Richard Doty (AFOSI)
playerMedia & Managed Opposition
A real military agent ran a documented campaign of lies and forged UFO documents to mess with a civilian researcher.
Who they are
Richard Doty, an Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) agent.
What they do
He's the clearest documented case of the military using false stories to protect classified operations.
How it works
In the late 1970s and 1980s he led a disinformation campaign against researcher Paul Bennewitz, and later admitted taking part in operations including spreading forged 'Majestic 12' documents.
Why it matters
It's a template for how secret operations can be hidden by deliberately planting false narratives around someone poking near them.
The engine's record — word for word
Air Force Office of Special Investigations agent. Led the late-1970s-1980s AFOSI disinformation campaign against Paul Bennewitz. Doty subsequently acknowledged participation in operations including forged Majestic 12 document dissemination. Report #75: the canonical documented case of AFOSI-scale disinformation operation targeting a classified-operations-adjacent civilian researcher. Template for subsequent classified-operations-protection via false-narrative generation.
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