Editing Behold a Pale Horse (book) (section)

====Foreword====
[[Milton William Cooper|Cooper]] provides an autobiographical account and describes his ancestry, upbringing, military service, and events that led him down the path to his theories. Cooper criticizes figures like [[William Moore (ufologist)|William Moore]] and [[Stanton Friedman]], alleging they were [[disinformation]] agents tasked with misleading UFO researchers.<ref name="Cooper1991">Cooper, Milton William (1991). ''Behold a Pale Horse''. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Light Technology Publishing. ISBN 978-0929385228. PDF:[https://highlanderjuan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/William-Cooper-Behold-a-Pale-Horse.pdf Highlander Juan's archive]. Internet Archive:[https://archive.org/details/beholdpalehorse0000coop/page/n9/mode/2up "Behold a pale horse"]</ref> Cooper emphasizes his commitment to exposing the truth, supported by his wife, Annie, and their daughter, Dorothy. He claims to have uncovered evidence suggesting that secret societies had been [[Plans to carry out alien invasion false flag|formulating plans]] since 1917 to [[simulated extraterrestrial invasion|fabricate]] a perceived [[extraterrestrial invasion|extraterrestrial threat]]. This manufactured crisis, he argued, was intended to unite humanity under a centralized, one-world government, which he referred to as the [[New World Order]].<ref>Cooper, p. 28</ref>