BILL COOPER CONSPIRACY THEORIST. MILITIA LEADER. The information below is a compilation of available documents, data and opinions regarding this individual. The page is not intended to be exhaustive, and it will always be incomplete. The structure of this page should be neutral, but the documents referenced by it and any evaluations given in quotes may not be; these do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the page sponsor. Wherever any non-neutral position, opinion or evaluation is expressed in the referenced documents or in quotes, the sponsor will provide a link to a rebuttal upon request. Input requested! Please send any information, documents, reviews or URLs regarding this person or his work to the page sponsor at: Area51www@aol.com _________________________________________________________________ 1. Full Name: Milton William Cooper 2. UFO Claims: Claims to have read secret briefing documents while in the Navy that detail the government flying saucer conspiracy. Says saucers were invented by the Nazis. The secret "One World Government" plans to use human-built saucers to stage a mock alien invasion, thereby drawing humanity together under the control of the secret world government. 3. Other Interests: Cooper is a leader in the Arizona Militia movement. 4. Radio Show: Cooper broadcasts a weekly shortwave radio show on gun control and New World Order, "The Hour of the Time," at 0400-0500 GMT M-F on 5.065 MHz, originating in St. Johns, Arizona (with a mailing address in Show Low Arizona), broadcast on WWCR from Memphis, Tennessee. 5. Residence: Lives in Show Low, AZ. Works in an office in a former Rexall pharmacy in downtown St. Johns, AZ. 6. Education and Background: [Needed] 7. Previous Trade or Occupation: [Needed] 8. Books, Articles and Interviews by Cooper. + Author of Behold a Pale Horse. Wide-ranging conspiracy and UFO book. [Need publication date, price and ordering info. Any reviews?] + "Operation Majority" document by Cooper, revealing alien conspiracy. (1989, 16k) o Options and Analyses of Document: [Needed] + Related document: "A Special Report and Overview Prepared by The Phoenix Project". This supposedly secret document from the Pentagon by "Dr. Gorge Harmak" discusses "Majority 12." It mentions Cooper and seems to repeat contents of "Operation Majority" document. + More from "The Phoenix Project": "The Dulce Report". (1992, 132K) [Editor's Question: Who is writing "The Phoenix Project" stuff? Someone we know?] + Covenant with Death, long Cooper conspiracy treatise concerning EBE/government cover-up [from UFO Cover-up Page]. + Cooper Speech on UFOs (71k) + Jacques Vallee interviews Cooper (~1989, 24k) + Transcript of a 45-minute lecture given by Cooper on November 17, 1989, at the "Whole Life Expo" in Los Angeles, Calif., with some other material. (73K) 9. Articles about Cooper + "Arizonans Forming Militias To Oppose Perceived 'Invasion'". Arizona Republic, Feb. 18, 1995. Cooper as spokesman for militia movement and related conspiracies. + Extensively debunked in a series articles by Don Ecker in UFO Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, 1990, and Vol. 5, No. 4, 1990. + From UFO Cover-up and Theories Page... o "Bill Cooper and the New World Order", from Conspiracy Corridor. Good summary of Cooper's claims. o Mentioned in Cosmic Grand Deception. o Mentioned in The Government and the Greys. o Mentioned in And There was War in Heaven. o Mentioned in UFO's, Aliens and "Ex"-intelligence Agents: Who's Fooling Whom. Conspiracy buff Lars Hansson "exposes" Lear, Bill Cooper and the JFK assassination in a lengthy document. [Part 1 (149k) | Part 2 (202k)] + From UFO Cover-up and Theories Page... o Mentioned in Cosmic Grand Deception. o Mentioned in The Government and the Greys o Mentioned in And There was War in Heaven + Newsgroup Exchanges o Exchange expressing skepticism about Cooper (Feb. 1992, 16k) o Comments on Cooper's claim of deliberate polio/AIDS epidemics (5k) o Doubts expressed about Cooper's Navy claims (5k) 10. Enemies and Critics + John Lear. Although once allies, they had a falling out. Unconfirmed anectdote: Lear says that he invented the "O.H. Krill" papers as a joke, but was disturbed when Cooper started citing them as truth. + Eric Beckjord. Reportedly got in a fistfight with Cooper at a UFO meeting in San Diego (unconfirmed). + Glenn Campbell. "Cooper is a con man. He'll take advantange of every current news story, place himself at the center of it and tell gullible people anything they want to hear." + George Knapp. Doubts Cooper's often-revised UFO document. + Bob Lazar. Reports being at a UFO meeting where Cooper claimed people were using their personal cars on Mars. + Don Ecker. Debunked Cooper in 1990 article in UFO Magazine (Vol. 5, Nos. 4 & 5). + Bill Hamilton. Wrote letter-to-editor in support of Eckers articles. UFO Magazine (Vol. 5, No. 5, p. 3) 11. Searches + Search for "Bill Cooper" on Lycos. 12. Skeptic's View: [Needed] 13. Supporter's View: [Needed] 14. Contact + Mail: c/o CAJI, P.O.Box 1420, Show Low, AZ 85901 _________________________________________________________________ [Ufologists | Area 51 | Top | Style Standards] Copyright © Area 51 Research Center, PO Box 448, Rachel, NV 89001. Report errors to: Area51www@aol.com or use form. Last Modified: 12/04/95