Government / Military
Majestic 12 (MJ-12)
1947
Alleged secret committee purportedly formed by President Truman in 1947 to manage recovered UFO material and oversee Roswell-related secrecy. The documents describing it surfaced in 1984 and are considered probable forgeries by most researchers on both sides of the UFO debate, though the name remains a fixture of UAP conspiracy lore.
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Connections (11)
disputed 1984 documents link it to this event
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
both circulate in the same genre of unverified 1940s UFO documents
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
one of three researchers who released its documents
Source: MJ-12 document release, 1987
extensively investigated and popularized the documents
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
named as an alleged member ("MJ-10")
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
named as an alleged member ("MJ-4") in the disputed documents
Source: alleged MJ-12 documents (authenticity widely disputed)
named as an alleged member in the disputed documents
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
named as the group's alleged co-founder
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
alleged in disputed documents to have created it
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
alleged in disputed documents to have been briefed on it
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
found the Cutler-Twining memo used a pasted-on Truman signature
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis