Christopher Bledsoe and the UFO Cult of Intelligence, Pt. 7

Überspook Col. John B. Alexander, the Pope Incident, the Cult of Intelligence, the MILAB Melee, Information Warfare, and Non-Lethal Weapons

Read Pt. 1 here.

i.

Coming before any of the bizarre stories recounted in Chris Bledsoe’s 2023 book UFO of God, an introduction to the book is provided by retired Army Colonel (and notorious UFO bogeyman) John B. Alexander. The vaunted military figure had interviewed Bledsoe for an extended period of time in 2015 and was quite impressed by what he heard, nevertheless being left with “many of the same questions that most readers would have.”¹ Any doubts went out the window when he witnessed “a bright luminous object” near where Bledsoe’s original 2007 sighting occurred. This was Alexander’s “second-ever UFO sighting” which he described as “brief but significant and indelible.”² The colonel is straightforward in saying that the “the event (…) totally changed (his) perception and convinced (him) that Chris was telling the truth.”³ Alexander’s experiences with the parade of high strangeness were not limited geographically, with the colonel telling Jeffrey Mishlove on New Thinking Allowed that when Bledsoe “and some other friends were visiting Las Vegas,” the group “went up on Mount Charleston to literally play games with UFOs, (…) setting up balloons with chemlights.”⁴ In the midst of this friendly (albeit a bit odd) wilderness activity, Alexander noted that the signature orbs appeared once again, both in the sky and in photographs. While the colonel is careful to distinguish these sightings from the common dust particles seen in ghost hunting television shows, many of Bledsoe’s orb videos and photographs are unconvincing to the average viewer. What seems to really hook people is that Bledsoe appears able to summon or sense this aerial phenomenon. Alexander stresses the importance of “the temporal relationship between Chris’s pronouncement(s)” and the appearance of luminous orbs—seeming to think the “common factor” in Bledsoe’s sightings and weird abilities is “human consciousness.”⁵ The colonel seemed to be another true believer, another individual with military credentials for Bledsoe to hang his hopes on as he sought further validation.

Whereas Tim Taylor is a relatively illusory suspected disinformation agent, Alexander has been distrusted along these same lines in the UFO community for decades. A career military man with substantial connections to the beating heart of various Department of Defense programs, the colonel has been an omnipresent figure in the UFO and psi research scene of the past five decades. He speaks at conferences, writes in fringe science publications, and has a say in military policy: He introduced psychic spy research to General Albert Stubblebine (who would later start of the Army’s Stargate Program) and also formed the UFO Working Group.⁶ The latter of these projects was “an ad hoc collection of intelligence officers from various alphabet soup agencies assembled to investigate UFOs and the possibility of ET contact” that was obscured by stories of the oft-rumored Aviary group, though the two were possibly one and the same.⁷

This group was directly responsible for the disinformation fed to Paul Bennewitz by Bill Moore and Richard Doty as well as other falsehoods that rattle around the UFO subculture into the present. Ron Pandolfi, a one-time CIA science advisor and Aviary/Working Group member, routed bogus info through civilian researcher Dan Smith in a relationship analogous to the one at play in the Doty, Moore, and Bennewitz fiasco.⁸ The case of Pandolfi and Smith is relevant to the Bledsoe story because of a kerfuffle that made its way onto Open Minds Forum, an old school paranormal/conspiracy board that is somehow still trucking. Posted in January 2023, Dan Smith includes the text of an email from Pandolfi, his shadowy inside source, which urges him to make amends for an incident that occurred in the winter of 2017/2018. This email suggests that Smith showed up at the Bledsoe home unannounced but was “firmly asked (…) to cease threatening Chris and leave his premises” by Pandolfi.⁹ An apparently aggressive misunderstanding took place, all caused by Smith trying to get Bledsoe to connect him with D.W. Pasulka and giving a false impression of who sent him there. While not mentioning names, Chris’ son Ryan Bledsoe would later comment on an incident that sounds like the one with Smith on Bledsoe Said So:

