Ancillary Mercy

Table of Contents

Praise

Russell Targ Editions

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Prologue: To 1947

UFOs BEFORE WORLD WAR TWO

THE NATIONAL SECURITY CONNECTION

FOO FIGHTERS

GHOST ROCKETS

DEUTSCHLAND ÜBER ALLIES

COMING TO AMERICA

SUMMARY

Chapter 2 - Saucers in the Skies: 1947

CRESCENDO

THE FLOODGATES OPEN

MAKING SENSE OF IT

ROSWELL, ROSWELL!

ROSWELL: MORE WITNESSES

ROSWELL: THE SKEPTICS EXPLAIN

ROSWELL: CONCLUSIONS

OTHER SIGHTINGS

ENTER THE FBI

MEDIA CLAMPDOWN

THE MAURY ISLAND SAGA

NATIONAL SECURITY REORGANIZATION

THE TWINING LETTER

MJ-12: YES OR No?

SOVIET OR SOMETHING ELSE?

ESTABLISHING PROJECT SIGN

Chapter 3 - Managing the Problem: 1948 to 1951

PROJECT SIGN BEGINS WORK

THE SUMMER CRISIS OF 1948

“THE ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION”

TRUMAN, LANDRY, AND UFOs

LATE 1948: KEY DEVELOPMENTS

THE GREEN FIREBALLS

TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS

1949: GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS

DIVERGING OPINIONS

THE AIR FORCE DEBUNKS

THE DEATH OF JAMES FORRESTAL

SUMMER AND FALL 1949

“THE FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL!”

UFO SECRECY AND PUBLICITY IN EARLY 1950

SPRING 1950: AN OUTBREAK OF UFOs

KEEPING THE LID DOWN

THE MONTANA FILM

SCULLY, SARBACHER, SMITH, AND KEYHOE

ANOTHER CRASH?

1950 TO 1951

THE LUBBOCK LIGHTS

THE REAL CONTROLLERS?

ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS AND NEAR MISSES

SUMMARY

Chapter 4 - Crisis and Containment: 1952 and 1953

OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR

BASE SIGHTINGS

GRUDGE BECOMES BLUE BOOK

THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY 1952

THE PACE QUICKENS

THE JULY CRISIS

THE WASHINGTON, D.C. SIGHTINGS

THE PRESS CONFERENCE

SIGHTINGS CONTINUE

THE CIA ACTS

A NATO ENCOUNTER

CHADWELL AND UFOs

THE WAVE SUBSIDES—A BIT

THE AIR FORCE GETS READY

THE CIA GETS READY

THE ROBERTSON PANEL

ROBERTSON PANEL: AGENDA

ROBERTSON PANEL: CONCLUSIONS

THE ROBERTSON PANEL: ANALYSIS

ROBERTSON PANEL: AFTERMATH

SUMMARY

Chapter 5 - Shutting the Lid: 1953 to 1956

BELOW THE SURFACE

WHO WAS INVESTIGATING?

KEYHOE’S ACTIVITIES

ALBERT BENDER AND “THE MEN IN BLACK”

SILENCING THE UFO

LSD, MIND CONTROL, AND THE DEATH OF FRANK OLSEN

A BRIEF OUTBREAK OF TRUTH

UFO SIGHTINGS OF EARLY 1954

WASHINGTON SIGHTINGS, REVISITED

A RUCKUS AT WRIGHT-PAT

SUMMER 1954—ONCE AGAIN, MATTERS GET OUT OF CONTROL

AFR 200-2 DECLASSIFIED

THE HUMANOID SIGHTINGS

THE “INVASION” OF FRANCE: OCTOBER 1954

GLOBAL SIGHTINGS

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1954: WORLD SIGHTINGS CONTINUE

