{"product_id":"the-simpkinson-nasa-ufo-the-cia-sanitized-briefing-document-they-never-intended-you-to-see-pull-the-wool-from-your-eyes-a-report-to-congress-hardcover","title":"The Simpkinson NASA UFO: The CIA-Sanitized Briefing Document They Never Intended You to See-Pull the Wool From Your Eyes-A REPORT TO CONGRESS - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is a document-based exposé.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot of belief. Not of speculation. But of a historical system that shaped what could be seen, what could be shared, and what remained obscured during the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, public scrutiny focused almost exclusively on NASA-an agency widely accused of withholding or denying photographic evidence. Drawing on a never-before-assembled body of declassified intelligence-era documentation, much of it originally classified SECRET or TOP SECRET, this book demonstrates that this focus was misplaced. NASA was not the final authority over its most sensitive Gemini-era photographs. In many cases, it never had custody of them at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is not an accusation, but a reconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased entirely on original government memoranda, technical reports, and intelligence correspondence obtained through extensive CIA FOIA research, this work assembles an end-to-end evidentiary record explaining how Gemini XI mission photography was reviewed, controlled, reproduced, and selectively disseminated within a national security framework. The documents-many reproduced and cited in Appendix G-include records related to Project GALAXY, NSAM-156, and National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) briefing practices, including the use of halftone and lithographic surrogates prepared for restricted circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe record shows that almost no one-inside or outside NASA-ever saw original Gemini XI photographs. What the public came to know as \"the photographs\" were most often second- or third-generation products: briefing boards, cropped prints, and reproduction artifacts designed for controlled viewing rather than detailed analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this context, NASA functioned not as a deceiver, but as a visible surface institution (a red herring)-absorbing public scrutiny for decisions governed elsewhere. The documentary record shows that this misdirection arose not from dishonesty, but from Cold War national security architecture that placed image custody and disclosure authority outside public-facing agencies. NASA officials who stated they possessed no photographic evidence were, in many cases, entirely truthful.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin this tightly managed intelligence briefing ecosystem, the existence of the Simpkinson lithograph becomes comprehensible. Its format, limitations, and survival pathway align with documented CIA and NPIC practices for handling sensitive imagery deemed unsuitable for public release, yet necessary for restricted, high-level briefings. When viewed in this historical light, the lithograph emerges not as an anomaly or error, but as a plausible intelligence-era artifact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45639866974310,"sku":"9798901830246","price":66.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/yd_9kx9CQH9798901830246.webp?v=1779282212","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-simpkinson-nasa-ufo-the-cia-sanitized-briefing-document-they-never-intended-you-to-see-pull-the-wool-from-your-eyes-a-report-to-congress-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}