So the guy who put the death threat on us many years ago, about four or five years ago, he made he made some comments (…) like if you don't tell the story the way we want you to we could put a bullet in Chris Jr. or Yvonne's head and I know who he was, I know his name, I know what member of the CIA and DIA sent him to our property I just don't feel like (…)  they deserve air, (…) I don't want to open that can of worms saying their name.¹⁰

Ryan would further state that an orb, one of many that show up on the Bledsoe property to family and visitors, appeared behind Smith and scared him into leaving. While Pandolfi would deny any responsibility, Dan Smith wrote that both received death threats after the scuffle began appearing in “subsequent UFO presentations” by Chris and Ryan.¹¹ Whatever the reason for Smith’s strange visit, and regardless of whether or not Pandolfi orchestrated it, the incident provided excellent confirmation for Bledsoe and his family that a shadowy cabal was out to silence them or take advantage of their story.

These niche happenings in the fringe subculture illustrate who Alexander usually aligns himself with: They are often military intelligence figures who have no problem leading people on or lying to them. While Pandolfi and Alexander’s relationship is less public than it used to be—and it was always rather obscured—their mutual friends largely remain the same, including many former members of the UFO Working Group that scuttle around the UFO scene into the present day. That Alexander would show up in the Chris Bledsoe saga is no surprise—in the years since his initial sighting and spiritual evolution, a cult of intelligence has formed around the outwardly humble experiencer. This expression is one borrowed from Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks’ seminal 1974 book, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, that works well in elucidating the environment Bledsoe found himself enmeshed in. The “cult” laid out early in the text is described as:

A powerful and dangerous secret cult. (…) Its holy men are the clandestine professionals of the Central Intelligence Agency. Its patrons and protectors are the highest officials of the federal government. Its membership, extending far beyond governmental circles, reaches into the power centers of industry, commerce, finance, and labor. Its friends are many in the areas of important public influence—the academic world and the communications media. The cult of intelligence is a secret fraternity of the American political aristocracy.¹²

While the UFO variant of the cult of intelligence may not be a one-to-one match with the CIA “cult” as examined by Marchetti and Marks, uneasy parallels exist in the group of individuals surrounding Chris Bledsoe and his family. The religious connotations evoked by referring to the cultic participants as “holy men” are perpetuated in the Bledsoe sphere, many believing the spiritual dimensions of Bledsoe’s encounters are foundational to mankind. No longer limited to one agency within the Department of Defense, the characters surrounding the experiencer purport to come from NASA, the Army, the Navy, DARPA, NGOs, and defense contractors, all in addition to the CIA. There are representatives of academia, the media, and the business community. While all may seem to possess different individual motivations for engaging with Bledsoe, the broader result is a general affirmation of Bledsoe’s experiences, a vouching for his peculiar religious framework, and an inundation of his family by a web of shadowy individuals with grandiose claims. Bledsoe’s cult of intelligence is also a self-affirming loop. The followers and supporters get a well-spoken and believable experiencer, and Bledsoe gets the argument from authority that every disclosure advocate salivates for: The intelligence community has confirmed the supernatural, Bledsoe’s orb/UFO sightings and prophecies are believed by all spooks who witness them.

The tendrils that this network extends in a multitude of directions are exemplified in the role that John Alexander played in an incident that is exalted as evidence of the North Carolinian’s uncanny abilities: Saving the Pope from an assassination attempt. Indeed, the claim is so phenomenal, that Bledsoe uses it as the hook in UFO of God, recounting the thriller-esque tale in the first chapter of the book. In media res, the reader joins Bledsoe at the burning tree along with a friend and paranormal investigator. Using a spirit box held up to the burnt-out husk—assumedly the kind that cycles through radio bands and occasionally picks up words or phrases—the instrument blurted out the name Jason. “My friend’s eyes welled with tears,” Bledsoe writes. “His son Jason had recently died from a heroin overdose.”¹³ However, this touching moment does not last long. The spirit box had another message for Bledsoe, this one more ominous: “Pope. Danger. Heads-up. Danger pope. Warn pope.”¹⁴

