::: The Oberg Files :::
Blue Resonant Human
::: The Oberg Files :::
(c) 1997 by Blue Resonant Human, Ph.D. (Agent BlueBird)
In regards to Jim Oberg's startlingly revealing (yet utterly
ignored!) usenet posting of last week:
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Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
Subject: OTHER gov't UFO secrets
From: james...@aol.com (JamesOberg)
Date: 26 Apr 1997 14:15:43 GMT
Open letter to CSETI:
I applaud CSETI's efforts to strip away the "government secrets
prosecution" barrier to the disclosure of people's stories about
UFO experiences and I fully support the call for a government
declaration that all legal constraints against disclosure be
dissolved. I've always felt that claims of fear of such
prosecution as an excuse by people not to "go public" was often
merely a gimmick not to have to take responsibility for the
authenticity of such stories, since as far as I've been able to
tell -- and through OMNI's "Project Open Book" we searched far
and wide for examples -- nobody has ever been arrested or charged
-- much less convicted and sentenced -- for actually doing so.
But don't stop merely with legalizing disclosure of all -- if any
-- government secrets about "real UFOs". I believe there is a far
more valuable body of "secrets" that will help understand the
decades of UFO phenomena that the world has experienced. This
deals with government-related activities which directly or
indirectly led to public perceptions that UFOs might be real when
they weren't. Sometimes these actions were carefully orchestrated
in advance, sometimes they were localized impromptu ad hoc damage-
limitation tactics. But from my own experience, they seem to have
played a tremendous and widely unappreciated role in inciting and
enflaming public interests in UFOs while deflecting public
attention from real highly-classified government activities.
I'm referring to situations where government representatives --
officials, military officers, any employees -- used "UFO" as a
convenient camouflage for other official classified activities
(such as retrieval of crashed aircraft or nuclear weapons or other
objects), or used artificial "UFO stories" (in oral, written,
photographic, film, etc.) form as "tracers" in studying the
function of security safeguards and personnel psychological
responses, or used "UFO" as an excuse (either intended or
accidental) to cover-up improper, forbidden, or diplomatically
delicate activities (such as aviation incidents involving dangerous
accidental or deliberate close passes or intercepts of civilian
airliners, or overseas excursions of agents on intelligence
missions where deflection of local perceptions was useful, or
to conceal from the country of origin the possession of foreign
military hardware), or played pranks and jokes on intended or
accidental targets, or any other activity that the government
-- or any part of it -- wanted to keep hidden, knowing that having
it thought of as "UFO-related" would consign it to the never-never-
land of myth and nuttiness, thus keeping mainstream media attention
to a minimum. And it's worked!!
Please include such "UFO secrets" in your list of disclosure
demands, and ask that any government personnel involved in the
use (or misuse and abuse) of such practices be immune from any
government prosecution for the actions which led them to take
such measures. Once such immunity is verifiably granted, I have
my own list of people who have privately talked to me over the
years and who were involved in government activities leading to
a number of well-known "UFO cases", which can be released and
which can help understand where and how much of today's UFO
mythology originated.
This is a serious proposal deserving of serious consideration,
and promises immensely fruitful results.
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Figuring Brother Jim for the consummate team player, we marvelled
amongst ourselves at this unexpected midstream change of strategy
and could not help but wonder who birthed the Bright Idea to expose
the delicate underbelly of The Dark Lords in such a blatant fashion
as this!
So, deciding to shake the tree a tad, we stuffed a copy of Oberg's
refreshingly candid letter into both the mouth of The Eschaton
(who immediately circulated it on the Hill) and the beak of his
Devious Overlord ("what a strange bird is the Pelican -- it's beak
can hold more than it's belly-can") then sat back, amused, to watch
the cauldron bubble a bit.
Eye of Newt and Tongue of Dan, etc.
Now in that our Fine Metaprogramming Friend, CSETI's Dr. Steve,
is currently embroiled in a Holy NWO B'hai Jihad of Galactic
Proportion, Brother Daniel was absolutely delighted to encounter
such a propitious cache-o-timely-intell, thinking to toss the
recent Oberg Missive on the Relatively Holy Fires which are
already beginning to brew in certain Secrecy Oversight Hearings
out D.C. way.
Alas, The Evil Government hath once again prevailed for a
subsequent call to Mr. Oberg revealed not the Righteously Indignant
and Noble Seeker of Truth we had hoped, but rather an intimidated
and downright terrified individual who had apparently been pushed
around a bit by The Bully which calls itself our Deare Uncle Samuel.
In fact, Mr. Oberg stated that he did not want his family involved
in any of this and that he was now abandoning the field of UFOlogy
altogether!
A most interesting turn of events, no?
