Manuel Carballal: The UFO Phenomenon Is Manipulated by the Intelligence Agencies

 

The UFO Phenomenon Is Manipulated by the Intelligence Agencies

By Manuel Carballal


Fernando, an operative agent for CESID, locked the office door the moment I walked in. With complete nonchalance, he unholstered his pistol—a short-barrel 9mm—and removed the magazine. As if performing a routine gesture, he checked to ensure the magazine was fully loaded. Then, he reinserted the magazine into the pistol, racked the slide, and returned the weapon to his belt holster with total composure—a composure I certainly did not share. This wouldn't be the first time I’d had a weapon pointed at me during my UFO investigations involving military personnel; on one occasion, the barrel of a CETME assault rifle had even been pressed against my head at a certain Spanish base I prefer not to recall. Yet, one never truly gets used to such scares. It was evident that, with that seemingly routine gesture, Fernando had attempted to intimidate me—to "mark his territory." And he had succeeded. One is simply not accustomed to finding oneself locked inside an office with a spy who so blithely puts his weapon on display. He was the third CESID agent—to my knowledge—whom my investigations into the Spanish intelligence services' UFO files had led me to encounter.

Despite official denials and bureaucratic evasions, I had discovered that the Domestic Intelligence Department of "La Casa"—the Agency—maintains a strictly classified archive of UFO files. Fernando Rueda—author of *La Casa* and *Espías*, the first books ever published regarding Spanish intelligence agents—had just confirmed this to me at the editorial offices of *Tiempo* magazine. And if the Spanish spies I’ve spoken with are to be believed, those files contain ufological information of incalculable value. That is why I had found myself compelled, once again, to employ near-suicidal strategies—such as "crashing" a skydiving club or joining a shooting team—in order to infiltrate police and intelligence circles. Those strategies—which may seem far-fetched—have enabled me to gain access to confidential UFO reports from the Police and the Civil Guard, and to get close to secret agents like Fernando. At that very moment—with a pistol at his belt—he was pulling a briefcase from which he would extract a dossier containing classified information regarding one of the young Spanish ufologists—namely, myself—who are currently under surveillance by national intelligence services. The most surprising thing of all is that Fernando is a well-known figure in Valencia’s paranormal community. Who said there aren't spies infiltrated within the fields of international ufology and parapsychology?

Naturally, his identity must remain anonymous. Among other reasons, because—as a spy—he is currently conducting undercover investigations as part of the counter-terrorism effort against ETA; were it to become public knowledge that, in addition to being an esotericist, he is also an agent for the CESID, he would likely be assassinated immediately.

UFO "James Bonds"

In 1993, I published a book on the history of secret weapons, unconventional aircraft, and military espionage related to the UFO phenomenon. It was the only book written in Spain addressing this long-neglected subject within the field of ufology. Following the publication of that little book—and building upon my earlier investigations into UFO sightings reported by pilots (a database that now totals over 1,400 archived cases)—several military officers, aeronautical engineers, police officers, spies, and other officials from the State Security Forces reached out to me. Some wished to know my sources; others sought to exchange information; and still others claimed they simply wanted to provide me with details regarding what governments—including the Spanish government—are concealing in relation to UFOs.

Of all these contacts within the Ministry of Defense, one has proven particularly fruitful. I refer to him as "Marco," as he wishes to conceal his true identity for obvious reasons. This true polymath—an expert in aeronautics, a biologist, a military historian, a Ministry official, and someone with access to confidential Defense intelligence—first contacted me via letter after reading my work on UFOs and secret weapons. Telephone calls followed later, and finally, face-to-face interviews. From the very beginning of our relationship, Marco provided me with a vast amount of information regarding espionage, military intelligence, and UFOs. According to him, "the public has a right to know the Truth," and he decided to choose me—for reasons I remain unaware of—to serve as the custodian of this documentation. To paraphrase the source for journalists Woodward and Bernstein who exposed Watergate—or the anonymous informant for Agent Mulder in *The X-Files*—Marco describes himself as a "Deep Throat" ready to shake the very foundations of traditional ufology.

On a single occasion—shielded by a false identity—I was able to attend one of their meetings as an observer. The participants ranged from Navy Lieutenant Colonels to members of the Royal Family, as well as officers from the Brunete Brigade, Civil Guards, submarine experts, and others.

During that meeting, I heard a Lieutenant Colonel—one of the most senior-ranking officers in the Spanish Navy—describe how, on one occasion while he was a junior officer, a UFO passed directly over his ship's bridge and was detected on radar. When he submitted his report to the vessel's Captain, the Captain tore it up right before his eyes, telling him that such incidents were not to be documented in writing. I had to bite my tongue to keep from immediately interjecting in the conversation and thereby giving away my identity.

At this very moment, that same Lieutenant Colonel—along with the Navy Intelligence Services—is frantically attempting to track down the source of a leak regarding a confidential report currently in my possession. That report details the simultaneous radar and visual detection of a UFO by a Spanish Navy vessel during the height of the Gulf War. The document includes confidential military identification codes used for missile launches. This report served as one of my key tools for establishing contact with agents from the CESID regarding "crashed UFOs" in Spain, as well as other matters of profound ufological significance.

It is within this milieu—populated by spies, anonymous informants, secret weapons, confidential documents, and intelligence agencies—that a particular dimension of the UFO phenomenon operates: a dimension that the majority of ufologists prefer to ignore. They choose to overlook it because it is both uncomfortable and dangerous. It would not be the first time—as is currently happening in the United States—that civilian or military UFO researchers have been "suicided" (or, at the very least, made to disappear) simply because they stumbled upon this particular facet of the UFO phenomenon. Though that subject, in itself, would warrant an entire article of its own. UFOs, Flying Saucers, and Extraterrestrial Craft

When Marco handed me the dossier of blueprints—showing front, side, top, and elevation views—of "Flying Saucers," I was left utterly perplexed. I had heard of many of these disc-shaped craft designs before. And despite priding myself on possessing one of the most comprehensive archives in Spain regarding this subject, I had never seen such detailed schematics covering their navigation systems, landing gear, offensive capabilities, or even the hatch intended for paratroopers. Yet, these were not extraterrestrial craft. Let’s take this one step at a time.

