James Forrestal
First U.S. Secretary of Defense; named in the disputed 1984 MJ-12 documents as the group's supposed co-founder alongside Truman. Dismissed by Truman in March 1949 amid deteriorating mental health, he died in an apparent suicide two months later - an event conspiracy literature has long linked to the UFO secrecy narrative without corroborating evidence. Before government service, spent over two decades at Wall Street investment bank Dillon, Read & Co., becoming its president in 1938.
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spent over two decades there, becoming firm president in 1938Official government / corporate service records
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served as his special deputy in 1948Official government / corporate service records
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named as the group's alleged co-founderMJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
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dismissed him in 1949 amid deteriorating relations