User:Feofer/John Olsen Lear
John Olson Lear is an influential conspiracy theorist, a pilot, and a one-time candidate for State Senate. Lear has promoted the "Dark Hypothesis", a story of alien collusion with secret governmental forces.[1] Lear left a lasting influence on the UFO movement; One author observed "in the early years [UFO writers] did not, by and large, embrace strong political positions. [Lear and his partner] were the tip of a spear asserting that the number one thing we had to fear was not little green men, but the government that colluded with them, appropriating their technology against us." [1]
Early life
Lear was born in, the son of Learjet founder Bill Lear and his wife . He was named after his maternal grandfather Olson
Lear graduated from the Institut Le Rosey boarding school in Switzerland. [2] Between May 23 and 26, 1966, Lear and crewmmate flew a record-breaking flight around the world that covered 22,992.8 miles in 50 hours and 39 minutes.[3]
Lear claimed to fly "secret missions for the CIA" between 1967 and 1983.[4][better source needed]
Personal life
In 1970, Lear married Marilee Higginbotham, the owner of a California fashion modelling agency.[2]