The concept of the "flying saucer" has become synonymous with that of the UFO—and, by extension, with the "alien spacecraft." However, the reality is that these concepts are not necessarily linked.

A UFO is simply any flying object that an observer is unable to identify; and long before Kenneth Arnold ushered in the modern era of the social phenomenon known as the UFO, "flying saucers" already existed—craft that had very little to do with spaceships from other planets, at least as far as I know.

Any enthusiast of aviation history will have, on more than one occasion, stumbled upon sketches of "Flying Saucers" and disc-shaped aircraft within aviation catalogs and treatises.

Indeed, Leonardo da Vinci himself, back in his day, sketched the profiles of circular-shaped craft in his drawings. War chariots, portable fortresses, and other contraptions that—had they ever actually taken flight—would have served as the perfect precursors to the "flying saucers" of later eras.

Later, in 19th-century Germany—and serving as a premonition of the Nazi saucers that have caused so many headaches for modern ufologists—the mathematician and aviation theorist August Wilhelm Zachariae (a figure now largely forgotten by aviation history) conducted experiments with circular-wing models. Subsequently, in 1922, the British inventor Lee Richards developed an aircraft with a circular wing in England, designed to reach a top speed of 130 km/h and a taxiing speed of approximately 35 km/h.

Later, during the 1930s, several circular-winged aircraft designs were built in the USA; these would eventually confuse certain ufologists, who mistook them for evidence of UFOs that had crashed on American soil (see sidebar).

Meanwhile, in 1932, the American H. Zimmerman conducted a series of wind-tunnel tests involving various types of circular wings in order to identify the configuration exhibiting the least aerodynamic drag at its tips. The results of these tests were published in NACA’s (now NASA’s) "Technical Report 431," creating a genuine sensation and leading to the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 2,108,093; these findings later found practical application in the Chance Vought V-173, which made its maiden flight in 1942.

Furthermore, I recently came into possession of the original documents—not photocopies—pertaining to the sole Spanish patent ever granted for a "flying saucer." Accompanied by the License for the Commercial Exploitation of Invention Patent No. 224,592, these documents were formally submitted to the Intellectual Property Registry of the Ministry.

With the advent of World War II, the design of saucer-shaped secret weapons skyrocketed. Historical records document no fewer than fifteen distinct designs—and even two actual prototypes—of "Nazi UFOs."

The history of German "flying saucers"—setting aside the aforementioned antecedents, such as the designs of August Wilhelm Zachariae—begins with the distinguished Alexander Lippisch. Starting in early 1939, Lippisch developed for Messerschmitt in Augsburg his Me-163 delta-wing rocket fighter—a craft that eventually entered mass production. He also commissioned wind-tunnel testing at the AVA facility in Göttingen regarding his circular-wing designs from 1940–41, though in this instance, the results were not particularly spectacular.

Also in the late 1930s, another German designed aircraft with a circular planform—designs arguably even more intriguing than those of Zachariae. This individual was Arthur Sack, a farmer from Machern (near Leipzig). An avid aeromodeler, Sack decided to move beyond mere speculation regarding "flying saucers" and set to work building a physical model of one. As reported by German and British aviation journals—such as *Luftfahrt International*, *Air International*, and *RAF Flying Review*—which published photographs of this "Nazi UFO," "we do not know what inspired Sack, but there stands his flying saucer."

For certain esoteric-political groups established in Spain—as in many other parts of the world—it was actual extraterrestrials who inspired the Nazi engineers. I have personally read secret reports from the CESID (Spain's intelligence agency) and the Spanish police—indeed, I possess copies of some of them—concerning esoteric Nazi groups that exploit the UFO phenomenon and the myth of flying saucers to recruit young people awaiting the resurgence of the Fourth Reich. This political-ufological dimension of "Nazi UFOs" remains an unresolved issue within the field of Spanish ufology. Not long ago, in a certain Spanish city, I tracked down one of the last surviving SS officers—a man living in hiding in Spain, pursued by the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Foundation. He was both an eyewitness to, and a historical protagonist in, that little-known reality...

"Military UFOs": Top Secret

When Marco handed me the dossier containing technical blueprints for "terrestrial flying saucers," he drew my attention to two very reasonable aspects of the "Top Secret UFO" phenomenon: "Forget about extraterrestrials for a moment. Regardless of whether they exist or not, one thing is clear: various militaries and civilian engineers have been building flying saucers for over half a century. From the standpoint of industrial espionage, any aircraft capable of vertical takeoff—such as Rolls-Royce’s 'Flying Bedstead,' VTOL aerostats, or the 'Rotavion'—has sparked envy and fierce competition among aeronautical engineers. There are millions of dollars at stake. Can you imagine the sheer cost of runways, conventional airports, and aeronautical logistics—costs that would vanish with the advent of vertical-takeoff aircraft? And from a military perspective, I can tell you that ever since the Nazis' fantastic 'Miracle Fighter,' numerous vertical-takeoff aircraft have been developed in secret—such as the famous 'Harrier' or the 'Tailsitters' (the Lockheed XFV-1 and the Convair XFY-1 'Pogo'), both of which featured rigid wings. In both cases, propulsion was achieved by means of an Allison YT40-A-14 turbine—generating 5,850 horsepower—and two counter-rotating propellers measuring 4.88 meters in diameter. There are very serious economic interests at play ensuring that real 'flying saucers' remain a secret—and that the only things people talk about are little green men." In other words, only the economic interests at stake—specifically those related to the new aeronautical technologies associated with "Flying Saucers"—could justify such absolute secrecy regarding UFOs... at any cost. But there is more—much more.

