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Conspiracy theorists insist 9/11 was an inside job – the suggestion being it was a US Government ploy to justify the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Too much of a stretch? Consider Operation Northwoods…

In 1962, the US Government’s Department of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed carrying out acts of terrorism on American soil to justify military intervention in Cuba. They called it Operation Northwoods.

Hard to swallow? For sure, but it’s on the record. Numerous military and intelligence documents recording these disturbing false flag proposals have since been declassified.

In the interests of full disclosure, you are reading an excerpt from a chapter titled ‘False Flag operations’ in our book The Orphan Conspiracies.

Excerpt continues:

Operation Northwoods remained a secret for 35 years. The sinister proposal first came to the public’s attention in November 1997 when The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board declassified various top secret military records, which included the Northwoods documents. The following year, the National Security Archive published further revealing information on Northwoods.

A (since declassified) ‘Top Secret’ memo dated March 13, 1962, addressed to the Secretary of Defense and signed by then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff makes for interesting reading. Its subject line reads: Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba.

Item No. 1 on that memo reads: “The Joint Chiefs of Staff have considered the attached Memorandum for the Chief of Operations, Cuba Project, which responds to a request of that office for brief but precise description of pretexts which would provide justification for US military intervention in Cuba.”

Operation Northwoods’ plans included the sinking of US war ships, shooting down hijacked passenger planes, killing innocent American citizens, letting off bombs and orchestrating other violent terrorist acts in major cities including Washington DC and Miami.

Every event would be blamed on Fidel Castro and the Cuban regime. The Joint Chiefs of Staff’s logic was that these events would help gain enough support from the American public and the world at large for a US military invasion of Cuba.

Fortunately, President Kennedy immediately rejected the Northwoods proposal and fired one of its main proponents, Lyman Lemnitzer, who was then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The following year, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while Lemnitzer was appointed Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Go figure!

Operation Northwoods is one of several proven False Flag schemes revealed in our book and one of numerous so-called conspiracy theories since revealed as conspiracy fact.

For the skeptics, here’s the (since declassified) ‘Top Secret’ memo relating to Operation Northwoods dated March 13, 1962, addressed to the Secretary of Defense and signed by then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Does Northwoods have echoes of 9/11? You decide.

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Links to The Orphan Conspiracies audio, print and ebooks follow below.

The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy is available as an audiobook courtesy of Amazon’s Audible initiative. (Listening time: 13hrs. 44mins.).

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Orphan-Conspiracies-29-Conspiracy-Theories-from-The-Orphan-Trilogy-Audiobook/B0FDKZCFRB?srsltid=AfmBOooLzuQW1LKGd0JIe1M1-MX0AIrTIU7sRuWAe8zVAT414mbKcEjk
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For those who prefer the printed word, the paperback version of this book is available from Harvard Book Store, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones UK & Europe bookstores, Amazon and via public libraries.

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Experimental electronic composer Billy Yfantis proudly presents his new double-length anthology album “2015–2025 The First Years in Space.” 

Spanning a full decade of sonic experimentation, this 30-track release represents Yfantis’ artistic evolution through ambient, electronic, and noise-based soundscapes inspired by the mysteries of the cosmos.

The album compiles highlights from Yfantis’ previous releases along with nine previously unreleased compositions, forming a complete chronicle of his creative journey across the past ten years. Each piece reveals a unique approach to sound design, mixing music technology with conceptual art and a fascination for scientific exploration.

Among the most distinctive pieces:

• “The Electric Drill Session” features real sounds of an electric drill, turned into rhythmic, industrial elements that blur the boundaries between man-made tools and music.

• “Landing” incorporates authentic NASA spaceship sounds, carefully edited and arranged to recreate the sensation of landing onto an unknown planet.

• “Dust Not Found” includes real vacuum cleaner recordings, turning the chaos into an experimental metaphor for the emptiness and silence of space.

Other highlights include the meditative “Ionosphere Reverie,” the expansive “Cosmic Noise” and “Planetary Noise,” and “The Universe Collapses (Live at Norcal Noisefest 2022),” a 15-minute improvisational performance recorded at one of the world’s leading experimental music festivals.

“I am pleased to present you my compilation which is a fair synopsis of my recordings and comprises eight full albums and five singles between 2015 and 2025,” says Yfantis. “This is a reference point on the evolution of my music.”

The second part of the album introduces nine previously unreleased tracks, including “The Journey,” “Dreaming Among Planets,” and “Behind the Eye of the Universe,” which explore new territories of analog synthesis, lo-fi atmospheres, and ambient acid tones.

