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Project Moon Dust: Beyond Roswell
"We have been told that the US Air Force investigated UFOs for more than 20 years & never found any information to suggest they were real, that they posed a threat to the US or that they were from other solar systems. That is what we were told. But such is not the case."
In 1953, a classified government was proposed that would deal with the recovery of "returning space debris" launched from other nations. But why did the Air Force consider such a program necessary when Sputnik, the 1st Soviet satellite, wouldn't be launched until four years later? Since the initiation of the top secret Project Moon Dust, the government--specifically the USAF--has engaged in continuous covert yet highly documented official investigations into UFO phenomena, which have included often dangerous interfaces with extraterrestrial crafts in the skies above our nation & supersonic pursuits that have put pilots' lives at risk; pursuits that were observed by many reliable eyewitnesses.
The coauthor of UFO Crash at Roswell, a definitive account of America's most famous extraterrestrial encounter, Air Force Reserve Captain Kevin D. Randle uses his unique access to classified military documents to go deep inside the continuing cover-up & bring out the facts: The real contents of the infamous Project Blue Book files. The recorded truth about the fateful summer of 1952 when a record number of unexplained sightings led to the government's creation of Moon Dust. The Belgium sightings of 1990, one of the most extraordinary events of our age. The covert role of the CIA in UFO research. The truth vs official lies aboutthe Kelly-Hopkinville creature report, the Cash-Landrum injury case, the Benwaters encounter, &, of course, Roswell.
In 1953, a classified government was proposed that would deal with the recovery of "returning space debris" launched from other nations. But why did the Air Force consider such a program necessary when Sputnik, the 1st Soviet satellite, wouldn't be launched until four years later? Since the initiation of the top secret Project Moon Dust, the government--specifically the USAF--has engaged in continuous covert yet highly documented official investigations into UFO phenomena, which have included often dangerous interfaces with extraterrestrial crafts in the skies above our nation & supersonic pursuits that have put pilots' lives at risk; pursuits that were observed by many reliable eyewitnesses.
The coauthor of UFO Crash at Roswell, a definitive account of America's most famous extraterrestrial encounter, Air Force Reserve Captain Kevin D. Randle uses his unique access to classified military documents to go deep inside the continuing cover-up & bring out the facts: The real contents of the infamous Project Blue Book files. The recorded truth about the fateful summer of 1952 when a record number of unexplained sightings led to the government's creation of Moon Dust. The Belgium sightings of 1990, one of the most extraordinary events of our age. The covert role of the CIA in UFO research. The truth vs official lies aboutthe Kelly-Hopkinville creature report, the Cash-Landrum injury case, the Benwaters encounter, &, of course, Roswell.
320 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1998
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About the author
Kevin D. Randle
144 books29 followersUfologist and historic fiction & science fiction writer.
Within the UFO community he is often regarded as one of the preeminent experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
A professional writer with more than 80 books to his credit, Randle is perhaps best known for his books about UFOs and the Roswell story.
Within the UFO community he is often regarded as one of the preeminent experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
A professional writer with more than 80 books to his credit, Randle is perhaps best known for his books about UFOs and the Roswell story.
