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A A BOUT THE UTHOR Photo copyright © Shane Van Boxtel. N ick Redfern works full time as an author, lecturer, and journalist. He writes about a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, alien encounters, and government conspiracies. His many books include The Zombie Book (co-written with Brad Steiger); Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind; and Monster Diary. He writes regularly for Cryptomundo.com, the Mutual UFO Network Journal and Mysterious Universe. He has appeared on numerous television shows, including Fox News; History Channel’s Ancient Aliens, Monster Quest, and UFO Hunters; VH1’s Legend Hunters; National Geographic Channel’s The Truth about UFOs and Paranatural; BBC’s Out of This World; MSNBC’s Countdown; and SyFy Channel’s Proof Positive. Nick lives just a few miles from Dallas, Texas’ infamous Grassy Knoll and can be contacted at his blog: http://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com. ALSO FROM VISIBLE INK PRESS Alien Mysteries, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups by Kevin D. Randle ISBN: 978-1-57859-418-4 Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier, 2nd edition by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-368-2 The Government UFO Files by Kevin D. Randle ISBN: 978-1-57859-477-1 Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds by Jerome Clark ISBN: 978-1-57859-175-6 Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-333-0 Real Encounters, Different Dimensions, and Otherworldly Beings by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-455-9 Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, 2nd edition by Brad Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-401-6 Real Miracles, Divine Intervention, and Feats of Incredible Survival by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-214-2 Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena, 3rd edition by Jerome Clark ISBN: 978-1-57859-344-6 The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead by Nick Redfern and Brad Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-504-4 SECRET HISTORY: CONSPIRACIES FROM ANCIENT ALIENS TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER Copyright © 2015 by Visible Ink Press® This publication is a creative work fully protected by all applicable copyright laws, as well as by misappropriation, trade secret, unfair competition, and other applicable laws. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or website. All rights to this publication will be vigorously defended. Visible Ink Press® 43311 Joy Rd., #414 Canton, MI 48187-2075 Visible Ink Press is a registered trademark of Visible Ink Press LLC. Most Visible Ink Press books are available at special quantity discounts when purchased in bulk by corporations, organizations, or groups. Customized printings, special imprints, messages, and excerpts can be produced to meet your needs. For more information, contact Special Markets Director, Visible Ink Press, www.visibleinkpress.com, or 734-667-3211. Managing Editor: Kevin S. Hile Art Director: Mary Claire Krzewinski Typesetting: Marco Di Vita Proofreaders: Larry Baker and Dorothy Scott Indexer: Shoshana Hurwitz Front cover images: Stonehenge (Shutterstock), security camera (Shutterstock), Mason symbol (Shutterstock), 9/11 image (Robert J. Fisch), Quetzalcoatl (public domain). Back cover images: President John F. Kennedy motorcade (Victor Hugo King), Edward Snowden (Wikileaks), crop circles (public domain). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Redfern, Nicholas, 1964— Secret history : conspiracies from ancient aliens to the new world order / by Nick Redfern. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-57859-479-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Conspiracies—United States. 2. Civilization, Ancient—Extraterrestrial influences. 3. Human-alien encounters. I. Title. HV6275.R45 2015 001.9—dc23 2014046946 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 C ONTENTS Acknowledgments Photo Credits Introduction ANCIENT ALIENS The Ten Commandments: Alien Parallels Atlantis: A Lost Civilization The Ark of the Covenant: A Deadly Weapon Ezekiel’s Wheel: A Close Encounter with E.T. Ancient Nuclear War: A Time before Ours Secrets of the Museum: Ancient Immortality The Anunnaki: The Real Ancient Aliens Goliath: A Descendent of the Space Gods From Babylonia to the Department of Defense: Alien Demons Ancient X-Files: The Government’s Secrets Quetzalcoatl: A Teacher from the Stars The Plagues of Egypt: Unleashing Extraterrestrial Viruses The Nazca Lines: Signs from the Stars Native American Legends: Bigfoot and UFOs The Green Children of Woolpit: Visitors from Beyond The Face on Mars: Mega-Building in the Distant Past Circles of Stone and Strange Secrets Jonah and the Whale: Abducted by E.T. CONSPIRACIES Abraham Lincoln: Assassination, Cover-Up, and the Masons Jack the Ripper: Theories and Suspects Tunguska: An Early Roswell? Pearl Harbor: Allowing the Attack to Happen Adolf Hitler: A Secret Survivor of WWII Paperclip: A Faustian Pact The Roswell UFO Crash: Multiple Scenarios MKUltra: Manipulating the Mind Walt Disney and the CIA: A Secret Connection From Nuclear Aircraft to Stolen Bodies: Cold War Secrets Faking Aliens: Scientology, Saucers, and Syringes The Brookings Report: Close Encounter Implications Marilyn Monroe: Driven to Death The JFK Assassination: Whodunit? Martin Luther King: Slain by a Hypnotized Killer The Death of Robert Kennedy: The Manchurian Candidate Watergate: Will the Real Deep Throat Please Stand Up? Cattle Mutilations: Secret Files and Scared Farmers Hazards in Space: Radiation Secrets The Murder of John Lennon: A Rock Star Conspiracy The Challenger Disaster: NASA Attacked? Deaths in the Defense Industry: Not What They Seem Area 51: Cosmic Conspiracies Crop Circle Secrets: Messages in the Fields Secret Psychic Spying: Mind-Based Espionage Secret Aircraft vs. Stealthy Aliens Storms on the Battlefield: A New Concept in Warfare Chemtrails: Polluting the Population Black Helicopters: Spies in the Skies NEW WORLD ORDER The Twin Towers: From Conspiracy to Demolition From the Pentagon to Flight 93: Missiles and Mysteries The Anthrax Attacks: Deliveries of the Deadly Kind The Patriot Act: Orwellian Surveillance Weapons of Mass Destruction: Missing in Action Microbiology Deaths: Scientists Drop Like Flies 7/7 Bombings: Terror in London Reducing the Population: A Modern Holocaust Micro-Chipping the World: Constant Spying Bird Flu: A Biological Weapon Bin Laden’s Body: Where’s the Evidence? Snowden and Surveillance: Big Brother Reality The Mystery of MH370: A Vanishing Plane Bibliography Index A CKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to offer my very sincere thanks to my tireless agent, Lisa Hagan; everyone at Visible Ink Press, and particularly Roger Jänecke and Kevin Hile; and good friends Micah Hanks and Greg Bishop.