On September 9th, I met with a former Aviation Police officer who had been stationed in the Security and Defense Department at Air Surveillance Squadron No. 10 (EVA 10), located on the Barbanza Peninsula (A Coruña). Rafael I. provided us with fascinating information regarding his tour of duty at EVA 10. Just as I had suspected, the military radars providing coverage for the northwestern airspace frequently detected Unidentified Objects penetrating Spanish territory. Detailing the full scope of UFO incidents reported by radar operators and pilots in Spain would be a subject for another report entirely. However, of all the information shared with us by the former Security and Defense officer, two points stood out as particularly intriguing. On one hand, there were the numerous incursions into Spanish airspace by triangular-shaped American aircraft—planes that, during the Gulf War, went so far as to land illegally at Spanish bases, cloaked behind the "UFO" cover story. On the other hand, there was the existence of reports concerning American "round aircraft" that had been detected on radar, flying over Spanish soil on several occasions, "suspended for hours in the air..."

This startling information served to corroborate the testimony of a Spanish Army Captain—who was also a member of the CESID—whom I had interviewed previously.

Captain X. took a leave of absence from the Spanish Army just before attaining the rank of Colonel. However, his work with CESID intelligence agents granted him access to extraordinary information. "I can tell you, Manuel," he explained to me during one of our meetings, "that a Flying Saucer remained landed at Zaragoza Air Base for several days. It was located in the American sector of the base, and we surmised it was some kind of secret aircraft; that is why the CESID was required to compile a highly detailed report. And Manglano knows about it... Manglano knows everything."

The Captain—who was also an intelligence agent—told me that he had personally sighted UFOs on two occasions. On one instance, while traveling by train, he observed the low-altitude flight of unmarked Sabre fighter jets over Spanish territory. "They were likely Portuguese spy planes, but had they been detected on any radar, they would have registered as Unidentified Objects." On another occasion, from his home in Barcelona, ​​he and his entire family observed the maneuvers of a series of objects which—this time—proved impossible to identify. "I can tell you that UFOs do exist. There are things in the sky that we cannot identify; however, it is also true that this subject has been exploited to conceal all manner of secret military testing."

And how! During the wave of UFO sightings in Galicia—which we have been reporting on diligently—we have made some surprising discoveries. After traveling more than 2,000 kilometers through the towns and villages of Galicia, we have compiled over 200 cases of UFO sightings. When we plotted these cases on a map, we were in for a surprise: a significant percentage of the sightings occurred within topographical depressions—that is to say, situated between mountain ranges. The only reasonable explanation is that those objects—whatever they may be—were attempting to evade detection by the Barbanza radar system by flying through "radar shadow" zones.

In the latest issue of the newsletter *EL OJO CRITICO*, the intrepid investigator Alex Navarro publishes an interview with former Minister of Defense Antonio Olart (who had himself been the victim of one of the most scandalous surveillance operations conducted by the CESID—Spain's intelligence agency at the time—despite having been the very person who proposed Emilio Alonso Manglano to head "The House"). In this interview, the Defense Minister from Spain's democratic transition era acknowledges that, lying behind many UFO cases, are covert experiments involving unconventional aircraft conducted by "Americans, the French, the British, or even us—we experiment with things, but we don't talk about it..."

Scientific Ufologists or Military Ufologists?

But there is more—much more.

In 1994, hundreds of Galicians observed an Unidentified Object that flew at low altitude across several towns in the southern province of Pontevedra. We gathered eyewitness accounts in Porriño, Vigo, Bueu, the Illa de Ons, and elsewhere, which allowed us to plot an "Orthoteny"—that is, the object's precise trajectory. It was described as a "giant suppository" or an "iron cylinder" that was "spewing fire from its rear," and which had originated in Portugal. In my personal archive, I retain a Portuguese aeronautical report regarding this case—a document I am not yet authorized to publish. From a diplomatic and political standpoint, it would be far more serious for the Galician press to report that a Portuguese missile had overflown several Spanish towns—ultimately crashing into the Atlantic just a few miles off the Galician coast—than to run a story about "Galician sailors seeing Martians," a subject that carries no real social significance.

On numerous occasions, illegal ballistic experiments, flight tests of new aircraft, or the deployment of secret weapons have been concealed behind the "UFO" smokescreen in order to avert political conflicts. Let us not forget that, to this day, members of parliament from both the PSOE and the PP have—on multiple occasions—formally submitted parliamentary inquiries to Congress regarding UFO incidents. In private correspondence, some of those deputies have confessed to me that they did not believe the official version provided to them by the military. In such cases, intelligence agencies ensure that the term included in press headlines is "UFO"—rather than "missile," "secret aircraft," or "spy satellite." Immediately thereafter, "scientific ufologists" receive "disinterested support" from the military high command, which furnishes them with all manner of data regarding stratospheric balloons, planetary conjunctions, and other conventional explanations with which to account for the sighting. It is these explanations that they then take it upon themselves to disseminate in the specialized press. In this manner, shameful military experiments are rationalized—attributed to the planet Venus, weather balloons, and the like—at the hands of these "skeptics." 

Regarding the cover-up surrounding UFOs, I myself have received substantial financial offers from CESID—offers I have not accepted, at least for the time being. However, I can state with certainty that, whether consciously or unconsciously, numerous well-known Spanish ufologists are playing right into the hands of the Spanish military by collaborating in the effort to discredit the UFO phenomenon—a phenomenon behind which lies a multitude of state secrets.

What would have happened had a ufologist discovered that a certain instance of "Unidentified Traffic" detected on radar was, in fact, the Hercules aircraft transporting Luis Roldán from Laos back to Spain? To say that "Roldán returned to Spain in a UFO" might sound like a joke, but technically speaking, it would be accurate. Spanish intelligence agencies devised a meticulous plan to bring Roldán back—a plan that involved, among other things, utilizing two identical Hercules aircraft sharing the exact same flight plan. One aircraft would land in a specific European city, just as its flight plan indicated, while the other would continue its journey to Laos to pick up the fugitive. That aircraft—unidentified and detected on military radar—was, technically, a UFO; yet, far from representing an alien encounter, it was merely the product of one of the many Spanish espionage maneuvers concealed behind the smokescreen of ufology.

