to 1966

OVERVIEW THE LAS VEGAS UFO CRASH UFOS IN AMERICA: 1962 WHO RAN THE CIA? UFOS IN THE WORLD: 1962 THE UFO SCENE IN 1963 ASSASSINATION AND SECRET DOINGS: 1963 AND 1964 UFOs IN 1964: THE PACE QUICKENS CLOSE-UP SIGHTING IN SOCORRO SOCORRO AFTERMATH: A YEAR OF UFOs THE DAM BREAKS THE WAVE OF 1965 THE WAVE OF 1965: JULY THE WAVE OF 1965: AUGUST THE INCIDENT AT EXETER AIR FORCE CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY BLACKOUT SEASON THE KECKSBURG CRASH 1966: A YEAR OF ESCALATIONS MICHIGAN SWAMP GAS THE PORTAGE COUNTY SIGHTINGS JAMES MCDONALD, AN OUTSTANDING NUISANCE AN AUTUMN BARRAGE SLOUCHING TOWARDS COLORADO SUMMARY

Chapter 8 - Winners and Losers: 1966 to 1969

COLORADO TO THE RESCUE VISITS TO BOULDER THE PROJECT BEGINS CONDON LOSING ALLIES SECRECY IN 1967 UFOs IN EARLY 1967 FALCON LAKE McDONALD RIPS BLUE BOOK AND MENZEL THE COLORADO PROJECT IN MID-1967 APRO SUMMER CASES PROBLEMS IN COLORADO AN ANIMAL MUTILATION SHAG HARBOR CLOAK AND DAGGER LEAKS FROM BOULDER THE SCHIRMER ABDUCTION CASE THE CRISIS AIRING THE DIRTY LAUNDRY THE SYMPOSIUM UFO HYPOTHESIS AND SURVIVAL QUESTIONS “THE RAND DOCUMENT” UFOs IN 1968 THE CONDON REPORT REVIEW AND RELEASE OF THE REPORT FROM JOHNSON TO NIXON THE END OF PROJECT BLUE BOOK THE END OF NICAP THE END OF UFOs THE FINAL GASP SUMMARY

Chapter 9 - The Problem Renewed: 1970 to 1973

NATIONAL SECURITY STATE TRIUMPHANT THINGS FALL APART UFOs IN THE EARLY 1970s AN UNDERWATER THESIS THE DEATH OF JAMES MCDONALD THE RETURN OF UFOs SUMMARY

Conclusion Appendix - TABLE OF MILITARY UFO ENCOUNTERS Endnotes Bibliography Index Hampton Roads Publishing Company