Journalist or investigator
William Moore
1980-01-01year known, day not recorded
UFO researcher who co-authored the 1980 book "The Roswell Incident" with Charles Berlitz; later admitted at a 1989 MUFON conference to running disinformation on behalf of Air Force intelligence.
In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufo", "roswell". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.
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investigated the Marcel claims from 1978 alongside Moore, who published "The Roswell Incident" that same period with Charles BerlitzReport of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"printed p. 13 · PDF p. 7 checked against the page
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same document as the row aboveThis map saysco-authored the book that popularized the mythThe document saystwo authors, William L. Moore and Charles Berlitz, also engaged in research which led them to publish a book, The Roswell Incident, in 1980.Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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co-wrote "The Roswell Incident" (1980) with him, the book the Air Force's own report names as the origin of the modern Roswell accountsame document as the row aboveprinted p. 13 · PDF p. 7 checked against the page
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one of three researchers who released its documentsMJ-12 document release, 1987
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accused him of perpetrating the MJ-12 hoaxMJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis