Editing Paul Bennewitz (section)

== Hospitalization & Death ==
By August 1988, Bennewitz was accusing his wife of being in control of the extraterrestrials. After attempting to barricade himself in his home using sandbags, his family admitted him to the mental health unit of Presbyterian Anna Kaseman Hospital; He remained under observation there for one month.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/14/men-in-black-ufo-sightings-mirage-makers-movie</ref>

On July 1, 1989, William Moore claimed that he tried to push Bennewitz into a mental breakdown by feeding him false information about aliens. This was corroborated by a declassified CIA document that claims Moore and another officer of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Richard Doty, are responsible for a disinformation campaign against Bennewitz.<ref>https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00792R000400300004-7.pdf</ref>

In 1990, the Bennewitz story was featured in Howard Blum's book ''Out There: The Government's Secret Quest for Extraterrestrials''. Blum publicized that the government had sent undercover agents to befriend and mislead Bennewitz using counterfeit documents.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/389843781</ref>

Paul Bennewitz died on June 23, 2003. He was buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=HWYvNErLKHsC&pg=PA230</ref>