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AFOSI file on Paul Bennewitz (Kirtland AFB, 1980–81)
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American Alchemy · 1:37:55
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedThe Air Force investigative file on a physicist who reported filming lights over the Manzano weapons storage area and intercepting signals he believed came from craft. It records his complaint, his briefing of senior officers, the office's decision not to pursue it, and a senator's inquiry. Doty's later account of feeding him false material is not in the file.
The document
| Identifier | AFOSI FOIA 2013-03291-F; file 8017D93-0/29 |
|---|---|
| Issuing body | Air Force Office of Special Investigations, file 8017D93-0/29; released under FOIA 2013 |
| Date | |
| Kind | file-release |
| Status | exists as a document; retrieved and read |
| Where | https://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/DOTY-FOIA.pdf |
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This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received 5 April 2013, for access to copies of files related to AFOSI agent Richard Doty and his investigation into Paul Bennewitz… we identified AFOSI file number 8017D93-0/29 as being responsive to your request.
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Cited on the show
- 1:37:55 If You Still Think UFOs Are Fake, Watch This (David Grusch Interview) ▶
- 1:38:48 Life on Mars Destroyed by Nuclear War! (Ft. Dr. John Brandenburg) ▶
- 0:21:21 The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) ▶
- 0:00:00 UFOs & Nukes: The Bizarre Truth Ft. RedPandaKoala ▶
- 0:02:09 "Jesus Was In A Secret Occult Group!" -Top Researcher Brian Muraresku ▶
- 0:28:55 Martin Shkreli on Life in Prison, Pharma, UFO’s ▶
- 1:16:29 Graham Hancock: Aliens, Atlantis & the Apocalypse ▶
- 0:36:34 The CIA Scientist Who Built UFOs Before Bob Lazar (Townsend Brown Documentary) ▶
- 1:39:19 Life on Mars Destroyed by Nuclear War! (Ft. Dr. John Brandenburg) ▶
- 1:40:21 Life on Mars Destroyed by Nuclear War! (Ft. Dr. John Brandenburg) ▶
- 1:41:25 Life on Mars Destroyed by Nuclear War! (Ft. Dr. John Brandenburg) ▶
Mentioned in the corpus
Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
If You Still Think UFOs Are Fake, Watch This (David Grusch Interview) 11 September 2023
Life on Mars Destroyed by Nuclear War! (Ft. Dr. John Brandenburg) 13 March 2025
- 1:38:48 ▶
get Serling to be involved. And then and then J. Allen Hynek also, I just learned I think provided the laptop to Paul Bennewitz where Paul Bennewitz was receiving alien signals for He's being sci-op by Rick Doty, who's an Air Force
- 1:38:48 ▶ cited on the show
- 1:39:19 ▶ cited on the show
- 1:40:21 ▶ cited on the show
- 1:41:25 ▶ cited on the show
- 1:38:48 ▶
The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) 28 June 2025
- 0:21:21 ▶
documents, so they they first appeared in uh 1984, near Kirtland Air Force Base. And so we know that that's connection to the notorious uh Richard Doty and they were sent to a filmmaker and friend of Bill Moore researcher guy named Jamie Chandere who has his own had his own very interesting Intel connections I
- 0:21:21 ▶ cited on the show
- 0:21:21 ▶
"Jesus Was In A Secret Occult Group!" -Top Researcher Brian Muraresku 13 October 2021
Martin Shkreli on Life in Prison, Pharma, UFO’s 2 September 2022
Graham Hancock: Aliens, Atlantis & the Apocalypse 22 December 2022
The CIA Scientist Who Built UFOs Before Bob Lazar (Townsend Brown Documentary) 22 February 2024
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Kirtland AFB / Manzano / Sandia. Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 1:37:55 If You Still Think UFOs Are Fake, Watch This (David Grusch Interview) ▶
UFOs with Blue Book, but later in 1979, the Air Force drove a man crazy by playing up his belief in aliens. Paul Bennewitz I'm sure you're- are you familiar with him?
- 1:38:48 Life on Mars Destroyed by Nuclear War! (Ft. Dr. John Brandenburg) ▶
get Serling to be involved. And then and then J. Allen Hynek also, I just learned I think provided the laptop to Paul Bennewitz where Paul Bennewitz was receiving alien signals for He's being sci-op by Rick Doty, who's an Air Force
- 0:21:21 The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) ▶
documents, so they they first appeared in uh 1984, near Kirtland Air Force Base. And so we know that that's connection to the notorious uh Richard Doty and they were sent to a filmmaker and friend of Bill Moore researcher guy named Jamie Chandere who has his own had his own very interesting Intel connections I
- AFOSI file on Paul Bennewitz (Kirtland AFB, 1980–81)
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