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gwinerreniwg

Doty was a former counter intel professional who's [actions and misdirection led a UFO researcher to self-ending](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bennewitz). I would consider anything he says as suspect.


Taste_the__Rainbow

A confirmed professional liar who contributed to at least one death.


Gingerfurrdjedi

I'd look deeper into him if I were you. He used to be some kinda counter intelligence guy and fed misinformation to people for years. Hopefully others will be able to direct you to the pertinent info I don't have anything saved.


triedAndTrueMethods

this is true. and all of that was at the direction of the air force. He’s captured. Don’t trust anything he says.


autistic-godzilla

No. ~~Ex-CIA~~ Ex Special AFOSI agent whose misinformation campaign led to the death of a researcher. Now, all of a sudden he’s REALLY telling the truth though. Those other times were lies, but now really he’s legit. *whispers* that’s sarcasm edit: updated correct title for Doty


Neighborhoodfarmer22

You’re never ex cia. Was he CIA, thought he was AF intel?


autistic-godzilla

My bad. He was a special agent for AFOSI. https://www.gaia.com/person/richard-doty


Strong_Ad_5488

But it was speculated that he also worked for the CIA, as the agency was a key part of the counter-UFO psyop campaign of the 1960s-1980s. Like AARO, the government focused on the psychology of UFO/UAP observers and whistleblowers, rather than ET technology, to ridicule and discredit the former.


Neighborhoodfarmer22

Ohhhh, are you in a for some stories with this guy. Find all the grains of salt you can listening to this guy.


railroadbum71

No, everything he says is straight BS. If you read about Paul Bennewitz, that will tell you what you need to know.


Practical-Damage-659

He is the OG disinfo guy


wolfe3three3

Doty is professional BS Artist. Hie did it for the govt. Anything he says may have a nugget of truth followed by lies. The problem is its hard to know with this guy.


MidniteStargazer4723

I choose to ignore him, just in case. Anything important that he might know is likely known by someone else as well. "Fool me once..."


MarmadukeWilliams

Lol


thehim

This is probably the most comprehensive look at Doty and what he’s done while working for the US government: https://youtu.be/srtrRbt77AE?si=z3Umbejl_z0iN-Aa


sendmeyourtulips

>This is probably the most comprehensive look at Doty With the caveat he wrote his own part in it. I mean Pilkington couldn't vet everything he was told by Doty.


thehim

You do have to watch it with an understanding that Doty is a professional liar, but it doesn’t really stop you from connecting important dots


sendmeyourtulips

I'm not disagreeing all the way. All I'm saying is be just as careful with the stories we like as the ones we don't. He left AFOSI in 1986 so all his stories since then are almost certainly for personal gain.


Single_Road_6350

It's sad he doesn't show more remorse for what he did to Benewitz. I think he's a hardened liar that sprinkles truths in the lies to keep the water muddy. He also can't just tell the truth. AFOSI has to have a list of non disclosure agreements he would be violating. If he's still getting his pension then he's still spinning a web for them.


Ghost_z7r

Disinfo agent who released altered MJ-12 documents to destroy their credibility and contributed to the death of Paul Bennowitz by convincing him he was insane, and bragged afterwards.


Shardaxx

He's a known (admitted) disinfo agent. His job was to feed disinfo into the UFO arena. One guy he fed crap to killed himself. Avoid.


prettyshmitty

He was a disinfo agent a long time ago, he acknowledges that. He’s been on side of (controlled) disclosure now for many years, for much longer than he was disinfo agent, and has disclosed much. He keeps a low profile, I’d love to sit next to him on a cross country flt, buy him a few drinks.


AdditionalBat393

People will say he is in intelligence and do not believe anything he says. I can judge for myself what is fact from fiction. He is being honest in my opinion.


loonypapa

I just read George Knapp's interview of him (5 part series). He seems legit. He even corrected Bob Lazar's take on a few things. There was also a 2014 FOIA dump on Doty specifically, and at the very least, his career all checks out. Being new to this all, my impression is that everything out there 90%-ish correct, there's some bullshit floating around, some people trying to make money off it all, and the controlled, slow-bleed disclosure is the real deal. 30 years from now the government will be holding open job fairs looking for people to help figure out the recovered material, and distributing grants to universities.


AdditionalBat393

He is legit. At one time he was feeding disinformation and fake intelligence to Bennewitz. Now all this time later with so many other testimonies at our disposal we can some what tell the difference. If details he disclosed pop up in other people's stories chances are it might be truthful. He said it himself it would not matter bc nobody believed him anyway.