But there is more—much more. I currently hold in my possession police reports concerning UFO-centric cults that exploit the phenomenon to recruit followers, as well as far-right groups that leverage the UFO phenomenon for political gain—not to mention even more sensitive matters, such as illegal genetic experimentation, organ trafficking, and a long list of other illicit activities.

In short, within the archives of CESID—much like those of MI6, the CIA, the Mossad, the KGB, the G-2, and the world's other major intelligence agencies—lies the most startling information regarding UFOs. These are confidential files covering every conceivable aspect of the UFO phenomenon—files that remain hidden from the public eye. They detail new technologies, diplomatic incidents, secret weaponry, espionage operations, psychological manipulation, and much more. But what if, in addition to all this, some UFOs were actually non-human spacecraft? Just a few weeks ago, trailers for the movie *Independence Day* sowed panic among Spanish television viewers—much as Orson Welles' *The War of the Worlds* did half a century ago. Would CESID consider the Spanish public capable of handling the truth—should such evidence exist—regarding an extraterrestrial presence?

One of the most fascinating aspects of this subject involves cases of crashed UFOs in Spain. We, too, have had our own "Latin Roswells." In some instances I have investigated, the incidents turned out to be experiments involving new fuels, secret weapons, and the like; however, there are testimonies regarding an unidentified craft—and even a humanoid entity—that were collected in Spain and subsequently concealed, according to my sources, in Madrid. One of the witnesses I was able to interview claims to have seen a photograph of the "Spanish Roswell" incident and the alleged recovered alien. And, as is the case with all such incidents, this information remains filed away within the impenetrable bunker of CESID, located on the Carretera de La Coruña in Madrid. Mulder is wrong: "The Truth is *in there*."

NOTE: To whom it may concern: Copies of the audio recordings of my interviews with CESID agents (including "Marco") and numerous high-ranking officers from all three branches of the military—along with a dossier of documents and photographs—are currently in the custody of my attorney, to be released to the public in the event of an "accident."

Manuel Carballal

Copyright © 1997-1998 Mundo Misterioso

Bigfoot in Spain (Girona, 1968)

 

  

John Keel writes as follows in *The Eighth Tower*: "Spain experienced a wave of monster sightings in the months of January and February 1968. A tall, ape-like creature with extremely long arms was spotted in the vicinity of Girona, on the outskirts of Barcelona. It left behind footprints that were neither ape-like nor human. Police and soldiers scoured the area. 'This region is in a state of panic,' declared the Madrid newspaper *Arriba*. Believers in monsters—and the number of those who believe they are real animals is on the rise—attempt to explain the simultaneous UFO sightings as pure coincidence. Believers in UFOs, for their part, prefer to believe that flying saucers have nothing to do with shaggy monsters. Nevertheless, witnesses to both monsters and UFOs often suffer from the same aftereffects: conjunctivitis, thirst, headaches, and muscle aches. It is obvious that a relationship exists between these manifestations and the superspectrum." (*The Eighth Tower*, pp. 104–105, British edition)

Ancient History: UFOs of the Roman Republic

 

 According to Plutarch of Chaeronea, a phenomenon—one that could well be characterized as a UFO—occurred during the battle fought between the consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus and Mithridates IV, King of Pontus. In 74 B.C., "a large object appeared in the skies, enveloped in flames and shaped like a wine skin (*pithos*), with the color of molten silver." Authors of the stature of Andreas Faber-Kaiser wrote about the phenomenon's apparent interest in battles—and its tendency to intervene in them on behalf of one side or the other—while Salvador Freixedo observed regarding these intelligences: "If what they desire are human lives violently cut short—and preferably accompanied by bloodshed—then we must agree that war serves as another perfect instrument for their ends."

  In his *Natural History*, Pliny the Elder recounts an intriguing event from 76 B.C.: "In the sky, the fiery flames of a star were sighted; as it descended, it diminished in size until it was no larger than the moon, yet it subsequently soared back up into the firmament, transforming itself into pure light."

Jacques Bergier: The Occult at NASA and The Pentagon

 

 

Jacques Bergier: The Occult at NASA and The Pentagon

From “The Secret War of the Occult” (1978)

                 Flying saucers do not exist. All those who have researched the matter agree on this conclusion. The existing testimonies illustrate their apparitions with an abundance of details. On the other hand, "ufologists" do exist, and they are mercilessly exploited by the intelligence services. The world's best author of spy novels, Len Deighton, author of Ipcress: Immediate Danger, has made this the subject of one of his novels: Catch A Shooting Spy.

                How do the intelligence services benefit from these staged sightings? Every time that a saucer sighting is announced, the  results of the investigation are published in many magazines that treat the subject seriously. Therefore, it becomes possible to obtain important information regarding the position, frequency and number of oscillations of the radar stations covering the area in question, the location of the nearest military base, that of the nearest A.D.C. base and the fighter squadron that it houses, and to the military's response when faced with a crisis.

                Several years ago now, I myself drew attention to a rather notable American "ufologist," Congressman Gerald Ford, who would later become President. As a result of my report, some basic security measures were taken: from then on, Congressional discussions regarding the protection of American airspace would be held behind closed doors, and the FBI's counterespionage services would not lose sight of those who claim to have been witnesses, even of matters beyond the realm of UFO's.

