William Cooper

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Milton William Cooper

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Milton William Cooper (May 6, 1943 - November 5, 2001) was known as an American writer, short-wave broadcaster, militia supporter and conspiracy theorist and came into the public light around the 1980’s. He claimed that he had been a member of the Order of DeMolay who was an appendant body of Freemasonry and he claimed that this gave him insight to the hidden clues of Masonic control.

He was said to have famously accused noted UFO personalities such as Whitley Strieber, Linda Moulton Howe and Stanton Friedman as being CIA operatives bent on keeping the truth from public knowledge. Later in his career, Cooper's worldview was said to become more oppressive and paranoid.

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Background

William Cooper was born in 1943 and was raised in an Air Force family and as a result moved around a lot from country to country. He eventually graduating from Yamato High School in Japan. Since he has traveled through or lived in many different foreign countries Mr. Cooper has a worldview much different than most Americans.

William served in the Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force. He held a secret clearance working on B-52 bombers, KC-135 refueling aircraft, and Minuteman missiles. William received his Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force in 1965. He also joined the United States Navy and served on many submarines in his time there. He held varying positions in the US military until about 1975 were he decided to go to college and gained his Associate of Science Degree in Photography. He later became a host on radio with a show called “Hours of the Time”.

William cooper was well known with UFO enthusiasts, as he wrote about many well known conspiracies regarding UFOs, Area 51, the Kennedy Assassination and the secret Black Projects that were said to have built flying disk shaped aircraft. He gained notoriety through his book Behold a Pale Horse.

Documentary

William Cooper made a video called Behold A Pale Horse based on his book.

Conspiracy theories

William Cooper was known for what was considered as outlandish claims about Government cover-ups as well as many other well-known conspiracies. Many who questioned his theories commented that 'his demeanor and attitude was "unfriendly".' A Clinton White House memo labeled him "the most dangerous radio host in America", those who identified with his claims called him “Americas greatest patriot”. He had written many papers on varying subjects, the following are just a few of them:

The Tide Turns

William Cooper received a reputation for becoming abusive when asked to provide evidence for the claims that he made. The UFO community quickly turned against him for what they considered to be outlandish claims, and the lack of what they considered to be evidence to back them up. The UFO community quickly set out to discredit him.

Blaze of Glory

William Cooper was claimed to have said that he would go out in a blaze of glory. The police force and tax officers wanted him for Tax evasion and bank fraud. He was stated as saying live on air that he “Would never surrender to the police”. According to Glenn Jacobs, a local newspaperman who knew Cooper, "he kept an AK-47 just inside his front door by a magazine rack."

At 11:45pm 5th of November 2001 the Apache County Sheriff's deputies had attempted to serve Cooper with an arrest warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at his home. Earlier that day William was seen running after a car that passed outside his house, jumping on it and proceeded to threaten the driver at gunpoint. As the sheriffs prepared to arrest William Cooper as he drove to his home he refused to stop at the verbal command of the police, he then allegedly attempted to run over the patrolman. It ended with William running out of his car towards his home firing shot at the deputies hitting one officer in the head. The deputies returned fire and William Cooper was fatally wounded.

Note: A headshot while running is a very obscure event, involving alot of coincidence. --random crowd

See also

External links

Relevant discussion threads on AboveTopSecret.com