Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-02-11

Books mentioned on Part One: How The U.S. Government Used Aliens To Destroy a Man's Mind

2 books · With Brandy Posy · Listen · Watch on YouTube

This week we tell the harrowing story of Paul Bennewitz, a simple nerdy engineer who spotted evidence of covert Air Force weapons programs and was gaslit into believing they were alien spacecraft. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Evans discussed Behind the Flying Saucers by Frank Scully and Project Beta by Greg Bishop.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Behind the Flying Saucers

    Frank Scully · at 16:43

    Discussed
    “in 1950 a guy named Frank Scully publishes a book titled behind the flying saucers based on an article he'd written for variety”
    Where to get it
  2. Project Beta

    Greg Bishop · at 26:40

    Project Beta by Greg Bishop investigates alleged government cover-ups, UFO phenomena, and the psychological operations directed against civilian researchers during the twentieth century.

    Discussed
    “in the book project beta Greg Bishop writes”
    Where to get it