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May 20, 2023
ANOTHER BOOK BY RANDLE DISCUSSING ‘OFFICAL’ REPORTS ON UFOs
Author and UFO researcher Kevin Randle wrote in the Introduction to this 1998 book, “We have been told that the Air Force investigated UFOs for more than twenty years and never found any information to suggest that they were real, that they posed a threat to the United States, or that they were from other solar systems. That is what we’ve been told, but as we’ll see, such is not the case. Arguments at the highest levels suggest that the information that flying saucers are real has been found, that they might pose a threat, and that they ARE from other worlds. What I have tried to do here is provide the information that I have found during my investigations of UFOs during the last decade.” (Pg. 3)
He adds, “This book will examine a body of evidence and learn that the truth, as always, lies between two extremes. We will see that there has been government manipulation of the facts, but that is not all. UFO researchers and investigators are as guilty of manipulation as any government agency or agent. When you have finished reading this book, I hope that some of the confusion will have vanished. Remember one thing: I have a definite point of view. My work is colored by my thinking, just as everyone’s work is biased. Remember that well.” (Pg. 5)
In the first chapter he explains, “There is a long history of secret studies that have concluded that there IS something to the UFO phenomenon. Oh, they can weasel out of it because most of the studies have NOT concluded that UFOs are extraterrestrial, but that doesn’t change the facts. Secret studies have been conducted and they have concluded that something real was happening.” (Pg. 7)
He states, “To fully understand what happened to the UFO investigations conducted by the United States government and the U.S. Air Force, it is necessary to understand the motivations behind it. The situation in the world of UFOs changed radically in1952, and the outgrowth of that change was a policy that has prevented us from seeing the whole truth. It was all the result of a situation that developed during the middle of the summer of 1952 when flying saucers again exploded on the scene.” (Pg. 31) Later, he adds, “What they wave of sightings during the summer of 1952 demonstrated to everyone was that flying saucers were not going away.” (Pg. 65)
He says, “It is a matter of faith with those who believe UFOs are nothing more than illusion, misidentification, and hoax that scientists do not see flying saucers. Scientists are trained to tell the difference between what is and what is not. They are not easily fooled. But the truth is, and according to the government’s own UFO studies, scientists DO see flying saucers. There are many good sightings by scientists, many of which have not been satisfactorily explained.” (Pg. 97)
He reports, “If Air Force Colonel George M. Mattingly Jr. is to be believed, Project Moon Dust began in 1957, probably as a response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik and the wave of UFO reports… Of course, that point can be debated simply because we have evidence that the Air Force has lied about Project Moon Dust and admitted the truth only after being caught.” (Pg. 135)
He explains, “We are told that flying saucers are not real and that they pose no threat to national security. We are told that the few ‘scientific’ studies that have been completed that suggest there is no evidence that UFOs are real. Flying saucers are no more real than the pools of water seen in the distance on the desert at high noon. Flying saucers simply do not exist. Yet, when we study the history of the phenomenon we learn that a number of aircraft have vanished when flying saucers were near. In some cases these were Air Force fighters that were sent up to intercept strange things seen on radar, but that never return.” (Pg. 163)
In the last chapter, he states, “We have examined a great deal of information in our search for the truth. We have seen how the Air Force and the government have concealed information, lied about the situation, and tried to cover their tracks with false information. We have seen, through the documentation available to us and the witness testimony we have gathered, that UFOs have been considered real and not some illusion, delusion, hallucination, or outright fraud. There is something going on and the government has attempted to conceal it from us. What we’ve seen is that, from the very beginning, we have not been told the truth.” (Pg. 231)
He argues, “the two public studies made by ‘independent’ scientists and sponsored by federal tax dollars were apparently nothing more than propaganda designed to convince the public that there was nothing to reports of flying saucers… The Air Force has provided us with [an] example of this. In September 1994, they released a report on their investigation into the events outside of Roswell… [which] suggested that the event could be explained by a balloon from the 1947 top secret Project Mogul… The report implies that Mogul was highly classified, and that those stationed at the Roswell Army Air Field … wouldn’t have been aware of it… [The report] forgets to point out that some of the officers at Roswell were, in fact, briefed on Project Mogul… But more importantly, while the project WAS highly classified, the balloons and equipment WERE NOT… and they should have been easily identifiable to the officers and men… even if they knew nothing about Project Mogul..” (Pg. 235)
He suggests, “We don’t need another government-sponsored investigation that is supposed to be objective and scientific. We don’t need another research paper, document, or briefing filled with the same things that have filled all the rest. What we need is a single, solid investigation, in which the conclusions are not drawn BEFORE the evidence is examined and the research had been completed.” (Pg. 237)
He says, “because I, like the other private investigators, have a ‘financial’ interest in UFOs in general… our investigations are dismissed as flawed. We’re just a ‘bunch of UFO nuts’ who want to believe and who are making a buck at it. Of course, the argument can be turned around on the Air Force. It can be said that the Air Force has a financial stake in proving UFOs don’t exist. After all, their mission is to keep American skies clear of foreign invader… If flying saucers are real, then it is clear the Air Force has failed in their mission.” (Pg. 240-241)
He concludes, “Carl Sagan liked to say, ‘Where is the evidence? Where is the physical evidence?’ The answer is: The evidence is all around for those who want to see it. The only real question is if UFOs are extraterrestrial. The evidence presented here suggests that it might be true. It suggests that the situation isn’t as we have been led to believe. Now is the time to try to learn the truth rather than pretend that we know it.” (Pg. 242)
This book will be of keen interest to those studying UFOs.
