Cathy O'Brien (conspiracy theorist)

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Cathy O'Brien
Born
Cathleen Ann O'Brien

(1957-12-04) December 4, 1957 (age 66)
Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, speaker
Known forConspiracy theories, statements alleging victimization by CIA mind control project
Children1
Websitehttp://trance-formation.com/

Cathy O'Brien (born December 4, 1957) is an American

Project MKUltra.[1][2][3][4][5] O'Brien made these assertions in Trance Formation of America (1995) and Access Denied: For Reasons of National Security (2004), both of which she co-authored and self-published with her husband, Mark Phillips.[1] According to scholars, there is no credible evidence for O'Brien's claims and there are numerous inconsistencies in her story.[5]

Conspiracy theories

In Trance Formation of America, O'Brien claims that, as a child, she was sexually abused first by her father and then by a network of child pornographers. Supposedly, she was then forced by the

sex slave.[2][3][4][5]

O'Brien accuses a wide range of prominent people—from American, Canadian, Mexican, and Saudi Arabian government officials to stars of the country music scene—of being part of a Project Monarch conspiracy to operate sex slave rings and commit child abuse.

holograms to appear to her in altered forms, saying, "Bush apparently activated a hologram of the lizard-like 'alien,' which provided the illusion of Bush transforming like a chameleon before my eyes. In retrospect, I understand that Bush had been painstakingly careful in positioning our seats in order that the hologram's effectiveness be maximized."[1]
: 167, 211 

O'Brien has claimed that Project Monarch caused her to develop

satanic ritual abuse and MKUltra have influenced popular conspiracy culture.[7]

Religious and political scholars have criticized O'Brien's claims for lacking any supporting evidence. David G. Robertson characterized them as symptomatic of "baseless" moral panic and wrote that "no-one has ever been prosecuted of such crimes nor has any corroborating material evidence ever been produced".[8] According to scholar Michael Barkun, "scholarly and journalistic treatments of MKUltra make no mention of a Project Monarch". Barkun describes O'Brien's account as "sensational even by the standards of conspiracy literature" and notes that even black helicopter conspiracy theorist Jim Keith considered it "fraudulent or delusional".[5] Jodi Dean cited O'Brien's claims as an example of conspiracy theorists' "leaps in imagination and willingness to deviate from common sense".[9]

Bibliography

O'Brien self-publishes her books.[10]

  • O'Brien, Cathy; Phillips, Mark (1995). Trance Formation of America. Reality Marketing, Incorporated.
  • O'Brien, C (2004). Access Denied: For Reasons of National Security. Reality Marketing, Incorporated.
    ISBN 0-9660165-3-X
    .
  • O'Brien, C (2017). PTSD: Time to Heal. Reality Marketing, Incorporated.
    ISBN 978-0-69277641-4
    .

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-9660165-4-8. Retrieved 2008-10-20.[self-published source][dead link
    ]
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-19-530637-6
    . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-7864-1830-3
    . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-02-864007-1
    . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-520-23805-2
    . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  6. ISBN 0-8223-3071-7
    . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  7. ISBN 9781576078129
    . Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  8. ISBN 978-1-4742-5322-2
    .
  9. ISBN 0-8014-8678-5
    .
  10. ^ "Order Directly from Mark & Cathy >> TRANCE Formation Of America". trance-formation.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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