The Real Story of the Bay of Pigs

Each year the disastrous landings of the Cuban Brigade at the Bay of Pigs receive at least some retroactive mention, and in most cases the dialog is the same – including references to the failure of President Kennedy to support the effort. In some venues the terms “betrayal” and “treason” even appear. Unfortunately that conversation reflects nothing of what has actually been learned over the decades as to the full history of the Cuba Project, and JFK’s true actions during the early months of 1962, as well as during the days of the landings in Cuba.

In my book In Denial I give as true a historical picture of those events as possible – one that is dramatically different than those standard anniversary articles, or what is in most history books in regard to the event.

This year Chuck Ochelli and I discussed what we have learned over the decades, what is actually documented, and the misleading story which was circulated following the landings – by CIA officers directly involved in leading the Cuba Project and sending the Brigade onto the beaches.

That interview covers only some of the details which In Denial explores, but it is at least a start and you can find it here:

The Pentagon’s False Narrative About UAP And US Nuclear Warfare Assets

Actually that is not my title, its the title of an article by Kevin Wright that I thought some of you might find interesting; Kevin is a follower of our Intentions studies and refers to them in his article which I will add to this post below.

As for myself, I’mjust back from a long eclipse chase trip which looked like a total bust until about five minutes before totality when the clouds began to thin. From that point on we had a great view as full totality approached and then were able to see all the major elements – the solar corona, two large and extremely bright red flares off the sun (far brighter and redder visually than I have seen in any of the many photos), the diamond ring effect (again far more dramatic than in photos) and Venus in the sky near the sun at totality . I had been tempted to pan folks on television who were describing it as ‘amazing’ and then mentally apologized as there was literally no other word for it…truly an amazing in person experience.

Here is Kevin’s article on the issue of what nobody at DOD/AARO appears to have addressed yet in their releases on the atomic warfare/UAP issue to date:

Scientific studies and the historical record of foreign technologies negate the Pentagon’s narratives about UAP interest in US atomic warfare assets.

