The Airforce UFO Cover Up That Drove a Man INSANE | The Paul Bennewitz Story
Added 2022-09-20 22:45:09 +0000 UTCPaul Bennewitz lived next to a large airforce base. When he saw colored lights in the sky, he assumed they were experimental aircraft.
Then he started picking up strange radio signals that seemed to be an alien language.
He took his findings to the Air Force. Publicly they denied the UFO/alien story.
But privately, they confirmed Paul's findings. The Air Force even funded his UFO research.
He spent several years gathering evidence and reporting it to the authorities.
Then, he ended up in a mental institution.
Let's find out why.
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SOURCES & LINKS
Bentwaters-Lakenheath UFO report:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010010-0.pdf
FBI Mutilations report:
https://vault.fbi.gov/Animal%20Mutilation/Animal%20Mutilation%20Part%205%20of%205
Kirtland AFB Sightings:
https://www.unexplainable.net/ufo-alien/1980-kirtland-afb-nm-ufo-sightings-foia-documents.php
Bill Moore admission:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwO6AY8YRR0
Project Beta:
Mirage Men:
Dulce Base The Truth and Evidence from the Case Files of Gabe Valdez:
Air force declines to investigate:
https://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/DOTY-FOIA-ATR.pdf
Valiant Thor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glehaMc-w98
Comments
This is one of the most f@#ked up things the military has done in the name of disinformation.
Adam (Pappy) Koehler
2025-07-06 05:50:17 +0000 UTCMajestic 12 video plz
Shawn Young
2025-01-20 09:03:44 +0000 UTCThe only reason they need to provide misinformation is because there is something worth misinforming on.
Levi Hart
2022-09-29 19:39:40 +0000 UTCDefinitely would love to read your approach on Majestic 12. Such crazy thing this kind of organizations existed (or exist to this day) validating something happened (or is happening) in the world around us.
Willdesigns
2022-09-25 06:36:36 +0000 UTCIt's interesting how similar the original stories and interpretations told the same gig that Ingo Swann did as well. I would love to see a video on two things about this topic, MJ 12 which was first thrown into the limelight with William B Cooper and there is much out there about Dulce look into Phil Schneider, before his death during or shortly after his exposure tour talked about strange things at the Dulce Dam. Marines got him in a firefight with an unknown life form who had lasers that singed his fingers off. I know more about Cooper than I do Schneider, both of which were killed. Cooper warned everyone about 911 within two weeks they showed up at his door and a firefight ensued and William Cooper was silenced. His claim to fame outside of radio, was a book entitled "Behold a Pale Horse" which was interesting to say the least. Keep it up AJ another great addition to the why files :-) Sincerely, C.D. Strahle
C.D. Strahle
2022-09-23 21:17:30 +0000 UTCX.com. Elon Musk
DonnieDarko27
2022-09-23 17:57:35 +0000 UTCIMO, Puttoff is controlled OPPOSITION
DonnieDarko27
2022-09-23 17:52:25 +0000 UTCMj12 would definitely be very interesting to know some more about. Also wouldnt mind seeing what you can do with some of the Missing 411 cases. Theres some pretty incredible possibilities AND implications if there is even a shred of proof out there somewhere.
Scott Way
2022-09-23 05:54:03 +0000 UTCOr everything Bennewitz said was completely true and it was easier, after the fact, to have Doty tell everyone he had been feeding him lies so we wouldn't believe it. It is important to point out that Hal Puttoff, working with Ingo Swann, was responsible for remote viewing development at SRI which would go on to become Project Stargate. Hal Puttoff also talks a lot about working on UFO technology at conventions. He was also a pioneer of lasers in the 60s.
Jamie Sexton
2022-09-23 00:14:18 +0000 UTCI've been decoding messages in the terahertz range, I've substituted known words such as: Taco, nachos, chili rellenos and Chimichanga. Apparently either the Aliens or the NSA want a large amount of Mexican food delivered to a base in northern New Mexico.
Matt Curley
2022-09-22 15:33:24 +0000 UTCHey AJ! This is Demo Demo from the live chat, alright I became a Patron can I please get that long version of the outro dancing video now? Thanks for all the videos this is one of my top 5 channels!
Braian Cano
2022-09-22 14:17:53 +0000 UTCI cannot believe what a superb job you did with this. Thank you for covering Doty. Your research and writing is impeccable.
