Replies

Note to all: one thing I did discover during my UFO research period is that some conspiracies are real and do exist. Don't assume the U.S. government can't keep a secret; they sometimes keep the important stuff "hidden in plain sight" à la Poe's "purloined letter". For example, in 1978 few aerospace scientists had any idea that the United States Air Force had an active, flying jet airplane that was 99% invisible to radar. Yet that was precisely the case (the "stealth plane" contract was let in 1973; the Lockheed HAVE BLUE prototype stealth fighter made its maiden flight December 1, 1977). When the F-117 Night Hawk was unveiled in 1988 it created a sensation, especially when it was revealed that the aircraft had been operationally deployed since 1983.

And that's the above-ground stuff. I have suspected for some time that there are military and/or intelligence organizations that exist entirely outside the budgetary and constitutional system of the U.S. government. After all, the U.S. and its NATO allies had entire secret armies Europe that existed separately from and external to the NATO chain of command; these were known by a variety of names (the Italian one was called "Gladio"). These "stay behind" forces were designed to operate behind the lines during World War 3, fighting the Soviet invaders in each NATO country. These "Gladio" armies had their own chains of command, funding sources, and administration, and were kept almost completely secret until the USSR collapsed. Likewise, for all we know, there could be agencies that were set up during the Cold War as "Gladio" operations, still operating today using their own funding and chains of command. Who knows — there might be an agency so secret that even the president doesn't know about it...

Of course, there also might not be. It may be that what we see as Reality is all the Reality that exists — but I doubt it. I think everyone subconsciously knows that there is more going on in this crazy world than meets the eye — and that less of it than we think happens by chance. And so the mysteries remain unsolved: the JFK, RFK, MLK and George Wallace shootings; Vincent Foster's death; the Reagan assassination attempt; the Bilderberg Group; John Lennon's murder; TWA 800; the sudden collapse of the Soviet Empire, UFOs. It may be true that "shit happens" on its own, but we should never forget that sometimes shit is made to happen as well.