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[^8]: *New Mexico v. Musk*, No. 25-cv-429 (TSC) (D.D.C.), Opinion & Order of June 10, 2025 (ECF 103), pp. 1 to 2 (March 12 Discovery Order, ECF 61; *In re Musk*, No. 25-5072 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 26, 2025); Plaintiffs Motion to Vacate, ECF 101). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00429/pdf/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00429-1.pdf
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[^9]: *State of New York v. Trump*, No. 25 Civ. 1144 (S.D.N.Y.), Order of February 8, 2025 (ECF 6) (Engelmayer, J., sitting in Part I; assigned thereafter to Vargas, J.). https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/25cv1144%20Order%20on%20TRO%202%208%2025_0.pdf
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[^10]: *Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent*, No. 25-cv-313 (CKK) (D.D.C.), Memorandum Opinion of March 5, 2026 (ECF 71), pp. 1 to 4. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00313/pdf/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00313-1.pdf
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[^11]: Shawn Fleetwood, "Court Dismisses Democrat States' Lawsuit Against DOGE's Treasury Access," *The Federalist*, September 23, 2026 (describing a 17-page order of Judge Jeannette Vargas in *New York v. Trump*; the order itself was not consulted). https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/23/court-dismisses-democrat-states-lawsuit-against-doges-treasury-access/
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[^11]: Shawn Fleetwood, "Court Dismisses Democrat States' Lawsuit Against DOGE's Treasury Access," *The Federalist*, September 23, 2026 (describing a 17-page order of Judge Jeannette Vargas in *New York v. Trump*). https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/23/court-dismisses-democrat-states-lawsuit-against-doges-treasury-access/
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[^12]: *American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Department of Labor*, No. 25-cv-339 (JDB) (D.D.C.), Memorandum Opinion of April 16, 2025 (ECF 78), pp. 1 to 2 (denial of two TRO motions; ruling on motion to dismiss) and Memorandum Opinion and Order of June 27, 2025 (ECF 87), pp. 1 to 2 (denial of preliminary injunction). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00339/pdf/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00339-0.pdf and https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00339/pdf/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00339-1.pdf
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[^13]: *American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Department of Labor*, No. 25-cv-339 (JDB) (D.D.C.), Memorandum Opinion of May 26, 2026 (ECF 109), p. 1. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00339/pdf/USCOURTS-dcd-1_25-cv-00339-3.pdf
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[^14]: *American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees v. Social Security Administration*, No. ELH-25-0596 (D. Md.), Memorandum Opinion of June 26, 2026 (ECF 236), pp. 1 to 19 (describing ECF 1, 17, 48, 146, 189, 197 (Notice of Corrections to the Record of January 16, 2026), 208, 215, 217 and 217-2 (Declaration of Florence Felix-Lawson), 233, and *AFSCME v. SSA*, 172 F.4th 361 (4th Cir. 2026) (en banc), including Judge King's concurrence and dissent at 394 n.4). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-mdd-1_25-cv-00596/pdf/USCOURTS-mdd-1_25-cv-00596-7.pdf
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[^20]: *U.S. DOGE Service v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington*, No. 24A1122 (application for stay) and No. 24-1246, Supreme Court of the United States, order of June 6, 2025 (docket entries of May 23 and June 6, 2025 and judgment issued July 8, 2025). https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a1122.html
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[^21]: *U.S. DOGE Service v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia*, No. 25-1103, Supreme Court of the United States, docket (petition filed March 18, 2026; lower court No. 25-5130, decision July 14, 2025, rehearing denied December 18, 2025; response filed June 22, 2026; reply July 1, 2026; distributed for conference of September 28, 2026). https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-1103.html
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[^22]: U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Minority Staff, memorandum "Calculating Risk: Estimating the Legal Liability Elon Musk May Avoid Through His Government Takeover," April 27, 2025 (partisan staff document prepared by the minority). https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025-04-27-Minority-Staff-Memorandum-Elon-Musk-Conflicts.pdf
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[^23]: Office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, press release "The $21.7 Billion Blunder: New PSI Report Reveals Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Squandered by DOGE," July 31, 2025 (describing the minority staff report "The $21.7 Billion Blunder: Analyzing the Waste Generated by DOGE"; the report itself was not consulted). https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/07/31/2025/the-217-billion-blunder-new-psi-report-reveals-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars-squandered-by-doge
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[^23]: Office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, press release "The $21.7 Billion Blunder: New PSI Report Reveals Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Squandered by DOGE," July 31, 2025 (describing the minority staff report "The $21.7 Billion Blunder: Analyzing the Waste Generated by DOGE"). https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/07/31/2025/the-217-billion-blunder-new-psi-report-reveals-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars-squandered-by-doge
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[^24]: OpenFEC API, Schedule A itemized contributions by contributor name "MUSK, ELON" (and "MUSK, ELON R") of $1,000 or more, two-year transaction periods 2016 to 2026, retrieved October 1, 2026: America PAC (C00879510, registered May 22, 2024; e.g. $5,000,000 on July 3, 2024, file 1829340, https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202410159698270934); MAGA Inc. (C00892471; June 27, 2025); Senate Leadership Fund / SLF PAC (C00571703; October 1, 2024, June 27, 2025, December 15, 2025); Congressional Leadership Fund (C00504530; June 27 and December 15, 2025); Fight for Kentucky (C00898130; January 14, 2026); V-PAC: Victors, Not Victims (C00892919; May 8, 2026); Trump 47 Committee, Inc. (C00867937; October 21, 2024, file 1875658). Totals computed from the itemized lines; entries carrying memo code X are reported separately. https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/schedules/schedule_a/
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[^25]: Courtney Rozen, "With eight months left on its charter, DOGE no longer exists," Reuters, November 24, 2025, as published by *The Japan Times*. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/world/politics/doge-disbanded/
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[^8]: Air Force Regulation 80-17, 19 September 1966, paragraphs 3b to 3e, Condon Report Appendix B, https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/appndx-b.htm
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[^9]: Special Report of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project "Blue Book," March 1966, with Tab A (LeBailly memorandum of September 28, 1965) and distribution list, Condon Report Appendix A and Section V, chapter 2, https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/appndx-a.htm and https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s5chap02.htm
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[^10]: Condon Report, Section VI, chapter 4, references, https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s6chap04.htm
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[^11]: Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos, Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Boston: Little, Brown, 1994), chapter on the origin of stealth, https://archive.org/details/skunk-works-apersonal-memoir-of-my-years-at-lockheed-ben-rrich (text lines 437 to 440 and 516 to 552). Sole source for the passage so cited; the translation itself was not located.
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[^11]: Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos, Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Boston: Little, Brown, 1994), chapter on the origin of stealth, https://archive.org/details/skunk-works-apersonal-memoir-of-my-years-at-lockheed-ben-rrich (text lines 437 to 440 and 516 to 552). Sole source for the passage so cited.
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[^12]: Billy Cox, "The hunt for missing pieces," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 3, 2015, reproduced at https://mail.project1947.com/articles/The_hunt_for_missing_pieces.pdf.
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[^13]: USAspending.gov award records, contracts FA860409D7975, FA860409D7976, FA860409D7977 and Ball Aerospace order 0182 under FA860409D7976, retrieved October 4, 2026. https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/CONT_IDV_FA860409D7976_9700/
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[^14]: USAspending.gov award records, Advanced Technical Exploitation Program II contracts FA860415D7975, FA860415D7976, FA860415D7977 and NOVASTAR contracts FA860422DB005 through FA860422DB009, with task-order and subaward lists, retrieved October 4, 2026. https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/CONT_IDV_FA860422DB008_9700/ (pattern; substitute each contract number).
