Behold a Pale Horse By William Copper

Milton William Cooper's 1991 book,

Behold a Pale Horse, is a seminal text in American conspiracy culture that outlines numerous alleged global conspiracies, especially those involving the government, secret societies like the Illuminati, and extraterrestrial aliens. In the book, Cooper claims to reveal classified information that he accessed as a member of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Briefing Team in the early 1970s

• A "Secret Government" and New World Order: Cooper warns of a powerful secret government working with the Illuminati to establish a New World Order and enslave humanity. The conspiracy aims to undermine national sovereignty and establish a single global authority.
• Alien cover-up: According to the book, the U.S. government has been secretly dealing with extraterrestrials since the 1940s. Cooper alleges that aliens were involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who was planning to reveal the truth to the public.
• Government-manufactured diseases: The book falsely claims that HIV/AIDS was a man-made disease engineered by the government to target black people, Hispanic people, and homosexuals.
• Social manipulation: Cooper discusses the use of social welfare programs and propaganda to control and pacify the population, painting non-productive people as dependent on the state