Watch the Official Video Teaser:

YouTube (Shorts): [image error]https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4jSajQY4Gzs

Listen to the New Album:

• Spotify: [image error]https://open.spotify.com/album/4IL0S3CN6QYVn77seqENqc?si=oMDWcRTFSNy2YSSzyX_vUQ

• YouTube Music: [image error]https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k2XhV-8YDvbWGHULUpbixaCxydMUO02BA

• Apple Music: [image error]https://music.apple.com/us/album/2015-2025-the-first-years-in-space/1825805358

• Bandcamp: [image error]https://billyyfantis.bandcamp.com/album/2015-2025-the-first-years-in-space

Album Details:

• Title: 2015–2025 The First Years in Space

• Artist: Billy Yfantis

• Release Year: 2025

• Format: Digital Album (30 Tracks)

• Genre: Experimental / Ambient / Space Music / Noise

• Label: Independent

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Our bestselling international spy thriller series THE ORPHAN TRILOGY (The Ninth Orphan, The Orphan Factory, The Orphan Uprising) is now available as an audiobook courtesy of Amazon’s Audible initiative.

Listening time for this box set audiobook is 31hrs. 52mins. To listen to the Prologue, click on “Virtual voice sample” at: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Orphan-Trilogy-The-Ninth-Orphan-The-Orphan-Factory-The-Orphan-Uprising-Audiobook/B0FLK6WV6P?srsltid=AfmBOooCW9aIPeGvWgV5LKcdC4TWek4R1vs-cRoLaSdPOkZ8ndDrPcML

Meet Number Nine – an orphan, a spy, a lover…a master of disguise, an assassin, a shapeshifter…a freedom fighter, a human chameleon, a reformed contract killer.

He’s all of the above. He’s none of the above. It’s his story we tell in our international thriller series.

Here’s what Amazon reviewers are saying about The Orphan Trilogy:

★★★★★ “Intrigue, mystery, deceit, coverup, black hat, special ops, conspiracy – you name it, you’re pretty much going to find it here in these exciting three books.” –Greg Kuhn (author & quantum physicist)

★★★★★ “The Orphan Trilogy is the best of the best in thrillers!” –J.B. DiNizo (author of ‘Comings and Goings’)

★★★★★ “An epic thriller trilogy.” –SJ Hailey (author of ‘The 5th Amulet’)

★★★★★ “Wonderful conspiracy trilogy.” –A Bit Of Everything Reviews

★★★★★ “Morcan fans will enjoy the books.” –Jerome Brooke (author of ‘City of the Mirage’)

★★★★★ “This is a fast paced, high action story line with enough truth in it to rattle you.” –WelcomeHomeSoldier Reviews

★★★★★ “I can’t say enough about this international conspiracy thriller series…Fast paced action and an extremely thought provoking premise.” –Phoenix Book Review

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For those who prefer the printed word, THE ORPHAN TRILOGY is available as a paperback via Harvard Book Store, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones UK & Europe bookstores, Amazon and via public libraries.

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Our historical adventure WHITE SPIRIT is now available as an audiobook courtesy of Amazon’s Audible initiative. Listening time for this epic is 32hrs. 46mins. To listen to the Prologue, click on “Virtual voice sample” at: https://www.amazon.com/White-Spirit-novel-based-story/dp/B0CY9HM9NZ/

WHITE SPIRIT is consistently one of our bestselling historical novels. It’s based on the remarkable true story of Irish convict John Graham who escaped from Australia’s notorious Moreton Bay Penal Settlement in the early 1800s and found refuge with the Kabi, a tribe of Aborigines who eventually accept him as one of their own.

Here’s what book critics say about this novel:

★★★★★ “Disturbing, brutal, honest, unputdownable. It is real, very, very real with fascinating characters at the helm. Very highly recommended! Both men and women will enjoy the story.” –‘History and Women’ org.

★★★★★  “This is a tour de force of a book… every page and chapter is riveting.” –Amazon Reviews

★★★★★  “An outstanding work of historical fiction.” –Book critic Howard Lipman

★★★★★ “I couldn’t put the book down.” –Mary L. Traylor Reviews

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For those who prefer the printed word, WHITE SPIRIT is available as a paperback via Harvard Book Store, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones UK & Europe bookstores, Amazon and via public libraries.

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James Morcan’s ANNO 2020, the novel some would prefer no-one ever reads and the feature film some would prefer no-one ever sees is now an audiobook, which no doubt some would prefer no-one ever hears!

Think you know what 2020 was all about? Think again…

Spanning 17 cities on four continents, ANNO 2020 is a global kaleidoscope of interconnected characters seeking redemption, answers and justice amidst the chaos of Anno MMXX (Year 2020).

