According to Cooper, he served in the US Air Force and the US Navy and was discharged in 1975. He caused a sensation in UFOlogy circles when in 1988 he claimed to have seen secret documents while in the US Navy that referred to government knowledge and involvement with extraterrestrials
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink Confirms US Space Force Deploys On-Orbit Weapons: First Public Acknowledgement of Space Control Arsenal
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink publicly confirmed for the first time that the US Space Force has deployed on-orbit ‘space control weapons’ capable of offensive and defensive operations against adversary satellites.
