The Red Thread Files ◀ All entries Open the case room
Whistleblowers & Witnesses

Paul Bennewitz

1979–2003

Albuquerque businessman and UFO researcher who, from the late 1970s, believed he was recording alien activity near Kirtland AFB. He became the target of a documented Air Force counterintelligence disinformation campaign (Richard Doty/AFOSI) that fed him fabricated alien material; he suffered a mental breakdown. The clearest documented case of the government seeding UFO disinformation. Died 2003.

Explore Paul Bennewitz in the live connections board → Open the case file

Connections (1)

disputedRichard Doty
the AFOSI agent who fed him fabricated alien evidence, contributing to his breakdown
Source: Greenwood & Bishop, Project Beta; R. Doty AFOSI disclosures (HuffPost 2014; The Debrief)
Part of The Red Thread Files — an independent, evidence-first investigation into the UAP, USO, and consciousness question. Confidence labels (confirmed / reported / disputed) are an automated approximation based on the wording and directness of each source, not a verdict. Corrections: [email protected].