Milton William Cooper (May 6, 1943 – November 6, 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist and political activist, best known for his book, "Behold a Pale Horse," in which he claimed global conspiracies, some involving aliens.[1][2][3]
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According to Cooper, James Forrestal's fatal fall from a window on the sixteenth floor of Bethesda Hospital was connected to the alleged secret committee, Majestic-12. Cooper also believed that JASON advisory group scientists reported to an elite group of Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations executive committee members who were high ranking members of the Illuminati. Cooper cited the antisemitic text, the Protocols of Zion in his writings, instructing readers to substitute the word "illuminati" for "Jews".[3] Spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center Mark Potok said Cooper was known within the militia movement for his anti-government shortwave radio program that reportedly included Oklahoma City bomber Timothy J. McVeigh as a fan, and his book, Behold a Pale Horse.[1]
On November 6, 2001 Cooper was fatally shot by a law enforcement officer at his Eager, Arizona home after confronting deputies trying to arrest him and shooting one of them in the head. Authorities said the handgun-toting Cooper fled when Apache County deputies identified themselves and tried to arrest Cooper on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and endangerment stemming from earlier disputes with local residents. Federal authorities reported that Cooper spent years trying to avoid capture on a 1998 arrest warrant for tax evasion and according to a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service, vowed "he would not be taken alive".[1]