AMERICA DEBUNKS

INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT? NAH

BLUE BOOK COOKS ITS BOOKS

VOICES IN THE DARK AGES

1955 SIGHTINGS: MORE HUMANOIDS

MILITARY UFO ENCOUNTERS AND THE U-2

SENATOR RICHARD RUSSELL SEES A UFO

GOVERNMENT OUT OF CONTROL

SILENCING POLICIES OF 1956

UFOs DURING A PERIOD OF SILENCE

SUMMARY

Chapter 6 - The Fight to End Secrecy: 1956 to 1962

THE BIRTH OF NICAP

CREATING ZOMBIE ROOMS

WORLDWIDE MILITARY AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERS

NICAP AND THE U.S. SENATE

SUMMER 1957: CRASHES, NEAR COLLISIONS, OPENING FIRE, AND SILENCE

SPUTNIK AND A BIZARRE GLOBAL WAVE

NOVEMBER 1957: A RASH OF AMERICAN SIGHTINGS

THE AIR FORCE PARRIES NICAP

KEYHOE CENSORED ON TELEVISION

THE SENATE STOPS ITS INVESTIGATION

RUPPELT IS TURNED

1958: AMERICA BECOMES A UFO-FREE ZONE

THE MCCORMACK COMMITTEE FIASCO AND AFTERMATH

FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE

SOME THOUGHTS ON J. ALLEN HYNEK

1959 UNFOLDS

THE KILLIAN CASE AND OTHER NOTEWORTHIES

THE STRANGE CASE OF MORRIS JESSUP

THE REVEREND GILL SIGHTING AND ACTIVITY IN THE OCEAN

GETTING UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL

REDMOND, OREGON: SIX JETS ATTEMPT AN INTERCEPT

RUPPELT REVISES HIS BOOK, THEN DIES

1960: SERIOUS BUSINESS

1960: MONITORING THE UFOs

PROJECT OZMA GETS A SIGNAL

THE U-2 AFFAIR: A PEEK DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

MID-1960: NICAP PRESSES CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN

THE SECRET STATE IN 1960 AND 1961

UFOs IN 1961

1961: ANOTHER ROUND WITH CONGRESS

THE HILL ABDUCTION CASE

MOVING TO 1962

HILLENKOETTER RESIGNS FROM NICAP

SUMMARY

Chapter 7 - Open Confrontation: 1962 to 1966

OVERVIEW

THE LAS VEGAS UFO CRASH

UFOS IN AMERICA: 1962

WHO RAN THE CIA?

UFOS IN THE WORLD: 1962

THE UFO SCENE IN 1963

ASSASSINATION AND SECRET DOINGS: 1963 AND 1964

UFOs IN 1964: THE PACE QUICKENS

CLOSE-UP SIGHTING IN SOCORRO

SOCORRO AFTERMATH: A YEAR OF UFOs

THE DAM BREAKS

THE WAVE OF 1965

THE WAVE OF 1965: JULY

THE WAVE OF 1965: AUGUST

THE INCIDENT AT EXETER

AIR FORCE CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY

BLACKOUT SEASON

THE KECKSBURG CRASH

1966: A YEAR OF ESCALATIONS

MICHIGAN SWAMP GAS

THE PORTAGE COUNTY SIGHTINGS

JAMES MCDONALD, AN OUTSTANDING NUISANCE

AN AUTUMN BARRAGE

SLOUCHING TOWARDS COLORADO

SUMMARY

Chapter 8 - Winners and Losers: 1966 to 1969

COLORADO TO THE RESCUE

VISITS TO BOULDER

THE PROJECT BEGINS

CONDON LOSING ALLIES

SECRECY IN 1967

UFOs IN EARLY 1967

FALCON LAKE

McDONALD RIPS BLUE BOOK AND MENZEL

THE COLORADO PROJECT IN MID-1967

APRO SUMMER CASES

PROBLEMS IN COLORADO

AN ANIMAL MUTILATION

SHAG HARBOR

CLOAK AND DAGGER

LEAKS FROM BOULDER

THE SCHIRMER ABDUCTION CASE

THE CRISIS

AIRING THE DIRTY LAUNDRY

THE SYMPOSIUM

UFO HYPOTHESIS AND SURVIVAL QUESTIONS

“THE RAND DOCUMENT”

UFOs IN 1968

THE CONDON REPORT

REVIEW AND RELEASE OF THE REPORT

FROM JOHNSON TO NIXON

THE END OF PROJECT BLUE BOOK

THE END OF NICAP

THE END OF UFOs

THE FINAL GASP

SUMMARY