Alexander has spent some time with Novel and has flaunted the affiliation,
5
perhaps in an attempt to intimidate others. Martin Cannon, an investigator
who has written on government mind-control projects, received a call from
Alexander’s wife on May 30, 1993. She left a message on his answering
machine saying: “Martin, as an ex-friend I have to warn you. John and Hal [Puthoff]
are really pissed off at you. And they’ve given the matter over to Gordon
[Novel] to handle. Watch out.” Cannon had no idea what had provoked the
threat, but in his book
The Controllers he had suggested that perhaps
some UFO abduction accounts were actually due to screen memories imposed on
the victims of a government mind-control program in order to conceal other
atrocities. Cannon was well aware of Alexander’s interest in UFO abductions
and of Novel’s background. He was quite alarmed, and the day he received the
message, he called and played me the tape. I suggested that he alert a
number of people in the media, and he also notified the FBI.
But Cannon was not the only one targeted by Alexander. Armen Victorian of
England was one of the most effective researchers to use the U.S. Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) to uncover government involvement in paranormal
areas.
6 Citing the FOIA, Victorian requested information about
research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, but it was denied him.
Undeterred, he placed a second request, seeking copies of all paperwork
relating to the denial. Victorian thereby obtained a memorandum written by
John Alexander to Gilbert Ortiz, dated 28 September 1993. In that memo,
Alexander discussed Victorian and specifically complained about his role in
the expose of Bruce Maccabee, a Navy physicist who spread rumors that the
U.S. government knew of ET alien bases on earth.
7 (Maccabee is
scheduled to speak at X-Conference 2008.)
Alexander’s memo revealed that the CIA had requested “British Intelligence
and the police to assist in resolving problems with” Victorian. Alexander
did not discuss court action, legal remedies, or regulations that might be
used to deny information. Rather it implied retaliation by government agents
without due process, a serious abuse of power. Victorian subsequently
reported that his home and car were broken into, that computer disks and
other records stolen, and that someone had tampered with his mail.
8
After an account of all this appeared in the January 1, 1995 edition of
British newspaper
The Observer9 his problems seemed to
stop.
Concluding Remarks
Whatever one may think of Jones and Alexander, one cannot reasonably
conclude that they have worked to inform the public about government-UFO
activities. They have fostered ambiguity and suspicion, and perhaps worse.
One might be skeptical of any statements they may make on the topic.
For more on Jones and Alexander, see
The Trickster and the Paranormal
pages 169-170, 228, 237-241, 243-244.
Endnotes
1. For instance: Jones, Cecil B. Government - UFO Connections in
Mufon
Symposium Proceedings, 1991, pp. 173-184. Seguin, TX: MUFON. See page
176.
2. An entire chapter is devoted to Gordon Novel in
The Kennedy
Conspiracy: An Uncommissioned Report on the Jim Garrison Investigation
by Paris Flammonde, New York, NY: Meredith Press, 1969, pp. 96-109.
3.
On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison, New York, NY:
Warner Books, 1991, see pp. 208-211. (First published 1988)
4. Bizarre Rome Case Ends with Man Pleading Guilty by Betsy Neal,
Atlanta
Constitution, November 6, 1977, p. 15-B (page depends on edition).
5. A picture of Alexander with Novel was printed in
Saucer Smear,
Vol. 41, No. 9, December 5th, 1994, p. 6. Available at: http://www.martiansgohome.com/smear/v41/ss941205.htm.
Accessed March 28, 2008.
6. Victorian formerly used the name Henry Azadehdel. On June 6, 1989, he was
convicted of smuggling orchids into England.
7. Alexander’s memo was reproduced in
Third Eyes Only (No. 19,
March-April, 1994, pp. 33-38). Maccabee’s spreading of rumors of ET bases on
earth can be found in his article Hiding the Hardware (
International UFO
Reporter, Vol. 16, No. 5, September/October, 1991, pp. 4-10, 23. See pp.
10, 23.) The expose of Maccabee was the Associated Investigators Report AIR
#1 The Fund for CIA Research? or Who’s Disinforming Whom? (
Third Eyes
Only, No. 14, July, 1993, pp. 1-14.)
8. Britain in the 90s: Up Against the State by Armen Victorian,
Lobster,
No. 28, 1994, pp. 12-13. Victorian sent me copies of police reports he
filed. If he had filed false ones, he could have been subject to
prosecution.
9. Secret Service ‘Targets’ Military Writer by William Goodwin,
The
Observer (London), January 1, 1995, p. 10.
