A similar incident involves yet another document Cooper claims to have seen during the ’70s. UFO researcher Bob Lazar says that in 1988 he wrote a paper at Los Alamos concerning “Project Excalibur,” an “earth-penetrating, nuclear-tipped missile designed to destroy underground facilities.” He gave a copy to Lear, who then gave a copy to Cooper:
…I heard Cooper reading it verbatim, word for word, at the (1989) MUFON convention. He claimed to have seen it in the mid-’70s. I then heard him on the Billy Goodman show. I called him; he recognized the voice. He said he knew who I was. I then asked him, “Bill, that Excalibur missile thing, did you get that at John Lear’s or did you read that in the ’70s?” I gave him an out if he had forgotten. He said no, “I read that word for word in 1973.” I said okay and thanks. That was my first confirmation that this guy was a complete liar.
It is not unreasonable to conclude, like Lazar, that Bill Cooper is simply a liar. But probably what is really going on is much more complex than that. If Cooper is lying, one has to wonder, WHY? Why would he put his sanity, credibility and even his life on the line for something he himself thinks is false? The fact that many people who have seen UFOs have kept it to themselves is a testament to the fact that even now, the entire topic of UFOs, not to mention flying saucers and extraterrestrials, is taboo; these are not the kind of claims that bring anyone fortune or fame, but rather misfortune and infamy.
Another reason that I don’t think Cooper is consciously deceiving people is that Vallee had observed during his contact with him that Cooper seemed very sincere. His writing, as well, is sincere to the point of embarrassment. His behavior suggests someone who is emotionally attached to certain ideas, and the holes in his story don’t seem to be the product of a slick liar, but of someone who is naive, ill-informed and very gullible.
Vallee interprets Cooper’s story–as well as the entire mass of disinformation floating around in UFO circles–as possible manipulation by an unknown third party; Cooper might simply be a pawn in someone else’s game. Vallee suggests that Bill Cooper and others may have been fed false “top secret” documents for various reasons, such as to cover up bona fide secret military information, to test responses to an alien invasion, or even to promote fascist ideology. Certain UFO sightings as well, Vallee suggests, may have been staged.
Though Cooper may well have seen some falsified documents, many of those he claims to have seen simply didn’t exist at the time. Vallee’s interpretation may account for certain aspects of Cooper’s story, but not all of it. If Cooper is being deceived by someone, it’s most likely himself. He himself suggests that he may have been manipulated, with the alien scenario as “the greatest hoax in history designed to create an alien enemy from outer space in order to expedite the formation of a one-world government.“
Rather than a UFO researcher, Cooper is a classic conspiracy theorist, who cloaks 19th-century xenophobia in Space-Age guise. His book even contains a reprint of the entire text of “The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion,” with a prefatory note, explaining that references to “The Jews” should be replaced by “Illuminati” and the word “goyim” replaced with the word “cattle.” Though Cooper is trying to leave the Jews out of his list of conspirators, he’s not trying hard enough. Cooper had remarked to Vallee:
There are four types of aliens.
There are two kinds of Grays, including one race, not commonly seen, that has a large nose.
Then there are the Nordic types, tall blond Aryans, and finally the Orange ones. They come from Orion, the Pleiades, Betelgeuse, Barnard’s star and Zeta Reticuli. … You know, I’m not a religious man. But if you look at the Bible… The Angels could be the Nordic types and the Grays could well be the demonic ones. After all, the Bible talks about a pact with the Devil in the last days, after Israel is reinstated. Leading to Armageddon.
Rather than Jews that are controlling the world, it is the demonic big-nosed gray aliens from Zeta Reticuli. And rather than Aryans that will save mankind, it will be tall blond angelic beings from the Pleiades. Cooper also reprints some documents which purportedly show the “U.S. Army Intelligence Connection with [the] Satanic Church.” Michael Aquino, leader of the “Temple of Set,” it seems, is also a member of U.S. Army Intelligence. I’m not sure what this information is supposed to prove, but it’s clear that the principles of Freedom of Religion and Separation of Church and State mean nothing to Cooper, who claims that his only political stance is “constitutional.”
In fact, Cooper believes himself to be serving a higher cause than the U.S. Constitution; he is engaged in the battle between angels and demons which will culminate in Armageddon and Doom’s Day. Discrepancies, errors and even false statements just aren’t very important, when you’re serving TRUTH.
References
Cooper, Vicki. “The UFO Fascists,” UFO, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1992.
Cooper, William. Behold a Pale Horse. Sedona, AZ: Light Technology Publishing, 1991.
Ecker, Don. “The Whistleblowers – Part I: Focus on Bill Cooper,” UFO, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1990.
Vallee, Jacques. , Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception. New York: Ballantine Books, 1991.
© 1995, Donna Kossy