Bledsoe immediately contacted Larry Frascella, the individual who had organized The Gathering event that was attended by Bledsoe, Pasulka, and numerous others—some sources even saying Tim Taylor was in attendance. Frascella is a businessman, although others have deemed him to be a bit of a loan shark—a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article notes that Frascella and his brother David operated a predatory payday loan business that was sued for shady practices. They were not a licensed lending company in Pennsylvania, the state where they operated, and charged astronomical rates, attempting to use a loophole by creating a shell company in Delaware. The lead attorney in suit alleged that “though Pennsylvania law allows licensed lenders to charge around 24 percent annual interest, the ‘payday loans’ offered by Cash Today (the Frascellas’ company) routinely carry rates of 400 percent to 500 percent.”¹⁵ The suit eventually resulted in a class action lawsuit and bankruptcy filing, but the Frascellas appear to still be in the loan business. Larry Frascella is also interested in UFOs and the paranormal, appearing as an executive producer in James Fox’s 2020 film The Phenomenon¹⁶ and sponsoring the Archives for the Unexplained (AFU)—a repository I appreciate very much.¹⁷

Regardless, Larry Frascella was quick to help Bledsoe in heeding the menacing warning about the pope. He phoned a friend who had also been invited to the aforementioned Gathering event: Col. John B. Alexander. The colonel’s first thought—of course—was to have Bledsoe do some impromptu remote viewing to ascertain more facts on the situation. Even without much in the way of training, Bledsoe was able to get a strong impression. Alexander called up one of his many remote viewing buddies, this time Joe McMoneagle, who had fortunately picked up on information similar to what Bledsoe was receiving. “The Ben Franklin Bridge, which was the closest to the pope’s speaking engagements, seemed to best fit our combined information,” writes Bledsoe. “This was a dangerous choke point in the itinerary. Larry made a call to a contact within the CIA.”¹⁸ While this contact is not elaborated upon by Bledsoe, all signs point to Jim Semivan, as the magic 8-ball says. Luckily for Pope Francis, it appeared that all traffic was cut off from the bridge and the Philadelphia visit “was shortened (…) compared to his two previous stops.”¹⁹ Bledsoe even notes that a suspect was taken into custody for a papal assassination plot that was supposed to take place on the very bridge he and McMoneagle had remote viewed. “Whether this arrest had anything to do with us, I do not know,” he admits.²⁰

Unfortunately for Bledsoe, Alexander, and everyone involved in this intense operation, the Ben Franklin Bridge was said to be closing for Pope Francis’ visit as early as August 5^th, 2015.²¹ Additionally, according to court documents, the captured would-be assassin, Santos Colon Jr., was planning the murder from June 30^th to August 13^th. While the arrest date is obscured by the fact that juvenile records are sealed, this time frame indicates that when Colon came in contact with a federal agent posing as a hitman, it was likely more than a month before the ghostly message to Bledsoe and the papal visit.²² Let this be a lesson that paranormal experiencers should never choose prophecy as their modus operandi because the facts never line up just right—the orbs at least leave a shadow of doubt. Nevertheless, John Alexander’s “collegial relationship” with Bledsoe “has sustained for years,” with the colonel being convinced of the multiplicity of phenomena that the experiencer has reported.²³ Alexander may be a sincere believer—he certainly gives such an impression—but his suspicious history within ufology leaves lingering questions about his motivations in the case of Bledsoe.

ii.

Worthy of its own examination (but not fully in this series) is Alexander’s 1999 book Future War: Non-Lethal Weapons in Twenty-First-Century Warfare. Including a foreword by military fiction writer Tom Clancy—who Alexander states is widely “recognized for his patriotism”—Future War explores various issues in military technological capability, examining the United States’ theoretical relationship with non-lethal weapons that could be developed into future assets.²⁴ Alexander covers topics ranging from acoustic deterrents, EMF weapons, ELF weapons, non-lethal chemical and biological warfare, as well as the possible uses of (or defenses against) these technologies. While Alexander is never shy about the fact that he is first and foremost a proponent of the United States military, one could come under the impression that—with his interest in psi abilities, UFOs, and lost civilizations, even dolphin/human communication and Silva Mind Control—the colonel is a tree-hugging, peace-loving hippie.²⁵ Future War eliminates all of those notions, outlining the numerous ways in which the military can use advanced technology to become the dominant world power and policing entity. As Alexander himself writes: “Major political benefit can be accrued by being the first nation to announce a policy advocating projection of force in a manner that does not result in killing people.”²⁶ Non-lethal weapons, then, are more a question of geopolitical advantage to Alexander than one of right and wrong.

