Biography

The son of a U.S. Air Force officer, Bill graduated in 1961 from Yamato High School in Japan, ^[1] and enlisted in the U.S. Air force. He was honorably discharged in 1965. December of the same year he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served in Vietnam, rising to the rank of petty officer. Cooper was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with combat V and the Navy Achievement Medal with combat V. He was honorably discharged in 1975.^[2]

[edit]The Secret Government

Cooper's earliest notoriety developed among UFO enthusiasts, as he promoted UFO conspiracy theories, Kennedy assassination theories, and theories about a New World Order.

[edit]Behold a Pale Horse

Cooper became a popular speaker on the UFO lecture circuit, and expanded his account into the book Behold a Pale Horse.

Cooper is perhaps best known for this 1991 book which details many of his claims about various conspiracy theories. The title is from the Bible, Revelation 6:8: "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him." This includes the text of The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Cooper placed a notice at the beginning of the chapter claiming that the Protocols were not about Jews but merely disguised as such, in truth detailing the New World Order conspiracy.

Behold a Pale Horse details Cooper's claims about the influence of UFOs on the US government, the New World Order, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the Apollo Moon landing.

Cooper's research later led him to the conclusion that he (and several others) had been deceived by superiors into believing the UFO conspiracy with bogus documents. In a paper available at his website (hourofthetime.com) titled 'MAJESTYTWELVE' he stated:

When I saw Operation Majority while serving in the Navy I believed the alien threat was real just like everyone else. It was not until I had performed many years of research that I was able to fully understand exactly what it was that I had seen. It was extremely difficult for me to believe that my government and the United States Navy had used me, especially since I had dedicated my life to government and military service. Most government and military personnel cannot and will not believe such and [sic] idea.^[3]

[edit]Radio host, author and political activist

In addition to his literary pursuits, Cooper was also the host of his own worldwide shortwave radio show, Hour of the Time, as well as a political activist known for his court battles with theInternal Revenue Service (IRS) despite strong efforts to dissuade him from pursuing his case.^{[citation needed]}

He and Wayne Bentson co-researched the related CAJI News Service brief titled BATF/IRS—Criminal Fraud,^[4] a history of alleged crimes committed by the Internal Revenue Service,Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Department of the Treasury. In this article, published in Veritas magazine, issue #6, in September 1995, Cooper asserted that the IRS is actually the same organization as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. ^[4]

He had also produced several documentaries covering subjects such as the John F. Kennedy assassination and government 'black projects'. Cooper insisted that Kennedy was shot with a .45 calibre pistol by his driver; a theory which many feel conflicts with available physical evidence and eyewitness statements.

Cooper's detractors labeled him a conspiracy theorist because of his publications, a charge Cooper did not deny, arguing this:

Investigation of the alleged Internal Revenue Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has disclosed a broad, premeditated conspiracy to defraud the Citizens of the United States of America. Examination of the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, the Federal Register, and Internal Revenue manuals too numerous to list, reveals a crime of such magnitude that words cannot adequately describe the betrayal of the American people. What we uncovered has clearly been designed to circumvent the limitations of the Constitution for the United States of America and to implement the Communist Manifesto within the 50 States. Marx and Engels claimed that, in the effort to create a classless society, a "graduated income tax" could be used as a weapon to destroy the middle class. [ . . . ] Through the clever use of language, the government promotes the fraud.^[5]

Throughout the late 1980s, Cooper was a controversial figure in the UFO research community. For the most part, he followed many of the claims of John Lear, specifically, that the government of the United States has had contact and has entered into a bargain with an extraterrestrial society and that those ETs were responsible for abductions. He circulated materials on Usenet as well as the old Paranet BBS. Notable among them was a Petition to Indict those involved with the UFO cover-up. His UFO beliefs of the time are well described in Behold a Pale Horse.

In later years, Cooper recanted his UFO-oriented beliefs, asserting that they were in fact part of the Illuminati plot to subjugate the United States.^{[citation needed]}

William Cooper founded Harvest Trust, the CAJI News Service, Veritas newspaper, The Intelligence Service, and Harvest Publications. Under his leadership Harvest Trust ventured into publishing. The first book under the Harvest Trust imprint was Oklahoma City: Day One (ISBN 0-9653307-1-0), by Michele Marie Moore about the Oklahoma City bombing. In 1998 Veritasand Harvest Publications was sold to Hallmark Creative Corporation along with the copyright and all rights to all written material produced or ever to be produced by William Cooper including Behold A Pale Horse and Oklahoma City: Day One. Hallmark Creative Corporation has contracted to ensure this material is always available to the public.^[6]

