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William Moore

1980

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.

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confirmedRoswell Incident
co-authored the book that popularized the myth
Source: Roswell case histories; Berlitz & Moore, The Roswell Incident (1980)
confirmedMajestic 12 (MJ-12)
one of three researchers who released its documents
Source: MJ-12 document release, 1987
confirmedStanton Friedman
co-authored "The Roswell Incident" (1980)
Source: Roswell case histories; Berlitz & Moore, The Roswell Incident (1980)
disputedPhilip J. Klass
accused him of perpetrating the MJ-12 hoax
Source: MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
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