
UFOs and the National Security State
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Richard M. Dolan is a gifted historian whose study of US Cold War strategy led him to the broader context of increased security measures and secrecy since World War II. One aspect of such government policies that has continued to hold the public's imagination for over half a century is the question of unidentified flying objects.
UFOs and the National Security State is the first volume of a two-part detailed chronological narrative of the national security dimensions of the UFO phenomenon from 1941 to the present. Working from hundreds of declassified records and other primary and secondary sources, Dolan centers his investigation on the American military and intelligence communities, demonstrating that they take UFOs seriously indeed.
Included in this volume are the activities of more than fifty military bases relating to UFOs, innumerable violations of sensitive airspace by unknown craft and analyses of the Roswell controversy, the CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel, and the Condon Committee Report. Dolan highlights the development of civilian anti-secrecy movements, which flourished in the 1950s and 1960s until the adoption of an official government policy and subsequent "closing of the door" during the Nixon administration.
"A thorough and monumental undertaking." -Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut
"If there ever had been a 'must-read, must-have' book on the subject, UFOs and the National Security State is it. I promise you that once you've read it, you'll never view the subject of UFOs or the American military/intelligence establishment in the same light again." -Don Ecker, senior editor, UFO Magazine
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- Intro
- Epigraph
- RUSSELL TARG EDITIONS
- Studies in Consciousness/Russell Targ Editions
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Perface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- THE PROBLEM OF UFOS
- OFFICIAL CULTURE VS. UNOFFICIAL CULTURE
- THE REDMOND, OREGON, INCIDENT
- THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
- CAN THEY REALLY COVER THIS UP?
- SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS
- POSSIBLE DIMENSIONS OF THE UFO PROBLEM
- SOURCES AND DOCUMENTATION
- FINAL REMARKS AND CONCERNS
- 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 HYNEK84
- 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
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Hampton Roads Publishing Company
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