Mirage Men (2013)

For over 60 years, the US Air Force and US intelligence services exploited and manipulated beliefs about UFOs and extraterrestrial visits as part of their counter-intelligence programs. Now some of those behind these operations speak out.

Directors:

John Lundberg, Roland Denning (co-director)

Writer:

Mark Pilkington

Stars:

Robert J. Durant, Richard Doty, Tracy Tormé

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert J. Durant	...	Self - Former Airline Pilot (as Bob Durant)
Richard Doty	...	Self - Former Special Agent, AFOSI (as Richard C. Doty)
Tracy Tormé	...	Self - TV Producer
Peter Gersten	...	Self - Attorney & UFO Activist
Walter Bosley	...	Self - Former Special Agent, AFOSI
Paul Bennewitz	...	Self - UFO Researcher (archive footage)
Greg Bishop	...	Self - Author, Project Beta
Ron Regehr	...	Self - Retired Aerospace Engineer, Voyager Program
Gabe Valdez	...	Self - Highway Patrolman, Dulce, New Mexico
Linda Moulton Howe	...	Self - Investigative Journalist & Film Maker
Christopher Green	...	Self - Former CIA Science Analyst
Mark Pilkington	...	Self - Author, Mirage Men
Richard Dolan	...	Self - UFO Historian
William L. Moore	...	Self - UFO Researcher (archive footage)
George Hansen	...	Self - Parapsychologist & Author

Storyline

How the US government created a myth that took over the world. ET visitors... crashed UFOs... back-engineered alien technology... the government cover-up of a secret that would change the world as we know it... These are the core elements of the modern UFO mythology, a story that has captivated farmers, princes and generals for generations, and shows no sign of loosening its grip on the popular imagination. But what if, instead of covering up the UFO story, elements in the US military had actively encouraged it as part of their Cold War counterintelligence arsenal - manufacturing the myth of the UFO as a powerful weapon of mass deception and the perfect cover for all manner of clandestine technologies and operations. Now, for the first time, some of those whose actions have directly shaped the UFO mythology, and some of their victims, tell their stories, revealing a surreal disturbing and sometimes tragic sequence of events that is part Manchurian Candidate and part Close Encounters ...

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Plot Keywords:

counter intelligence | military secret | roswell ufo incident | disinformation | unidentified flying object | 

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Taglines:

How the US government created a myth that took over the world.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation: The Atomic Connection (2019)

User Reviews

I'll be short.

Let me make this short. I knew the officer in charge of security at the Roswell incident. Back in the 1970's, long before the movies, he told me he stuck half his body into a flying saucer, drew it as the one in Independence Day and saw several child sized grey aliens, dead or dying. He also claimed to have taken a piece of the wreckage and hid it in the desert. I believe every word he said, especially as all the documentaries and movies that came out 20 and more years later matched his story very closely. If what he said is true, then this Doc isn't.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 March 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mirage Men

Filming Locations:

Sedona, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Perception Management Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color