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By the late 1960s, much of the [[United States]]' primary analysis of nuclear intelligence had shifted to laboratories like Livermore and [[Los Alamos]], where intelligence units dealing with the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]] had been set up after World War II. These units began monitoring the transfer of nuclear technology and countries viewed as "nth" nations, or near-nuclear countries. Any interesting intelligence on [[Israel]] was then routed to Livermore through the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s Office of Science and Technology, headed by [[Carl E. Duckett]].[^2]
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In 1974, some Livermore personnel, aware of the psychic experiments at [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI) and the public feats of [[Uri Geller]], became concerned about the potential security threat posed by psychokinesis. A small group, including security officer Ron Robertson and physicist Peter Crane, began conducting their own experiments with Geller outside of work hours.[^1]
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In 1974, some Livermore personnel, aware of the psychic experiments at [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI) and the public feats of [[Uri Geller]], became concerned about the potential security threat posed by psychokinesis. A small group, including the security officer [[Ron Robertson]] and the physicist [[Jim Schnabel]] called [[Peter Crane]], began conducting their own experiments with Geller outside of work hours.[^1]
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While their tests concluded that Geller's psychokinetic abilities were not effective over long distances, and thus posed no threat to nuclear weapons, the Livermore group experienced a series of bizarre, hallucination-inducing phenomena after their involvement with Geller. These included hovering, monochrome flying saucer images, and fantastic animals appearing in their homes and labs. This culminated in a visit from [[Richard Kennett]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to investigate the strange occurrences.[^1]
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While their tests concluded that Geller's psychokinetic abilities were not effective over long distances, and thus posed no threat to nuclear weapons, the Livermore group experienced a series of bizarre, hallucination-inducing phenomena after their involvement with Geller. These included hovering, monochrome flying saucer images, and fantastic animals appearing in their homes and labs. This culminated in a visit from [[Kit Green]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to investigate the strange occurrences.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: "Police to Inspect Building: Cinema 16 Shut Down In License Dispute; Owner Is 'Confused'," *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* October 30, 1969, p. 19. https://www.newspapers.com/image/169186622/
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[^2]: "Mayor Tate's War On [title cut off in the scan]," *The Distant Drummer,* no. 65, December 25, 1969, p. 8, Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center. https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll34/id/473
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[^2]: *The Distant Drummer,* no. 65, December 25, 1969, p. 8, Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center. https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll34/id/473
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[^3]: "Report Blames City For Failing To Heed Warnings Before Deadly Market St. Building Collapse," *CBS Philadelphia,* September 25, 2014. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/report-blames-city-for-failing-to-heed-warnings-before-deadly-market-st-building-collapse/
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[^4]: Rinde, Meir. "Mayor Parker enacts long recommended split for L&I," *Billy Penn,* February 14, 2024. https://billypenn.com/2024/02/14/philly-licenses-and-inspections-department-reform/
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[^5]: Office of the Mayor, City of Philadelphia, "Mayor Cherelle L. Parker Names Commissioners of Licenses and Inspections: One for Building Enforcement and Compliance, One for Quality of Life and Nuisances," February 8, 2024. https://www.phila.gov/2024-02-08-mayor-cherelle-l-parker-names-commissioners-of-licenses-and-inspections-one-for-building-enforcement-compliance-one-for-quality-of-life-and-nuisances-long-sought-reform-in-philadelphi/
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[[New Zealand]] designated O9A as a terrorist organisation in 2025, making it one of the few countries to have taken formal legal action against the organisation itself rather than merely prosecuting individual adherents. The OpenSanctions database records the NZ listing; the specific New Zealand Gazette reference and enabling legislation have not been retrieved in this research run and constitute an open thread.[^33]
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[[New Zealand]] designated O9A as a terrorist organisation in 2025, making it one of the few countries to have taken formal legal action against the organisation itself rather than merely prosecuting individual adherents. The OpenSanctions database records the NZ listing.[^33]
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[^4]: "AP announces 1 director, 4 incumbents at annual meeting," *Editor & Publisher*, April 27, 2022 (Associated Press release), https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/ap-announces-1-director-4-incumbents-at-annual-meeting,225891
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[^5]: "AP Names Three New Directors, Re-Elects Another," *Editor & Publisher*, May 7, 2014, https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/ap-names-three-new-directors-re-elects-another,154134
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[^6]: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, organization search for "associated press," https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/search.json?q=associated+press (queried October 1, 2026).
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[^7]: Associated Press, *Covering Tyranny: The AP and Nazi Germany, 1933-1945* (New York, May 10, 2017), Introduction, pp. 1-4, and chapter 2 (Lochner), https://www.almendron.com/blog/wp-content/images/2017/06/ap-in-germany-report.pdf (copy of the AP's published report; the AP's own page ap.org/about/history/ap-in-nazi-germany returned "Page not found" on October 1, 2026).
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[^7]: Associated Press, *Covering Tyranny: The AP and Nazi Germany, 1933-1945* (New York, May 10, 2017), Introduction, pp. 1-4, and chapter 2 (Lochner), https://www.almendron.com/blog/wp-content/images/2017/06/ap-in-germany-report.pdf (copy of the AP's published report).
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[^8]: Associated Press, *Covering Tyranny*, 2017, Key findings, pp. 5-6.
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[^9]: Harriet Scharnberg, "Press statement by Harriet Scharnberg on AP's review 'Covering Tyranny. The AP and Nazi Germany: 1933-1945,'" May 12, 2017, https://zeithistorische-forschungen.de/sites/default/files/medien/static/2016-1/Material/Press_Statement_Scharnberg_on_AP_May_2017.pdf ; her article is "The A and P of Propaganda. Associated Press and Nazi Photojournalism," *Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History* 13, no. 1 (2016), http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2016/id=5324.
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[^10]: Associated Press, *Covering Tyranny*, 2017, chapter 3, "The AP GmbH Photo Service," pp. 67-68 (Cooper to Lochner, December 1938, with the AP's commentary; Cooper to Brooks, 1939; Lochner on Brandt, 1937), and the report's passage on the news-agency cartel (Cooper, general manager from 1925 to 1948).
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[^8]: Dean Takahashi, "Loral to Sell BDM to Carlyle Group for $130 Million," Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles), September 19, 1990, p. 46, https://www.newspapers.com/image/175530103/
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[^9]: BDM International, Inc., Form DEF 14A, filed April 11, 1997, accession 0000912057-97-012636, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/870763/0000912057-97-012636.txt.
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[^10]: Form S-1/A, June 26, 1995, "Business," "Management's Discussion," "Certain Transactions" (Acquisition of Vinnell) and "Risk Factors," https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/870763/0000950112-95-001766.txt.
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[^11]: "[Headline not captured]," Boston Globe (Boston), November 14, 1995, p. 20, https://www.newspapers.com/image/441109447/ (the same wire story ran in other papers that day; headline and byline not captured).
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[^11]: Boston Globe (Boston), November 14, 1995, p. 20, https://www.newspapers.com/image/441109447/ (the same wire story ran in other papers that day).
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[^12]: BDM International, Inc., Form 10-Q, filed November 14, 1997, accession 0000870763-97-000020, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/870763/0000870763-97-000020.txt.
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[^13]: Letter of the Intelligence Information Handling Committee to Earle Williams, December 2, 1983, CIA-RDP85M00158R000600090006-3, https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-cia-rdp85m00158r000600090006-3.
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[^14]: Memorandum to Robert MacOnie, BDM, IHC/MM 84-54, CIA-RDP86M00017R000400310058-8, https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-cia-rdp86m00017r000400310058-8.