By Kevin Wright Those who have studied unidentified anomalous phenomena(UAP) over several decades, like Dr. Jacques Vallée, historian Richard Dolan, and many others, have come to differing conclusions about the nature, origin, and or meaning of UAP. One prevalent conclusion, however, is that the phenomena are tricksters.The same attribution could be given to the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community, and others involved in keeping secret what elements of the government know about the UAP enigma. In my column with the Roswell Daily Record last week, I asked what the Pentagon is hiding from the American public about what it knows or doesn’t know about UAP, particularly the relationship between UAP and US nuclear and military assets.The recent report by the DoD’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) on the “Historical Record of US Government Involvement” with UAP barely mentions incidents involving UAP and atomic warfare assets despite putatively covering eight decades of reported UAP activity. Indeed, the white paper ignores hundreds of documented accounts of such incidents.Neither AARO’s findings nor Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, the former Director of the AARO, indicated anything beyond actions of a foreign adversary or inadvertent/unauthorized disclosures of legitimate US programs that have nothing to do with UAP. Of course, there were also the usual explanations of atmospheric weather anomalies, balloons, and swamp gas. None of this adds up. Recent groundbreaking research by members of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), an organization I advise on public relations, offers fascinating insights into UAP activities intertwined with US nuclear warfare assets. The SCU’s thorough examinations of UAP activities in the post-World War II era, spanning from 1945 to 1975, revealed a convincing narrative intricately linked with the development and deployment of US atomic warfare capabilities. The initial investigation, the UAP Pattern Recognition Study, uncovered a significant connection between reported bursts of UAP activity and critical milestones in nuclear weapons technology advancement. Spikes in UAP presence notably coincided with activities at sites involved in atomic weaponry development, including missile complexes and initiatives for warhead deployment. Going deeper into the motives behind these UAP incidents, the second inquiry, the UAP Indications Analysis, identified a distinct pattern wherein UAP activities evolved in tandem with advancements in nuclear warfare capabilities. Notably, as weapons delivery systems advanced, the intensity and nature of UAP encounters also progressed, suggesting systematic scrutiny of America’s atomic warfare infrastructure. The most recent comprehensive examination, the UAP Activity Pattern Study, released last week, unveiled a nuanced shift in UAP behavior, transitioning from prominent daytime sightings to nighttime close encounters, particularly with civilian observers. Additionally, the study highlights a significant rise in UAP loitering, especially during the late1960s, indicating a shift from military to public spheres. Furthermore, disc-shaped UAP were observed executing extraordinary maneuvers, including instantaneous vertical acceleration, speeds surpassing 9,000 miles per hour, and 90-degree turns without altering their speed, emphasizing the complexity and sophistication of these phenomena. In other words, UAP exhibited mind-boggling capabilities and initially focused on the atomic development complex: radioactive materials production and shipment, weapons design, and stockpiling. Then, curiously, the concentrated focus on these assets never repeated after the development period. Instead, the activity and apparent surveillance followed the deployment of strategic weapons, major Strategic Air Command bomber bases, and new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) bases, many of which were extensions of the bomber facilities. After the first-generation ICBMs were replaced, UAP surveillance of the sites that housed them did not continue; only the sites that received the newest types of missiles received attention.  That pattern continued until the end of SCU’s study period. These peer-reviewed studies, meticulously curated from official reports and government data, offer unprecedented insights into the intersection of UAP phenomena and atomic warfare assets in the post-World War II era, revealing significant discrepancies with the Pentagon’s prevailing explanations, e.g., that UAP results from the actions of foreign adversaries. Notably, the timelines of technological advancements by prominent geopolitical players such as China, the former Soviet Union, North Korea, and Iran cast doubt on any theory that UAP is tethered to foreign countries, emphasizing the complexity and uncertainty surrounding the origins of UAP. Suppose Russia, China, and others failed to reach atomic warfare capabilities from a technological standpoint, at least until after the initial phase of UAP surveillance. Is it plausible that these foreign adversaries were technologically advanced enough to observe highly sensitive national security assets half a world away before their nuclear technology maturity with impunity? China’s maiden nuclear weapon test occurred in October 1964, which postdates numerous earlier UAP incidents. Similarly, the Soviet Union’s initial atomic bomb test happened in 1949, following the emergence of UAP reports. China’s inaugural ICBM test transpired in 1971, nearly 30 years after documented UAP events began. The Soviet Union, a significant global player, only launched its first genuine ICBM in 1957. For later context, it is also important to note that the US did not successfully test its first true ICBM until 1958. North Korea’s technological strides, evidenced by its first satellite launch in 1998 and its debut nuclear weapon test in 2006, took place long after the scrutinized period ended. Iran, a recent entrant into the geopolitical sphere, achieved its first domestically-produced satellite launch in February 2009. These incongruences raise serious questions about the veracity of the foreign adversaries hypothesis in explaining the origins of UAP, particularly in the early decades of the Atomic Age, beginning in the mid-1940s.So, what are we left with if we eliminate the foreign adversary hypothesis and discount the likelihood that the US had such top-secret, black-budget advanced aerospace technologies surveilling its own atomic warfare assets in the 1940s and 1950s? Again, there is no way the DoD hasn’t done its due diligence on unidentified craft intruding on atomic warfare assets, whether or not the government agencies charged with national security want to admit to it. The question remains: what is the Pentagon not telling the American public? About the author: Kevin Wright has 20+ years of experience in Washington, DC, in public relations, communications, and issue advocacy. He founded Solve Advocacy, an issue advocacy and communications consulting firm dedicated to UAP and edge science issues. He advises the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies‘ (SCU) Board of Directors on public affairs and public relations and is a consultant to Daniel Sheehan’s New Paradigm Institute..

UFO’s/UAP’s and the Public

I just wanted to let everyone know that our SCU (Scientific Coalition for UAP studies) team has just had our third peer reviewed study paper published. It deals with patterns of UAP activity as reported by the general public from 1945-1975. Earlier pattern studies dealt with military reports, both from conventional military facilities and the atomic warfare complex.

This new report focuses on UAP visibility and activities related to close approaches to observers, loitering near observers and related activities, comparing what was happening with the public during the same time as the military activities discussed in the earlier reports (including aircraft encounters and engagements as well as reports from the White Sands test range in New Mexico).

