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'''Milton William "Bill" Cooper''' (May 6, 1943&nbsp;– November 5, 2001) was an American [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]], radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book ''Behold a Pale Horse'', in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving [[extraterrestrial life]].<ref name="LATimes death">{{cite news|title=Arizona Militia Figure Is Shot to Death |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-07-mn-1182-story.html | work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= November 7, 2001 |page= A24 |access-date= January 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Landes2011">{{cite book|author=Richard Allen Landes|title=Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TulaFe5FTYC&pg=PA418|access-date=January 4, 2012|year= 2011|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-975359-8|page=418}}</ref><ref name="Goldwag2009">{{cite book|author=Arthur Goldwag|title=Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, the New World Order, and Many, Many More|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDbM5GeMgXIC|access-date=January 4, 2012|year=2009|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-0-307-39067-7}}</ref> Cooper also described [[HIV/AIDS]] as a man-made disease used to target blacks, [[Hispanic]]s, and [[Homosexuality|homosexuals]], and that a cure was made before it was implemented.<ref name="Bill Cooper interview CNN Uncut original">{{cite news|title=Bill Cooper interview CNN Uncut original |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlybRtTnpM | access-date=June 13, 2015 | time=39:00}}</ref> He has been described as a "militia theoretician".<ref name=Gilroy>{{cite book|last=Gilroy|first=Paul|title=Against Race: Imagining Political Culture Beyond the Color Line|year=2000|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=978-0674000964|pages=352–353|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWpt-Js7JPEC|author-link=Paul Gilroy|access-date=January 17, 2013|chapter=Planetary Humanism|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWpt-Js7JPEC&pg=PA352}}</ref> Cooper was killed in 2001 by sheriff's deputies after he shot at them during an attempted arrest.<ref name="LATimes death"/>

During his deployment to [[Vietnam]], Cooper claimed to have commanded a patrol boat and alleged witnessing significant [[UFO activity]], including reports of [[UFO light attack|mysterious blue light attacks]], [[Mass abduction#Vietnam War|village disappearances]], and [[Human mutilation using exotic technology|mutilations of soldiers]].<ref>Cooper, pp. 25–26.</ref> At the end of the war, while working in [[Naval Intelligence]], Cooper served on a briefing team for Admiral [[Bernard A. Clarey]].<ref name="Barkun">{{cite book|author=Michael Barkun|title=A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiwjVsNBw-cC&pg=PA60|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0520248120|page=60}}</ref> His final assignment was at the headquarters of the [[Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet]] (CINCPACFLT) in Hawaii, where he claimed to have received a Top Secret, [[Q clearance|Q]], [[Sensitive Compartmented Information]] clearance.<ref>Cooper, pp. 26–27.</ref> Cooper stated that during this time, while serving on the CINCPACFLT Intelligence Briefing Team, he learned details implicating the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] in the Kennedy assassination, alleging that a [[William Greer|Secret Service agent]] in the presidential limousine fired the fatal shot.