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[^25]: "Addendum to MFR, dtd 10 Dec 85," CIA-RDP96-00788R001700030001-1, https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-cia-rdp96-00788r001700030001-1.
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[^26]: Canadian Subsidiary Technology Inc. board of directors page, Wayback capture of February 6, 2005, https://web.archive.org/web/20050206131007id_/http://canadiansub.com/Board.html. The page is a promotional biography written for the company; sole source for the quoted title.
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[^27]: Advanced Theoretical Physics Working Group page of this vault, drawing on Elizondo and the Hermetic Penetrator, "The Loose Threads Report," Anomaly Archives, 2022, pp. 16-22, 166, 187-188, https://anomalyarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/PDF-Loose-Threads.pdf, which quotes Alexander, *UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities* (2011). Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^28]: Elizondo and the Hermetic Penetrator, "The Loose Threads Report," Anomaly Archives, 2022, pp. 61-62, https://anomalyarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/PDF-Loose-Threads.pdf, quoting Hansen, *The Trickster and the Paranormal* (2001), and a transcript of Inman; neither original was opened. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^28]: Elizondo and the Hermetic Penetrator, "The Loose Threads Report," Anomaly Archives, 2022, pp. 61-62, https://anomalyarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/PDF-Loose-Threads.pdf, quoting Hansen, *The Trickster and the Paranormal* (2001), and a transcript of Inman. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^29]: BDM International, Inc., Schedule 14D-9, filed November 26, 1997 (letter to stockholders; "Background of the Offer"; Stockholders Agreement; severance and employment arrangements; press release of November 21, 1997), accession 0000950152-97-008353, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/870763/0000950152-97-008353.txt; TRW Inc., Schedule 14D-1, same date, accession 0000950152-97-008369, Item 9 (about 930 million dollars), https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/870763/0000950152-97-008369.txt.
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[^30]: TRW Inc., Form 8-K, accession 0000950152-97-008891, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100030/0000950152-97-008891.txt.
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[^31]: BDM International, Inc., Form 15-12G, filed December 29, 1997, accession 0000950152-97-008867, EDGAR filing index https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/870763/0000950152-97-008867-index.html.
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[^1]: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, "Bandbox Theatre," 20-22 E. Armat St. ("Seating capacity: 499"). https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/8266
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[^2]: Morrison, John F. "Art Carduner, a pioneer in exhibiting foreign films in Phila.," *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* December 9, 2009. https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20091209_Art_Carduner__a_pioneer_in_exhibiting_foreign_films_in_Phila_.html
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[^3]: "Mayor Tate's War On [title cut off in the scan]," *The Distant Drummer,* no. 65, December 25, 1969, p. 8, Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center. https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll34/id/473
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[^3]: *The Distant Drummer,* no. 65, December 25, 1969, p. 8, Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center. https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll34/id/473
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[^4]: [Society and nightlife column], *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* February 28, 1975, p. 21. https://www.newspapers.com/image/173366667/
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[^5]: "Offensive Material: Leaders Condemn Black Mass Film," Religious News Service, *Lake Shore Visitor* (Erie), March 7, 1975, p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/951794835/
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CEPU's Form 990 for 2017 reports contributions and total revenue of 22,230,000 dollars, expenses of 14,702,134 dollars, grants paid of 12,230,000 dollars and year-end assets of 14,567,076 dollars. The grants were 5,000,000 dollars to ACANI Inc and 7,230,000 dollars to The Green Light Project.[^8] For 2018 revenue was 15,568,814 dollars, with grants of 5,500,000 dollars to ACANI Inc, 7,500,000 dollars to The Green Light Project and 5,353 dollars to the UANI action organisation.[^13] For 2020 revenue was 6,058,608 dollars and expenses 8,774,302 dollars, with grants of 2,220,000 dollars to ACANI Inc, 2,350,000 dollars to The Green Light Project and 2,000,000 dollars to [[DonorsTrust]].[^12] For 2021 revenue was 8,068,313 dollars, with grants of 250,000 dollars to ACANI Inc, 462,159 dollars to The Green Light Project and 5,160,900 dollars to DonorsTrust.[^7] For 2022 revenue was 11,034,793 dollars, with grants of 9,100,500 dollars to DonorsTrust and 49,500 dollars to the UANI action organisation.[^14] For 2023 revenue was 8,080,751 dollars and expenses 9,100,195 dollars, with a grant of 7,462,350 dollars to DonorsTrust, which the return describes as "general support to carry out educational and charitable purposes".[^2] The returns for 2019 and 2016 were not retrieved for this entry. Schedule B, which lists donors, is not part of the public copy of a 501(c)(4) return.
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CEPU's Form 990 for 2017 reports contributions and total revenue of 22,230,000 dollars, expenses of 14,702,134 dollars, grants paid of 12,230,000 dollars and year-end assets of 14,567,076 dollars. The grants were 5,000,000 dollars to ACANI Inc and 7,230,000 dollars to The Green Light Project.[^8] For 2018 revenue was 15,568,814 dollars, with grants of 5,500,000 dollars to ACANI Inc, 7,500,000 dollars to The Green Light Project and 5,353 dollars to the UANI action organisation.[^13] For 2020 revenue was 6,058,608 dollars and expenses 8,774,302 dollars, with grants of 2,220,000 dollars to ACANI Inc, 2,350,000 dollars to The Green Light Project and 2,000,000 dollars to [[DonorsTrust]].[^12] For 2021 revenue was 8,068,313 dollars, with grants of 250,000 dollars to ACANI Inc, 462,159 dollars to The Green Light Project and 5,160,900 dollars to DonorsTrust.[^7] For 2022 revenue was 11,034,793 dollars, with grants of 9,100,500 dollars to DonorsTrust and 49,500 dollars to the UANI action organisation.[^14] For 2023 revenue was 8,080,751 dollars and expenses 9,100,195 dollars, with a grant of 7,462,350 dollars to DonorsTrust, which the return describes as "general support to carry out educational and charitable purposes".[^2] Schedule B, which lists donors, is not part of the public copy of a 501(c)(4) return.
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The Form 990 returns of DonorsTrust list grants for general operations to the same two recipients. For 2020 the return lists 1,980,000 dollars to ACANI Inc. For 2021 it lists 1,950,000 dollars to ACANI Inc and 3,150,000 dollars to The Green Light Project; for 2022, 4,300,000 and 4,650,000 dollars; for 2023, 3,685,000 and 3,680,000 dollars; and for 2024, 2,770,000 and 2,600,000 dollars.[^15][^16][^17][^18][^19] The DonorsTrust returns do not identify the source of any grant. The 7,462,350 dollars that CEPU granted to DonorsTrust in 2023 compares with 7,365,000 dollars that DonorsTrust's return for that year lists for ACANI Inc and The Green Light Project together.[^2][^18]
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[^2]: Robert J. Durant, "Will the Real Scott Jones Please Stand Up?" (February 20, 1992), CIA-RDP96-00792R000400300004-7, https://cia.gov/readingroom/node/1697635. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^3]: Jones letters to Gibbons of February 17, May 26, June 10, December 2 and December 13, 1994, and February 9, March 31 and August 23, 1995, as listed in the Paradigm Research Group index, http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/Rockefeller_Initiative_Documents.htm, and attachments to RID-8-23-95-2.htm (letters of May 16 and August 17, 1995); Patti Solis and William M. Webster IV to Jones, RID-12-15-94.htm and RID-12-21-94.htm.
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[^4]: Jones to Gibbons, February 17, 1994, with Gibbons's note signed JHG and dated 3/29/94, http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/Rockefeller%20Documents/RID-2-17-94.htm.
