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Peterson Field Incident event

also: December 1961 incident, Peterson incident, Snafus like the one at Peterson Field

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CIAintelligence service · 3Washington, D.C.place · 2Peterson Fieldplace · 2Colorado Springsplace · 1Mustangplace · 1John Nossperson · 1Robert F. Kennedyperson · 1Camp Hillplace · 1Vietnamcountry · 1Roger McCarthyperson · 1

Claims (4)

Robert F. Kennedy suppressed Peterson Field Incident documented
“told them that it would be a federal crime to talk about any of it, all in the name of a dubious national security. The story made the local radio the next morning, by afternoon in the Colorado Springs Gazette, and it stayed out of, of cour…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 19:04
Robert McNamara covered_up Peterson Field Incident book_quoted
“The secrecy of the operation, Army soldiers held 47 American citizens at gunpoint in the name of national security and then told them it would be a federal offense if they talked about it. The story was in the Colorado Springs Gazette the n…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 9 cont @ 34:32
Peterson Field Incident about Peterson Field structural
“structural link inferred from entity names (not a claim from any source): 'Peterson Field Incident' is a work/event about 'Peterson Field'…”
Peterson Field Incident about Field structural
“structural link inferred from entity names (not a claim from any source): 'Peterson Field Incident' is a work/event about 'Field'…”

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The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 18:02 He just found out nobody paid any attention to him. A December 1961 incident demonstrated beyond doubt that the Tibet program continued. Again, just demonstrates how they don't work for any of the government officials. On the morning of Dec…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 18:34 We're back in the United States. Rather than flying away at night, the Tibetans reached the field after dawn. Airfield employees saw the Globemaster sitting on the apron and strange men milling about. Foreigners. The local sheriff raced ove…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 19:04 told them that it would be a federal crime to talk about any of it, all in the name of a dubious national security. The story made the local radio the next morning, by afternoon in the Colorado Springs Gazette, and it stayed out of, of cour…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 19:34 Don't you dare print anything about this for the American people. They're not allowed to know what we're doing. Snafus like this one had terminated projects before, Indonesia being a case in point. The Peterson incident was even more seriou…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 19:59 prohibited by law from operating inside the United States and has no authority to detain citizens or to protect secrecy. The major flap in Washington ended Roger McCarthy's tenure as chief of the task force. He was replaced by John Noss, a …
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