Mirage Men
| Mirage Men | |
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| Directed by | John Lundberg Roland Denning Kypros Kyprianou |
| Written by | Mark Pilkington |
| Produced by | Roland Dennnig Kypros Kyprianou John Lundberg Mark Pilkington |
| Starring | Rick Doty |
| Cinematography | Grant Wakefield Zillah Bowes |
| Edited by | Roland Denning Kypros Kyprianou |
| Music by | Cyclobe Urthona |
Production company | Perception Management Productions |
| Distributed by | Random Media |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Mirage Men is a 2013 documentary film directed by John Lundberg, written by Mark Pilkington and co-directed by Roland Denning and Kypros Kyprianou. Mirage Men suggests there was a conspiracy by the U.S. military to fabricate UFO folklore in order to deflect attention from classified military projects. It prominently features Richard Doty, a retired special agent who worked for AFOSI, the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK on 13 June 2013, its North American premiere at the 2013 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas on 22 September 2013, its Australian premiere at the Canberra International Film Festival on 31 October 2013 and its Nordic premiere at the Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden on 10 November 2013.
Mark Pilkington's book about the project, also called Mirage Men, was published in 2010 by Constable & Robinson.