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[^5]: Grant Cameron, "Extraterrestrial Politics in the Clinton White House (1993-2001) and the Rockefeller Initiative," text and note iii, Wayback Machine capture of May 28, 2014, http://web.archive.org/web/20140528091234/http://www.x-ppac.org/OSTP.html. Sole source for the passages so cited; Farley's figure is not documented in any record opened.
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[^5]: Grant Cameron, "Extraterrestrial Politics in the Clinton White House (1993-2001) and the Rockefeller Initiative," text and note iii, Wayback Machine capture of May 28, 2014, http://web.archive.org/web/20140528091234/http://www.x-ppac.org/OSTP.html. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^6]: Center for Psychology and Social Change, *CenterPiece*, September 1993, p. 2, https://johnemackinstitute.org/CenterPiece_1993_0900.pdf.
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[^7]: Dinah Eng, "The day that cosmic cultures meet," *Pensacola News Journal*, May 17, 1995, p. 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/267898730/; the same text appeared as "Conferees seek plan for dealing with 'Them'," *The News-Star* (Monroe, La.), May 19, 1995, p. 13, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1245983088/.
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[^8]: William J. Clinton Presidential Library, "When Cosmic Cultures Meet - Collection Finding Aid," 2008-1575-F, https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36409.
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The complaint alleges that Jane Street went short 3.2 million UST and 1.1 million Luna on May 9, 12.2 million UST and 1.4 million Luna on May 10, and a further 8.2 million UST and 4.5 million Luna on May 11; that on May 10 a trader said he had "understood that mnpi didn't really exist in crypto"; that Granieri planned to "informally wall" leadership off from the desk although he did not "think there's any legal requirement to do so"; that Jane Street unwound the shorts for more than 19 million dollars of profit on UST and more than 115 million dollars on Luna; that on May 13 it ended the day holding more than 2.2 billion Luna futures bought for less than 1 million dollars; and that after an on-chain analytics firm, Nansen, published wallet analysis on May 27, 2022, employees discussed decommissioning the wallet and retired four wallets. The plaintiff seeks disgorgement for Terraform's creditors.[^18]
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The defendants, represented by [[Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton]], moved to dismiss on April 23, 2026. Their memorandum calls the case "an attempt by the estate of Terraform Labs Pte Ltd. ('Terraform') to extract cash from Jane Street to foot the bill for a fraud that Terraform itself perpetrated on the market," states that investors including Jane Street withdrew more than 2 billion dollars of UST from Anchor on May 7 in response to public signals, argues that the complaint's own allegations place the 85 million UST sale ten minutes after the alleged information was visible to the market and the first shorts on May 8, before the alleged rescue information of the evening of May 9, relies on the [[Archegos Capital Management|Archegos]] decision of the Second Circuit for the absence of a duty between arm's-length counterparties, and invokes the Wagoner rule and in pari delicto, stating that the plaintiff "stands in the shoes of a convicted felon" whose founder is serving a 15-year prison sentence. Their exhibits include a May 7, 2022 Jane Street chat forwarded on June 3, 2022 "to retain a record," and the May 9, 2022 email from Jump introducing Granieri to DiSomma, "one Jumps owners," and Olsen.[^19][^20] The plaintiff, represented by [[Kirkland & Ellis]], filed an opposition under seal and in redacted form on June 11, 2026; the defendants replied on July 13, 2026, and all parties jointly requested oral argument the same day.[^17][^20] A ruling had not been located as of October 1, 2026.
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The defendants, represented by [[Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton]], moved to dismiss on April 23, 2026. Their memorandum calls the case "an attempt by the estate of Terraform Labs Pte Ltd. ('Terraform') to extract cash from Jane Street to foot the bill for a fraud that Terraform itself perpetrated on the market," states that investors including Jane Street withdrew more than 2 billion dollars of UST from Anchor on May 7 in response to public signals, argues that the complaint's own allegations place the 85 million UST sale ten minutes after the alleged information was visible to the market and the first shorts on May 8, before the alleged rescue information of the evening of May 9, relies on the [[Archegos Capital Management|Archegos]] decision of the Second Circuit for the absence of a duty between arm's-length counterparties, and invokes the Wagoner rule and in pari delicto, stating that the plaintiff "stands in the shoes of a convicted felon" whose founder is serving a 15-year prison sentence. Their exhibits include a May 7, 2022 Jane Street chat forwarded on June 3, 2022 "to retain a record," and the May 9, 2022 email from Jump introducing Granieri to DiSomma, "one Jumps owners," and Olsen.[^19][^20] The plaintiff, represented by [[Kirkland & Ellis]], filed an opposition under seal and in redacted form on June 11, 2026; the defendants replied on July 13, 2026, and all parties jointly requested oral argument the same day.[^17][^20]
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The government's letter at Ellison's sentencing records that the May 2022 collapse of Terra and Luna led Alameda's lenders to recall nearly all their loans, requiring Alameda to repay more than 6 billion dollars on demand, which it did largely with FTX customer funds.[^21]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Lisa Miller, "Titans of Industry Join Forces To Work for Jewish Philanthropy," *The Wall Street Journal,* May 4, 1998. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB894240270899870000 (article identifier resolves to May 4, 1998; the byline, member list and Bronfman quotation are as reported in later coverage of the article, and the archived text was not available to verify them directly).
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[^1]: Lisa Miller, "Titans of Industry Join Forces To Work for Jewish Philanthropy," *The Wall Street Journal,* May 4, 1998. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB894240270899870000 (article identifier resolves to May 4, 1998; the byline, member list and Bronfman quotation are as reported in later coverage of the article).
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[^2]: Heather Long and Renae Merle, "Lawyers Question Wexner's Financial Arrangement With Jeffrey Epstein," *WOSU / NPR,* August 8, 2019. https://www.wosu.org/news/2019-08-08/lawyers-question-wexners-financial-arrangement-with-jeffrey-epstein
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[^3]: Leslie Wexner, "Letter from Les," *The Wexner Foundation,* August 2019. https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/letter-from-les/
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[^4]: Vicky Ward, "The Talented Mr. Epstein," *Vanity Fair,* March 2003, as republished by the author, on the 1992 Wexner Foundation board seat, the fiduciary powers, and the St. Joe Minerals inquiry. https://vickyward.com/article/the-talented-mr-epstein/
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[^1]: Henry, Ed. "Unholy Alliance?" *Roll Call,* February 12, 2003. https://rollcall.com/2003/02/12/unholy-alliance/
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[^2]: "Paul Mellon: A Legacy." National Gallery of Art press release, 1999 (Internet Archive copy). https://www.nga.gov/press/archive/mellon-legacy-1999.html
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[^3]: "Richard King Mellon Foundation awards $575,000 to Galileo Project." The Galileo Project, Harvard University, April 26, 2024. https://galileo.hsites.harvard.edu/news/richard-king-mellon-foundation-awards-575000-galileo-project (Internet Archive copy).
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[^4]: Review of Lankford, Nelson D., *The Last American Aristocrat: The Biography of David K. E. Bruce, 1898-1977.* *Kirkus Reviews,* August 19, 1996. https://kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nelson-d-lankford/the-last-american-aristocrat. The review gives the Donovan friendship and the ambassadorships; the year of the marriage and any OSS posting of Bruce are not stated in a source opened for this page.
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[^4]: Review of Lankford, Nelson D., *The Last American Aristocrat: The Biography of David K. E. Bruce, 1898-1977.* *Kirkus Reviews,* August 19, 1996. https://kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nelson-d-lankford/the-last-american-aristocrat. The review gives the Donovan friendship and the ambassadorships.
