Living near Kirtland Air Force Base, Paul Bennewitz was convinced these phenomena were of extraterrestrial origin. Instead of discouraging his interest, the Air Force officers, including Doty, encouraged him to dig deeper, providing him with computer software that "interpreted" the signals and even dumping fake props for him to discover. This led to Bennewitz's obsession with interpreting alien languages and spotting crashed alien craft, which eventually resulted in his mental breakdown and admission to a psychiatric facility in 1988.