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[1].
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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