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[^5]: "Richard Mellon Scaife, 82, billionaire publisher." *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* July 5, 2014. https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20140705_Richard_Mellon_Scaife__82__billionaire_publisher.html
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[^6]: Bender, Bryan. "The Hidden History of How Washington Embraced UFOs." *Politico Magazine,* May 28, 2021. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/28/ufos-secret-history-government-washington-dc-487900
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[^7]: The Galileo Project. "The Galileo Project Welcomes Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo as Research Affiliates," October 30, 2021. https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/galileo/files/mellon-elizondo_announcement_final_2.pdf (Internet Archive copy).
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[^3]: Jackie Ostrowicki, "How a UNO Professor Is Leading A National Center Focused on Counterterrorism," University of Nebraska Foundation, March 2022. https://nebraska.edu/nuforne/gina-ligon
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[^4]: NCITE Communications, "NCITE Increases Funding Agreement With DHS, Adds $25 Million to Ceiling," University of Nebraska Omaha, April 18, 2023. https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2023/04/boa-funding.php
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[^5]: USAspending.gov, award record for indefinite delivery vehicle 70RSAT21G00000002 (Basic Ordering Agreement, University of Nebraska, DHS Office of Procurement Operations), period of performance March 10, 2021 to March 9, 2026, base and all options value 45,000,000 dollars, last modified May 13, 2025. https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/CONT_IDV_70RSAT21G00000002_7001/
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[^6]: USAspending.gov, award records for task orders under 70RSAT21G00000002 and 70RSAT26G00000003 to "University of Nebraska," retrieved through the USAspending search and award endpoints on October 1, 2026; URL pattern https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/CONT_AWD_<order number>_7001_70RSAT21G00000002_7001/ (for example CONT_AWD_70RSAT22FR0000108_7001_70RSAT21G00000002_7001). The order 70RSAT26FR0000072 appears in the award search but its detail record returned no result on that date.
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[^6]: USAspending.gov, award records for task orders under 70RSAT21G00000002 and 70RSAT26G00000003 to "University of Nebraska," retrieved through the USAspending search and award endpoints on October 1, 2026; URL pattern https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/CONT_AWD_<order number>_7001_70RSAT21G00000002_7001/ (for example CONT_AWD_70RSAT22FR0000108_7001_70RSAT21G00000002_7001).
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[^7]: Matt Allen, Andrea Walker and others, "TVTP Grant Program Formative and Outcome Evaluation Report," NCITE, University of Nebraska Omaha (digital commons item 106; Wayback Machine capture of May 24, 2025). https://web.archive.org/web/20250524203610id_/https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=ncitereportsresearch
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[^8]: NCITE, "Evaluating Terrorism and Targeted Violence Prevention Programs," project page, University of Nebraska Omaha. https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/research/research-projects/allen-impact-tvtp-grant-programs.php
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[^9]: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, press releases and grantee abstracts for the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program, fiscal years 2021 (announced September 27, 2021) and 2022 (announced September 14, 2022), compiled PDF. https://ecivis-partners.s3.amazonaws.com/bplih/grantfile/2c/2c8da5432f7e05dd7e86265ed0fe7b6e6d3fced9
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[^3]: U.S. Department of State, Operations Center, Guyana Task Force, Situation Report No. 4, document C09000556, in documents released in FOIA case F-1980-02844 (date line garbled in the scan; the report precedes Situation Report No. 28 of December 2, 1978). https://archive.org/details/F-1980-02844
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[^4]: Staff Investigative Group, The Assassination of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy (House Document No. 96-223, May 15, 1979), pp. 7-8, 15. https://archive.org/details/ryan-assassination-house-rpt-1979-1
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[^5]: Curt Rowlett, "Project Mind Kontrol: Did the U.S. Government Actually Create Programmed Assassins?," Steamshovel Press, issue 16 (1998), pp. 13-23 (Jonestown passages at p. 21). https://archive.org/details/steamshovel-press-issue-16-1998
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[^6]: Wayne Madsen, "Was Jonestown a CIA Front for Drug Smuggling and Mind Control Experiments?," Wayne Madsen Report, publication date August 30, 2007 (headline dated August 31-September 3, 2007). https://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20070830_4 (copy: https://archive.org/details/madsen-070831-jonesdown). Madsen cites a Washington Post article of March 25, 1983, and a Brazilian newspaper article in Manchete of January 9, 1979 (translated by the CIA); neither was opened for this draft.
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[^6]: Wayne Madsen, "Was Jonestown a CIA Front for Drug Smuggling and Mind Control Experiments?," Wayne Madsen Report, publication date August 30, 2007 (headline dated August 31-September 3, 2007). https://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20070830_4 (copy: https://archive.org/details/madsen-070831-jonesdown). Madsen cites a Washington Post article of March 25, 1983, and a Brazilian newspaper article in Manchete of January 9, 1979 (translated by the CIA).
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[^7]: U.S. Department of State, letter of December 13, 1978, to Rep. Clement J. Zablocki, answers to questions 5 and 6, in Staff Investigative Group, The Assassination of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy (House Document No. 96-223, May 15, 1979), Appendix I-C-1(D), pp. 65-76. https://archive.org/details/ryan-assassination-house-rpt-1979-1
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[^8]: Joe Holsinger, statement to the forum "Psycho-Social Implications of the Jonestown Phenomenon," Miyako Hotel, San Francisco, May 23, 1980. https://archive.org/details/holsinger-psycho-social-implications
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[^9]: Prepared statement of W. William Wilson, with attachments (including the San Mateo Times article of December 14, 1979, and an extract from Julius Mader, Who's Who in CIA (Berlin, 1968)), April 16, 1980, in National Intelligence Act of 1980, Hearings before the Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Senate, 96th Cong., 2d Sess., on S. 2284, pp. 551-562. https://archive.org/details/jonestown-senate-hearings-from-the-96th-congress
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[^62]: "Around the Nation," Washington Post, October 15, 1981, p. A10, as filed in CIA Reading Room document CIA-RDP99-00498R000200020031-7. https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-cia-rdp99-00498r000200020031-7
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[^63]: Spencer Sherman, "Peoples Temple Survivors Lose Appeal," UPI, October 11, 1983. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/10/11/Peoples-temple-survivors-lose-appeal/1510434692800/
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[^64]: United States v. Layton, 855 F.2d 1388, 1392-1394 (9th Cir. 1988) (Nos. 87-1071, 87-2576, decided Aug. 16, 1988). https://openjurist.org/855/f2d/1388/united-states-v-layton
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[^65]: "Larry Layton and Peoples Temple: Twenty-Five Years Later," essay by a member of Layton's defense team (author's name not shown on the captured page), Jonestown and Peoples Temple, San Diego State University Library. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16973
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[^65]: "Larry Layton and Peoples Temple: Twenty-Five Years Later," essay by a member of Layton's defense team, Jonestown and Peoples Temple, San Diego State University Library. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16973
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[^66]: "Former Peoples Temple cult member Larry Layton was convicted," UPI, December 1, 1986. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/01/Former-Peoples-Temple-cult-member-Larry-Layton-was-convicted/1537533797200/
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[^67]: Staff Investigative Group, The Assassination of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy (House Document No. 96-223, May 15, 1979), pp. 21, 26-27 (findings B and F, including the statements of Mark Lane and Charles Garry). https://archive.org/details/ryan-assassination-house-rpt-1979-1
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[^68]: Charles A. Krause, "FBI Has Copy of Cult's Radio Order To Kill," Washington Post, January 29, 1979, reprinted in Staff Investigative Group, The Assassination of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy (House Document No. 96-223, May 15, 1979), Appendix II-F-2, p. 478. https://archive.org/details/ryan-assassination-house-rpt-1979-1
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The website lists six capability areas: intelligence (missile warning and tracking, threat modeling, all-source analysis), missile defense, space (including space domain awareness), artificial intelligence and machine learning (including a "Signals Intelligence Alert & Predication System"), electromagnetic spectrum operations and directed energy.[^1]
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The only award attributed to the venture in the records opened is its position as one of three teams that include Radiance on the Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing (COMET) multi-award task order contract of the [[Missile and Space Intelligence Center]], announced by Radiance on September 9, 2026, with a period of performance from July 21, 2026 to January 1, 2037 and a task area titled foreign materiel exploitation.[^7] A [[USAspending]] search of prime awards and subawards for "Radiance Ignite," "RI Tech" and "RITech" (October 3, 2026) returned no recipient of that name; the website does not state the venture's unique entity identifier.[^8]
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The only award attributed to the venture is its position as one of three teams that include Radiance on the Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing (COMET) multi-award task order contract of the [[Missile and Space Intelligence Center]], announced by Radiance on September 9, 2026, with a period of performance from July 21, 2026 to January 1, 2037 and a task area titled foreign materiel exploitation.[^7] A [[USAspending]] search of prime awards and subawards for "Radiance Ignite," "RI Tech" and "RITech" (October 3, 2026) returned no recipient of that name; the website does not state the venture's unique entity identifier.[^8]
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The [[FTX]] creditor matrix filed January 25, 2023 (In re FTX Trading Ltd., No. 22-11068, Bankr. D. Del., Doc 574, page 102 of 116) carries creditor "THE SALT FUND" with contact lines "AJ SCARAMUCCI," "ALEX KLOKUS" and a third individual, and a second row "THE SALT FUND / AJ SCARAMUCCI," without address, amount or claim type; the matrix also has a separate row "SKYBRIDGE CAPITAL." The debtors' Updated Interested Parties List (Doc 14607-1, May 10, 2024, page 7 of 13) lists "SALT Fund Management, LLC" under "Interested Parties." The notice-parties service list attached to the Kroll affidavit (Doc 18381, Exhibit B), served June 13, 2024 with the order approving the sale of FTX's Anthropic shares, lists "The Salt Fund" with email addresses at the thesaltfund.com domain for Scaramucci and Klokus; other rows on that list carry the annotation "(Shareholder of Anthropic)" and this row does not. The claims register could not be retrieved, so no claim amount is known.[^9]
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The [[FTX]] creditor matrix filed January 25, 2023 (In re FTX Trading Ltd., No. 22-11068, Bankr. D. Del., Doc 574, page 102 of 116) carries creditor "THE SALT FUND" with contact lines "AJ SCARAMUCCI," "ALEX KLOKUS" and a third individual, and a second row "THE SALT FUND / AJ SCARAMUCCI," without address, amount or claim type; the matrix also has a separate row "SKYBRIDGE CAPITAL." The debtors' Updated Interested Parties List (Doc 14607-1, May 10, 2024, page 7 of 13) lists "SALT Fund Management, LLC" under "Interested Parties." The notice-parties service list attached to the Kroll affidavit (Doc 18381, Exhibit B), served June 13, 2024 with the order approving the sale of FTX's Anthropic shares, lists "The Salt Fund" with email addresses at the thesaltfund.com domain for Scaramucci and Klokus; other rows on that list carry the annotation "(Shareholder of Anthropic)" and this row does not.[^9]
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At the criminal trial of [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] (United States v. Bankman-Fried, No. 22-cr-673, S.D.N.Y.), the government described Exhibit 285 on October 17, 2023 as an updated invitation from a thesaltfund.com address to an ftx.com address "among others," subject "Updated invitation: SALT fund," at Bluestone Lane, 55 Hudson Yards, on September 17, 2021, during testimony on cell-site records; the testimony names no SALT principal.[^10]
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### SALT brand and the SkyBridge adversary proceeding
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The conference organization's site states: "SALT was founded in 2009 by SkyBridge Capital, a leading fund of funds, but now operates as a standalone entity"; its operating company is SALT Venture Group, LLC, 527 Madison Avenue, New York. Correspondence of July 29, 2024 from SkyBridge Opportunity Fund to the Securities and Exchange Commission states that "SALT Venture Group, LLC ('SALT'), a company affiliated with SkyBridge, hosts large investment conferences."[^11] Alex Klokus's speaker biography on the same site calls him "Founder and Managing Partner at the SALT Fund" and carries the footer of SALT Venture Group, LLC. The Form ADV of SALT Fund Management LLC lists neither SALT Venture Group nor SkyBridge as a related person, and no document opened states that SALT Fund Management LLC is owned by, licensed by or affiliated with either.[^1][^11]
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The conference organization's site states: "SALT was founded in 2009 by SkyBridge Capital, a leading fund of funds, but now operates as a standalone entity"; its operating company is SALT Venture Group, LLC, 527 Madison Avenue, New York. Correspondence of July 29, 2024 from SkyBridge Opportunity Fund to the Securities and Exchange Commission states that "SALT Venture Group, LLC ('SALT'), a company affiliated with SkyBridge, hosts large investment conferences."[^11] Alex Klokus's speaker biography on the same site calls him "Founder and Managing Partner at the SALT Fund" and carries the footer of SALT Venture Group, LLC. The Form ADV of SALT Fund Management LLC lists neither SALT Venture Group nor SkyBridge as a related person.[^1][^11]
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On November 8, 2024 FTX Trading Ltd., Island Bay Ventures Inc. and Clifton Bay Investments LLC filed adversary proceeding 24-50209 in the [[United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware]] against SkyBridge parties including SALT Venture Group LLC, Anthony Scaramucci and [[Brett Messing]]. As pleaded by the plaintiffs, it seeks to avoid and recover transfers of more than 100 million dollars: a 12 million dollar sponsorship agreement with SALT in January 2022; a 10 million dollar investment by [[Alameda Research]] Ventures in the SkyBridge Coin Fund in March 2022; and 45 million dollars paid by Island Bay on September 7, 2022 "in return for 30% membership interests in both SkyBridge II and SkyBridge GP." The complaint text does not mention Klokus, the SALT Fund, Kyber or Alexander Scaramucci. The defendants moved on January 29, 2025 to compel arbitration and dismiss, and the trust opposed on April 8, 2025; neither was opened.[^12]
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On November 8, 2024 FTX Trading Ltd., Island Bay Ventures Inc. and Clifton Bay Investments LLC filed adversary proceeding 24-50209 in the [[United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware]] against SkyBridge parties including SALT Venture Group LLC, Anthony Scaramucci and [[Brett Messing]]. As pleaded by the plaintiffs, it seeks to avoid and recover transfers of more than 100 million dollars: a 12 million dollar sponsorship agreement with SALT in January 2022; a 10 million dollar investment by [[Alameda Research]] Ventures in the SkyBridge Coin Fund in March 2022; and 45 million dollars paid by Island Bay on September 7, 2022 "in return for 30% membership interests in both SkyBridge II and SkyBridge GP." The complaint text does not mention Klokus, the SALT Fund, Kyber or Alexander Scaramucci. The defendants moved on January 29, 2025 to compel arbitration and dismiss, and the trust opposed on April 8, 2025.[^12]
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[^3]: Skywatcher, "About." https://skywatcher.ai/about (retrieved October 3, 2026).
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[^4]: Ross Coulthart, "Is the Trump administration running a covert UFO program?," NewsNation Reality Check, published about August 2026 (retrieved October 3, 2026 showing "2 months ago"). https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check/trump-administration-covert-ufo-program/amp/
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[^5]: Jimmy, "Skywatcher: The Disclosure Team That Disappeared - I Tracked Their Helicopter," UAP Files, August 12, 2026. https://uapf.substack.com/p/skywatcher-the-disclosure-team-that . Sole source for the domain registration and YouTube creation dates cited here.
