Flying Saucers from the Kremlin: UFOs, Russian Meddling, Soviet Spies & Cold War Secrets by Nick Redfern

Author:Nick Redfern [Redfern, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: UFO&ET
Publisher: Lisa Hagan Books
Published: 2019-06-07T14:00:00+00:00

Now, let’s forge ahead, but still on the matter of the Cold War. As a result of the seriously fraught situation that existed between the United States and Cuba in the early 1960s, U.S. intelligence did its utmost to try and find ways to oust Fidel Castro from power. One such early-1960s-era operation is almost hard to believe. While it didn’t involve UFOs, it most certainly did revolve around the faking of a supernatural entity in the skies over Cuba; and so, in that sense, it’s highly relevant to the overall story. It provides us with yet another example of how the world of the paranormal was utilized by intelligence agencies to do its utmost to manipulate world events. Before we get to the program itself, a bit of background data is required.

Staff at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library say: “In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The U.S. government distrusted Castro and was wary of his relationship with Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union. Before his inauguration, John F. Kennedy was briefed on a plan by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) developed during the Eisenhower administration to train Cuban exiles for an invasion of their homeland. The plan anticipated that the Cuban people and elements of the Cuban military would support the invasion. The ultimate goal was the overthrow of Castro and the establishment of a non-communist government friendly to the United States.”

The CIA provides important data on the U.S.-Cuba situation in this same time-frame:

“The establishment of a Communist state 90 miles off the coast of Florida raised obvious security concerns in Washington and did not sit well with President Eisenhower. In February 1960, Cuba signed an agreement to buy oil from the Soviet Union. When the U.S.-owned refineries in the country refused to process the oil, Castro seized the firms, and the U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with the Cuban regime. To the chagrin of the Eisenhower administration, Castro established increasingly close ties with the Soviet Union while delivering fiery condemnations of the U.S. The American-Cuban relationship deteriorated further when Castro established diplomatic relations with our Cold War rival, the Soviet Union. Castro and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev signed a series of pacts that resulted in large deliveries of economic and military aid in 1960. Within a year, Castro proclaimed himself a communist, formally allied his country with the Soviet Union, and seized remaining American and foreign-owned assets. Eisenhower authorized the CIA to conduct a covert operation to rid the island of its self-appointed leader. The CIA formulated a plan to recruit Cuban exiles living in the Miami area. It would train and equip the exiles to infiltrate Cuba and start a revolution to ignite an uprising across the island and overthrow Castro.”

It didn’t work out quite like that, as the ill-fated, disastrous outcome of the Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961 - designed to get rid of Castro - demonstrated. Things got worse in October 1962.

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