An advocate of free radio, Cooper operated the unlicensed Independence Foundation Trust at 101.1 FM in Eagar, Arizona. He boasted of having helped more than 700 low-power FM affiliate stations get equipped and on the air, although this figure has apparently never been validated.^{[citation needed]}

[edit]Later life

Shortly after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Rush Limbaugh read a White House memo on the air during his broadcast which named William Cooper, ". . . the most dangerous radio host in America."^{[citation needed]} Mr. Cooper considered President Bill Clinton's pronouncement the greatest compliment that he had ever received.^[6]

Cooper was charged with various crimes, including tax evasion from 1992 to 1994, and bank fraud for giving false information on a loan application. A warrant was issued for his arrest on July 1, 1998 after he failed to appear in federal court. Claiming to belong to the "Second Continental Army of the Republic," he posted a message in big red letters on his Internet site:

"WARNING!! Any attempt by the federal government or anyone else to execute the unconstitutional and unlawful arrest warrants... will be met with armed resistance."^[7]

The U.S. attorney for Arizona, Jose de Jesus Rivera, said federal agents would move carefully to arrest Cooper, who faced a four-count indictment on charges that he failed to pay taxes from 1992 to 1994^[8]

In Phoenix, Thomas Nixon of the U.S. Marshal's Office said authorities intended to act cautiously as they enforced the arrest warrant "because no federal agency wants any copies of Ruby Ridge or Waco."^[9]

But Nixon added, "Obviously, at some point, we'll effect the arrest."^[10]

On his Web site, however, he called summonses "unconstitutional" and "unlawful" because the federal government has no jurisdiction in Arizona "except over land that was ceded to the United States by the State Legislature."^[11]

In the 1990s Cooper's interest moved from UFOs, to covert government programs and the militia movement. In June 2001 he warned publicly about an important terrorist attack on United States of America that would be blamed on Osama Bin Laden.^[12]

[edit]Death

By 1998 Cooper was living in Arizona. He was wanted for tax evasion.^[13][14] Another warrant was issued for "aggravated assault with a deadly weapon" against a local doctor shortly before his death.^[13] On his website, Cooper wrote that any attempt to execute "unlawful" arrest warrants "will be met with armed resistance."^[13]

In July and September 2001, Cooper was accused of brandishing a handgun to threaten passers-by near his home in Eagar, Arizona.^[14] Just before midnight on November 5, 2001, officers of the Apache County Sheriff's office converged on Cooper's homestead to arrest him on a warrant arising from the threat complaint.

Trying to avoid a violent confrontation and potential siege with a man rumored to be unstable and armed, the team used subterfuge to lure Cooper out of his home in the middle of the night. Officers pretended to be rowdy trespassers on the edge of Cooper's rural property, blaring rock music and making other festive sounds until Cooper came out to investigate.^{[citation needed]}

According to police accounts, when the deputies identified themselves, Cooper fled back toward his house, drew a handgun, and began shooting. One deputy was shot in the head and was hospitalized in critical condition.^[14] Another deputy returned fire, killing Cooper.

[edit]Quotes

"What happens when you broadcast the truth is you piss everyone off"

"No one becomes popular by telling people the truth. History records what happened to the true prophets of the past. However, some have listened to their warnings and were not caught off-guard. Others have put their heads in the sand and refused to listen."

[edit]Videography

Milton William Cooper also produced videos, including

• Assassin Unmasked
• Behold A Pale Horse^[15]
• CNN Interview With William Cooper
• Dimensions in Parapsychology
• Kennedy - The Sacrificed King
• Lansing Michigan
• Luxor
• Project Redlight I
• Project Redlight II
• The Secret Government
• The Branch Davidian's Last Will and Testament
• UFOs - The secret government^[16]

His life and theories are the subject of the 2005 documentary film, The Hour of Our Time, The Legacy of William Cooper.

