Project Blue Beam, Conspiracy Thinking, and How to Think Critically
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Project Blue Beam
Ever hear of the idea that the government or powers that be are pushing the narrative of aliens and/or UAPs as a part of a bigger conspiracy? If you have, you have either been exposed to Canadian Serge Monast’s 1994 conspiracy Project Blue Beam or one of its many spin-offs.
The Conspiracy: Aliens as a Psyop
Monast’s Project Blue Beam was one of that combined the UFO and alien movements that peaked in the 1980s with the 1990s fear of the post-Cold War New World Order. Based on fears of a cabal over taking both politics and culture itself, Monast feared a four step program that would convince people to give their ascent and souls to a New World Order.
Earthquakes and fake archaeology. This initial phase involved creating artificial earthquakes. These seismic events would purportedly unearth “new” archaeological evidence that would discredit the foundational doctrines of major religions; think something along the lines of new Bible books or relics. The objective of this phase would be to shake the faith of believers by presenting fabricated proof from the past that religious scriptures and teachings are flawed or misinterpreted. Monast claimed Hollywood would play a role in prepping society by releasing movies with the same message before hand.
Holographic Projections Next, advanced satellite-based laser technology would project massive, three-dimensional holographic images into the sky. These holograms would depict religious figures like Jesus, Muhammad (don’t ask me how Muslims would know what Muhammad would look like), Buddha, or Krishna speaking in local languages, revealing “new truths” about prophecies and mysteries. The figures would then merge into a single entity, which Monast considered as an Antichrist, who would declare that all existing religions have been misunderstood and are responsible for global conflicts. This combined figure would advocate abolishing traditional faiths in favor of a unified New Age religion. Monsat figured a good chunk of people would still resist or be skeptical, that’s why stages three and four would be crucial.
Space Messages. This phase would use extremely low-frequency, very low-frequency, and low-frequency waves beamed from satellites to penetrate people’s minds, simulating direct communication, claiming to be from the divine. Drawing on stored data about languages, cultures, and individuals, these waves would interweave with natural thoughts to create artificial, persuasive dialogues convincing people to accept the new religious paradigm.
The Fake Invasions. The final step encompasses three interconnected tactics to seal the deal. Step one is faking an imminent alien invasion in major cities to provoke nations into giving the United Nations complete control of militaries and nuclear weapons. Second, convincing Christians of an Rapture, where different good aliens intervene against a Satanic threat. These aliens would encourage the new religion. Finally, using electronic waves to activate microchips in consumer electronics (via cables, wires, and appliances) to fake a global demonic attack. This would drive mass hysteria, suicides, and psychological breakdowns, making humanity desperate for a “messiah” to restore order—even at the cost of freedoms. This would result in people giving up personal liberties and their beliefs in exchange for imposed order and the new religion.
Project Blue Beam is a Perfect Example of Conspiracy Thinking
Time and time again, someone says aliens are a psyop. Ignoring the misuse of the term psychological operation, this is sometimes true such as the case of the Air Force making Paul Bennewitz thinking classified technology was actual aliens. However, many times the claim is that “aliens are a psyop” is cover for some grave, shadowy activities. These are the theories that are the spin-offs of Project Blue Beam.
Examples of common spin-offs of Project Blue Beam include
Catholics claiming evil elements of society and demons are faking UFO events as a psyop to lead people away from Catholicism and bring about a new world order.
Protestants claiming demons - who have evil elements of society supporting them - did a UFO-like event at Fatima as a psyop to trick people into believing in Catholicism and bring about the rule of the Antichrist.
Orthodox claiming demons - who have evil elements of society supporting them - did a UFO-like event at Fatima as a psyop to trick people into believing in Catholicism and bring about a new world order.
People claiming the New Jersey Drone Episode of 2024 was part of government deception to create chaos.
People claiming HAARP in Alaska is used to create earthquakes.
People claiming controversial journalist Graham Hancock is part of a conspiracy theory to cover up history.
The reason why Project Blue Beam and its ilk are so popular is because of a long known psychological trick: you don’t have to believe everything, you just have to believe the message.
The wonderful The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz documented how the Third Reich pushed many different anti-Jewish theories ranging from crude slurs to “scientific” theories. The National Socialist-regime did not care what ideas individual accepted or rejected, just that the person embraced the overall anti-Jewish message.
Something similar is true with Project Blue Beam and other conspiracies: one doesn’t have to embrace farcical aspects like artificial earthquake technology or satellites beaming dreams into people’s heads, just that the government is pushing stories of UFOs as part of a darker plan.
Many conspiracy theories work this way and spread. The JFK assassination has several tomes that many conspiracy theorists embrace even though various theorists have mutually exclusive ideas. Others like Candace Owens use the excuse of “just asking questions” that seek to poke holes in narrative, offer multiple solutions, but in the end let yourself fill in gaps as long as you believe the overall message. “Just asking questions” is a useful defense because if any part is proven wrong, one can fall back on the lie of “I wasn’t saying X, I was just asking questions.”
Critical Thinking as an Alternative
Now, I’m not knocking all theories labeled as conspiracy theories, but I do ask that one thinks critically about them. There’s a difference between blindly believing whatever one is told and going with the theory with that is most plausible. Sometimes, the most plausible isn’t the mainstream narrative.
There are a lot of ways to critical think about conspiracy theories. Here’s my own three steps that can help you weigh conspiracy theories.
How do you know what you know?
How do you know about the conspiracy theory? How do the person who told you know? What are the ultimate sources? How would they know? Is it some source that claims access to everything? Does it rely on a multiple telephone games of sources?
What signs would you need to see for the theory to be wrong? What signs do you see already?
Map out the theory. Where are the weak points? What is falsifiable (something you can verify)? How many parts of the theory are falsifiable? Are any of the parts wrong? Are there other pieces of evidence that contradict the claimed evidence. Meanwhile, the more unfalsifiable points, the more assumptions you have. Each assumption increases a gray zone of uncertainty that reduces the confidence of any theory.
There is a war for your mind.
Know that everyone pushing a conspiracy theory wants you to influence your thinking and behavior. Motivations are important to understand as it helps you double check assumptions and possible cherry picking of evidence. Weigh the mainstream narratives and contradicting theories appropriately.
If you do the above steps, it goes a long way to tackle conspiracy theories.
As for Project Blue Beam: the sourcing for the theory is unknown - and various other people claiming to find their own evidence that demonstrates a version of the theory, but some of the claimants call other claimants as liars or being in on the conspiracy. Much of the technology required for the conspiracy is assumed to exist, as are the various plans that require budgets and personnel. There’s very little evidence for the theory that can be demonstrated. Finally, we see Project Blue Beam pushed by people not “discovering” the conspiracy but using it to push pre-existing views, whether in a New World Order or demonic plot against mankind. Critically thinking wise, the theory doesn’t hold water.
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Showing a hologram of Muhammad to convince Muslims. Not a great plain.
I find it funny that so many theories end with mind control. Like, if "they" (whoever "they" are) can control everyone's mind, why go through all the other steps?
The news and the conspiracy theories want to impact in the emotions, so the critical thinking isn't use to see clearly 🌹.