A few weeks ago I wrote about the “Grand-daddy of all UFO sightings,” the famous Washington, D.C, flap of 1952, and how it had apparently been predicted by a government scientists working for a top secret agency… I promised to write more, especially after getting such great feedback from so many readers–and being mentioned by fellow UFO blogger Jack Brewer in this great Examiner.com article–and today’s the day.
The idea that anyone could recognize patters in UFO reports that would enable them to predict future UFO sightings is, of course, revolutionary. If it could be done, we would potentially already know everything there is to know about UFOs… But if it could be done, and if it was done, why was it only done that once??
I can think of two reasons: 1) the UFOs figured out right away that we could predict their appearances and immediately changed their MO, or 2) the government has secretly been using this technique since 1952 and actually does know everything there is to know about UFOs… and isn’t telling us!
In Mr. Brewer’s article, however, he raised the possibility that this was all part of a massive charade on the part of the U.S. military to test a new technology referred to as “Palladium,” that would enable our side to project false radar blips onto the other side’s radars. Which is unbelievably clever and sneaky, and is to be admired.
Now, it just so happens that in my research for my book on Dr. J. Allen Hynek, I came across a government memo that outlines just such a project… In the August, 1949 final report issued by Project Grudge, the Air Force’s UFO investigation program, the following conclusions were reached:
a. “(T)hese flying objects constitute no direct threat to the national security of the United States.
b. “Reports of unidentified flying objects are the result of:
1. Misinterpretations of various conventional objects.
2. A mild form of mass hysteria or ‘war nerves.’
3. Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetuate a hoax or to seek publicity.
4. Psychopathological persons.
c. “Planned release of unusual aerial objects coupled with the release of related psychological propaganda could cause mass hysteria.”
Did you read the whole list? Item “c” kind of jumps out at you, doesn’t it? Why the hell is the Air Force daydreaming about using the UFO phenomenon as a front for creating mass hysteria? On whom exactly are they thinking of unleashing this massive mind-fuck? The report doesn’t say, but the reader is left with the uncomfortable impression that the authors could have the American public in mind…
There’s more to the story, of course, and you can piece it together yourself in the Project Blue Book files (good idea), or you can wait until my book comes out (better idea)!