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This is a reprint of the September, 1989 issue of Just Cause.
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Number 20 NEW SERIES September 1989
(C) Copyright 1989
A MAJESTIC DECEPTION
THE BOSTON GLOBE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1989
Q. What is the origin of the term 'big lie'?--W.E., Newton Upper
Falls
A. Writing in "Newspeak: A Dictionary of Jargon," Jonathan
Green asserts that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler coined the phrase in
his book, "Mein Kampf." Hitler advanced the premise that the
greater and more audacious the lie, the more chance there is of
the masses believing it. According to Green, the big lie is "a
popular philosophy of dictators and demagogues, and indeed, on a
more subtle level, of supposedly 'democratic' governments, who
tend to gild the process by explaining that 'what you don't know
won't hurt you' when it comes to concealing affairs of state from
those who elect them."
July 1, 1989, may well be remembered in the history of UFO
research as the day when the "Majestic 12" story came crashing
to Earth in a heap of rubble. Cause of death: Suicide!
In a long speech at the MUFON annual symposium in Las Vegas,
William Moore, one of the chief promoters of the MJ-12 tale, gave
the latest version of the "facts;" a part-sympathy plea, part-
confession, part-assault on critics.
CAUS has explored this information in great detail over the
past several years. Briefly, for new readers, MJ-12 is purported
to be a panel of distinguished scientists and political and
military leaders assembled in the late 1940s to study reports of
crashed flying saucers, in particular the famous "Roswell
Incident" of 1947. The alleged panel is said by some to be
functioning even today. A variety of official-looking documents
have been released to the UFO community by William Moore, Jaime
Shandera and Stanton Friedman as evidence of the reality of MJ-
12. CAUS has been strongly critical of the story for a large
number of reasons already on the record. The MSF team have
angrily defended the story, despite a recent public posture of
being objective and undecided about the truth, or lack of truth,
in the reported information.
Moore's speech at Las Vegas was an attempt to explain his
involvement in MJ-12 since the early 1980s and to answer cores of
serious questions about his activities. Answers were given but
the questions were not settled.
Some of the more remarkable claims:
1) That Moore was recruited by government intelligence
people to aid in an effort to change official UFO policy. One of
his "duties" was to observe and report on a disinformation
campaign against Paul Bennewitz, a key figure in the sightings at
Kirtland AFB, N.M., in August 1980 (see Clear Intent, Epilog).
Comment: Moore stated emphatically in a December 10, 1988
"Open Letter" that, "Rumors circulating to the effect that I am
some sort of government agent or 'disinformation' expert are
totally false."
Assuming that this scenario Moore paints is true, whether he
likes it or not this makes Moore an agent of the U.S. government.
Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary defines an agent as "One who or that
which acts for another." If Moore received instructions from
what he believed to be a government source, and reported on the
effects of official disinformation on Bennewitz, he is acting as
an agent of the government, whether paid or unpaid.
2) That Moore was to supply information to the
government through Richard Doty, an Air Force OSI agent, on the
activities of Bennewitz, APRO (Aerial Phenomena Research
Organization of Tucson, Arizona, of which Moore was an active
member), and "several other individuals." Boasting that being a
small part of this operation gave him an advantage for all the
information I could get out of it."
Comment: The outrageousness of this cannot be described.
Moore, one of the major critics of government secrecy on UFOs,
had covertly informed on people who thought he was their friend
and colleague. Knowing full well that the government people with
whom he was dealing were active disinformants, Moore pursued a
relationship with them and observed the deterioration of Paul
Bennewitz' physical and mental health. Rather than help the man
he stood by and did nothing. Moore reported the effects of the
false information regularly to "some of the very same people who
were 'doing it' to Paul." And Moore boasted in his speech as to
how effective it was. He said he watched Paul become
systematically more paranoid and emotionally unstable as he tried
to understand what was happening to him.
Such scurrilous behavior can in no way be excused. Moore
claimed that this was the only way to get to the core of the
operation, to "play the disinformation game." All the while, he
played games with UFO researchers, feeding false leads and
information, doing nothing to correct the situation, and wasting
a lot of people's time and money laying a trail of sugar cubes
for UFOlogists, hungry for information, to lap up.