While the colonel has consistently stated that his interest in the paranormal is separate from the matters on the battlefield, many have wondered if that is the total truth. The overlap between non-lethal weapons and the paranormal, after all, is a realm where the imagination could certainly run wild. Alexander himself was involved in “psi spy” programs that were explicitly exploring the potential military applications of psychic abilities. His interest in ufology, while not part of his official duties, still utilized the military resources and acquaintances at his disposal, often resulting in manufactured confusion via disinformation channels. Chris Bledsoe and his family, both constantly looking for validation of their unusual experiences, view Alexander’s resumé as impressive and authoritative in affirming their experiences, but there should be some concern in why he has approached them and befriended them.

The colonel has also previously been involved in the study of ET or UFO encounters, organizing a national conference in 1993 examining “reports of ritual abuse, near-death experiences, human contacts with extraterrestrial aliens and other so-called ‘anomalous experiences.’”²⁷ In the Bledsoe affair, a more spiritual answer to the question of the UFO experience is one that automatically appeals to Alexander, if only because it exonerates the military of any culpability in the topic. Look no further than the colonel’s response to the MILAB (or military abduction) hypothesis, a real “doth protest too much” moment in niche ufology squabbles. MILABs are a tempting explanation for the abduction enigma—especially considering other incidents that seem to match up along these lines—but it is not an answer that can solve every case. One would be wise to have reservations about some of the claims of supposed MILAB victims, but the question of military involvement in the UFO or abduction subject is one that should always be considered when investigating. Alexander and his wife Victoria, however, caused some UFO subcultural stirrings in the late 1990s when rebutting the MILAB research of Helmut and Marion Lammer—later published as the book MILABs: Military Mind Control & Alien Abduction.

While the Lammers’ collective effort is ultimately flawed, plagued by sensationalized abduction stories and a willingness to believe nearly every detail of the witnesses’ outlandish experiences with ET and military abduction, it is nevertheless warranted to consider whether the U.S. military can perform complex operations such as this. Victoria Alexander’s response, however, was more interested in psychologically pathologizing the MILABs reporters as externalizing personal failings in marriages, relationships, or other societal expectations.²⁸ An earlier response was even less graceful, with her proclaiming: “When will someone separate the sexually-repressed fantasies of lonely women from the abduction genre and sort out what belongs in therapy and what belongs in the MUFON Journal?”²⁹ While it is most certainly true that abduction victims may often be experiencing something more psychological than a physical kidnapping, what goes unsaid in this criticism is the culpability of hypnotic regression practitioners (see Jack Brewer’s The Greys Have Been Framed) in shaping—even implanting—the memories of abductees.

This noticeable absence in the MILAB critique might speak to John B. Alexander’s own association with abduction researchers such as John Mack and his personal belief in the topic.³⁰ So long as the military are not “slandered,” the abduction phenomenon seems to be fair game for research and study. Adding on to his wife’s critique of Helmut and Marion Lammer’s work, Alexander would state that the authors did not understand the technological capabilities of the U.S. military nor the funding capacity of black programs: “No one supporting the MILAB hypothesis can explain why critical resources, if they existed, would be employed for this nonsense versus some issue of vital national importance.”³¹ This statement would raise no hackles coming from your average Joe Schmo, but Alexander saw research into the military applications of psi abilities funded—not well-funded, maybe, but funded nevertheless. His loudly professed interest in non-lethal weapons has to be tested somewhere, and in the absence of some poorer third world country, the American civilian population would be semi-suitable subjects. While acknowledging that unwitting testing on the civilian populace occurred in the past, Alexander writes:

