# MJ-12 Document

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This documented purported to confirm the existence of the Majestic-12 operation. It was determined by the FBI to be non-genuine, bogus or a hoaxed document.
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BRIEFING DOCUMENT: OPERATION MAJESTIC 12
PREPARED FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: (EYES ONLY)
18 NOVEMBER, 1952 :
| WARNING: This is a TOP SECRET - EYES ONLY document containing compartmentalized information essential to the national security of the United States. EYES ONLY ACCESS to the material herein is strictly limited to those possessing Majestic-12 clearance level. Reproduction in any form or the taking of written or mechanically transcribed notes is strictly forbidden. ||
| EYES ONLY | T52-EXEMPT (E) |
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* SUBJECT: OPERATION MAJESTIC-12 PRELIMINARY BRIEFING FOR
* PRESIDENT-ELECT EISENHOWER.
* DOCUMENT PREPARED 18 NOVEMBER, 1952.
* BRIEFING OFFICER: ADM. ROSCOE H. HILLENKOETTER (MJ-1)
* NOTE: This document has been prepared as a preliminary briefing
* only. It should be regarded as introductory to a full operations
* briefing intended to follow.
* OPERATION MAJESTIC-12 is a TOP SECRET Research and Development/
* Intelligence operation responsible directly and only to the
* President of the United States. Operations of the project are
* carried out under control of the Majestic-12 (Majic-12) Group
* which was established by special classified executive order of
* President Truman on 24 September, 1947, upon recommendation by
* Dr. Vannevar Bush and Secretary James Forrestal. (See Attachment
* "A".) Members of the Majestic-12 Group were designated as follows:
* Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
* Dr. Vannevar Bush
* Secy. James V. Forrestal
* Gen. Nathan F. Twining
* Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg
* Dr. Detlev Bronk
* Dr. Jerome Hunsaker
* Mr. Sidney W. Souers
* Mr. Gordon Gray
* Dr. Donald Menzel
* Gen. Robert M. Montague
* Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner
* The death of Secretary Forrestal on 22 May, 1949, created
* a vacancy which remained unfilled until 01 August, 1950, upon
* which date Gen. Walter B. Smith was designated as permanent
* replacement.
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* On 24 June, 1947, a civilian pilot, flying over the Cascade
* Mountains in the State of Washington observed nine flying
* disc-shaped aircraft travelling in formation at a high rate
* of speed. Although this was not the first known sighting
* of such objects, it was the first to gain widespread attention
* in the public media. Hundreds of reports of sightings of
* similar objects followed. Many of these came from highly
* credible military and civilian sources. These reports res-
* ulted in independent efforts by several different elements
* of the military to ascertain the nature and purpose of these
* objects in the interests of national defense. A number of
* witnesses were interviewed and there were several unsuccessful
* attempts to utilize aircraft in efforts to pursue reported
* discs in flight. Public reaction bordered on near hysteria
* at times.
* In spite of these efforts, little of substance was learned
* about the objects until a local rancher reported that one
* had crashed in a remote region of New Mexico located approx-
* imately seventy-five miles northwest of Roswell Army Air
* Base (now Walker Field).
* On 07 July, 1947, a secret operation was begun to assure
* recovery of the wreckage of this object for scientific study.
* During the course of this operation, aerial reconnaissance
* discovered that four small human-like beings had apparently
* ejected from the craft at some point before it exploded.
* These had fallen to earth about two miles east of the wreckage
* site. All four were dead and badly decomposed due to action
* by predators and exposure to the elements during the approx-
* imately one week time period which had elapsed before their
* discovery. A special scientific team took charge of removing
* these bodies for study. (See Attachment "C".) The wreckage
* of the craft was also removed to several different locations.
* (See Attachment "B".) Civilian and military witnesses in
* the area were debriefed, and news reporters were given the
* effective cover story that the object had been a misguided
* weather research balloon.
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* A covert analytical effort organized by Gen. Twining and
* Dr. Bush acting on the direct orders of the President, res-
* ulted in a preliminary consensus (19 September, 1947) that
* the disc was most likely a short range reconnaissance craft.
* This conclusion was based for the most part on the craft's
* size and the apparent lack of any identifiable provisioning.
* (See Attachment "D".) A similar analysis of the four dead
* occupants was arranged by Dr. Bronk. It was the tentative
* conclusion of this group (30 November, 1947) that although
* these creatures are human-like in appearance, the biological
