Doty sendet gefälschten APRO-Brief über Pecos/Weitzel-Sichtung

Der Vorfall

EREIGNISTITEL: Doty sendet gefälschten APRO-Brief über Pecos/Weitzel-Sichtung
EREIGNISDATUM: 1980-09-01
EREIGNISTYP: Untersuchung
VORHANDENE ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Richard Doty sendet einen gefälschten Brief an APRO über die Pecos/Weitzel UFO-Sichtung. Später gesteht er Bill Moore, dass dies 'Köder' war, um zu testen, wie APRO Informationen verarbeitet. Teil der umfassenderen Desinformations- und Überwachungskampagne von AFOSI, die auf zivile UFO-Forschungsorganisationen abzielt.

QUELLTEXT AUS RICHARD DOLAN "UFOs and the National Security State Vol.2":
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taken to an underground base, seeing human body parts floating in vats,
receiving an explanation from her captors as to what they were doing with
her and why they were on Earth, and felt some sort of device being
implanted in her body so that the aliens could monitor and control her
thoughts. Sprinkle also questioned her son, who recalled the actual sighting
and the panic of the cows, but little else. Sprinkle wanted to continue
further with the hypnotic regression, but Bennewitz was convinced Sprinkle
was a CIA agent and ordered him to leave.

How much, if any of this, was due to Bennewitz’s prior influence can only
be conjecture, but many years later another witness corroborated the UFOs,
bellowing cattle, and something horrible happening to one of the animals.
This was the wife of a Cimarron police officer who wanted to avoid
publicity because of her husband’s job. Only seven years later did the
officer confide the event to Valdez. So Hansen’s memories could not have been completely from Bennewitz. cdxxxiii
Especially interesting was Hansen’s reference to being taken to an
underground base. Underground bases were not a topic of discussion
anywhere among the general public in 1980. It so happens that Kirtland Air
Force Base has extensive underground facilities, most notably at its
Manzano Weapons Storage Area. cdxxxiv It is also believed to have been
the largest nuclear weapons storage site in the world. Sometime later, Air
Force Special Agent Richard Doty said that, while she was under hypnosis
with an Air Force psychologist, Hansen described and drew one of the
facilities at Manzano in great detail. “She even knew what the elevator
looked like.” cdxxxv Ultimately, the case deepened the already prominent
interest Paul Bennewitz had in UFOs over the Manzano facility (which was
visible from his home), and his growing conviction that there was an
underground alien base in Dulce, New Mexico. More on that later.

Close Aviation Encounters

Elsewhere in the wo
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1. In 1980, Air Force Special Agent Richard Doty sent a fabricated letter to APRO (Aerial Phenomena Research Organization) regarding the Pecos/Weitzel UFO sighting. Doty later admitted this was a deliberate act of disinformation. The purpose was to test APRO's information handling procedures.

Der Vorfall

* Richard Doty, ein Air Force Special Agent, erstellte und versandte einen gefälschten Brief an APRO.
* Der Brief betraf die Pecos/Weitzel UFO-Sichtung.
* Doty gestand später Bill Moore, dass der Brief 'Köder' war.
* Das Ziel war, zu beobachten und zu beurteilen, wie APRO die erhaltenen Informationen verarbeitete und verwaltete.

Untersuchung

Der Quelltext beschreibt keine offizielle Untersuchung der Handlungen von Doty. Doty selbst gab die Fälschung zu.

Bedeutung

Dotys Handlungen sind bedeutsam, weil sie die aktive Rolle des AFOSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigations) bei der Überwachung und potenziellen Diskreditierung ziviler UFO-Forschungsgruppen veranschaulichen. Dieser Vorfall wird als Teil einer umfassenderen Desinformationskampagne betrachtet. Der Vorfall unterstreicht auch das Interesse der Regierung, die Erzählung über UFOs zu kontrollieren und möglicherweise die öffentliche Wahrnehmung zu manipulieren.