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[^6]: Jason Colavito, "In Brief: NewsNation Offers a New UFO 'Crash Retrieval' Story," January 19, 2025. https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/in-brief-newsnation-offers-a-new-ufo-crash-retrieval-story . Colavito reports Greenstreet's reporting at second hand; the original New York Post article was not located. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^6]: Jason Colavito, "In Brief: NewsNation Offers a New UFO 'Crash Retrieval' Story," January 19, 2025. https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/in-brief-newsnation-offers-a-new-ufo-crash-retrieval-story . Colavito reports Greenstreet's reporting at second hand. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^7]: Skywatcher, home page and FAQ. https://skywatcher.ai/ (retrieved October 3, 2026).
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[^8]: Skywatcher, "Research." https://skywatcher.ai/research (retrieved October 3, 2026).
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[^9]: SEC EDGAR full-text search, phrases "Skywatcher," "Sky Watcher," "Skywatcher Technologies," "Jake Barber," forms D, October 3, 2026. https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%22Skywatcher%22&forms=D
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A UFO BBS text file, an encyclopedia-style account of the Moore affair whose author is not identified in the copy consulted, states that Moore and Shandera "had given them avian names and called the sources collectively 'the birds.'"[^1] [[Mark Pilkington]] wrote in 2010 that "when researcher Bill Moore was drawn into this network by [[Richard Doty]] and his colleagues at [[Air Force Office of Special Investigations|AFOSI]], he gave them the nickname the Aviary and identified them all using bird names," and described the network as "a loose-knit group of scientists, intelligence specialists and military personnel," formed in the mid-1970s, "all fascinated by the UFO subject," which had developed a distilled version of its findings that it called "the Core Story."[^2] Boylan wrote that "a small group of individuals with extremely high security clearances" had interacted unofficially since the 1970s and "gave themselves code names, using mostly bird names," numbering "roughly a dozen."[^3]
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A UFO BBS text file, an encyclopedia-style account of the Moore affair whose author is not identified, states that Moore and Shandera "had given them avian names and called the sources collectively 'the birds.'"[^1] [[Mark Pilkington]] wrote in 2010 that "when researcher Bill Moore was drawn into this network by [[Richard Doty]] and his colleagues at [[Air Force Office of Special Investigations|AFOSI]], he gave them the nickname the Aviary and identified them all using bird names," and described the network as "a loose-knit group of scientists, intelligence specialists and military personnel," formed in the mid-1970s, "all fascinated by the UFO subject," which had developed a distilled version of its findings that it called "the Core Story."[^2] Boylan wrote that "a small group of individuals with extremely high security clearances" had interacted unofficially since the 1970s and "gave themselves code names, using mostly bird names," numbering "roughly a dozen."[^3]
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The same account states that in September 1980, according to an account Moore gave seven years later, a caller identifying himself as being from [[Kirtland Air Force Base]] asked to meet him, that Moore and the man he would call "Falcon" met at a local restaurant, and that this "would initiate a long-running relationship" between Moore (and, beginning in 1982, Shandera) and 10 members of "a shadowy group said to be connected with military intelligence and to be opposed to the continuation of the UFO cover-up."[^1] Pilkington wrote that a Denny's restaurant "may even be where Doty and Falcon first met Bill Moore back in 1980."[^2]
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[^1]: "E B E's," parts 5, 11 and 17, UFO BBS text files UFO1024, UFO1030 and UFO1036, textfiles.com mirror, https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/textfiles.com/ufo/UFOBBS/1000/1024.ufo, .../1030.ufo and .../1036.ufo. The files carry no author line in the portions read; the text cites Moore 1989a and 1989b, Greenwood 1989 and Hastings 1989. The Greenwood quotations are as quoted in part 17. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^2]: Pilkington, Mark. *Mirage Men: A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs.* 2010, chapters on the Laughlin conference, Doty, "The Man in the White Coat" and "How to Believe Weird Things," read in a PDF copy at https://avalonlibrary.net/ebooks/Mark%20Pilkington%20-%20Mirage%20Men%20-%20A%20Journey%20into%20Disinformation,%20Paranoia%20and%20UFOs.pdf. Green's statements are first-person quotations and reported speech in the book; sole source for the passages so cited. Also gives 18 October for the broadcast of UFO Cover-Up Live and says Colonel Barry Hennessey ran the AFOSI special projects unit at the Pentagon, and that Hennessey and Moore both denied he was Falcon.
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[^3]: Boylan, Richard J. "UFO/ET-Disclosure Policy Splits Covert Network," *Perceptions,* November/December issue, year not stated in the copy consulted, reproduced with editorial interpolations at think-aboutit.com, Wayback Machine capture of August 31, 2013, http://web.archive.org/web/20130831033026/http://www.think-aboutit.com/ufo/aviary.htm. Sole source for the roster.
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[^3]: Boylan, Richard J. "UFO/ET-Disclosure Policy Splits Covert Network," *Perceptions,* November/December issue, year not stated, reproduced with editorial interpolations at think-aboutit.com, Wayback Machine capture of August 31, 2013, http://web.archive.org/web/20130831033026/http://www.think-aboutit.com/ufo/aviary.htm. Sole source for the roster.
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[^4]: Farley, C. Richard, Jr., letter to John H. Gibbons, April 29, 1995, Clinton Presidential Library, Office of Science and Technology Policy FOIA 01-22, item 46, https://avalonlibrary.net/Grant_Cameron/Clinton_Presidential_Library_collection/OSTP%20-%20FOIA%2001%2022/1995%2004%2029_C.%20Richard%20Farley,%20Jr.%20to%20John%20Gibbons%20-%20OSTP%20-%20FOIA%2001%2022%20-%20item%20no%2046.pdf.
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[^5]: Colavito, Jason, quoting Schaeffer, Robert, and Kiviat, Robert. "Alien Autopsy Producer Sues UFO Contactee, Former CIA Scientist, and Ex-Congressman over Stalled UFO Documentary," March 23, 2019, https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/alien-autopsy-producer-sues-ufo-contactee-former-cia-scientist-and-ex-congressman-over-stalled-ufo-documentary. Sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^6]: Hastings, Robert. Statement of March 1, 1989, as quoted in "E B E's," part 16, UFO BBS file UFO1035, https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/textfiles.com/ufo/UFOBBS/1000/1035.ufo. The denials by Moore and Doty and the account of the "real Falcon" are in that file's own narration, not in the Hastings quotation.
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[^7]: Timothy Good, ed., *The UFO Report 1990*, "Editor's Foreword" (London, April 1989), pp. vii to viii (October 14, 1988); Barry Taff, UFO BBS file UFO135 ("When the final product aired on October 14 of that year"); Linda Moulton Howe, *An Alien Harvest*, 2nd ed. (2014), pp. 193 to 196; Robert Collins and Richard Doty, *Exempt from Disclosure* ("The show finally aired on October 14, 1988"); Internet Archive upload description ("Broadcast 10/14/88"). Mark Pilkington, *Mirage Men*, gives 18 October.
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[^8]: Moore, William L., lecture of July 1, 1989, MUFON International UFO Symposium, Las Vegas, as quoted in "E B E's," part 17, UFO BBS file UFO1036, https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/textfiles.com/ufo/UFOBBS/1000/1036.ufo (which cites Moore 1989b).
