{"id":1286,"date":"2013-06-04T14:59:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T13:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2013-08-25T22:15:34","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T21:15:34","slug":"mirage-men-ufos-myth-making-and-the-us-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2013\/06\/mirage-men-ufos-myth-making-and-the-us-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirage Men: UFOs, myth-making and the US government"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1287\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/radio_MirageMen.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1286]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/radio_MirageMen.jpg\" alt=\"radio_MirageMen\" width=\"594\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/radio_MirageMen.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/radio_MirageMen-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirage Men<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/miragemen\/mirage-men-resonance-fm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\"><\/a> Author and Strange Attractor publisher Mark Pilkington, author and filmmaker Roland Denning and artist Kypros Kyprianou talk about their fascinating documentary <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2013\/06\/23\/mirage-men\/\"><I>Mirage Men<\/I><\/A> (co-directed by John Lundberg). A companion to Mark Pilkington&#8217;s book of the same title, the film offers an extraordinary insight into the American government&#8217;s manipulation of beliefs about UFOs to create a myth that would serve their counterintelligence strategy.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the film please go to the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.miragemen.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><I>Mirage Men website<\/I><\/A>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">First broadcast on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/resonancefm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Resonance 104.4 FM<\/A> on Friday 28 July 2013. <\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F99217255&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p><B>Watch the trailer:<\/B><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4H7gQ4Tp50\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast: Listen to the directors&#8217; talk on the fascinating documentary <I>Mirage Men<\/I>, about the US government&#8217;s manipulation of UFOs myths. 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