September 2023 – TOM WHITMORE BLOG

Continued reviewing Barry Greenwood MJ-12 files.
Book Topic, Richard Doty Air Force Career and Entry Into AFOSI.
- See draft text Below.
- Note: There are over 1,000 topics for the projected book. Topics are chosen at random in order to avoid favoring one type over the other.
Next Book Topic: MJ-12 Explained, The Problem With Spies, Colonel Roy Jonkers and the DIA
General Reading
- Restricted Data – The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States, by Alex Wellerstein. To p. 48 of 748. Kindle Edition.
- The Other Space Race – Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security, by Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, to p. 90 of 316.

Richard Doty Air Force Career and Entry Into AFOSI. Draft Text:

Richard Doty had served as an Air Force Security Policeman for several years before his association with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. His duty assignments included Sheppard AFB (1968 to 1969), Vietnam (1969 to 1970), McCord AFB (1970 to 1973), Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden, Germany (1973 to 1976), and Ellsworth AFB from 1976 to 1978. It was at Ellsworth AFB that Mr. Doty’s involvement with UFOs began. (1)

According to Bill Moore’s “The MJ-12 Documents, An Analytical Report,” while at Ellsworth, Doty was serving in the 44th Security Police Group as a Law Enforcement Flight Chief. (2)

Ellsworth AFB was linked to several missile fields at the time, and events connected to the South Dakota missile sites had been quite intriguing. In November of 1977, what appeared to be a UFO penetrated a South Dakota missile installation. USAF Sergeant Mario Woods and his partner, Michael Johnson, responded to a Security-4 alert – both of them experienced a period of missing time at the missile site.

Richard Doty was present in the room during the subsequent investigation of the incident when Sergeant Woods was brought in for questioning. Later, Doty acted as a courier, transferring Woods’ medical file to the AFOSI office on the base. (3)

After completing a course in air traffic management and accident investigation, Doty participated in a “counterintelligence/disinformation training exercise,” during which a trainer recognized him as potentially useful for future purposes. (4)

Throughout the 1970s, several northern tier Air Force bases experienced UFO activity, (5) which the National Enquirer reported on. The above exercise appears to have produced the infamous “Ellsworth Document,” which emerged in response to alleged leaks from the base to the National Enquirer tabloid. The counterintelligence ploy aimed to identify the individuals the Enquirer investigators contacted on the base to determine who was leaking information.

The document was a fabricated, official-looking report about a supposed UFO event at a missile site. It was sent to the Enquirer along with a cover letter. Upon investigation of the document’s contents, the Enquirer staff concluded that the report was a hoax. Richard Doty denies any substantial involvement in the creation of the Ellsworth Document. (6)

Rick came from a military family; both his father and uncle were Air Force officers. His uncle, Edward Doty, worked as a UFO investigator during his career. Richard was born in Barton, New York state in 1950, and it was a logical choice for him to join the United States Air Force at the age of eighteen. (7).

We do know that during or after his tenure at Ellsworth, MSgt Doty applied to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and was accepted. After completing federal law enforcement training, he attended the AFOSI academy and underwent counterintelligence training at the CIA, and a brief course at the Defense Intelligence Agency. Doty was then assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Whether the trainer in the exercise mentioned above (hinted by Moore to be the Falcon) had any influence on Richard Doty’s subsequent UFO investigations remains a matter of conjecture. We do know that Richard Doty made many claims regarding UFOs for many years afterward.

Footnotes:

(1) Richard Doty DD214; Retirement Actions Form; https://ufos-documenting-the-evidence.blogspot.com/2018/06/finally.html  Credit goes to Larry Bryant (now deceased) for filing FOIA requests and appealing decisions with both the Air Force and Kirtland AFB itself. See the introductory paragraphs of this web page for more details.

(2) Moore, W. (1990) The MJ-12 Documents, An Analytical Report. Burbank, CA. The Fair Witness Project. p. 4.

(3) Mario Woods and Richard Doty Testimony, Disclosure Tonight, Youtube podcast of August 18, 2023 (date is approximate), “Mario Woods & Rick Doty/Experiencer/AFOSI Interview”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKtj2k_Zsxo&t=3816s

(4) Moore, op. cit., p. 5.

(5) Fawcett, L. and Greenwood, B. (1984). Clear Intent – The Government Coverup of the UFO Experience – What does the government know about UFOs and why they won’t tell us. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. pp. 16-56.

(6) Moore, op. cit. pp-4-5

(7) Mr. Doty has given a number of interviews on various podcasts mentioning his family and geographic origins. As an example, see Paracast, Gene Steinberg, March 18, 2018. https://www.deezer.com/us/show/2881

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