[edit]Audio Recordings

Mystery Babylon Complete list of episodes:

HOTT Episode #	Original Airdate	Show Title
29	Feb. 11, 1993	The Dawn of Man
30	Feb. 12, 1993	Mystery Babylon #1 - The Sun of God
31	Feb. 15, 1993	Mystery Babylon #2 - Egyptian Magic
32	Feb. 16, 1993	Mystery Babylon #3 - Isis and Osiris, part I
33	Feb. 17, 1993	Mystery Babylon #3 - Isis and Osiris, part II
34	Feb. 18, 1993	Mystery Babylon #5 - The NWO and Freemasonry
35	Feb. 19, 1993	Mystery Babylon #6 - Maitreya
36	Feb. 22, 1993	Mystery Babylon #7 - Ecumenism
38	Feb. 24, 1993	Mystery Babylon #8 - Initiation
39	Feb. 25, 1993	Mystery Babylon #9 - Gnosticism
41	Mar. 1, 1993	Mystery Babylon #10 - The Assassins
42	Mar. 2, 1993	Mystery Babylon #11 - The Templars and the Assassins
43	Mar. 3, 1993	Mystery Babylon #12 - The End of the Templars
46	Mar. 8, 1993	Mystery Babylon #13 - Skull and Bones
47	Mar. 9, 1993	Mystery Babylon #14 - The Roshaniya
48	Mar. 10, 1993	Mystery Babylon #15 - Quotes by Freemasons
62	Mar. 30, 1993	Mystery Babylon #16 - Sun Worship
63	Mar. 31, 1993	Mystery Babylon #17 - Bibliography
92	May 11, 1993	Mystery Babylon #19 - 68th Convocation of the Rose Cross Order
93	May 12, 1993	Mystery Babylon #18 - Lucifer Worship
95	May 14, 1993	Mystery Babylon #20 - William Morgan* Interview, part I
96	May 17, 1993	Mystery Babylon #21 - William Morgan Interview, part II
97	May 18, 1993	Mystery Babylon #22 - William Morgan Interview, part III
119	June 17, 1993	Mystery Babylon #23 - Jordan Maxwell interview
128	June 30, 1993	Mystery Babylon #24 - America's Assignment With Destiny, part I
129	July 1, 1993	Mystery Babylon #25 - America's Assignment With Destiny, part II
151	Aug. 2, 1993	Mystery Babylon #26 - America's Assignment With Destiny, part III
162	Aug. 17, 1993	Mystery Babylon #27 - In The Coils of The Coming Conflict
163	Aug. 18, 1993	Mystery Babylon #28 - Lucifer 2000
203	Oct. 13, 1993	Mystery Babylon #29 - The Godmakers and Bo Gritz
206	Oct. 22, 1993	Mystery Babylon #30 - United Nations Meditation Room[17]
240	Dec. 3, 1993	Mystery Babylon #31 - Rerun 123 (5-5-2000 Ice The Ultimate Disaster)
261A	Jan. 3, 1994	Mystery Babylon #32 - Aid & Abet Newsletter
267A	Jan. 11, 1994	Mystery Babylon #33 - Luxor, The Source of Light – VIDEO**
267B	Jan. 11, 1994	Mystery Babylon #33 - Open Phones
268A	Jan. 12, 1994	Mystery Babylon #34 - Secret Societies & Vatican II
287A	Feb. 8, 1994	Mystery Babylon #35 - From Christianity to Babylon
296A	Feb. 22, 1994	Mystery Babylon #36 - Rose Cross College #1
296B	Feb. 22, 1994	Mystery Babylon #37 - Rose Cross College #2
298A	Feb. 24, 1994	Mystery Babylon #38 - Rose Cross College #3
300	Feb. 28, 1994	Mystery Babylon #39 - Occult History of the Third Reich (The Enigma of the Swastika)
301	Mar. 1, 1994	Mystery Babylon #40 - Occult History of the Third Reich (The SS - Blood and Soil)
302	Mar. 2, 1994	Mystery Babylon #41 - Occult History of the Third Reich (Himmler the Mystic)
959	Sep. 20, 1996	Darkness***

* The individual being interviewed is using the name William Morgan as a pseudonym.
** This episode is a video rather than a radio broadcast.
*** At the beginning of this show, Cooper states the title and refers to the episode as one in the Mystery Babylon series.

[edit]References

• Barkun, Michael (2003). A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23805-2.
• Jerome Clark, The Ufo Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial, Visible Ink, 1998, ISBN 1-57859-029-9

[edit]Further reading

• Montes, Eduardo (2001-11-06). "Militia figure killed after shooting deputy". The Associated Press State & Local Wire (Associated Press).
• Shaffer, Mark (2001-11-07). "Officers kill militia voice". The Arizona Republic.

[edit]External links

• Biography of Cooper at hourofthetime.com

• The document MAJESTYTWELVE outlines Cooper's beliefs and theories at the time of his death.

• View the video Behold A Pale Horse Suppressed Minds.com