Most, but not all, participants in MKULTRA were volunteers who signed statements to that effect. Forgotten in the clamor over those experiments is the grave concern that had been generated by our POWs, who showed signs of “brainwashing,” when they returned from North Korean camps. The radiation experiments also were conducted in a time of extreme anxiety about the effects of exposure and were based on the concerns for our very national survival. I am not making excuses or apologies for these experiments. However, in each case, the designers conducted a risk-benefits analysis and chose to proceed. The proposed MILAB projects fail that simple test of common sense. There is just no reason to conduct them.³²

Regardless of any failing of the MILAB hypothesis—and there are several weak points—it is ludicrous to suggest that there is “no reason to conduct” such tests or that prior human rights abuses had sufficient reason. The technology described in MILABs reports—often dealing with target tracking and covert kidnapping—would be used by the military were it at their disposal. Continuing the hypothetical, if the symptoms that MILABs sufferers purport experiencing were inflicted on an enemy population, it would be seen as just. Indeed, even if tests were conducted on the American populace—as MILABs proponents say that they are—the simple explanation of field testing would be sufficient enough reasoning for suspicion. This is especially true if one were to take the past actions of the DoD or private companies into account, examples can even be taken from those the colonel uses in his own argument. These proposed technologies, too, are ones that Alexander has expressed interest in throughout his research into and advocacy for non-lethal weapons. Put simply, there are many critiques to be made in the realm of MILAB research. Those coming from Col. John B. Alexander epitomize the notion of conflicted interests.

But the exoneration of the military in the UFO subject is key to how Alexander operates, and Chris Bledsoe perhaps presented a unique opportunity to turn the subject more spiritual or indicative of now-unknown physics. While perpetually surrounded by military and intelligence figures, some confirmed and some alleged, the military establishment factors very little into any explanation of the paranormal aspects of Bledsoe’s encounters with the strange. As noted previously, the military is physically not far away, Fort Liberty (formerly Bragg) is within 30 minutes of where many of Bledsoe’s experiences take place. Alexander, a former Green Beret himself and deeply enmeshed in advanced military operations, would know that at least portions of Bledsoe’s experiences could be explained by military aircraft or intelligence mind games. The colonel does seem to be a genuine believer in Bledsoe and a broad array of other paranormal phenomena, there is little doubt about this. However, his stated goals in developing complex, unconventional warfare technology gets uneasily close to his interest in the metaphysical. In a 2007 Washington Post article about targeted individuals and psychological warfare, Alexander is more candid about how he views exotic non-lethal weaponry or tactics:

September 11, 2001, changed the mood in Washington, and some in the national security community are again expressing interest in mind control, particularly a younger generation of officials who weren't around for MK-ULTRA. "It's interesting, that it's coming back," Alexander observed.

While Alexander scoffs at the notion that he is somehow part of an elaborate plot to control people's minds, he acknowledges support for learning how to tap into a potential enemy's brain. He gives as an example the possible use of functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, for lie detection. "Brain mapping" with fMRI theoretically could allow interrogators to know when someone is lying by watching for activity in particular parts of the brain. (…)

Alexander also is intrigued by the possibility of using electronic means to modify behavior. The dilemma of the war on terrorism, he notes, is that it never ends. So what do you do with enemies, such as those at Guantanamo: keep them there forever? That's impractical. Behavior modification could be an alternative, he says. (…)

When Alexander encounters a query he doesn't want to answer, such as one about the ethics of mind control, he smiles and raises his hands level to his chest, as if balancing two imaginary weights. In one hand is mind control and the sanctity of free thought—and in the other hand, a tad higher—is the war on terrorism.³³

Brain mapping technologies such as those described in this excerpt would wind up appearing in Chris Bledsoe’s case as well, not used for stamping out terrorism, but for verifying the experiences of a UFO contactee. Alexander has no qualms with mind control technology, behavior modification, or information warfare. While paying lip service to the horrors of the MK-ULTRA, the colonel was rather eager to bring it back into the fold with the advent of today’s modern warfare. With Alexander’s overarching belief in complete American military domination, is it any wonder that questions might exist about his motivations within the paranormal community? Should Chris Bledsoe be concerned about who he is letting give credence to his story or how that individual—or others like him—may be shaping it?

