Mark Pilkington, author of Mirage Men, gave a presentation at BASES2024 arguing that the greatest national security threat associated with UFOs may not be the objects themselves, but the conspiracy theories and disinformation surrounding them. He revisits the [CIA's 1953 Robertson Panel], which warned that UFO hysteria could overwhelm intelligence systems, distract from legitimate threats, and create public distrust vulnerable to exploitation by foreign adversaries. Pilkington traces how inte...

In this clip from 2015, Stanton Friedman and Jeremy Corbell debate Bob Lazar's claims of having back-engineered alien spacecraft at an underground lab near Area 51. The emcee is Alejandro Rojas, and the other panelists are Ruben Uriarte and Mark Pilkington. From the UFO whistleblowers panel at the 2015 International UFO Congress.