
Curiously, almost all the brothers were Freemasons, and most were affiliated with the Mormon church. The brethren included ranchers, prospectors, and tradesmen, though none with any notable education or scientific knowledge. It turned out to be much larger than he’d imagined. In hope of learning more, Bone accepted initiation into the secret order. If it was a con, Special Agent Bone couldn’t find that anyone was making money off it. People in Valkenburg’s group had unshakeable faith in him. A Secret Society’s Connection with a Church It turned out that Valkenburg was the only one to have actually flown in a craft or to have seen the old man. And, like most UFO encounters, it was unsupported by physical evidence.

The tale fabricated by Valkenburg is very similar to today’s UFO encounters. John Van Valkenburg fabricated a story about flying machines. The society, as the old man had claimed, would become the elite of a new world order to create a peaceful and prosperous world. The old man had directed Valkenburg to establish a secret society to protect that technology. Valkenburg mentioned a mysterious old man who lived in a massive stationary aircraft floating above the earth. A Secret Society for Protecting Technology
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This is a transcript from the video series The Real History of Secret Societies. Valkenburg claimed that he had flown to the North Pole and a mysterious place similar to the mythical Hollow Earth. It had “revolving discs” that gave the flying machine an extraordinary power by producing limitless lift and energy. He fabricated a story that involved the ability of the machines to fly a thousand miles per hour in any weather.

Leon Bone met the leader of a group claiming to build and operate those flying contraptions. These lights attracted the interest of a special agent Leon Bone of the Bureau of Investigation, who decided to do some research. At that time, flying devices were rare, especially in that area. In the spring of 1917, there were many reports of mysterious lights sightings in the night sky in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their actions resulted in the First World War.

Is it true that the Great War was triggered by a secret society? Members of Mlada Bosna, a secret society, had an avowed goal of unifying Bosnia with neighboring Serbia. World War I was in progress and some were quick to see the hidden hand of Kaiser Wilhelm behind these nocturnal visitations. Spence, Ph.D., University of Idaho Special agent Leon Bone became curious after many people reported seeing strange lights in the night sky in Utah.
