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A researcher found that stamps on Majestic-12 documents match identifiers in recently declassified CIA Paperclip files. The FBI called MJ-12 a fake in 1988. Both sides of the debate are worth examining.
Declassified CIA records show the agency recommended debunking UFOs, lied about sightings to protect spy planes, and ran covert behavior-control programs – all at the same time. A resurfaced 1952 memo is the latest reminder.
In September 1961, a New Hampshire couple reported a UFO encounter, two hours of missing time, and – years later under hypnosis – a detailed abduction narrative that would shape how the world thinks about alien contact.
Before there was Blue Book, there was panic. How a rejected top-secret report, a revolving door of cover names, and one determined captain created the U.S. government's longest-running UFO investigation – inside a basement office at Wright-Patterson AFB.
On two consecutive weekends in July 1952, radar operators tracked unidentified targets over Washington, D.C. while pilots and controllers watched mysterious lights outrun Air Force jets – triggering the largest Pentagon press conference since World War II.