Chapter 12 "The Secret Government" Summary and Analysis

Chapter twelve develops the central theories of Cooper's text and attempts, fairly unsuccessfully, to synthesize the topics of the preceding chapters. The chapter contains an assortment of materials including previously published papers and delivered speeches; these are interspersed with later authorial and editorial comments. Various typefaces are used as well as extensive capitalization, which is apparently intended to convey significant meaning. Overall, the chapter is confused and poorly structured; in these aspects, at least, it is consistent with the remainder of the text. Finally, Chapter twelve introduces Cooper's alien and UFO-based theories into the narrative structure.

Between 1947 and 1952, sixteen alien spaceships, sixty-five alien bodies, and one live alien were recovered by the Federal government. This unprecedented series of events caused the United States Federal government to engage in the wholesale deception of the...