                The Soviets, for their part, aren't far behind. Strict security measures are taken with regard to this subject: all UFO groups were dissolved and some of their members sent to the Gulag, for instance, and there have been instructions to fighter pilots to shoot down any flying object without clearance to fly over Soviet airspace. Guided missiles have managed to knock out of the air, in accordance with these regulations, an impressive array of objects that cross the skies: American spy-balloons which imitate an eagle flapping its wings, and, in May of 1978, a South Korean airliner which had confused Japan for the Urals, flying 4000 kilometers off its course. This unfortunate navigational error caused it to accidentally fly over secret installations. When the plane fell, the KGB confiscated all photographs. The incident only left three wounded. A report was immediately sent to the Soviet High Command and to the Academy of Science.

                In spite of having shot at anything that was a meter in diameter and flying lower than 20 kilometers high, no flying saucers were ever recovered, nor photographed, nor picked up on radar. Other interesting things have been found above the 20 kilometer mark, particularly radiation which appears to be the by-product of the annihilation of antimatter particles as they fall from space into our atmosphere. The many committees of the USSR Academy of Sciences have concluded that flying saucers are but a mere invention.

                Putting aside the discussion of what is or not the case, what certainly is true is that Soviet ufologists daren't risk sharing their activities with the CIA, while those in other countries broadcast theirs to the KGB too generously. The Pentagon, given its contrary attitude, does not help the situation any, seeing that, within its considerable edifice, apparently anyone has the right to place a "top secret" label on a document. This makes it impossible to ever obtain a complete dossier on anything.

                I cannot resist the temptation to include here the true story of an official who, upon entering the Pentagon as a lieutenant, was quickly promoted, due to his efficiency, to the rank of general. As is the case in most American offices, he had two trays on his desk, one marked "In" and the other "Out." Every time he found a paper in the "In" box, our man placed it inside the second without having read it, scribbling on it "Forward to Colonel Smith."  "Smith" is the American equivalent of the common French name "Dupont," and there were many Smiths in the building. Each document therefore had a different addressee. By carrying out ten times the work of others, the officer in question became a general.

                Digression aside, what is the Pentagon's position regarding flying saucers? Up to now, it has not lodged any formal complaints against the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind--where it is presented as building a landing pad for flying saucers--judging perhaps that any complaint would do little to enhance its image. Since the non-existence of flying saucers is plainly evident, those in high office should begin to think about the danger that lies in the exploitation of the UFO organizations by enemy intelligence agencies. But the Pentagon is in a riskier position than the KGB, since it lacks the same sweeping powers, and because it is now under the command of a president that supports ufologists (Mr. Carter claims to have seen a saucer with his own eyes, but lays no claim to having seen "little green men"), and a Congress filled with believers in UFOs, which is the reason why the Congressional Record has become the most valuable source of information for foreign spies operating in the United States.

                As regards NASA, its position is even less coherent than the Pentagon's. It has placed someone by the name of Oberg in charge of investigating all cases of astronauts who have seen flying saucers. Most of the time, these things are no more than the invention of a reporter, or else the object detected turns out to be something identifiable, such as a stage from a rocket booster falling after launching the payload. With NASA's authorization, Oberg has published an article based on his report, entitled UFO: Unidentified Fraudulent Objects.

                The reader will ask: do honest scientists believe in UFO's? There are few, and almost all have given up in the light of scientific evidence regarding the impossibility of UFOs. Such is the case with Carl Sagan. The Invisible College, a book by Jacques Vallée published by Albin Michel and, adapted for the film Close Encounters, in which François Truffaut plays Vallée, is a good account of the complex opinions held by ufologists. It could be that some of the aspects of this subtle way of thinking elude me, but I believe I have understood that under his interpretation, we ourselves are flying saucers. I share this idea, although I think that the saucers lack any physical reality and the psychological forces that produce them are deceit and stupidity, whereas Vallée is of the opinion that they do have a physical reality and are produced by a power of the collective unconscious, whose objective is to transform the human race.

                As far as its use by the espionage services is concerned, I will add that every time that the U.S.A.F. carries out a new maneuver, such as mid-air refueling, deployment of new planes or rockets, it never escapes the notice of the ufologists, who detect these activities as saucer maneuvers. The objection could therefore be made that not all UFO events are mere fantasy, as many of them are explained by this sort of maneuver.

                Both the Pentagon and NASA follow the evolution of parapsychology with the greatest interest and with an eye on military applications. The project of astronaut Edgar Mitchell stands out among them, since after having left NASA, he established the Institute of Noetic Studies (530 Oak Grove, Menlo Park CA 94025), where the term "noetic" is very imprecisely applied to all the sciences related to the paranormal. This institute has been an

object of great interest. For that very reason, Soviet cosmonaut Vitaly Sebastianov paid it a visit on 18 October 1976. Sebastianov currently holds the record for the longest endurance in space, having spent 63 days aboard the Salyut 4 space station, and as a member of the Soyuz 9 mission.

                The works of the Sanford Institute, particularly those pertaining to clairvoyance, were translated into Russian specifically for perusal by Professor Lev N. Lupichev of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In the same manner, Russians and Americans have come to exchange information on the precognitive phenomena that often permit astronauts to know beforehand that a section of their capsule is about to fail, proving a gradual adaptation of humans to space. Neither NASA nor the Pentagon has funded this institute, but since they have become aware of a possible military windfall, they have begun to give credit to this subject matter, much as they do toward nuclear energy. Seeing that the Russians do the same, it becomes evident that there are clear military applications. The institute also works on other projects, such as the healing and relief of illnesses by the patient's own will, with spectacular results.

