Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth

The shocking true story of the United States government’s quest to hide the reality of extraterrestrial contact, even at the cost of its citizens.

In 1978, Paul Bennewitz, an electrical physicist living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, became convinced that the strange lights he saw hovering in the night sky were extraterrestrial. He reached out to newspapers, senators, and even the president before anyone responded. Air Force investigators listened to his story, as did Bill Moore, the author of the first book on the infamous Roswell UFO incident.

Unbeknownst to Bennewitz, Moore was hired by a group of intelligence agents to keep tabs on Bennewitz while the Air Force ran a psychological profile and disinformation campaign on the unsuspecting physicist. In return, Air Force Intelligence would let Moore in on classified UFO material.

What follows is a scandalous true tale of disinformation, corruption, and exploitation, all at the hands of the United States intelligence community.