Society of the Psyop, Part 1: UFOs and the Future of Media - Journal #147

Modern media, driven by generative AI, recommendation algorithms and biometric sensors, now observes viewers' reactions and adapts to shape their beliefs and behavior, marking a new phase after spectacle and surveillance. Its history of perception manipulation is illustrated by Richard Doty's work for the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Kirtland Air Force Base in the late 1970s and 1980s. Doty staged a deception against military contractor Paul Bennewitz, using William Moore as a proxy and doctored documents, then briefed journalist Linda Moulton Howe with a similar dossier. Under the right conditions, hallucination and reality can become one and the same.