                Going back to NASA and the Pentagon, the official documents that have somehow made it through the strict secrecy point to many other areas of research within the realm of the occult: an aggression detector successfully tested in Vietnam and whose description has been provided by the U.S. Navy. It consists of two metal coils that are manually articulated and actuated like a pendulum, although it seems that some form of psychokinesis plays a role. The tubes, normally in a horizontal position, tend to become vertical if the owner of the device is being threatened, be it from a nearby land mine, whether metal or plastic, or a tangle of vines spread in the jungle by the enemy, or a trap in the ground covered by foliage and branches that would give way if stepped on, landing its victim on sharpened stakes. The device works whether or not there is a human presence involved. Though extremely easy to build, it is quite hard to explain. In the event of a human presence, it would be easy to imagine a telepathic transmission of hostile intentions. Since 1938, Heinrich Urban, in Vienna, had demonstrated that hostility can be broadcast at a subconscious level, without any intervention from the five outer senses, in studies conducted on paranoiacs (I would like to point out that in my case, not only do I find people boring, as I consider myself paranoid, but other paranoid personalities even talk about me behind my back). Therefore, the subconscious of an American G.I. can perceive the presence of Vietcong guerrillas hidden in the jungle, and take precautions.  But if so, how do we explain the reaction of the mechanical detector in the absence of any human at all? There are significant appropriations targeted toward this research. If it became possible to develop a theory and build a device equipped with electronic amplification, or if someone were to develop a biological transistor that could vary electric resistance according to the force of the hostility directed toward its bearer, this would be a crucial discovery and the appropriations would increase.

                There is also the report of Rho Sigma, a pseudonym employed by a distinguished German scientist who was at Peenemunde and who currently works for NASA. His identity is unknown to me. He has published a paper in German entitled "Forschung in Fesseln. Elektro-Gravitation UFO-Phanomene: Das Ratsel der Elektro-Gravitation" (Wiesbaden: Ventla Verlag, F.R.G., 1972). According to this text, the study of levitation phenomena leads toward anti-gravity, a study now disrupted in the West. The title of the paper reads "Chain investigations." Research in this field has always led to discoveries in the East regarding experimental electogravitational aircraft, which have flown around the world and have been classified as flying saucers. Faced with its own military survival, the West would have to reactivate this line of research. This report was taken seriously and led to the creation of a team to pursue investigations: Electrodynamic Gravity Inc., P.O. Box 1976, Sarasota, FL 33578.

                On the other hand, the Kirlian Effect is another occult-related discovery that has interested both the Pentagon and NASA. In order to understand it, envision a luminous fluorescent tube similar to those used for lighting. Under the effect of an alternating current in which voltage is being augmented by means of a transformer, a luminous discharge circulates from one electrode to another. This can be done in the open air and, with a certain degree of caution; an object can be introduced into the magnetic field without any danger. It then becomes possible to observe--and photographs prove that this is no optical illusion--that the charge condenses around certain parts of the object. This procedure was at first used by its Russian inventor to study materials. Since then, many investigators have ascertained that the charge condenses over the human body at the typical acupuncture spots, and that it varies according to the physiological and psychological state of the individual. Some have gone as far as to describe auras and ghosts, and photographs of a tree leaf whose tip had been previously cut showing the leaf in its entirety.

                The occultists have gone mad over this device, provoking the wrath of official science. However, within the latter, some individuals have chosen to study the phenomenon a bit more closely. Four scientists from Moscow University--E. Ivanov, I. Shesterin, A. Tambiev and M. Telitchenko have made a few supplementary observations in 1970: the release into the open air at a frequency of 120 khz and a voltage of 20,000 volts, can be carried out over a damp medium as well. The experiment has been reproduced around the world under these conditions, and the concentration of the discharge along certain points in undeniable. There existed the temptation to attribute it to impurities, but this is hardly the best explanation. While no ghosts have turned up, it is true that the hand of an individual under hypnosis produces a different effect from one in the normal state. This would be, as a matter of fact, the only physical phenomenon demonstrated in regard to hypnosis.

                This alone would justify the interest felt by NASA and the Pentagon in organizations that research the Kirlian Effect in the U.S., such as Mankind Research Unlimited, in Washington, which seeks to establish a nexus between the Kirlian Effect and telepathy, since there is a variation in the former when the subject receives a telepathic message. If this fact is confirmed, the door to the scientific study of telepathy would be opened, and not a moment too soon. Conferences on this matter increase day by day, as do research societies. One has even been contracted to detect by these means terrorists planning to hijack a plane. Even now, several American airliners may be fitted with these detectors, an application that is no less significant in military terms.

                They could be used, equally, in the defense of certain areas, such as nuclear storage facilities. If it is confirmed that the Kirlian Effect is truly subjective and the charge from one person's hand cannot be confused with that of another, it would become the surest means of keeping a door from opening to all but the right person. Only the external shape of the hand has been used to this end up to now. The Kirlian Effect could become a security guarantee, since it could not be replaced by any means, unless there exist variations according to the subject's psychological state, which would then make its effect aleatory.

                There exist other applications to be considered, but there are not always entirely satisfactory explanations. Once we have dismissed all the occultist oversimplifications concerning the aura, chakras, and other aspects derived from our misunderstanding of Yoga, we will perforce have to accept the conclusions reached by physics and chemistry. Therefore, among other assumptions, the Kirlian Effect could be the product of chemical impurities that constitute a gas or vapor. American scientists appear to have confirmed that the effect vanishes altogether in a totally dry environment. If the appearance of a gas were confirmed, it would then be possible to build a Kirlian detector that would find explosives at a distance, since an explosive emits fumes even if sealed in a gas-tight container. Much more powerful than sniffing dogs or artificial detectors that imitate the sense of smell, the Kirlian detector would be a priceless antiterrorist weapon.

                There are other hypotheses that should not be dismissed lightly, such as the one that suggests we are dealing with an electromagnetic phenomenon, linked to the electronic and ionic bombardment of the object subjected to the charge. If so, and this radiation is modifiable through electromagnetic sources from without, why not consider building a long-range anti-missile Kirlian detector? And we haven't run out of possibilities yet...

