Joe Rogan Experience #2533 - Diana Pasulka · Aired Jul 30, 2026
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Richard Dodi intentionally planted disinformation on Paul Bennewitz's computer to mislead him about alien contact.
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This almost certainly refers to Richard Doty, likely misheard as Dodi, the AFOSI agent who really did feed Paul Bennewitz false information to convince him he'd intercepted alien communications. But the documented methods were forged papers, staged briefings, and physical setups like fake air vents, not anything planted on his computer specifically.
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Is it true that Richard Dodi intentionally planted disinformation on Paul Bennewitz's computer to mislead him about alien contact?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. This almost certainly refers to Richard Doty, likely misheard as Dodi, the AFOSI agent who really did feed Paul Bennewitz false information to convince him he'd intercepted alien communications. Diana Pasulka said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2533 - Diana Pasulka, aired Jul 30, 2026, at 42:23. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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