What is most curious is what made Moore think that as one of
the main critics of government UFO policy, he thought he could
get very high up into an intelligence operation against
UFOlogists? Moore is a professional writer. Intelligence
operatives knew this and were certainly aware that Moore could be
a great danger in exposing such an operation. Didn't Moore
believe that he could have been a disinformation target as well?
Apparently not, as MSF have quite readily distributed known-
disinformant's information through the UFO field and have found
no problems with them.
"EVERYTHING THAT DECEIVES MAY BE SAID TO ENCHANT" (Plato)
Moore in 1987 (Focus, September 15) said, (Debunkers)
"charges of 'Hoax,' 'Forgery,' and 'Deception' are not only
premature but, in my opinion, constitute an unscientific, highly
emotional approach which seems completely unwarranted at this
time."
Yet in his Las Vegas speech on July 1, Moore said that in
June, 1982, he brought Shandera and Friedman into his project,
that both knew Moore was in contact with intelligence people and
both were aware that at least some of the information was
disinformation! So by the words of one of the team players, MSF
were aware of false information from Moore's sources as early as
1982. This explains why CAUS has never been able to get a
comment or explanation from MSF regarding a number of questions
raised, for example, the "MJ-5 CIA document" that Moore published
in 1987 as evidence of MJ-12 (see Just Cause, September 1987).
The document was given to Moore (allegedly) by his sources. It
is exceedingly flawed but, despite the opinion by Friedman,
expressed to CAUS in 1987, that it was genuine, MSF have not
discussed this document's credibility anywhere. In essence, it
seems that MSF simply pick and choose what looks good and ignore
the rest. For good reason! The association of clearly false
material from the same sources as the selected "prime" documents
being promoted will taint the whole story.
In light of Moore's remark that his partners were aware of
false information, we invite comparison to repeated remarks by
MSF that not a single question has been raised that would cast
doubt on the documents, which they endorse as strong evidence of
MJ-12. If a source feeds information, at least part of which is
known to be false, how can good researchers possibly declare the
story as decidedly free of any doubt?
3) That Moore and his contacts were responsible for
"dropping subtle hints" that Doty was the mysterious "Falcon" to
draw attention away from the real Falcon.
Comment: "Falcon" and "Condor" were two of Moore's sources
appearing on the UFO Cover-Up-Live! TV show in October 1987.
CAUS was the first source to draw a connection between
Richard Doty and Falcon, based on Doty's connection to past false
documents. Moore and his "hints" has nothing to do with this
decision. Our reasons were clearly defined in the September 1987
issue of Just Cause.
Since Doty was exposed as a source, Moore has demoted him
from a Falcon to a "Sparrow" and has introduced another unknown
character as Falcon. We've seen no evidence that such an
individual exists. We do recall that when Doty's name came into
the controversy an absurd tale was concocted that there were two
Richard Dotys to take the heat off of Doty. Both Moore and Doty
played this game into the background when the sham wore thin.
4) That MSF's position on the documents has always
been one of neutrality and that they don't know whether or not
the papers are authentic (see page 10, Vegas speech).
Comment: From Focus, 9-15-87, "There is also compelling
evidence that...(the Eisenhower Briefing Paper) may well be
authentic."
From MUFON UFO Journal, July 1987, (page 11 article by
Moore), "...it is our considered opinion...that the document and
it's contents appear to be genuine."
From the same article, "Indeed, one document was uncovered
at the National Archives which *unquestionably* verifies the
existence of an MJ-12 group in 1954 and *definitely* links both
the National Security Council and the President of the United
States to it." (Emphasis added)
From Moore's own Vegas speech, "We have been able to confirm
that there is in fact a group known as MJ-12 which operates at
the White House/National Security Council level."
From the Vegas speech (on Cutler/Twining memo), "...I can
state with reasonable certainty that it is an authentic
document."
Who are MSF trying to kid? They have been the major
promoters of the existence of MJ-12 since the story first broke.
They refuse to lend any weight to even the smallest flaw in the
tale, never mind the major ones, and they continue to heap abuse
on those who raise serious questions about it.
