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Mirage Men (2013)

Mirage Men poster
Directed by
Mark Pilkington, John Lundberg, Kypros Kyprianou, Roland Denning
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This documentary suggests that the U.S. military created fake UFO stories to hide secret projects. It focuses on a retired Air Force agent who says he was part of that effort.

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What happens

Mirage Men is a 2013 documentary film directed by John Lundberg, written by Mark Pilkington and co-directed by Roland Denning and Kypros Kyprianou. Mirage Men suggests there was a conspiracy by the U.S. military to fabricate UFO folklore in order to deflect attention from classified military projects. It prominently features Richard Doty, a retired special agent who worked for AFOSI, the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations. The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK on 13 June 2013, its North American premiere at the 2013 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas on 22 September 2013, its Australian premiere at the Canberra International Film Festival on 31 October 2013 and its Nordic premiere at the Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden on 10 November 2013. Mark Pilkington's book about the project, also called Mirage Men, was published in 2010 by Constable & Robinson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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