                Currently, the Pentagon is also involved in the investigation of law-enforcement's use of certain drugs. At first, there was great skepticism over the existence of a Tibetan drug which permitted complete control of a person's will, but experts are less skeptical today. As a result of the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the investigations they have carried out, it has been proven that such a drug really exists, although no one outside that country know its formula. It has also been said that some persons brought to trial in the USSR have been forced to ingest a drug of this type in the course of the proceedings. The Soviet Police takes care to prepare reports so detailed that they cause a great impression on the defendant, leaving him no other course but to confess guilt, as was the case with the old Hungarian premier, Rajk. The case of a scientist accused of spying for Germany before the war is also known: he was offered his freedom in exchange for the names of the two chiefs of German intelligence. He gave the names Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the names of two battleships, and was released. The method, then, is not infallible.

                The drug in question has also been the focus of serious study, as is another drug called "angel dust" (PCP), which has given rise to many disquieting rumors. Ten per cent of deaths are due to overdoses. In 1977, five murders on the West Coast were attributed to its use. It seems that the ingestion and tolerance of "angel dust" is considered a matter of virility. The analyses conducted reveal that it is phencyclidine hydrochloride, also referred to as "rocket fuel" by adolescents. Its discovery goes back to 1950, when it was tested as an anesthetic and subsequently withdrawn in the light of its serious side effects, both in test animals and human subjects. In principle, no one has the right to manufacture it and its purchase is also forbidden. Someone, however, is breaking the law by making large quantities of it, which are freely handed out. This seems to affect the U.S. alone, but with a significant exception: in May 1968, "angel dust" managed to circulate for a short while in France.

                Who could be this dangerous enemy of the U.S. be? American authorities have gone as far as to accuse China, but I do not think that this country is the culprit. The Chinese mentality has a great deal of morality attached to it. The problem has not been solved and there are no means of telling how much more of the substance has yet to be distributed.

                As a matter of fact, this is not the first time that a drug has been used as a weapon. In the 19th century the British declared war on China, which was attempting to introduce opium and its derivatives. A sufficiently potent drug mixed in water or foodstuffs could render an entire army useless. Investigations in this field have been systematized by the Pentagon, where it is known that the CIA has been testing drugs for a decade. There was even a scandal when it was learned that CIA maneuvers had led to suicide or overdose by persons who had been given drugs without their consent. CIA agents confessed before a Senate panel to having taken part in such activities. Convicted for abuse, the CIA has agreed to quit such experimentation. Let's hope it keeps its word!

Its research becomes even more disturbing when we realize that it has no need of special facilities: these are standard organic chemistry experiments which need no special installations or large amounts of manpower.

                The number of clandestine laboratories sponsored by the Pentagon is unknown. It is thought to be quite high, as we learn that over ten thousand new organic compounds are discovered each year, and each of them, it is believed, could have physiological properties. In certain cases, a simple examination via computer of the compound's derived formula, and the study of analogous compounds, is enough to prove it. It is not too late to learn that biochemical warfare is much more menacing than biological warfare, and its specter has been felt in these years, as it bases its principles on magic and the occult. "Angel dust" is derived from the magical Chinese drug Ma-Huang, which is a type of ephedrine. The pharmaceutical lore of primitive tribes is also studied by the Pentagon. In Brazil, some tribes make use of a drug, yajé, which heightens telepathy. It would be interesting to know if it is related to the product with a similar effect, mentioned in reference to Chad.

                On the other hand, the Pentagon and NASA are trying to discover other means of communications aside from electromagnetic radiations. This would avoid the risk of laser beams. Under water, it is sufficient to make use of ultrasounds, which, alas, do not spread, or do so very weakly, in the air. How could a telepathic communication procedure be implemented? Some 20 years ago, experiments of this nature were made aboard the nuclear submarine Nautilus under such secrecy that is doubtful they took place at all. On the other hand, it is true that Edgar Mitchell has tried it from a space capsule 160,000 km. away from Earth, without any conclusive results. If NASA continues to attempt this, the truth remains that there is still very little information on the investigation. In France, a small experimental report shows that a telepathic message registered on an apparatus can be received later on. If this turns out to be true, the consequences would be tremendous for the field of military or space communication, or even espionage.

                Within the field of research itself, work has been undertaken on a telephone that works on mu particles, which can go through any object. Communications between two points thirty miles apart have been established by these means. On a larger scale, it will become possible to cover the entire planet. A problem would arise, however: the highly complex receivers and broadcasters are large in size.

                The discovery of a non-electromagnetic spectrum could also be the result of telepathic research. In principle, starting with Einstein's Unified Field Theory, there are three possibilities: a gravito-magnetic spectrum, a gravito-electric spectrum, and one with three phases: gravito-electro-magnetic. When we bear in mind all the scientific advances that have been made in the field of electromagnetism--from radio to radar and from television to X Rays--it is readily apparent that the discovery of three new spectra is replete with great possibilities. The Pentagon and NASA are actively investigating them, but as far as I know, they have not found anything up to now that would compare to the breakthrough discovery of uranium fission in the nuclear field. The U.S. Patent Bureau, suspicious by nature, has agreed to grant patents to several inventors of non-electromagnetic energy detectors. These devices tend not to work in any hands but those of their inventors, but we should bear in mind that the very same occurred with the early radios. The inventor of the three-electrode lamp, Lee de Forest, was sent to jail on fraud charges.

                The possibility of communication via clairvoyance does not leave the Pentagon unmoved. Since, in fact, the seer is "visiting" a place in space, why could that not be accompanied by a measurable effect that could be used for communication--Morse Code, for instance? We have seen in our first chapter such effects in the person of Ingo Swann. These talents, however, do not lend themselves to practical uses, because they require a complex device that would work near absolute zero, or to place in addition a sensitive animal, like a cat, at the point being studied. We can read about all the results obtained from psychokinesis and the manufacture of psitron detectors in Rémy Chauvin's book Les defís de la guerre future (The Challenges of Future War), published by France-Empire.