If MSF are truly neutral now, let us see a paper by their
chief spokesman, Stanton Friedman, detailing what he perceives as
the weaknesses in the story. A good scientist would be glad to
do this in the interest of balance and fairness.
However, we don't expect such to happen. What is clear in
this recent claim of neutrality is that MSF are trying to leave a
back door open, much like the one Moore was said to have slipped
through to avoid a question and answer session at the Vegas
symposium after his speech. They may then claim that if the
story does seriously collapse in their eyes, they can say that
they never really supported it whole-heartedly in the first
place.
"THE BRIGHTEST FLASHES IN THE WORLD OF THOUGHT ARE INCOMPLETE
UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN PROVED TO HAVE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE
WORLD OF FACT." (John Tyndall)
5) That the testimony given on the UFO Cover-Up -
Live! TV show last October by "Falcon" and "Condor" was at least
partial, and possibly substantial, disinformation.
Comment: In the rare situation where two hours of prime
time television are given over to a favorable presentation of
UFOs, here we have a fair portion of the last hour wasted in
presenting what Moore admits to be false data. He knew in
advance what the testimony would be from Falcon and Condor since
the interviews were taped. Yet he saw fit to go ahead and carry
on a charade, making UFO research look ridiculous in the process.
Remarks by Falcon and Condor about the aliens' lifestyle and
preference for Tibetan music and strawberry ice cream were
laughable.
Friedman has agreed that the TV show was a disaster but will
not acknowledge that much of the blame lies with the MSF team for
supplying the show with the raw material for this fiasco. Where
was the careful research here?
What is really galling is that prominent UFO researchers who
should know better completely squandered this chance to present
UFOs in the best possible light to millions of viewers. Moore,
instead, excuses this gaffe by saying that *regardless of whether
or not it's true*, it must be important as government informants
risked going on TV to tell their story. Incredible!!! The
truthfulness of the issue *is* the whole story, not to be
blithely brushed off as Moore does in his Vegas speech. And, we
are informed by Moore in Vegas, the same individuals who were
presented on the show, and who fed disinformation by Moore's own
testimony, are in the process of arranging a meeting with one or
more members of Congress to tell their stories! Moore seems to
delight in the prospect that this meeting will take place and
actively supports it. How will this make UFO research look in
the eyes of Congress? We will probably come off looking like a
bunch of flaky, lying SOBs to those Congressmen who even sit down
and take the time to listen. And MSF can take full blame for
such a development.
6) That Richard Doty was, according to Moore, almost
certainly a part of the Ellsworth AFB document fake (see MUFON
UFO Journal, January 1984), but not in a capacity to be
responsible for creating the documents. And that Doty faked the
"Craig Weitzel letter" (see our Exhibit 1, this issue) in 1980,
saying it was "bait" sent to APRO to recruit an informant.
Comment: We would like to know how Moore *knows* that Doty
did not create the Ellsworth document? Did Doty say so and that
was good enough? Moore has already acknowledged Doty as a
disinformant and as being involved in false document cases.
Doty's involvement in both of the above-mentioned cases served as
much of the basis for CAUS' conclusion that he is behind much of
the MJ-12 disinformation.
Moore's revelations in this area were no surprise at all to
us. Also not surprising was the lack of comment on our
conclusions about Doty by MSF, except for the two-Doty story
which few believed. Indeed, when Moore said in his speech that
people contacting Doty for more information were making nuisances
of themselves, he was correct. But neither would they get any
truth from Moore's source.
7) That the "Aquarius Document" of 17 November 1980,
is not a genuine government document.
Comment: This is the first piece of paper mentioning an MJ-
12 by name. Moore claims it is a re-typed version of a genuine
document with false information added. Since Moore has admitted
that Doty, as "Sparrow," was his liaison man to Falcon, and since
Moore says that it was "apparently created by AFOSI (Air Force
Office of Special Investigations)" and handed to him in February
1981, we must conclude that Doty was the source of this as well.
Moore didn't name his source in the Vegas speech probably for the
reason that naming Doty as a source of another false paper would
compound an already bad situation. (see CAUS bulletin, December
1985, for a copy of the Aquarius paper)
We have no "real" Aquarius document to which we can refer,
so Moore's indications in his speech as to what is or is not
authentic information in the document does nothing for his case.