The colonel was also the person who secured Bledsoe’s appearance on the popular reality(ish) TV show Beyond Skinwalker Ranch, a spin-off to the controversial The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch on the paranormal-obsessed History Channel. Alexander was involved in earlier explorations into the supposed paranormal phenomena occurring at the notorious ranch with Robert Bigelow’s National Institute for Discovery Science. This, understandably, led to troubling concerns that non-lethal weapons were being tested on unwitting subjects at the ranch or that some other form of sly military activity was being hidden under the guise of woo investigation.³⁴ Regardless, Bledsoe was a willing test subject in this instance, rather eager to return to the national stage after feeling betrayed and humiliated by his previous appearance on Discovery Channel’s UFOs Over Earth. Contrary to Bledsoe’s feelings, the family’s coverage on the earlier television series was surprisingly even-keel—the hosts seem to largely believe Bledsoe despite an inconclusive polygraph test. Bledsoe nevertheless was left with the impression that he was being portrayed as a liar. In recent years, Chris’ son Ryan has accused UFOs Over Earth of being CIA disinformation perpetuated by former MUFON director James Carrion.³⁵

To the shock of no one, Beyond Skinwalker Ranch is cohosted by a former CIA employee—and current pro-CIA influencer—Andrew Bustamante. A tiny peek into a common trend: An intelligence background is bad when a person doesn’t support the Bledsoe story and good when they do. And the Skinwalker Ranch spinoff series was certainly supportive of Bledsoe, using his plight as exemplary of “the phenomenon” at large. Clips of Alexander are included to add credence to different facets of Bledsoe story, particularly the classic orbs. Once again, the general narrative of his initial encounter is retold for a fresh audience more than 10 years after the last Bledsoe-centric episode of television. The crew makes the decision to strap a brain-monitoring device on the North Carolinian’s head to get a sense of what’s going through his mind when he is sensing, calling upon, or seeing the mysterious aerial objects. They discover that Bledsoe’s brain readouts during encounters are equal to that of the “high-level” meditation of “Buddhist monks,” giving the experiencer the spiritual validation he seems to long for. Bledsoe states that these test results—and indubitably the positive national television coverage—were “a long time coming.”³⁶

All thanks to Colonel Alexander—yet another node in the UFO cult of intelligence surrounding Chris Bledsoe—the stories of orbs, spiritual messages, and tiny, red-eyed beings reached further into the public consciousness. Combined with coverage on Fox News and other evangelically-oriented media sources, UFO of God received a sizable publicity blitz. Alexander is a figure that variably elicits dread or praise from the UFO community and his participation in the Bledsoe saga is right to be scrutinized. To Chris Bledsoe, however, the colonel was just one of many strange, DoD-adjacent individuals that were welcomed with open arms into the lives of his family. Others contributed greatly to the solidification of Bledsoe as a household ufology name, some using similar kayfabe-ish tactics such as those seen in Timothy Taylor’s interactions with the family. The Bledsoe network is a simmering pot that only occasionally boils over a bit, but more figures with shadowy motives and military connections continually jump into focus. Even as their goals remain opaque, the result is clear as can be: The transformation of Chris Bledsoe, a humble North Carolina businessman, into a prophet of a nascent UFO religion brimming with esoteric symbolism. More specifically, a religion that treats the military as the sacrosanct holy men who confirm the miracles at work while striving to make the world a better place. John Alexander at one point called himself a “hard-core mercenary” turned “thanatologist.”³⁷ In certain respects, one wonders if the Bledsoe network is a broad attempt to split the difference: A group of spiritual individuals in the defense sector with backgrounds that are varying degrees of hawkish or militant, seeking either atonement or justification from the world of the transcendent weird.

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1. Alexander, John B. “Introduction.” UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe by Chris Bledsoe. Self-published, 2023. Page 2.

2. Ibid., page 3-4.

3. Ibid., page 3.

4. “Classic Reboot: U.S. Military Interest in the Paranormal with John Alexander.” YouTube, uploaded by New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove, 7 March 2023. Link.