So where does this leave us? The sp00ks can still hide many of
their heinous and insidious black-ops human experimentation
projeckts beneath the veil of the Modern Urban Myth which we all
lovingly refer to as Club UFOlogy whilst Brother James will have
trouble showing his face around these parts without some elaborate
form of retraction-flavoured sophistry. Though many of the True
Blue UFO Believers will no doubt rejoice over this perceived
"victory" as yet another of their Hegelian counterparts bites the
dust, we cannot but perceive this as a depressing setback in terms
of shedding much needed light into some of the darker recesses of
the taxpayer-funded eschatological machine.
::: sigh :::
In any event, for those who psuspect something far less
extraterrestrial than "rectum-coring reticulan reptoids" from
outer space, we have included some related materials which you
will no doubt find of great interest:
1) A recently declassified (FOIA) and highly relevant CIA document.
2) A copy of the infamous Pentacle Memorandum (with poignant
commentary by our Beloved Jacques Vallee)
3) Oberg's bio (as of 94-08-17)
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[dated 1952]
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D.C.
Office of the Director
Memorandum to: Director, Psychological Strategy Board
Subject: Flying Saucers
1. I am today transmitting to the National Security
Council a proposal (TAB A) in which it is concluded that the
problems connected with unidentified flying objects appear to
have implications for psychological warfare as well as for
intelligence and operations.
2. The background for this view is presented in some
detail in TAB B.
3. I suggest that we discuss as an early board meeting
the possible offensive or defensive utilization of these
phenomena for psychological warfare purposes.
Walter B. Smith
Director
Enclosure
[Note: for additional information regarding this controversial
document, contact Technology 1999, 3739 8th Ave, Suite One,
San Diego, CA 92103-4327, (888) 223-1999 -B:.B:.]
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THE PENTACLE MEMORANDUM
A controversial memorandum from 1953 may shed new light on the
UFO phenomenon.
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January 9, 1953
SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION
G-1579-4
cc: B.D. Thomas
H.C. Cross / A.D. Westerman
L.R. Jackson
W.T. Reid
P.J. Rieppal
V.W. Ellsey / R.J. Lund
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Extra [handwritten]
Mr. Miles E. Coll
Box 9575
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Attention Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Dear Mr. Coll:
This letter concerns a preliminary recommendation to ATIC on
future methods of handling the problem of unidentified aerial
objects. This recommendation is based on our experience to date
in analyzing several thousands of reports on this subject. We
regard the recommendation as preliminary because our analysis is
not yet complete, and we are not able to document it where we feel
it should be supported by facts from the analysis.
We are making this recommendation prematurely because of a CIA-
sponsored meeting of a scientific panel, meeting in Washington,
D.C., January 14, 15, and 16, 1953, to consider the problem of
"flying saucers". The CIA-sponsored meeting is being hold
subsequent to a meeting of CIA, ATIC, and our representatives
held at ATIC on December 12, 1952. At the December 12 meeting
our representatives strongly recommended that a scientific panel
not be set up until the results of our analysis of the sighting-
reports collected by ATIC were available. Since a meeting of
the panel is now definitely scheduled we feel that agreement
between Project Stork and ATIC should be reached as to what can
and what cannot be discussed at the meeting in Washington on
January 14-16 concerning our preliminary recommendation to ATIC.
Experience to date on our study of unidentified flying objects
shows that there is a distinct lack of reliable data with which
to work. Even the best-documented reports are frequently lacking
in critical information that makes it impossible to arrive at a
possible identification, i.e. even in a well-documented report
there is always an element of doubt about the data, either because
the observer had no means of getting the required data, or was not
prepared to utilize the means at his disposal. Therefore, we
recommend that a controlled experiment be set up by which reliable
physical data can be obtained. A tentative preliminary plan by
which the experiment could be designed and carried out is discussed
in the following paragraphs.
Based on our experience so far, it is expected that certain
conclusions will be reached as a result of our analysis which will
make obvious the need for an effort to obtain reliable data from
competent observers using the [...unreadable...] necessary equipment.
Until more reliable data are available, no positive answers to the
problem will be possible.
We expect that our analysis will show that certain areas in the
United States have had an abnormally high number of reported
incidents of unidentified flying objects. Assuming that, from our
analysis, several definite areas productive of reports can be
selected, we recommend that one or two of theses areas be set up
as experimental areas. This area, or areas, should have observation
posts with complete visual skywatch, with radar and photographic
coverage, plus all other instruments necessary or helpful in
obtaining positive and reliable data on everything in the air
over the area. A very complete record of the weather should also
be kept during the time of the experiment. Coverage should be so
complete that any object in the air could be tracked, and
information as to its altitude, velocity, size, shape, color,
time of day, etc. could be recorded. All balloon releases or
known balloon paths, aircraft flights, and flights of rockets in
the test area should be known to those in charge of the experiment.