                On a smaller scale than NASA, the Pentagon is also concerned with all the new energy sources, more powerful and versatile than nuclear energy. At first glance, research of such scale would seem ludicrous. According to the International Institute of Peace Studies, based in Stockholm and directed by Dr. Frank Barnaby, the U.S. has 12,000 nuclear warheads deliverable by missile while the Soviets have some 4,600. On the other hand, each of the superpowers has an arsenal of 60,000 nuclear weapons, which means four tons of trinitrotoluene (TNT) for each man, woman and child on earth. In case of a conflict, each person on earth can be destroyed with 40,000 times more than the amount needed to kill him or her. Why worry about finding new sources of energy, if this is the case? Simply because neither nuclear energy, be it the A bomb, the H bomb, or atomic plants, can be used to power a car or send a rocket into space. A new energy source that could be used to move spaceships at will, replace oil, and facilitate aid to the Third World would have a military and political importance of the first rank. This is the field in which the vested amounts of money on the part of both the Pentagon and NASA are the greatest.

                Some of the research verges on the ridiculous, such as the work of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. He died in prison, accused of fraud, having formulated the theory that love generates an energy that causes the sky to be blue. Said energy, called Orgone, could also be used for the manufacture of weapons. He himself had built a sort of Orgone cannon, with which he claimed to have disintegrated flying saucers every day, to impede their flight within our atmosphere. The weapon, confiscated during his arrest, was entrusted to experts to see if it was capable of shooting down airplanes or missiles. I can only wish them the best of luck.

                Putting such foolishness aside, let us resume the train of thought according to which we are all surrounded by very dangerous and potent energy sources. Before scientists suspected its existence, alchemists had already hinted at nuclear energy. Insinuations about these energy sources, from the mouths of occultists or lunatics, are plentiful. Three of them are quite interesting: foremost among these regards the energy that could be obtained from the flow of time. The Russian astronomer Kozyrev has proposed the creation of "time dams," much along the same lines in which water is stored. This suggestion was put into practice by some American oddballs working for billionaire Howard Hughes. Second, the existence of cosmic energies in space that neutralize each other--like forces acting in opposite directions and therefore producing no effect. If this neutralization could be circumvented, it would result in free energy provided by the universe itself. If space could be studied in distances smaller than the tenth power of -23cm., amounts of energy far greater than those generated by the disintegration of matter could be obtained. This idea corresponds to the French philosopher Gustave Le Bon, and it has been reformed by  oddballs seeking to obtain experimental results, as well as by serious scientists who have developed extensive theories about it.

                A final subject that excites Pentagon interest is remote detection, by a flying machine or satellite, of minerals, petroleum deposits, and submarines--in other words, finding a discrepancy in a given medium. In spite of its advances, official science has been incapable of solving this technical problem. For this reason, it has turned to occultists and eccentrics, who speak in terms of "eloptic radiations." I am ignorant of the meaning of this esoteric jargon which no one has been able to explain to me. The receptors of these eloptic radiations have already been invented, and NASA and the Pentagon are investigating from balloons or helicopters rather than planes, as the latter are too fast to detect an oil deposit or a diving submarine. The results may be surprising.

                We can put aside other areas of research whose enumeration would be somewhat onerous and which merely constitute beginnings, although they may be the source of important developments in the future, in light of the importance attached by NASA and the Pentagon to these endeavors.

[Translation © 1992 by Scott Corrales, IHU]

UFO Over La Goma, Durango (Oct. 18, 1970)

 

 

 

 

 

UFO Over La Goma, Durango (Oct. 18, 1970)

Interview by Santiago García, *OVNIS Sobre México*

 I interviewed a 12-year-old girl named Guadalupe Becerra. She lives in a humble little house situated near the river in the village of La Goma, Durango. This place is a tourist hub, as it offers many attractions for visitors—most notably, ancient trees and the nearly crystal-clear river that flows through this beautiful spot. The interview was quite simple. The young girl approached me to sell me some oranges sprinkled with chili powder.

 Guadalupe Becerra: Would you like to try these delicious oranges, young man?

Santiago García: No, little one! What is your name?

G.B.: Lupe Becerra, at your service. Why do you ask?

S.G.: Oh, for no particular reason. Do you live here in La Goma?

G.B.: Yes! My house is that one you can see over there.

S.G.: Ah! So, have you ever looked up at the night sky when it’s teeming with stars? There isn't much light pollution here, is there?

G.B.: That’s true! It looks so beautiful. Have you seen it just like I have?

S.G.: Of course! That’s exactly why I asked if you had seen it that way. Have you ever seen anything strange?

G.B.: Like what?

S.G.: Something like little balls of fire, or very bright objects.

G.B.: Oh my! Well, yes, I certainly have seen things like that.

S.G.: If you tell me what you saw, I’ll buy all your oranges—deal? ...Oh! ...But don't tell me any lies, because if you do, I won't buy anything at all.

G.B.: I swear I won't tell you any lies!

S.G.: What did you see in the sky, and roughly when did it happen?

G.B.: One night when I went out to fetch some water. You see, I spotted a very bright light in the sky. It looked just like a wheel. It descended little by little in the direction of that hill they call "The Whale." The light was so intense that I closed my eyes because it was blinding me. That thing came down slowly onto the hill and hovered there for a little while.

S.G.: Did you see anything or anyone get out of that mysterious object?

G.B.: No! It just stopped at the very top of the hill for a bit—like I told you—and then it suddenly flared up again, becoming very bright as it rose rapidly. It vanished into the sky, shrinking until it looked just like a star, and then I didn't see it anymore.

S.G.: Do you think it was an airplane or a helicopter?

G.B.: I don't think so... I know airplanes very well, since a lot of them fly over here—even at night. Airplanes don't light up like lightbulbs, and they certainly don't stop on top of a hill.

S.G.: Did you hear any noise coming from the craft?

G.B.: Something!

S.G.: What did it sound like?

G.B.: Just like air.

S.G.: Did you hear a *thump-thump* sound?

G.B.: No! Just like air—kind of like the sound a bus makes when it comes to a stop.

S.G.: How much do you want for your oranges?

G.B.: Give me five pesos!

S.G.: Alright.