5. Alexander, John B. “Introduction.” UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe by Chris Bledsoe. Self-published, 2023. Page 4-5.

6. Gorightly, Adam. Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks: UFO Disinformation in the Age of Aquarius. Brisbane: Daily Grail Publishing, 2021. Page 96.

7. Ibid., page 90.

8. Ibid., page 91-92.

9. Dan. “Re: Personalism 102.” Open Minds Forum, 19 January 2023, https://openmindsforum.forumotion.com/t451p25-personalism-102#41379.

10. Bledsoe, Ryan. “Episode 8: Pure Imagination.” Bledsoe Said So, 8 September 2021, link.

11. Dan. “Re: Personalism 102.” Open Minds Forum, 19 January 2023, https://openmindsforum.forumotion.com/t451p25-personalism-102#41379.

12. Marchetti, Victor and John D. Marks. The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. New York: Dell Publishing, 1974. Page 29. Available here.

13. Bledsoe, Chris. UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe. Self-published, 2023. Page 7.

14. Ibid., page 8.

15. Matheson, Kathy. “'Payday' lending, high interest under fire in lawsuit.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 23 December 2005. https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2005/12/23/Payday-lending-high-interest-under-fire-in-lawsuit/stories/200512230194.

16. Both Frascella brothers are also billed as executive producers in the much better film, Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere.

17. “Larry Frascella sponsorship.” Archives for UFO Research - Archives for the Unexplained (AFU) Annual Report 2015. https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/Sweden/AFU%20Annual%20Reports%20(AFU)/AFU%20Annual%20Report%20-%202015.pdf.

18. Bledsoe, Chris. UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe. Self-published, 2023. Page 13.

19. Ibid.

20. Ibid., page 14.

21. Associated Press. “Benjamin Franklin Bridge to close for pope visit.” The Philadelphia Tribune. 5 August 2015. https://www.phillytrib.com/ap/business/benjamin-franklin-bridge-to-close-for-pope-visit/article_15548a63-14c2-5fd7-9f8a-bf88a3e6edb6.html.

22. United States v. COLON, 1:17-cr-00119, (D.N.J. Apr 03, 2017) ECF No. 5. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4668487/5/united-states-v-colon/.

23. Alexander, John B. “Introduction.” UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe by Chris Bledsoe. Self-published, 2023. Page 4.

24. Alexander, John B. Future War: Non-Lethal Weapons in Twenty-First-Century Warfare. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 1999. Page 103.

25. Aftergood, Steven and Barbara Hatch Rosenberg. “The Soft-Kill Fallacy.” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists 50, no. 5. September/October 1994. Page 41.

26. Ibid., page 42.

27. Ibid., page 41.

28. Alexander, Victoria. “What Would Freud Say?” Article sent to CAUS updates mailing list. 20 March 1999. https://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg08197.html.

29. Alexander, Victoria. “MUFON Forum: MILAB Misdemeanor?” Mutual UFO Network UFO Journal, no. 346. February 1997. Page 20.

30. Alexander, John B. UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2011. Page 248-249.

31. Ibid., page 262.

32. Ibid., page 261.

33. Weinberger, Sharon. “Mind Games: New on the Internet: a community of people who believe the government is beaming voices into their minds. They may be crazy, but the Pentagon has pursued a weapon that can do just that.” The Washington Post. 14 January 2007. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_pf.html.

34. Brewer, Jack. “Former Skinwalker Personnel Suspect They Were Unwitting Research Subjects.” The UFO Trail. 13 October 2019. https://ufotrail.blogspot.com/2019/10/former-skinwalker-personnel-suspect.html.

35. Bledsoe, Ryan. “Episode 4: The Elephant in the Room.” Bledsoe Said So, 11 August 2021, link.

36. “Chris Bledsoe.” Beyond Skinwalker Ranch, season 1, episode 8, Railsplitter Pictures, 2023.

37. Aftergood, Steven and Barbara Hatch Rosenberg. “The Soft-Kill Fallacy.” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists 50, no. 5. September/October 1994. Page 42.