Author and UFO researcher Kevin Randle wrote in the Introduction to this 1998 book, “We have been told that the Air Force investigated UFOs for more than twenty years and never found any information to suggest that they were real, that they posed a threat to the United States, or that they were from other solar systems. That is what we’ve been told, but as we’ll see, such is not the case. Arguments at the highest levels suggest that the information that flying saucers are real has been found, that they might pose a threat, and that they ARE from other worlds. What I have tried to do here is provide the information that I have found during my investigations of UFOs during the last decade.” (Pg. 3)
He adds, “This book will examine a body of evidence and learn that the truth, as always, lies between two extremes. We will see that there has been government manipulation of the facts, but that is not all. UFO researchers and investigators are as guilty of manipulation as any government agency or agent. When you have finished reading this book, I hope that some of the confusion will have vanished. Remember one thing: I have a definite point of view. My work is colored by my thinking, just as everyone’s work is biased. Remember that well.” (Pg. 5)
In the first chapter he explains, “There is a long history of secret studies that have concluded that there IS something to the UFO phenomenon. Oh, they can weasel out of it because most of the studies have NOT concluded that UFOs are extraterrestrial, but that doesn’t change the facts. Secret studies have been conducted and they have concluded that something real was happening.” (Pg. 7)
He states, “To fully understand what happened to the UFO investigations conducted by the United States government and the U.S. Air Force, it is necessary to understand the motivations behind it. The situation in the world of UFOs changed radically in1952, and the outgrowth of that change was a policy that has prevented us from seeing the whole truth. It was all the result of a situation that developed during the middle of the summer of 1952 when flying saucers again exploded on the scene.” (Pg. 31) Later, he adds, “What they wave of sightings during the summer of 1952 demonstrated to everyone was that flying saucers were not going away.” (Pg. 65)
He says, “It is a matter of faith with those who believe UFOs are nothing more than illusion, misidentification, and hoax that scientists do not see flying saucers. Scientists are trained to tell the difference between what is and what is not. They are not easily fooled. But the truth is, and according to the government’s own UFO studies, scientists DO see flying saucers. There are many good sightings by scientists, many of which have not been satisfactorily explained.” (Pg. 97)
He reports, “If Air Force Colonel George M. Mattingly Jr. is to be believed, Project Moon Dust began in 1957, probably as a response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik and the wave of UFO reports… Of course, that point can be debated simply because we have evidence that the Air Force has lied about Project Moon Dust and admitted the truth only after being caught.” (Pg. 135)
He explains, “We are told that flying saucers are not real and that they pose no threat to national security. We are told that the few ‘scientific’ studies that have been completed that suggest there is no evidence that UFOs are real. Flying saucers are no more real than the pools of water seen in the distance on the desert at high noon. Flying saucers simply do not exist. Yet, when we study the history of the phenomenon we learn that a number of aircraft have vanished when flying saucers were near. In some cases these were Air Force fighters that were sent up to intercept strange things seen on radar, but that never return.” (Pg. 163)
In the last chapter, he states, “We have examined a great deal of information in our search for the truth. We have seen how the Air Force and the government have concealed information, lied about the situation, and tried to cover their tracks with false information. We have seen, through the documentation available to us and the witness testimony we have gathered, that UFOs have been considered real and not some illusion, delusion, hallucination, or outright fraud. There is something going on and the government has attempted to conceal it from us. What we’ve seen is that, from the very beginning, we have not been told the truth.” (Pg. 231)
