The United States Paranormal Defense Agency (USPDA or PDA) is a top secret black ops agency of the United States Department Of Defense that deals with supernatural beings and paranormal phenomenon. The PDA was secretly founded in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. Their world headquarters is a vast facility 500 feet under Washington DC with a secret tunnel leading directly to the White House and Congress as well. The advanced agency is responsible for the so called “Men In Black” who have spooked many an American citizen and sparked quite a few conspiracy theories in their paranormal investigations.
They will often refuse to identify themselves, or do so without showing ID. Sometimes they will pose as members of other governmental agencies and then show legitimate ID that checks out in computer databases. Naturally, they almost always wear their trademark black suits and sunglasses unless they’re undercover. Some describe their skin as being unnaturally pale like that of the living dead with no evidence of any expression on their face. It’s plausible these agents could be human hybrids of supernatural beings along with deep brainwashing to keep them laser focused on their missions.
The Paranormal Defense Agency’s origins date back to the very formation of our nation in 1789. Although they can be traced even further to the colonization of North America by European settlers who had to deal with the supernatural scourges of vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, and a plethora of other entities of evil. In the early days of the United States some secret supernatural societies were transformed into the first secretive Federal agencies. As the government grew so did the number of agencies that dealt with the many paranormal threats against the American people and the government in general.
By the 20th century the government was no longer as transparent and such covert departments could grow more quickly without anyone noticing. Secrecy was essential to prevent mass panic. This conveniently allowed the government to not violate the Universal Law of the Supernatural Secrecy Pact. As the decades of the last century rolled by their missions became more about creating metaphysical weapons, possessing supernatural artifacts and genetically engineering an army of paranormal beings blindly loyal to the government!
Six core Federal agencies were folded into the Paranormal Defense Agency during its 1977 formation:
- Bureau Of Vampire Affairs (BVA) – The Bureau was formed in 1808 not only to eradicate vampires but also to diplomatically deal known vampires in positions of power, or those with great influence in the various nations of the world. An official secret Ambassador to the Royal Vampire Kingdom in Transylvania was created in this year as well to prevent a full on invasion of vampire forces into the fledgling United States under the goading of the British government. Apparently the Vampire King owed King George III a favor. Thankfully, the favor was put on hold!
- US Werewolf Corp (USWC) – Formed in 1868 as a secret branch of the US Army after the Civil War to deal with the greatest concentrations of Werewolves which were within various Native American tribes. The Werewolves needed to be eradicated before the general army could begin to perform their reprehensible removal of Natives from their rightful lands. Many of the top Generals in the USWC were actually Werewolves who chose to turn against their own kind for promises of wealth, status, and immunity from persecution. The USWC eventually became a branch of the Marines to deal with Werewolves around the world.
- Witch Defense League (WDL) – This private organization was officially made Quasi-Federal by George Washington in 1791 to keep if off the books. Very few in the Executive Branch nor Congress knew of it’s existence. They reported directly to the President himself. It’s rumored that the organization saved Washington from a beguiling time traveling Witch who sought to destroy the USA before it could be a force to be reckoned with. The WDL has it’s roots all the way back to the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600’s.
- Federal Zombie Agency (FZA) – The FZA actually was born from the Witch Defense League when a powerful coven of witches rose forth the first large scale army of zombies on US soil. Their intent was to overthrow the US Government, and decimate the entire US populace by turning them into flesh eating rotting corpses. The FZA was created in 1855 to deal with various zombie uprisings that were occurring only in the Northern USA. This culminated in the Great Zombie War of 1859 fought somewhere in Wisconsin. These witches were southern belles who wished to weaken the North before the onset of the Civil War which was already being planned secretly at that time. These wayward women had connections to high ranking Confederate government officials.
- Extraterrestrial Task Force (ETF) – Hastily founded in July 1947 to deal with the first alien contact at the infamous Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash. Before this reports of extraterrestrial activity had been sparse at best.
- Federal Living Dead Defense Commission (FLDDC) – Numerous other small agencies, and branches working on a large number of paranormal projects related, and not related to the other organizations above were folded into the other agencies, or the newly formed FLDDC which took shape in 1952. The Living Dead Defense Commission was also put in charge of the FZA, and the BVA.
All the above agencies were unified into the Paranormal Defense Agency in 1977 under a secret restructuring plan masterminded by President Jimmy Carter. Some say his obsession with the supernatural led him to drop the Presidential ball causing one of the more embarrassing Presidencies of all time. Of course this stemmed from his own brush with UFO’s in 1969. If only the world knew that some of the blame for his stagflationary days of an ever loving sweet hellish malaise were due to him trying to protect us all from the supernatural scourges of the world.
When President Ronald Reagan took the reigns of power he wasn’t surprised by the full extent of our paranormal planet. As a young man living in a rural community he had dealt with vampires and werewolves. He was even attacked by an Abominable Snowman while trying to save a man from drowning in an ice cold river! Amazingly enough, Santa Claus himself saved Ronald! As an Actor in Hollywood he came across power hungry vampires and other evil entities. As California Governor he was privy to the various supernatural events reported to him by the State agencies under his command.
President Reagan worked hard to strengthen the effectiveness of the PDA in the 1980’s. Many vampire nests, zombie uprisings, and werewolf attacks were thwarted under the Reagan Administration. However as the decades have passed the organization has become bogged down in bureaucratic red tape, paranoia over paranormal infiltration of the government, and a mad scientist mentality of tinkering with the supernatural to create unholy beasts, and crypto-biological warfare. Their central mission is no longer protecting the greater good against supernatural evil. It’s about protecting themselves and staking their claim on this paranormal planet as they jockey for global domination in the face of the great War Of Armageddon.