Pepe
2022-09-22 12:50:16 +0000 UTCWhat I appreciate about your videos are first the well-crafted stories, but also that I learn something new, even about cases I was already familiar with on some level. I cringe whenever I see Richard Doty because of what he did to Paul Bennewitz. Supposedly, when it became clear that Bennewitz was losing it, Doty tried to help him. Did he? I suspect he did, but really who knows, and does it matter? It was still done. Doty might claim he was doing it as part of his job, and that's true, but it was clearly several steps too far. The most striking aspect of this case was not so much Paul Bennewitz or Richard Doty, but the multi-level interconnections of various agencies, all working to discredit a single citizen who was only trying to help. Let that sink in.
MikeD
2022-09-22 03:32:50 +0000 UTCLoving this channel! Are there not YouTube versions of these early releases available?
ShiftDelete
2022-09-22 03:05:39 +0000 UTCThis was a particularly chilling episode, the cadence by which you narrated this has me concerned. This story is not over, you know MORE. Also, you did not have the normal fun-loving disposition. Please explain to us, the important patreons what else you know!
Eric Kimmel
2022-09-21 22:29:02 +0000 UTCAh and yes to MJ12….please..
Charly H
2022-09-21 22:20:47 +0000 UTCThis is such a great channel, I cannot emphasise enough. WF brings us mystery, information, suspense, humour, twist plots then we are back to challenges, history … the whole lot. And all that with AJ and HF… ! What a duo! 👏👏👏 Thank you guys, remember… YOU are awesome! 😉
Charly H
2022-09-21 19:54:29 +0000 UTCRIP Art Bell. That man delivered more fun per pound than a travelling circus.
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 16:51:23 +0000 UTCSo. In that vein, can we REALLY trust AJ Gentile? What do we really know about him? Bit-part actor and part-time standup comic turned deep content analyst with skillz the NSA would kill for? Uh huh. I have a Bridge in Brooklyn real estate deal for you. Speaking of which: that HeckleFish guy looks a little shifty to me, too.
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 16:33:52 +0000 UTCWell I'm retired Military and worked for the Government for several years in another compacity. Good on you, that you actually think they know what their doing. Especially with what's running the course try now.
Kevin Via
2022-09-21 16:33:22 +0000 UTCGood for me is not getting vaporized by some overstuffed tinpot dictator who thinks his nukes compensate for something (Oh! I mean Putin... or Kim...). The amount of time I spend in a typical week contributing to National Security is approximately..... zero. So I'm pleased to leave that to people who know what they're doing. Not because they're perfect, but because the alternative of "full disclosure" just to satisfy my morbid curiosity could get me dead.
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 16:26:10 +0000 UTCOr, howz about this one: they DID run a deep check on Bennewitz, and it came up all cherries! Call in The Company to use him as a Dupe Double-Agent Asset! Even if that's not a thing, it should be. Could keep all them spooks chasing each others' tails for decades.
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 16:11:35 +0000 UTCI think you've got this. Reflect back to people what they already believe and they'll believe more of what you tell them. I would bet your paycheck that there are some very smart boys and girls in a featureless cube somewhere in rural Virginia right now gaming out how they can use Q-Anon, if they aren't already. But you didn't hear it from me.
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 15:36:13 +0000 UTCI feel Quilty I did not watch this at 3am last night. Another Great Video. You always find that piece I never knew. I'm a believer, as long as it's not from the government. I saw something in the Navy, so I'm 100% their out there. I'm also a believer in you never really leave any type of special access program. My thoughts, he still spreading false information and getting paid to do it. What better way than to say he's fired and have him become a believer and advocate for the UFO community. Everyone always thinks disclosure is right around the corner. IDK, our government is to corrupt and wants to much control over us to say, "and by the way here's this other super advanced race from another planet". The narcissists that run this country, and world, could never allow themselves to be upstages. So if we ever do find out the truth, it wont be from those here on earth, it will be those from another planet deciding it's time to show themselves. (Well or AJ) Either good or evil. I'm on the side of Good.
Kevin Via
2022-09-21 15:35:16 +0000 UTCThey didn't MAKE him insane, he just burned out as their conduit for the misinformation. He was an engineer, he had a literal mind, we don't do nuance or deception very well. They didn't know if he was compromised by foreign agents either directly or through surveillance, so they couldn't afford to tip their hand. Taking what he had, and running with it, was the lowest risk (to them) option. AJ's walk-through of all of this was just masterful.
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 15:31:23 +0000 UTCYes. Please o please o please!
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 15:22:18 +0000 UTCHere's why: they could use and encourage a ready-made conspiracy-generating apparatus to deflect attention away from the development of new and sensitive technologies (stealth, drone, whatever the hell else). This works by keeping any inadvertent exposures concealed under a thick blanket of noise. When the deception becomes compromised, release operatives into "the wild" to play-act they're going rogue and unleash yet another wave of disinformation. AJ spelled all this out brilliantly. No actual aliens required.
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 15:21:19 +0000 UTCA brilliant piece of work. It pulls together all the threads of the Great Deception, and demonstrated to me that we're still living in it. It all makes tremendous sense to me, but not for UFO-fanboy reasons. The minute Elizondo and Fravor/Deitrich rose to prominence after that NY Times "scoop", I was smelling the foul stench of counter-intel. See, you have to understand who you're dealing with, on both sides of the equation. We fat and happy civvies just don't understand how people enter military and intelligence government service as a calling and lifetime commitment. It's not just a job to them, they never really retire. If, after 'retirement', they are approached to do something in the country's service, they do it. Doubt this? Can you IMAGINE the hurt the military could put on a retired military or intelligence officer who's gone off the reservation? Yet, there they are, talking long and loud on the public media, 'spilling' all those 'beans'. They have both sanction and direction, and the call is from inside the house. So, after all this ranting, do I think all this is necessarily bad? No I don't. The world is a very dangerous place, Russia and China have been ascendant in their own ways for a while, and are threats to us. We live our lives in relative peace and security, mostly unaware of the work that has to constantly go on to ensure it stays that way. I think we can trust them to do the best they can to protect us from what we don't know. And I doubt any of this has to do with Little Green Men. I lament a missed opportunity for HeckleFish, though. You had me at "we need Earth women". Oh, please, so 50's B-movie, the lads were just having some fun. HF: "Earth Goils Are Easy!".
Armando Mistral
2022-09-21 15:00:42 +0000 UTCThis was insane. Such a great episode. You never know what to believe. I will say, why go to such great lengths to muddy the waters if there’s not a big fish to catch, if you catch my drift?
Jon Daniels
2022-09-21 12:56:33 +0000 UTCGive us the episode on majestic 12!!
Jon Daniels
2022-09-21 12:12:53 +0000 UTCMajestic 12… well there is a massive rabbit hole worth looking into from Forresters death to the UFO recovery handbook. I think Doty is absolutely fascinating… the man is an enigma, wether you believe him or not he’s an interesting chap! Great episode…
Patch
2022-09-21 09:15:19 +0000 UTCWow. Great video. It's like sitting in the deepest rabbit hole, playing 4D chess in the dark and not knowing the rules. I get why the Government find UFO stories useful to cover up high-tech weapons being developed. And I can even understand psychological studies and mass psychological studies. Maybe the mistake we're making is that we're assuming it's all related to UFO's. We want that common denominator because it makes sense to us, and as humans, we like a nice tidy joined-up theory of everything. And so we find patterns and connections where perhaps there are none? Is it not possible the UFO community is being used by different research groups within the Government as simply lab rats? Used by different groups of scientists to test their unrelated psychological theories and experiments? UFO enthusiasts are simply a convenient, and somewhat unique, study group? And that's why it's all such a s***-show to those of us being experimented on?
William Matthews
2022-09-21 03:29:06 +0000 UTCSo let me get this straight …. He wanted to warn the government they were leaking info …. So they made the guy insane. I think it would have been a safe bet this guy would have shut up if the government had just said, “thanks and please sign this iron clad NDA” …. Kinda sad
Victoria
2022-09-21 02:51:17 +0000 UTCWhoa! This was amazing AJ! That last line….. 🤯🤯🤯 great job!
Victoria
2022-09-21 02:42:13 +0000 UTCThis was freak’n awesome. Enjoy the personal commentary at the end like was done in the Stuxnet episode. HF doing AC/DC priceless. MJ12++++++
Rvator
2022-09-21 02:33:50 +0000 UTCWhoa, that was intense!
