Mystery AtlasPaul Bennewitz
American businessman and founder of Thunder Scientific Corporation who, from 1979, monitored electromagnetic signals near Kirtland Air Force Base and concluded he had detected alien communications and an underground alien base near Dulce, New Mexico; later confirmed to have been the target of a deliberate US Air Force disinformation campaign, which contributed to his 1988 psychiatric hospitalisation.
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Theories & Explanations
- Dulce Base Conspiracy Theoryfrom 1979
Paul Bennewitz popularised Dulce Base Conspiracy Theory — Bennewitz originated the claim of an underground alien base near Dulce from his own interpretation of electromagnetic signals monitored near Kirtland Air Force Base from 1979, and spread it through UFO researcher contacts and later published accounts.
People
Paul Bennewitz was targeted by Richard Doty — As an AFOSI counterintelligence agent, Doty has said on record that he fed Bennewitz fabricated documents and false information from around 1981, an operation Doty says was intended to discredit Bennewitz and protect classified Kirtland-area programmes; the campaign is widely reported to have contributed to Bennewitz's 1988 psychiatric hospitalisation.