
HowtheUSgovernmentcreatedamyththattookovertheworld.ETvisitors...crashedUFOs...back-engineeredalientechnology...thegovernmentcover-upofasecretthatwouldchangetheworldasweknowit...ThesearethecoreelementsofthemodernUFOmythology,astorythathascaptivatedfarmers,princesandgeneralsforgenerations,andshowsnosignoflooseningitsgriponthepopularimagination.Butwhatif,insteadofcoveringuptheUFOstory,elementsintheUSmilitaryhadactivelyencourageditaspartoftheirColdWarcounterintelligencearsenal-manufacturingthemythoftheUFOasapowerfulweaponofmassdeceptionandtheperfectcoverforallmannerofclandestinetechnologiesandoperations.Now,forthefirsttime,someofthosewhoseactionshavedirectlyshapedtheUFOmythology,andsomeoftheirvictims,telltheirstories,revealingasurrealdisturbingandsometimestragicsequenceofeventsthatispartManchurianCandidateandpartCloseEncountersoftheThirdKind.MirageMendrawsviewersintoasaucer-shapedhallofmirrors,ashadow-worldwhereeveryliecontainselementsofthetruth,andthetruthisfarstrangerthantheUFObelievers,ortheirdetractors,wouldhaveyoubelieve.