Our newest report is especially interesting for the definite patterns that were found, and the transition in UAP activity from the military domain to the public. Work on this paper was in progress for over a year; the team is now well into our fourth study in this series, assessing and evaluating what the patterns of activity suggest in terms of UAP intentions as related to the general public.

You will find a copy of this newest report at this link:

https://www.explorescu.org/post/scu-publishes-pattern-study-1945-1975-military-and-public-activities

Walker Shooting

In my new normal, I’ve not been posting much recently, but that may change a bit over the coming months. As an alternative, I recently did a Walker shooting podcast which offered a great point-count point format for me to bring up how my views on issues such as that incident have evolved over time – and during the research and writing on my (actually “our”, with David Boylan) upcoming Oswald book. It provided an opportunity for me to point out how I’ve come to abandon some of the earlier “memes” about Oswald that I followed and even wrote in my own earlier books, and why I now have different views on a number of conspiracy related issues. Different in many ways but not in the basics – spoiler alert, no he did not shoot the president, yes he was a patsy.

If you would like to check out the podcast you can find it here:

In regard to the upcoming Oswald book itself, the manuscript is now in fact checking/peer review with several of the most knowledgeable JFK researchers I know and once that is done it will go into actual edit. So its not imminent but it might be possible to have it out this year; given the positions it takes on many of the most controversial Oswald issues it needs to be as factually clean as we can make it.

Oswald Dialog

Well the work on the new Oswald piece continues, in an effort to call out issues with both the Warren Commission positioning of Oswald, and the skeptical communities’ counter views its taking a lot of work to pursue some balance – and be as transparent as possible as to what is fact and what is speculation. 

Its also necessary to revisit most all the major points of controversy that have emerged over the years – this is definitely one of those “where angels fear to tread, fools walk in” endeavors.

Along the way I’m taking a good deal of time with peer review and fact checking, but also in conversations about the standard views which have become almost ‘foundational’ in the skeptical community – that generally means if you don’t agree with them some may consider you to be naive, uninformed or possibly a tool of the establishment (if not worse).

Fortunately I had the chance to engage in an extended dialog and some friendly point counterpoint on Oswald in on one of Robbie’s recent “Out of the Blank” podcasts. It was fun and a good exercise and a very real part of working though and sometimes out of the box in regard to views of Lee Harvey Oswald. You can check it out here:

Issues of balance, history and JFK Research

This past week I had a chance to chat with Chuck Ochelli about some of the issues which continue to concern me as we try to move the realities of the assassination beyond the official story line of the Warren Commission report and into a more responsible history of the event.

Decades have been spent in deconstructing material contained in the Warren Commission Report, even as compared to its 26 Volumes. At this point professional historians could, if they chose to do so, write a true history of the issues with the initial DPD and FBI investigations as well as the presidential autopsy all as presented in the Commission report – and do so in part with documented materials from the Commission itself. Such a work could soundly document why the presentation of a Lone Nut assassin deserves to be treated skeptically by history.

My issues are with the conspiracy side of the coin, the reality of Oswald’s direct involvement – if any – and the fact that we are not handling that with the same rigor and, truth to say skepticism. that has been used with the Warren Commission deconstruction. We have not held ourselves to the same standards of fact checking, documentation, citations and historical analysis that we demanded from the Warren Commission. 

Which means that even if we manage to persuade people that the official story is in doubt, we continue to do a poor job of offering alternatives that would stand up to the measurements of historical treatment.

My issues have surfaced most recently in regard to the Rob Reiner series of podcasts, which are being received very positively, provide great entertainment and I consider to be woefully lacking as actual history. Chuck and I discussed some of the reasons why, and why I have become so concerned about the differences between entertainment, journalism and history as time passes….you will find that discussion at the follow link to his web site.

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End of the Year Update

I had a chance to do a show with Chuck Ochelli this week that provides an update on what I have been doing this year, and where I’m going in 2024 - in regard to both my JFK and UFO/UAP work. 

