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Majestic 12 documents surface

Also: MJ-12

release contested INFERENCE United States

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FBI file on the MJ-12 papers
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FBI file on the MJ-12 papers

A page from the FBI's released file on the 'Majestic 12' documents, stamped BOGUS by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Official document · the Bureau's own record of the papers.

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1988 ↗Public domain — US government workLicence terms ↗
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Richard Dolan · 0:21:21

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In December 1984 filmmaker Jaime Shandera received an anonymous roll of film postmarked Albuquerque showing a 1952 "Majestic 12" briefing for President-elect Eisenhower and a 1947 Truman memo, describing a group managing recovered craft. The FBI later labelled the documents bogus. Corpus guest Richard Dolan says strong researchers, including Robert Hastings, consider them a hoax.

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Date
Place35.0844, -106.6504 approximate · United States
Official responseThe Air Force Office of Special Investigations told the FBI in 1988 that the documents were completely bogus, and the FBI stamped its file copies accordingly.

Reported by

  • jaime shandera journalist recipient of the film
  • William Moore researcher co-investigator; later admitted working with AFOSI

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Named in 6 uploads (automatic name matching, 8 mentions)

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Majestic 12 documents surface, Roswell incident, Kirtland AFB / Manzano sightings and the Bennewitz affair. Open the full map filtered to this record.

Related records

Events
Roswell incidentKirtland AFB / Manzano sightings and the Bennewitz affair
People
Richard DotyRobert HastingsRichard Dolanjaime shanderaWilliam MoorefbiafosiStanton Friedman
Documents
Majestic 12 (MJ-12) documentsCutler–Twining memoEisenhower Briefing Document (MJ-12)UFOs and the U.S. Government (MUFON UFO Journal, Parts I–II)SOM1-01, "Extraterrestrial Entities and Technology, Recovery and Disposal" (purported manual)

Sources on this record

  • 0:21:21 The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) · Richard Dolan ▶
    they first appeared in uh 1984, near Kirtland Air Force Base. And so we know that that's connection to the notorious uh Richard Doty and they were sent to a filmmaker and friend of Bill Moore
  • 0:23:25 The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) · Richard Dolan ▶
    we get these MJ12 documents which are allegedly memos to to Harry Truman or a letter signed by Harry Truman describing the formation of this
  • 0:24:27 The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) · Richard Dolan ▶
    legit strong researchers who do think it's it's a hoax. Robert Hastings, who you mentioned, very strong, very strong, and and he
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