In 1991, renowned UFOlogist and conspiracy theorist Milton William Cooper published a book that would end up becoming the catalyst for the zeitgeist of the pre-millennium tension of the 90's. Behold a Pale Horse contained documents, notes, and essays detailing a New World Order plan to enslave the human population via the media and government mind-control experiments, secret society oaths, and and even an imminent UFO invasion. However, many of the themes in the book would resonate with the public, as people began to associate what Cooper describes to events happening globally, with some of his predictions actually coming true. The book would eventually become further associated with American militias and domestic terrorism. But how much of it was just made-up nonsense? Was there ANY merit to to his experiences and beliefs? Was Cooper a fraud? We discuss, and then some.
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