Many different types of aerial activity should be secretly and
purposefully scheduled within the area.
We recognize that this proposed experiment would amount to a large-
scale military maneuver, or operation, and that it would require
extensive preparation and fine coordination, plus maximum security.
Although it would be a major operation, and expensive, there are
many extra benefits to be derived besides the data on unidentified
aerial objects.
The question of just what would be accomplished by the proposed
experiment occurs. Just how could the problem of these unidentified
objects be solved? From this test area, during the time of the
experiment, it can be assumed that there would be a steady flow of
reports from ordinary civilian observers, in addition to those by
military or other official observers. It should be possible by
such a controlled experiment to prove the identity of all objects
reported, or to determine positively that there were objects present
of unknown identity. Any hoaxes under a set-up such as this could
almost certainly be exposed, perhaps not publicly, but at least to
the military.
In addition, by having resulting data from the controlled experiment,
reports for the last five years could be re-evaluated, in the light
of similar but positive information. This should make possible
reasonably certain conclusions concerning the importance of the
problem of "flying saucers".
Results of an experiment such as described could assist the Air
Force to determine how much attention to pay to future situations
when, as in the past summer, there were thousands of sightings
reported. In the future, then, the Air Force should be able to
make positive statements, reassuring to the public, and to the
effect that everything is well under control.
Very truly yours,
[unsigned]
H.C. Cross
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[following is a related response from Jacques Vallee]
27 April 1993
Barry Greenwood
JUST CAUSE
Dear Barry:
Thank you for sending me your thoughtful commentary about the
Pentacle document. I do agree with you on one point: the
significance of the memo comes, in part, from what it does not
say. In particular, it makes no reference to any recovered UFO
hardware, at Roswell or elsewhere, or to alien bodies. The
greater significance of what it does say will slowly emerge in
coming years as the overall implications come to light. Let me
draw your attention to three specific points.
1. Project Twinkle and other observational efforts by the military,
which you mention in an effort to show that Pentacle was only
dusting off an old idea, were purely passive projects. In sharp
contrast the Pentacle proposal goes far beyond anything mentioned
before. It daringly states that "many different types of aerial
activity should be SECRETLY AND PURPOSEFULLY SCHEDULED WITHIN
THE AREA (my emphasis)." It is difficult to be more clear. We
are not talking simply about setting up observing stations and
cameras. We are talking about large-scale, covert simulation of
UFO waves under military control.
2. The greatest implication, which is perhaps not obvious on first
reading but which amounts to a scandal of major proportion in
the eyes of any scientist, has to do with the outright
manipulation of the Robertson panel. Here is a special meeting
of the five most eminent scientists in the land, assembled by
the government to discuss a matter of national security. Not
only are they not made aware of all the data, but another group
has already decided "what can and cannot be discussed (Pentacle's
own words!)" when they meet. Dr. Hynek categorically stated to
me that the panel was not briefed about the Pentacle proposals.
3. Revelation of this document may seem irrelevant to Just Cause,
but its explosive nature wasn't lost on Battelle. As I noted
in Forbidden Science, and as Fred Beckman vividly recalls to
this day, the Project Stork team reacted with fury when Hynek
went back to Battelle in 1967, demanding to know the truth.
The man I have called Pentacle snatched his notes away and
told him in no uncertain terms that the contents of the memo
were not to be discussed, under any circumstances.
[In _Forbidden Science_, Vallee notes in June of 1967 "What these
people were recommending was nothing less than a carefully
calibrated and monitored simulation of an entire UFO wave" and
asks "For whom did 'Pentacle' work? Did the proposed experiment
take place? Who were these people who calmly sat around the
table with the CIA and the Air Force and who, many years before
us, understood the need to acquire second-generation data?" And
of the insights of his friend Dr. Hynek, he states "Hynek had once
assured me that if it ever turned out that a secret study had been
conducted, the American public would raise an unbelievable stink
against the military and intelligence communities. It would be
an outrage, he said, an insult to the whole country, not to
mention a violation of the most cherished principles of American
democracy." (p. 285) Elsewhere, regarding the Pentacle document
he remarks "It is hard to excuse the betrayal of science that took
place when the intelligence community decided to bar the
Robertson Panel from direct access to the knowledge Pentacle and
his group had obtained." while of Hynek, he laments "Hynek was a
quiet man, who disliked confrontation and scandal, feared authority
and was in awe of secrecy. He once told me plainly that 'he would
not look under the bed even if he knew for certain that something
was hidden there.'" (pp. 425-426) -B:.B:.]