He argues, “the two public studies made by ‘independent’ scientists and sponsored by federal tax dollars were apparently nothing more than propaganda designed to convince the public that there was nothing to reports of flying saucers… The Air Force has provided us with [an] example of this. In September 1994, they released a report on their investigation into the events outside of Roswell… [which] suggested that the event could be explained by a balloon from the 1947 top secret Project Mogul… The report implies that Mogul was highly classified, and that those stationed at the Roswell Army Air Field … wouldn’t have been aware of it… [The report] forgets to point out that some of the officers at Roswell were, in fact, briefed on Project Mogul… But more importantly, while the project WAS highly classified, the balloons and equipment WERE NOT… and they should have been easily identifiable to the officers and men… even if they knew nothing about Project Mogul..” (Pg. 235)
He suggests, “We don’t need another government-sponsored investigation that is supposed to be objective and scientific. We don’t need another research paper, document, or briefing filled with the same things that have filled all the rest. What we need is a single, solid investigation, in which the conclusions are not drawn BEFORE the evidence is examined and the research had been completed.” (Pg. 237)
He says, “because I, like the other private investigators, have a ‘financial’ interest in UFOs in general… our investigations are dismissed as flawed. We’re just a ‘bunch of UFO nuts’ who want to believe and who are making a buck at it. Of course, the argument can be turned around on the Air Force. It can be said that the Air Force has a financial stake in proving UFOs don’t exist. After all, their mission is to keep American skies clear of foreign invader… If flying saucers are real, then it is clear the Air Force has failed in their mission.” (Pg. 240-241)
He concludes, “Carl Sagan liked to say, ‘Where is the evidence? Where is the physical evidence?’ The answer is: The evidence is all around for those who want to see it. The only real question is if UFOs are extraterrestrial. The evidence presented here suggests that it might be true. It suggests that the situation isn’t as we have been led to believe. Now is the time to try to learn the truth rather than pretend that we know it.” (Pg. 242)
This book will be of keen interest to those studying UFOs.
July 10, 2022
For a while I was really intrigued by the Picts, and got a book about their history. That book was a few hundred pages of variations on "we know hardly anything about the Picts" and then some very vague, noncommittal description about maybe, possibly some point about their history. I appreciated the books honesty, but it wasn't a particularly interesting or insightful read.
Kevin Randle's book is like that for me, except instead of Picts it's Project Moon Dust, and the main points it is making could have been just as effectively made in a medium length blog post and the rest of it is 'context' of UFO stories and history that anyone who has chosen to read a book about Project Moon Dust will definitely have heard before. I appreciated Randle's discipline in not speculating or fabricating beyond what he could determine, and even downgrading Project Moon Dust from some of his previous conjectures in terms of its the concreteness of its organization (it was probably a prescribed process for retrieval of foreign space debris rather than a dedicated team responsible for those activities) but that doesn't make it a good or worthwhile read, unfortunately.
Kevin Randle's book is like that for me, except instead of Picts it's Project Moon Dust, and the main points it is making could have been just as effectively made in a medium length blog post and the rest of it is 'context' of UFO stories and history that anyone who has chosen to read a book about Project Moon Dust will definitely have heard before. I appreciated Randle's discipline in not speculating or fabricating beyond what he could determine, and even downgrading Project Moon Dust from some of his previous conjectures in terms of its the concreteness of its organization (it was probably a prescribed process for retrieval of foreign space debris rather than a dedicated team responsible for those activities) but that doesn't make it a good or worthwhile read, unfortunately.
March 23, 2015
Kevin Randle writes clearly, but not very elegantly, and reviews the usual UFO material, but without much originality. His books overlap, but serve adequately as introductions to the phenomena from the UFOs-are-real-&-the-government-knows perspective.
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