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‘UFO’ sightings a mirage created by Air Force, ‘UFO fanatics’ have been duped?

by on Sep. 16, 2010, under UFOs

In interesting interview posted by U.S. News & World Report, author Mark Pilkington asserts that UFOs were created by the Air Force to keep aircraft projects secret. This is not a new assertion by any means. It is just one that has resurfaced in a new book. It is an assertion that is called “a persuasive case” by the interviewer.

Plinkington is a British journalist and filmmaker who weighs in on his view of UFOs as a cover for Cold War military projects.

In a discussion regarding his book, Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare and UFOs, Plinkington covers everything from the Washington Flap of 1952 to “UFO fanatics” being duped.

The article is an interesting read for skeptics, conspiracy theorists, and “UFO fanatics” alike. Enjoy!

The Truth Behind UFO Sightings and the U.S. Air Force

‘Mirage Men’ author Mark Pilkington discusses how the military used UFO stories to keep aircraft projects secret

Are UFOs a mirage, conjured up by the Air Force to obscure classified flight projects? In part, argues Mark Pilkington, a British journalist and filmmaker who writes about society’s oddities. In Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs, he makes a persuasive case that much UFO-logy canon was started or encouraged by the government trying to conceal Cold War military projects. He recently chatted with U.S. News about the origins and effects of UFO mythology around the world.

[READ MORE at U.S. News & World Report]


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  • Lynton

    What a waste of cyber paper this article is…

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      Oh, why thank you Lynton. This is a post on my blog with a link to an article that my readers would find interesting. If you aren’t interested in my blog, then my heart isn’t broken…Thank you for your feedback!

  • bwilson

    The USAF may be conducting disinformation operations involving UFOs to provide cover for classified projects, but such activities are hardly the genesis of the phenomenon.
     
    Cheers
     

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      What actually interested me about this article is the publication that conducted the interview about this new book. As well as the term “UFO fanatics”…Who uses that term anymore? Mainstream media does. They have some catching up to do.

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  • Lynton

    The concept of HONEST feedback is that we should NOT have to kiss the owners ass. As it appears to be the case here with your castigation of my comments.

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      It is fine that you think that my ‘article’, is a ‘waste of cyber paper’. I told you that it is a POST. I clarified my intention behind making the post. I also told you ‘thank you’ for your feedback. If you don’t like what I post, you have the right to say so. I also have the right to respond to your comment. I make it a point to reply to all comments. You can strike, but when someone strikes back there’s a problem?

  • Guillermo

    LOL, this article is so stupid, how do you explain the UFOs in countries where US Air Force has no bases, I mean, I am from Mexico City and I have witnessed first hand several UFOs and as far as I know USA does not have any military base in Mexico,

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      I haven’t yet read Plinkington’s book, but from what he shared in the discussion, it doesn’t make sense. Information from Leslie Kean’s book seems more plausible and includes testimony from top military personnel that conflicts with Plinkington’s assertion. I’d like to see which cases overlap in both books and compare them.

    • Robert Duvall

      Glad that you are reading the books, you should read Robert Hastings’ book UFOs and Nukes if you want your eyes opened. It is all based on verified evidence, military documents, and interviews with military personnel. Kean is relatively recent in her discovery. The crux, the reason UFO are here since WW2 in such large numbers has much to do with humankind weaponizing nuclear technology. The history is unmistakable once you look into it. It is an historical study – comparative to the activities around nuclear facilities.

      Don’t bother with Plinkington – waste of time.

      • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

        The interview with Plinkerton & U.S. News & World Report rubbed me the wrong way on many levels. As evidenced by my headline, the assertion that people have been “duped” was bothersome. Additionally, calling enthusiasts:”fanatics”, further evidenced the fact that I don’t think that the person conducting the interview knew too much about the subject. I am very familiar with Hastings. I wish I could go to the press conference later this month. Thanks for your feedback!

  • http://www.ufohastings.com Robert Hastings

    Author Pilkington is totally off-base. On September 27th, a group of former US Air Force officers will participate in a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. and discuss their involvement in UFO incidents at nuclear weapons sites. I am co-hosting that event. During some of the still-classified incidents, nuclear missiles malfunctioned just as a disc-shaped object hovered nearby. Two days ago, the Reuters wire service carried the press release relating to the event, titled “U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects”: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS166901+15-Sep-2010+PRN20100915 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-nuclear-weapons-have-been-compromised-by-unidentified-aerial-objects-102962064.html

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      Hello, yes, I also received an email regarding the press conference. Although I won’t be able to attend, I will be anxiously waiting to hear about the information that you all share!

  • Mary Trotter Kion

    I would like to know, if the Air Force is creating mirage images to look like UFOs, what the cost of this project is? Does the government have a special budget for this, and what the cost is to the American public? Seems to me that that money could well be better spent to assist health care cost, house the homeless, etc., and I am betting that the aliens operating these so-called mirage image UFOs would think better of us humans.

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      That is the name of the book in question, Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare and UFOs. Details of the U.S. News & World Report interview can be found through the link in the post. No, the Air Force isn’t  literally creating mirage images of UFOs. The assertion of the book is that the Air Force created “mirages” as far as fake stories about UFOs in order to distract the public from secret projects. 

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