I find it odd that a group that claims to be interested in the
historical study of our field, as Just Cause does, should fail to
see the significance of the Pentacle Memo, which is an authentic
document, when so much time, money and ink have been devoted over
the last several years to an in-depth analysis of the MJ-12 papers,
which were faked. Perhaps the Pentacle memo only proves that
scientific studies of UFOs (and even their classified components)
have been manipulated since the fifties. But it also suggests
several avenues of research which are vital to the future of this
field: why were Pentacle's proposals kept from the panel? Were his
plans for a secret simulation of UFO waves implemented? If so,
when, where and how? What was discovered as a result? Are these
simulations still going on? I invite your group to turn its
investigative resources and its analytical talent to this important
task.
In reading Forbidden Science, you should recognize that the book is
a Diary, no, an analytical report or a memoir. Therefore many
important inferences, many relevant details, can only be found by
reading between the lines. Your preliminary analysis of the
Pentacle memo is not unfair, but it is somewhat simplistic, and
it takes it out of context. I invite you to go back for a second,
closer reading.
/s/ Jacques Vallee
cc: Fred Beckman
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Excerpt from:
Encounter Chronicles, Journal of Scientific Intelligence
Issue #16, Vol. 4, No. 4, July-August 1996
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Subj: Re: "THE" James Oberg?
Date: 94-08-17 07:20:07 EDT
From: JamesOberg
To: Density 4
Professional Profile James E. Oberg
Address: Rt 2 Box 350, Dickinson, TX 77539
FAX or phone: 713-337-2838
Born Nov. 7, 1944, NYC, NY. Married 1969, two sons (b. 1977, 1984).
SSN 057-36-4930
US Passport # Z6994652, expires 3/3/02, issued in Marseilles, France
on March 3, 1992
Education:
B.A.-- mathematics (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Ohio Wesleyan
University, 1966, departmental honors in math (orbital rendezvous),
honors in Russian
M.S. (plus additional Ph.D. coursework), Applied Mathematics
(Astrodynamics), Northwestern University, 1969
M.S. Computing Sciences (compiler design), University of New Mexico,
1972. USAF Squadron Officer School // Command and Staff College //
DoD Computer Institute faculty
Profession: Manned Spaceflight Operations Specialist (Past, Present,
and Future)
Avocation: Expert in Russian Space Technology, Operations, History,
and Policy
Sample Specialties:
Space Station Habitability // Role of Man-in-Space // Technology
Transfer Vulnerabilities/Opportunities
Space Hardware and Facilities Assessment // Accurate Policy Options
Analysis Problems of high-tech complex systems control center
operations and decision-making International Cooperation &
Competition // "Lessons Learned" Overviews Russian military/civil
aerospace operations, accidents, historical controversies
Divergent, Innovative Alternative Approaches to Complex Technical
Problems Technological Defenses Against Biosphere Threats ("Planetary
Engineering")
Recent consultees on Soviet/Russian spaceflight include:
NASA -- (Johnson Space Center, NASA Headquarters, Marshall
Spaceflight Center and JPL)
Rockwell Space Operations Company // National Air and Space Museum
Fairchild Space Company (Germantown, MD) // TRW Corporation (Redondo
Beach)
Hamilton Standard // McDonnell Douglas Space Station Office
(Washington, DC)
Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) // Government Accounting Office
(GAO)
National Science Foundation // U.S. Army Engineering Center (Fort
Leonard Wood, MO)
Association of Space Explorers // United States Information Agency
// Voice of America
United Nations Outer Space Affairs Division // British Interplanetary
Society // RAND Corporation
International Space Hall of Fame (Alamogordo) // Space Commerce
Corporation (Houston)
Sotheby's of New York // George Marshall Institute (Washington,DC)
// Boston Museum of Science
Teledyne Brown Engineering (Colorado Springs) // U.S. Library of
Congress Federal Research Division
Science Applications International Corporation (New York City) //
AT&T Bell Labs (Whippany, NJ)
CBS News (including 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, Morning News)
ABC News (including Evening News, Nightline, Good Morning America)
NBC News (including Evening News) // CNN News (including News,
Crossfire)
Radio Free Europe // Radio Liberty // BBC // CBC // NPR "As It
Happens"
PBS NOVA Russian space miniseries "The Russian Right Stuff" (WGBH)
Most major U.S. newspapers, newsmagazines, wire services, and radio
networks
Publications: Author of more than 400 popular magazine articles on
spaceflight around the world, and of eight books including Red Star
in Orbit (Random House), Pioneering Space (McGraw-Hill), Mission to
Mars (New American Library), and, most recently, Uncovering Soviet
Disasters (Random House).
Books in preparation on "Space Age Folklore", "Russian Secrets",
"Future of the Russian Space Program", and "Climate Engineering on
Earth". Also, leading speaker and commentator on Russian space
affairs.
Languages: Eloquent English, good Russian and French, medium German,
Latin.
Professional Honors: American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, National Space Society, British Interplanetary Society,
Clear Lake Council of Technical Societies, Russian Academy of
Cosmonautics Nov 12, 1993
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