8) That the AFOSI documents describing UFO sightings
at Kirtland AFB, N.M. in 1980 are authentic.
Comment: Moore qualifies this statement by saying that to
the best of his knowledge they are genuine.
Considering Doty's connection to the previously-mentioned
false documents, we must question the accuracy of the information
as given in the OSI Complaint Form dated 2-9 September, 1980 (see
CLEAR INTENT, pgs. 224-25). We acknowledge that this document,
along with other documents on Paul Bennewitz, were officially
filed and officially released under the Freedom of Information
Act. Thus, they are genuine government documents in that they
were produced as official records.
However, evidence of Doty's false statements are already on
record, acknowledged by Moore in his speech and through other
documented materials. Since the OSI Complaint Form was the only
document in the Kirtland group that was authored by Doty, and
since we have no reason as yet to question the other documents in
the group regarding Bennewitz, his visit to Kirtland, and
subsequent interest by Senator Domenici, we must consider that
the Complaint Form contains distortions of fact in it's
description of UFO sightings. In the case of the Craig Weitzel
letter, Doty took a rather ordinary sighting by a real Craig
Weitzel and dramatized it beyond all reality, according to later
interviews with Weitzel himself. As such, we have reason to
suspect a similar scenario with Kirtland.
"HUMANKIND CANNOT BEAR VERY MUCH REALITY." (T.S. Eliot)
An additional curiosity surfaced upon re-examination of the
video tape of the KPIX-TV San Francisco documentary "The UFO
Experience," produced in 1982. The tape reveals that a copy of
the OSI Complaint Form shown is different from the subsequent
release to CAUS of the Kirtland files discussed in CLEAR INTENT.
This TV copy was stamped "Secret" and the title and date of the
incident were typed differently. Our copy is stamped "For
Official Use Only." There is no evidence that our copy was ever
downgraded from a higher level. The TV copy is said to have been
leaked to Bill Moore by a "source" in Washington, D.C. in January
1982 (see "UFO Landing near Kirtland AFB, or Welcome to the
Cosmic Watergate" by Bruce Maccabee with comments by Bill Moore).
While not apparent at the time, we now consider this
alteration suspicious. When these files were circulating,
another document was making the rounds of the UFO grapevine.
Known as the "Radar Jamming Document" (see our Exhibit 2 this
issue), this was an identical OSI Complaint Form to the original
Kirtland sighting form, and, we feel, it came from the same
typewriter as that used with the sighting form. Similar magic-
marker deletions (non-government) appear as well.
This document has not been verified through FOIA and is
considered highly suspicious. Yet, one may find a "Secret" stamp
on it identical to the one used on the "leaked" Kirtland OSI
Complaint Form that was given to the TV show by Moore, and later
obtained in a different form, via FOIA. We feel that the
document was produced by Doty.
An interesting scenario is suggested here. A document is
leaked to Moore to impress him. But it will not likely be taken
seriously because it wasn't officially released, appearing as it
did under mysterious circumstances.
So, hoping that in his status as a public figure Moore will
soon make the document openly available, the leaker prepares
another copy and uses his position to file it with OSI. Official
attention may have arisen about a "Secret" paper being filed, so
the use of the classification "For Official Use Only" would be
less conspicuous. The leaker rubber-stamps the new copy to this
level. Upon public discussion of the TV broadcast, the leaker
would hope that someone files an FOIA request and discovers the
paper planted at OSI. In fact the leaker could expect a great
likelihood of this happening since CAUS was very actively seeking
out government UFO documents. A question arises: Why didn't
Moore attempt to confirm his leaked document through FOIA prior
to a TV airing of it's image? Why allow an independent source
(CAUS) to obtain "proof" that the document was genuine? Perhaps
the intention was to allow an independent to do the confirmation
and have the document accepted as authentic without question so
it would not look like an "in-house" job by a small collective of
disinformants.
Larry Fawcett had checked with sources in the Kirtland case
with whom we could get inside information -- the New Mexico State
Police. Page two of the OSI Complaint Form about the sightings
makes reference to a sighting by a New Mexico State Patrolman.