The audiobook is available courtesy of Amazon’s Audible initiative. (Listening time: 4hrs. 43mins.)  To listen to a sample, click on the audiobook’s Amazon page at:

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For those who prefer the printed word, ANNO 2020 is available as a paperback via Harvard Book Store, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones UK & Europe bookstores, Amazon and via public libraries.

For those keen to view James Morcan’s movie adaptation, ANNO 2020, also directed by James, is screening now on YouTube. Free to view, it is suitable for family viewing. Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nr2h-AMV-c&t=344s

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Publisher Sterling Gate Books announced the historical adventure New Zealand: A Novel by Lance Morcan was its bestselling novel last month in all formats – audiobook, paperback, hardcover and Kindle ebook.

‘New Zealand: A Novel’ is a sweeping drama spanning 500 years. It’s a tale of discovery, destiny, and forbidden love in which the old and new worlds collide. The arrival of Europeans heralds a clash of vastly different ideologies as European civilization collides head on with indigenous Maori.

-Acclaimed U.S. arts and book critic Grady Harp asks, “Could this be ‘The Great New Zealand Novel?’”

-“’New Zealand: A Novel’ is more than just a historical saga,” according to US book critic Elisabet Norris whose review featured recently in ‘Top reviews from the United States’.

 -To see what other book critics are saying about this novel go to: https://www.amazon.com/New-Zealand-Novel-Lance-Morcan-ebook/dp/B0DPTJTDCQ/

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The paperback version of New Zealand: A Novel is available from via Harvard Book Store, Mighty Ape NZ, Waterstones UK & Europe bookstores, Kete Books NZ, Amazon and via public libraries. The audiobook version is available via Amazon (listening time: 11hrs. 25mins.)

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Writer-director James Morcan says, “In Anno 2020, we cover many subjects about the year 2020 that Hollywood productions would never be allowed to say.”

Think you know what 2020 is all about? Think again…

Here’s the trailer for this contentious movie.

ANNO 2020 is streaming free now on YouTube. To see what the film critics are saying about this contentious movie go to: https://www.youtube.com/@ANNO2020TheMovie …and feel free to subscribe!

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Our thanks to the Florida-based team at the popular Movie Talks & Chill podcast for allowing writer/director James Morcan to discuss our new release mystery-drama ANNO 2020 – the contentious movie some would prefer no-one ever sees.

Meet the amazing team at Movie Talks & Chill podcast.

Spanning seventeen cities and five countries on four continents, ANNO 2020 is a global kaleidoscope of interconnected characters seeking redemption, answers and justice amidst the chaos of Anno MMXX (Year 2020).

This epic movie, filmed around the world during the Covid lockdowns of 2020-21, is suitable for family viewing and can be viewed free on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nr2h-AMV-c

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A short YouTube video (3mins. 53.sec.) appropriately titled “The Journey So Far” includes highlights from interstate, red-carpet cinema premieres of the multi-award-winning, new release movie, ANNO 2020, in Australia.

The contentious mystery-drama helmed by writer-director James Morcan and produced by Gil Ben-Moshe, premiered recently on YouTube and other global streaming platforms.

Spanning seventeen cities and five countries on four continents, ANNO 2020 is a global kaleidoscope of interconnected characters seeking redemption, answers and justice amidst the chaos of Anno MMXX (Year 2020).

This epic movie, filmed around the world during the Covid lockdowns of 2020-21, is suitable for family viewing and can be viewed free on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nr2h-AMV-c

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s new release movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, helmed by Paul Thomas Anderson, draws high praise from New Zealand-Australian writer-director James Morcan via his new Filming Creatives podcast platform.

“One hell of a rollercoaster…it works on every level…I can’t fault it.” That’s Down Under filmmaker James Morcan’s summation of Leonardo DiCaprio’s new release movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

James, whose directorial debut movie ANNO 2020 premiered on global streaming platforms this month, says ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER really defies genre expectations.

“It’s an epic, nearly three hours long but it’s worth the investment, trust me. It also walks a fine line between intense family relationships and comedic elements in places.

James praises the movie’s director Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, There Will Be Blood), and rates this, Anderson’s latest movie, among the best of the year.

“This surely has to be an Oscar contender.”

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The blurb for: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – starring DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti

Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and Willa goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her as both father and daughter battle the consequences of their pasts.

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Filming Creatives provides unique perspectives on creativity. Based in Sydney, Australia, it’s managed by James Morcan (writer/director/actor) & Simon Carter (cinematographer/editor).

Check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/@filmingcreatives

And please subscribe!

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