Due to the PDA becoming nefarious on a variety of levels, despite some good agents still among them, the fight against paranormal evil has fallen upon us in the private paranormal community. So in essence we’ve come full circle and have returned to the days of the 13 colonies. We here at Mystic Investigations have had some dealings with the PDA, and it’s usually never a good thing. However, our good friend and business colleague Lee Sampson, CEO of ZombieCorp, is a former PDA agent who left the government in disgust over in the ineffectiveness of the agency.
We’re rather sure they have a branch here in our supernatural-laden community of Woodland Springs. We suspect it’s a small underground base in the Mystical Forest. The PDA are the ones who keep Woodland Springs off the maps and prevent people from coming here. When we’ve left town and returned we are often met with odd events, and various people trying to prevent us from re-entering. Thankfully we have a wonderful Sheriff who fights this idiocy! There’s also both good and evil supernatural entities that discourage large scale government inference in what is thought to be a paranormal haven. Hopefully, the PDA won’t quarantine our town someday. It would raise too much attention so the odds are in our favor. If you believe a PDA agent has approached you then contact us with the details of your encounter immediately!
PDA Research Bases
The PDA has various restricted research areas around the country that include a joint Area with the US military called Area 51. This was the central location for alien research. Eventually, they moved to Area 99 due to all the media attention Area 51 gets. Paranormal Area Alpha refers to the administrative headquarters hidden below the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Overall there are approximately 2000 Paranormal Area’s around the world. Some in cooperation with foreign governments and the equivalent of their PDA.
The most infamous foreign one is Paranormal Area 48. It’s a top-secret former Nazi research site in Germany. Some say an advanced rocket was developed there that supposedly took Adolph Hitler and others into space. They allegedly entered a wormhole in near-Earth orbit created by German scientists by accident while testing an intercontinental energy weapon. We’ve written about Paranormal Area 842. Home of the Lancaster Homestead Pentalpha Poltergeist. There’s also Area 221 known as The Halloween Autumn Farm Village. Area 1111 is contaminated with radiation from time travel experiments.
US Paranormal Defense Recruitment
The most common recruitment into the US PDA ranks is from within the government itself. Trusted people already in the system who will take any order in the name of national security. Often they come from the military, CIA, FBI, etc. Preferably with some experience with the paranormal world. If they are judged as extremely talented yet have no knowledge of the supernatural then that shocking revelation is made. Usually by wheeling out a variety of caged monsters. If it’s too much for them to handle then they are free to return to their job but must adhere to a non-disclosure agreement they signed in advance of the opportunity to join the PDA. Sometimes they’re even paid some hush money as incentive to fight the urge to tell people about the horror they witnessed. Ultimately, they know death is the final option for those with loose lips!
Recruitment also takes place from those deemed as worthy and controllable in the supernatural community. Those with paranormal powers are often captured, micro-chipped, and forced to work for the government in order to maintain some level of freedom. Of course, if they serve more use as a research subject then they will surely spend the rest of their sorry days in lab cage! If they’re an immortal like a vampire then we’re talking one hell of a long time! In addition, there are rumors of alien hybrids raised in captivity who are brainwashed for government loyalty. These might be the more creepy Men In Black people speak of!
Known Bases And Paranormal Area’s
Approximately 2000 Paranormal Area Bases exist around the world. Bases using the Greek Alphabet are mainly administrative and agent training facilities.
- Paranormal Area Alpha – US PDA Global Headquarters under the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
- Paranormal Area Beta – Central training facility for new agents and those who must update their knowledge and skills.
- Paranormal Area Omega – A massive self-sustaining underground city ready to take the upper echelon of humankind and the supernatural world in order to survive a major apocalypse. This includes the granddaddy known as Armageddon! Archives of information and important artifacts are stored here for protection. The city was created with an amazing amalgam of magic, other supernatural knowledge, and alien technology.
- Area 0 – It’s said to be the only point on Earth where time stands still. When the government discovered the small secluded zone dozens of people were pulled out from various points in history. They gave eyewitness accounts of past history. High-level assets and individuals are placed there for safekeeping.
- Area 1 – The first secret US military research facility set up in the late 1700’s to study all things supernatural.
- Area 13 – Research on Jason Voorhees and Friday The 13th paranormal phenomenon. The number was previously skipped for base usage due to superstition.
- Area 44 – Antarctic base
- Area 48 – Confiscated WW II Nazi technology research facility in Germany.
- Area 51 – Extraterrestrial research and US military testing of top-secret technologies. Some of which have been backward engineering from alien technology. Due to insane public scrutiny, they moved most of the good stuff to Area 99.
- Area 99 – The new Area 51. ET research.
- Area 221 – The Halloween Autumn Farm Village
- Area 842 – Home of the Lancaster Homestead Pentalpha Poltergeist.
- Area 921 – A sizable zone around Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. Home of the infamous spiritually possessed killer animatronics!
- Area 1111 – Contaminated with radiation from time travel experiments.
- Area 1221 – Nazi zombie and immortality experimentation underground base. Discovered in 2015. Resulted in a sapient zombie.
Unknown designations include a secret space station, Moonbase, and even a base recently added on Mars! Indeed, we’ve been there secretly for quite some time!
Area 99
Location Unknown
Known Agents
- Anonymous – Our secret informant in the agency who sometimes leaks data to Mystic Investigations and others in the supernatural world.
- Commander Ellison – Lead the attack on Santa Claus’s North Pole City and The Plague Doctor’s Pandemic Party.