The sighting was not treated with high security as a statement
was given to the Patrolman through the *Public Information
Office* at Kirtland and he was advised to report the sighting
through his own agency.
However, a check by Fawcett with insiders at the State
Police revealed that no one could recall such an incident ever
occurring, no record of a sighting or statements by the Air
Force, and no other records of the Patrolman's report, aside from
Doty's brief description in the Air Force's files.
When have we suggested before that an effective way to get a
false document accepted would be to have it planted in an
official source for later discovery, under FOIA or whatever?
Correct! In our September 1987 issue of Just Cause regarding the
Cutler/Twining memo. The suggestion of a plant in this case was
first angrily resisted by MSF, but later they too accepted it.
Friedman acknowledges a plant as the most likely explanation for
the C/T memo's appearance at the National Archives but insists
that it is still genuine, planted by sources in the government to
get the facts about UFOs out.
In the Kirtland file a document dated July 30, 1981, reports
on inquiries by Senator Peter Domenici and an aide, a Mr.
Tijeros, into the Bennewitz affair (see CLEAR INTENT, pg. 228).
The Senator's interest in the case was to determine whether
Bennewitz was the subject of a formal investigation by AFOSI.
According to the document, "no formal investigation of Bennewitz
was conducted by AFOSI." But according to Bill Moore an active
disinformation operation was in effect against Bennewitz,
involving, among others, AFOSI agent Richard Doty. This began in
September 1980 and continued for a number of years.
So one may add to the list of "credits" accumulated by
Moore's contacts: Giving deliberately false and misleading
information to a United States Senator inquiring into a
constituent's difficulties.
"TRUTH EXISTS, ONLY FALSEHOOD HAS TO BE INVENTED." (Georges
Braque)
9) That on one hand "There is no compelling reason to
believe (that the Eisenhower Briefing Paper) is anything but
authentic," but on the other hand, "It's authenticity remains far
from proved." (Vegas speech)
Comment: This is the convoluted thinking we are now getting
from MSF. If there is *no* reason to doubt the document, why
does it remain far from proved? We see this because MSF have
been clear advocates of MJ-12 and have not been neutral,
objective and, especially, scientific as they paint themselves to
be. In light of the many serious questions raised about the
story, they wish to leave their options open now. Though not
admitting any flaws in MJ-12 documents at present, the above
contradictory comments will allow MSF to play both sides of the
fence as this tale further unfolds.
10) That the so-called Truman "Executive Order" of
September 24, 1947, "though not yet disproved...presents the
weakest case of the three." (meaning the Eisenhower Briefing
Paper, the Cutler/Twining memo and the Truman E.O.)
Comment: Moore considers the document with some question,
mentioning the unspecified "mixed results" of analysts whom he
seems to take quite seriously.
Yet, Moore also describes this very paper as being the
*final page of the Eisenhower Briefing Paper*, about which MSF
have repeatedly asserted that there is *not a single question
raised* which would cast any doubt on it.
Moore has stated that a number of questioned-documents
experts have examined the MJ-12 papers. Where are the results of
these expert analyses? A July/August 1987 issue of the
"International UFO Reporter" quotes editor Jerome Clark as
saying, "Moreover, a related document, which Klass and Kurtz have
called fraudulent, is now *known* to be almost certainly
authentic, *according to the results of an investigation
conducted by one of America's major document-analysis firms*.
These results have not been revealed in the two years since.
Furthermore, from an issue of Moore's newsletter (Focus, 2-
88): "The previously Top Secret 1952 briefing document...has
been declared authentic following examination by a world-reknown
professor of linguistics."
As a note of interest, when the above mentioned professor
backed away from endorsement of the Briefing Paper (see Just
Cause, December 1988), there was no reporting of this at all from
MSF. It has not been mentioned since.
"WE KNOW WHAT A PERSON THINKS NOT WHEN HE TELLS WHAT HE THINKS,
BUT BY HIS ACTIONS." (Isaac Singer)
The end of Moore's talk launched into an attack on much of
the UFO community for it's petty bickering, rumors, personal and
political grudges and power plays. The fact is that the MSF team
have been largely responsible for many of the wild rumors of the
last five + years. To scourge the UFO community, after admitting
to and encouraging false information, is the height of hypocrisy.