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[^9]: Robert Collins and Richard Doty, *Exempt from Disclosure: The Black World of UFOs* (Peregrine Communications; copyright notice 2010), introduction; Section 1, "Go west as they say," "Summits without the Cocktails, the fall of 1987," "And We Became Birds: 'The Aviary,'" "August 1988: Cloak & Dagger," "September 1988," "April 1989"; Section 2, Chapter 4 and references 4a, 4b and 5, https://archive.org/details/exempt-from-disclosure (OCR text read). Collins's account is the sole source for the passages so cited.
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[^10]: William L. Moore, "UFOs and the U.S. Government, Part I," address to the MUFON International UFO Symposium, Las Vegas, July 1, 1989, video recorded by Ron Regehr (Internet Archive item bill-moore-1989-mufon, https://archive.org/details/bill-moore-1989-mufon), read in the caption transcript of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUfimKiS-po; captions mis-render names ("Dodie," "Chandere") and are corrected here. The printed version in the MUFON UFO Journal of November and December 1989 was not obtained.
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[^10]: William L. Moore, "UFOs and the U.S. Government, Part I," address to the MUFON International UFO Symposium, Las Vegas, July 1, 1989, video recorded by Ron Regehr (Internet Archive item bill-moore-1989-mufon, https://archive.org/details/bill-moore-1989-mufon), read in the caption transcript of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUfimKiS-po; captions mis-render names ("Dodie," "Chandere") and are corrected here.
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[^11]: Richard C. Doty, letter of March 3, 1989, http://textfiles.com/ufo/doty.ufo
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[^12]: Robert Hastings, "The MJ-12 Affair: Facts, Questions, Comments," March 1, 1989, https://web.archive.org/web/20161028084620/http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/hastings.htm
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[^13]: Form 1-K for fiscal 2018 Items 1 and 5 and the financial statement note on related parties; repeated in the fiscal 2019 report.
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[^14]: Exhibit 6.28, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement No. 19-15, to Form 1-A/A filed August 3, 2020 (accession 0001104659-20-089220). https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710274/000110465920089220/tm2023098d2_ex6-28.htm
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[^15]: To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science Inc., Form 1-SA, semiannual report for the period ended June 30, 2018, Item 2 (Other Information) and related-party transactions note, SEC accession 0001144204-18-050766, filed September 26, 2018. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710274/000114420418050766/tv503167_1sa.htm
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[^16]: Lewis-Kraus, Gideon. "How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously." *The New Yorker,* May 10, 2021. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously. The October 11, 2017 date and the Seattle venue are from a secondary summary, not yet checked against TTSA's own materials. Lewis-Kraus's account of the hotel meeting derives from Kean.
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[^16]: Lewis-Kraus, Gideon. "How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously." *The New Yorker,* May 10, 2021. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously. Lewis-Kraus's account of the hotel meeting derives from Kean.
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[^17]: Bender, Bryan. "The Pentagon's Secret Search for UFOs." *Politico Magazine,* December 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/2018id_/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/16/pentagon-ufo-search-harry-reid-216111
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[^18]: Greenewald, John, Jr. The Black Vault, June 14, 2019. https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/pentagon-reinforces-mr-luis-elizondo-had-no-responsibilities-on-aatip-senator-harry-reids-2009-memo-changes-nothing
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[^19]: SEC EDGAR company page, CIK 1710274 (Atom feed and full-text search, run October 3, 2026). https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1710274&type=1-A
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[^6]: Chief of Station, JMWAVE, telepouch dispatch UFGT-21770 to Chief, WOBONE, April 24, 1968, JFK record 104-10130-10474.
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[^7]: Central Intelligence Agency, transmittal and routing slips, September 5 and December 10, 1969, records 104-10130-10470 and 104-10130-10471; request for contact security approval, February to March 1971, record 104-10130-10468; Sheridan, Arthur C., memorandum to SAC, Miami Field Office, "Wackenhut Corporation #493364," April 20, 1971, record 104-10130-10469. JFK Assassination Records Collection. On VENOM: CIA memoranda of July 23, 1970 (104-10120-10117), March 19, 1971 (104-10117-10341), and May 5, 1971 (104-10122-10166), as summarized in the Mary Ferrell Foundation cryptonym database, entry "VENOM."
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[^8]: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Security, cable to SAC New York field office, "Wackenhut Corp.," April 30, 1968, JFK record 104-10130-10473.
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[^9]: National Archives, JFK Assassination Records Collection, record identification forms 104-10130-10459 (April 25, 1967), 104-10130-10466 (November 8, 1971), 104-10130-10463 (February 4, 1974), 104-10130-10461 (February 6, 1974), and 104-10130-10460 (February 11, 1974), agency file 80T01357A. Titles and dates from the index; the documents themselves have not been read.
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[^9]: National Archives, JFK Assassination Records Collection, record identification forms 104-10130-10459 (April 25, 1967), 104-10130-10466 (November 8, 1971), 104-10130-10463 (February 4, 1974), 104-10130-10461 (February 6, 1974), and 104-10130-10460 (February 11, 1974), agency file 80T01357A.
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[^10]: Burr, William, ed. "Project Azorian: The CIA's Declassified History of the Glomar Explorer," National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 305, 2010. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb305/index.htm
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[^11]: Central Intelligence Agency, Domestic Contact Service, case file 65805, "Wackenhut Corporation," JFK Assassination Records Collection, record 104-10291-10016, released 2023. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2023/104-10291-10016.pdf, pp. 30, 59-64, 65-66, memorandum MIM-294-67, "Initial Contact," December 13, 1967, and information reports of January 10, 1968.
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[^12]: Central Intelligence Agency, Domestic Contact Service, case file 65805, "Wackenhut Corporation," JFK Assassination Records Collection, record 104-10291-10016, released 2023. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2023/104-10291-10016.pdf, pp. 10-13, 37-58, process sheets of March 1970 to December 1971.
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On April 7, 2020, the State Department designated RIM, Vorobyev, Gariev, and Trushchalov as SDGTs under Executive Order 13224. This was the first white supremacist terrorist designation in U.S. history. Counterterrorism Coordinator [[Ambassador Nathan Sales]] explained at a press briefing that the designation was grounded in RIM providing training "for acts of terrorism" specifically through Partizan, citing the Gothenburg bombings as the documented case. The designation triggers asset-blocking and transactional prohibitions under U.S. law for anyone who deals with these individuals or the organization.[^1]
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On June 15, 2022, the [[U.S. Treasury Department]]'s [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] (OFAC) designated two additional supporters of RIM as SDGTs, pursuant to Executive Order 13224. Treasury's press release (jy0817) documented this supplemental designation. The identity of the two individuals named in the June 2022 action was not reproduced in available open-source summaries consulted for this entry; the OFAC SDN list entry and Treasury press release contain the authoritative names.[^9]
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On June 15, 2022, the [[U.S. Treasury Department]]'s [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] (OFAC) designated two additional supporters of RIM as SDGTs, pursuant to Executive Order 13224. Treasury's press release (jy0817) documented this supplemental designation.[^9]
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The [[United Kingdom]] proscribed RIM as a terrorist organization in 2025, following a multi-year debate in which parliamentary questions in the Commons had raised the matter. [[Searchlight Magazine]] reported on the UK Home Office proscription order, which extended to RIM the same legal framework applied to other proscribed organizations under the [[Terrorism Act 2000]]. The exact Statutory Instrument number and date of the UK proscription are not confirmed in materials reviewed for this entry; see open thread in _NOTES.md.[^10]
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The [[United Kingdom]] proscribed RIM as a terrorist organization in 2025, following a multi-year debate in which parliamentary questions in the Commons had raised the matter. [[Searchlight Magazine]] reported on the UK Home Office proscription order, which extended to RIM the same legal framework applied to other proscribed organizations under the [[Terrorism Act 2000]].[^10]
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