* and evolutionary processes responsible for their development
* has apparently been quite different from those observed or
* postulated in homo-sapiens. Dr Bronk's tea has suggested
* the term "Extra-terrestrial Biological Entities", or "EBEs",
* be adopted as the standard term of reference for these
* creatures until such time as a more definitive designation
* can be agreed upon.
* Since it is virtually certain that these craft do not origin-
* ate in any country on earth, considerable speculation has
* centered around what their point of origin may be and how
* they get here. Mars was and remains a possibility, although
* some scientists, most notably Dr. Menzel, consider it more
* likely that we are dealing with beings from another solar
* system entirely.
* Numerous examples of what appear to be a form of writing
* were found in the wreckage. Efforts to decipher these have
* remained largely unsuccessful. (See Attachment "E".)
* Equally unsuccessful have been efforts to determine the
* method of propulsion or the nature or method of transmission
* of the power source involved. Research along these lines
* has been complicated by the complete absence of identifiable
* wings, propellers, jets, or other conventional methods of
* propulsion and guidance, as well as a total lack of
* metallic wiring, vacuum tubes, or similar recognizable electronic
* components. (See Attachment "F".) It is assumed that the
* propulsion unit was completely destroyed by the explosion
* which caused the crash.
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* A need for as much additional information as possible about
* these craft, their performance characteristics and their
* purpose led to the undertaking known as U.S. Air Force Project
* SIGN in December, 1947. In order to preserve security, liason
* between SIGN and Majestic-12 was limited to two individuals
* within the Intelligence Division of Air Materiel Command whose
* role was to pass along certain types of information through
* channels. SIGN evolved into Project GRUDGE in December, 1948.
* The operation is currently being conducted under the code name
* BLUE BOOK, with liason maintained through the Air Force officer
* who is head of the project.
* On 06 December, 1950, a second object, probably of similar
* origin, impacted the earth at high speed in the El Indio -
* Guerrero area of Texas - Mexican border after following
* a long trajectory through the atmosphere. by the time a
* search team arrived, what remained of the object had been almost
* totally incinerated. Such material as could be recovered was
* transported to the A.E.C. facility at Sandia, New Mexico, for
* study.
* Implications for the National Security are of continuing im-
* portance in that the motives and ultimate intentions of these
* visitors remain completely unknown. In addition, a significant
* upsurge in the surveillance activity of these craft beginning
* in May and continuing through the autumn of this year has caused
* considerable concern that new developments may be imminent.
* It is for these reasons, as well as the obvious international
* and technological considerations and the ultimate need to
* avoid a public panic at all costs, that the Majestic-12 Group
* remains of the unanimous opinion that imposition of the
* strictest security precautions should continue without inter-
* ruption into the new administration. At the same time, con-
* tingency plan MJ-1949-04P/78 (Top Secret - Eyes Only) should
* be held in continued readiness should the need to make a
* public announcement present itself. (See Attachment "G".)
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* ENUMERATION OF ATTACHMENTS:
* ATTACHMENT "A"........Special Classified Executive
* Order #092447. (TS/EO)
* ATTACHMENT "B"........Operation Majestic-12 Status
* Report #1, Part A. 30 NOV '47.
* (TS-MAJIC/EO)
* ATTACHMENT "C"........Operation Majestic-12 Status
* Report #1, Part B. 30 NOV '47.
* (TS-MAJIC/EO)
* ATTACHMENT "D"........Operation Majestic-12 Preliminary
* Analytical Report. 19 SEP '47.
* (TS-MAJIC/EO)
* ATTACHMENT "E"........Operation Majestic-12 Blue Team
* Report #5. 30 JUN '52.
* (TS-MAJIC/EO)
* ATTACHMENT "F"........Operation Majestic-12 Status
* Report #2. 31 JAN '48.
* (TS-MAJIC/EO)
* ATTACHMENT "G"........Operation Majestic-12 Contingency
* Plan MJ-1949-04P/78: 31 JAN '49.
* (TS-MAJIC/EO)
* ATTACHMENT "H"........Operation Majestic-12, Maps and
* Photographs Folio (Extractions).
* (TS-MAJIC/EO)

## Letter from Truman

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON :
* As per our recent conversation on this matter,
* you are hereby authorized to proceed with all due
* speed and caution upon your undertaking. Hereafter
* this matter shall be referred to only as Operation
* Majestic Twelve.
* It continues to be my feeling that any future
* considerations relative to the ultimate disposition
* of this matter should rest solely with the Office
* of the President following appropriate discussions
* with yourself, Dr. Bush and the Director of Central
* Intelligence.