Catherine Nunkai
2022-09-21 02:04:53 +0000 UTCSpeaking as an old Air Force guy, there's a lot wrong with Richard Doty, and his tale. First, most of the time the OSI (at least back in the day) was the equivalent of the plainclothes detectives in your local police department, investigating criminal activity. They also investigated reports of espionage (Cold War, you know), and nowadays they investigate terrorism. But the emphasis is on "investigate". The OSI wouldn't typically run a long-term counter-intelligence operation; they would either liaison with (if the investigation was specifically pertinent to the Air Force mission) or hand off to a civilian agency. Second, my immediate impression of Doty was that he was an enlisted man. You never knew the ranks of OSI Special Agents as they frequently had to investigate people that outranked them, so rank was taken out of the equation. But there are telltale signs. For example, the Air Force culture is such that officers almost never sport facial hair. Further, for a retired enlisted OSI agent, becoming a rank-and-file cop would have been a very natural career progression, but it would have been atypical of a commissioned Air Force officer (as opposed to the Army, for example, as you'll often find company grade officers with combat experience serving as cops). But to sum up, Google bears out that Doty is a retired master sergeant, and I just don't see an OSI enlisted man spearheading any type of counter-intel (or having access to UFO intel, I don't see OSI having a need-to-know), even if it's just managing one person like Paul Bennewitz. Third, rather than to go all that trouble, it would have been very expeditious to run a background check on Bennewitz. As a contractor, there's a good chance he had already had one done, not a deep one, but probably enough so that he qualified for a Secret clearance. I had a few done on me and they knew things about me that I had forgotten or dismissed as trivial, but that they hashed over during polygraph tests to qualify me for access to certain types of information. They have the capability and could certainly have found out everyone he had associated with over months or years. Hey, that may have been the purpose of any surveillance on Bennewitz. I don't doubt that Bennewitz might have been (mis)led in a certain direction, or that Bill Moore might also have been led in a certain direction, but I think that misdirection was minimal and that things like documents passed to Moore were things done on Doty's own "initiative", not any official campaign of misinformation.
Chris Overstreet
2022-09-21 02:03:24 +0000 UTCTHIS👏🏼IS 👏🏼THE👏🏼 CONTENT👏🏼WE’RE👏🏼HERE👏🏼FOR👏🏼
Grace Cupcake
2022-09-21 02:00:56 +0000 UTCTotally agree AJ, bought one of those new cool mugs too :-)
Ed E
2022-09-21 01:55:32 +0000 UTCIt's funny how our government's disinformation actions about their use of alien technology within our society (especially that of military craft, both visible and black ops, like the TR3-B) is very similar to how the Scientology cult goes about destroying the lives of those that disagree with them.
Elak Swindell
2022-09-21 01:13:42 +0000 UTCAlways love your shows, but this one is special. Thanks for all the hard work and perspective. And yes, on the whole MJ-12 story.
Douglas Morrow
2022-09-21 01:08:00 +0000 UTCThanks, Ed. I agree. I wanted this to be a bit of tribute to Bennewitz who was a brilliant man, a family man and a true patriot. The irony is: he loved his country so much that he was easily betrayed by it. Shame.
The Why Files
2022-09-21 00:48:50 +0000 UTCIf we're not already on "the list", this one is going to do it.
The Why Files
2022-09-21 00:47:56 +0000 UTCGlad you think so, hajii.
The Why Files
2022-09-21 00:47:41 +0000 UTCGeorge Knapp shows up a lot with Doty. They seem awfully comfortable together.
The Why Files
2022-09-21 00:47:05 +0000 UTCExcellent. I was hoping you'd say that.
The Why Files
2022-09-21 00:46:33 +0000 UTCE X A C T L Y
The Why Files
2022-09-21 00:46:16 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU. I would love to.
The Why Files
2022-09-21 00:45:57 +0000 UTCDark Journalist digs deep into these characters. They are all Government operatives spreading lies so more money can be appropriated for exotic weapons and space projects, weapons. X stegonography
Mark william lane
2022-09-21 00:23:18 +0000 UTCThis episode is amazing! Great work! Dig into MJ12!!!!
Jim Hoyle
2022-09-20 23:43:07 +0000 UTCYes on MJ12. love this content.
Miketpi
2022-09-20 23:31:23 +0000 UTCIve always been skeptical of George Knapp for being a government contact like Moore. Lazar seems like a very honest and still sane victim of misinformation, and George Knapp, IMO had something to do with 'confirming' his info. Corbell and Delonge seem to be involved the same way with a new generation. Im glad you called out mellon and elizando too these guys cannot be trusted IMO.
Seth Forrestier
2022-09-20 23:13:05 +0000 UTCBest episode yet
Peyton Duke
2022-09-20 23:09:33 +0000 UTCHear hear
ed pluck
2022-09-20 23:01:03 +0000 UTCThis is good but very sad story about how far the US government will go to cover the UFO phenomenon. It literally ruined his life and worse. That said, it was an excellent video which is the only kind AJ does.
Ed E
2022-09-20 22:55:57 +0000 UTC
