Project Blue Beam

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"Project Blue Beam" is a conspiracy theory proposed by Québécois conspiracy theorist Serge Monast in the 1990s. It claims NASA and the UN plan to stage a fake alien invasion or religious event using holograms to establish a new world order. Its 2024 resurgence ties to increased public interest in UFOs and aliens, as seen in the 2023 UFO Whistleblower Report, the unidentified aircraft shot down in Alaska in 2023 and other UAP-related phenomena in 2024.

Origin

Canadian Québécois conspiracy theorist Serge Monast first coined and propagated his "Project Blue Beam" conspiracy theory in his 1994 book Project Blue Beam (NASA). The book detailed the belief that NASA, alongside the United Nations, plans to create a new global totalitarian regime by technologically simulating an extraterrestrial encounter. "Project Blue Beam" is a visual representation of what this messianic symbol could look like, i.e. a blue beam coming from the sky as though from a spaceship.^[1]

Spread

In the 2010s, the phrase "Project Blue Beam" came to be used as a buzzword to peddle similar conspiracy theories about governments faking a space invasion to consolidate global power.

Several YouTube videos addressing the conspiracy theory cited Serge Monast directly, as seen in a November 7th, 2007 YouTube^[2] video by REQUIEMETERNAM, captioned, "ILLUMINATI The Blue Beam Project Top Secret 1." The video gathered over 300,000 views in 17 years.

On April 14th, 2009, YouTuber^[3] AutoActionCam posted a similar video, detailing several NASA and military-related press conferences and releases from U.S. officials, piecing together a theory that implies that these institutions plan to come together and create a rapture hoax.

A February 26th, 2013, Reddit^[4] post to the subreddit /r/todayilearned by Redditor /u/doc_daneeka alleged that the CIA once proposed a solution to remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba by spreading "rumours that he was the Antichrist, then fake the second coming; a US submarine would project an image of Jesus on some clouds near Havana while firing star-shells. A loudspeaker would be the voice of Jesus, urging them to renounce communism." The post gathered over 2,000 points in 10 years.

The linked article cited a November 20, 1975, document^[5] titled "Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders," written by former CIA Assistant Deputy Director for National Intelligence Programs, Thomas A. Parrott. The document reportedly recounted how Major General Edward Geary Lansdale proposed the aforementioned Castro scheme.

2020s Project Blue Beam Resurgence

On November 8th, 2022, Robert Duncan discussed Project Blue Beam on Danny Brown's podcast.^[6] The relevant clip was reposted to Twitter / X^[7] by @TheChiefNerd on February 13th, 2023, gathering over 6,000 likes in a year. The post came soon after the military shot down an unknown cylindrical object over Alaska, prompting UFO discussions nationwide.

Harvard Scientist Robert Duncan Explains ‘Project Blue Beam’ “You can see it by the naked eye and it would leave a radar trace”@KONCRETE pic.twitter.com/Vi4r1zuhcc

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) February 14, 2023

On March 10th, 2024, MMA fighter Ryan Garcia mentioned the conspiracy theory in a TikTok live that was reposted to X^[9] by @ramberrto, gathering over 5,000 likes in nine months.

Ryan Garcia also known as KingRyan just went live on TikTok while hooked up onto a machine. He goes on to talk to about Project Blue Beam and goes onto say Disney could be apart of a huge trafficking problem. After that, the live ends…“2’000 kids go missing a year at Disney” pic.twitter.com/sNYCiDRAaN

— h (@ramberrto) March 10, 2024

On April 14th, 2024, X^[8] user @MattWallace888 made a post about Project Blue Beam that gathered over 17,000 likes in eight months. The post read, "Project Blue Beam is a secret project created by agents of the Pentagon and NASA with the goal of creating an artificial Second Coming and establishing a totalitarian world government. The goal being to manipulate/control people through the use of advanced technology and psychological manipulation."