We also spent a great deal of time chatting on the challenge of the Oswald monograph I’m working on, my intention of making it as balanced as possible, and the implications of that in regard to making it more a work of history than purely JFK research. I’ve come to realize to do that its going to need to grow substantially, and I really need to do a reset and add a great deal more context to present the conflicting views of the official vs. the skeptics view of the man.

If you are interested you will find that conversation at the following link:

Conference and Conversations

I recently had another chat with Robbie on his Out of the Blank podcast, we talked about the recent Lancer conference and the state of JFK research. We also engaged in an extended conversation of some controversial topics – some of it on my evolving view of Lee Harvey Oswald and the extent that both the Warren Commission and the JFK community have tended to make him into a one dimensional figure and something less than an individual in his own right. A treatment I view as also extended to his wife Marina, especially in regard to her Warren Commission interviews which were either cherry picked or tossed out if they individual remarks did not match the view of Oswald being sought to support the official story of the assassination or various conspiracy scenarios.

I’ll be commenting more on that in the future as I return to work on my monograph on Oswald in Three Dimensions, in the meantime you can find the podcast at the link below. Also, if I appear to be cold during the interview – yes, Robbie catches me early in the morning for these chats and I really do hate winter…

UFP/UAP Studies

Those who follow this blog may have taken note of the fact that much of my research and writing over the past 5 years has been related to very serious study of this subject. While you read a great deal about it in the media and Congress is all over the place on it, doing hard core studies, writing papers, going though peer review and actually getting the work out in the public domain requires intensity, patience and a lot of pure slogging.

At this point one team that I work with has published two intentions studies, both related to UAP’s in the military domain. We have finished peer review and are in the process of publishing a third, looking at the same database, but in regard to the public domain. And we are deeply into our fourth paper, which will pull it all together and address what we have found to be a clear transition in UAP focus.

In the meantime, yet another paper that I have been involved with over several years, has just been published; its a detailed study of a variety of physical, electromagnetic and kinematics characteristics exhibited by truly unidentified objects, and can be found here:

https://zenodo.org/records/10287332

Warning, it is a deep read, not the sort of thing you find in the media or on Youtube. On the other hand it examines some very important questions and provides a through overview of exactly distinctive the characteristics of UFOs/UAPs truly are – with obvious implications.

JFK Lancer Conference 2023

As we commemorate the passing of President Kennedy, sixty years following his death in Dallas Texas, I wanted to give a bit of a report on this year’s conference – which occurred over three days last weekend.

The conference was extremely well attended with over 200 in attendance in person and more than 250 signed up for online viewing. Being there in person was a true experience with that many people in the presentation room, hallways and book room. In general the attendees were much more interactive with each other, and I had the opportunity for chatting and questions almost continually.

With possibly the largest number of presenters ever – enabled by virtual and pre-recorded presentations as well as a decision to forego breaks and provide box lunches – I certainly won’t attempt to cover all the topics but for me some of the most interesting were newer subjects such as John Davies talk on the national security response to the assassination, Rob Clark and Joe Borelli speaking on what may well have been an effort to keep Marina Oswald under very ,high level covert surveillance following the assassination, Alex Harris on the information in the DCA films and my friend Stu Wexler’s review of missing autopsy materials at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

Jeff Meek revisited the subject of the House on Harlandale, which still perplexes me and leaves me at a loss as to how a by then well known Castro supporter outed by the DRE in New Orleans would be involved with the broad exile community in Dallas. It leaves me searching for the best “impersonation” incident in Dallas as a possible answer.

Greg Doudna revisited the Walker shooting incident and Gayle Nix Jackson and Doug Campbell joined in a discussion of his presentation and the incident itself. Its one of the areas I am still wrestling with as I move forward with my Oswald monograph and in truth a workable scenario involving Oswald with the shooting is easier for me to conceptualize than Oswald actually being at the House on Harlandale.

One thing I do know, and spoke on myself, is the need to continually reexamine what has written in JFK literature (including my own early works like Someone Would Have Talked) based on the newest information available from record and document releases in order to ensure we pursue a historical story rather than the story we might each be inclined to find based on our worldviews or politics.