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Milton William "Bill" Cooper May 6, — November 5, was an American conspiracy theorist , radio broadcaster, and author known for his book Behold a Pale Horse , in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving extraterrestrial life. Little is known about Cooper's background and education, beyond the information supplied in his own accounts.

Cooper expanded the speculations of earlier conspiracists by incorporating government involvement with extraterrestrials as a central theme. In , Cooper wrote and published Behold a Pale Horse.

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According to sociologist Paul Gilroy , Cooper claimed "an elaborate conspiracy theory that encompasses the Kennedy assassination, the doings of the secret world government, the coming ice age, and a variety of other covert activities associated with the Illuminati 's declaration of war upon the people of America". Cooper gained attention in Ufology circles in when he claimed to have seen secret documents while in the Navy describing governmental dealings with extraterrestrials, a topic on which he expounded in Behold a Pale Horse.

That opportunity came only a few days later" when he was contacted by fellow ParaNet poster John Lear. Cooper's views were heavily influenced by Lear and his story of alien collusion with secret governmental forces. They were the tip of a spear asserting that the number one thing we had to fear was not little green men, but the government that colluded with them, appropriating their technology against us.

Ufologists later asserted that some of the material Cooper claimed to have seen in Naval Intelligence documents was actually plagiarized by Cooper from their own research, including several items that the ufologists had fabricated as pranks.

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Cooper linked the Illuminati with his beliefs that extraterrestrials were secretly involved with the United States government, but later retracted these claims. He accused President Dwight D. Eisenhower of negotiating a treaty with extraterrestrials in , which supposedly allowed the aliens to abduct humans in exchange for technological assistance.

Cooper described the Illuminati as a secret international organization, controlled by the Bilderberg Group , that conspired with the Knights of Columbus , Masons , Skull and Bones , and other organizations. Its ultimate goal, he said, was the establishment of a New World Order.