Moore advocates a "Society of Professional UFOlogists" which will
establish a "rigorous set of ethics" and limits it's membership
to "an elite few" whose abilities have been demonstrated.
Presumably this society would incorporate the standards and
techniques, and ethical concerns, that Moore describes in his
Vegas speech: withholding of information, deliberate deception,
indifference to the health and welfare of friends and colleagues,
alteration and falsification of government documents.
Add to this the list an unmitigated arrogance as the UFO
community has been warned that Moore and colleagues, "will
continue to proceed in the way which we feel best suits our
purposes." (page 10, Vegas speech)
We note that early in the speech Moore claimed a very modest
lifestyle. He stated that he was not in this for the money and
is "not looking for a handout." But later in the talk the
audience is urged to "make a donation to the effort." The UFO
community has responded to money requests by MSF in sizable
amounts, $16,000.00 going to Stanton Friedman, for example, for a
study of MJ-12. Unfortunately, judging from Moore's speech, all
the UFO community is getting is a slap in the face.
ALTERNATIVE MOTIVES?
All of what we have said in this report assumes that Moore's
Vegas speech is the truth. We do not rule out other possible
explanations and motivations for the things said and done on MJ-
12 during this entire decade. Is the motivation nothing more
simple than trying to make money off the UFO field? It's a
possibility that we have resisted as it is much too pat an
explanation. We have often heard members of the public say about
UFO books, "Oh, they're in it for the buck!" We now entertain
this explanation. Consider:
-A copy of Moore's speech was not made available to
MUFON prior to the symposium in Las Vegas. Customarily, all
speeches are collected and published under one cover for the
benefit of the host organization. Instead, Moore withheld his
paper and sold the 18-page presentation for ten dollars a copy,
forcing MUFON to require that in the future a speaker may not
deliver a speech without prior submission of a paper.
-"William L. Moore Publications" offerings were removed
from the listings of the Arcturus Book Service in June 1989 (see
Arcturus Book Service, BOOKLIST 1989-6) due to exceedingly late,
or even non-fulfilled paid orders. Arcturus is one of the very
few specialist UFO book sellers in existence and very serious
problems must be evident to be thrown off to the catalog.
-Moore has offered for sale copies of a 20-minute video
tape featuring Richard Doty, explaining his involvement in the
Kirtland sightings of 1980. A $29.95 price tag was put on the
tape, excessive for only a 20-minute segment. An advertising
brochure stated, "You can hear his voice and decide whether or
not he is telling the truth. *We know he is*. See for
yourself." (Emphasis added) Among the "truths" told on this
tape was that Linda Howe, producer of the cattle mutilation film
"A Strange Harvest," contacted Doty to ask questions about UFOs,
cattle mutilations; etc. Doty said he couldn't answer the
questions she asked but invited her onto Kirtland for a visit.
Doty said on the tape, "I know nothing about Project Aquarius and
nothing about UFO investigations," except, of course, for the
Kirtland sightings.
However, Moore, in his Vegas speech (page 11), tells how a
disinformation "game" was played out with Howe, whereby Doty
deliberately fed her false information at the meeting she
described in a sworn affidavit (see CAUS Bulletin, December
1987). Moore boasted as to what a "very effective deception" it
was. Howe told the truth about what she was told at the Kirtland
meeting, Doty lied on Moore's tape, and Moore advertised this
tape as the "truth" at nearly $30.00 a copy!
The tape itself was extremely hard to get from WLM
Publications. We are aware of numerous complaints of late or
unfulfilled orders. CAUS finally did get a copy and found the
technical quality very lacking, with numerous "rolls" and
"dropouts." A CAUS associate, Rick Giordano, borrowed a copy
from us for viewing. On what amounted to only the third running
of the tape, it broke inside Giordano's machine. He brought the
tape to a repair shop and was told that it was a bottom-of-the-
barrel quality video cassette. The tape spool simply came apart.
We've patched it back together and hope it doesn't disintegrate
on the shelf! $29.95 per copy!
-Moore tried to pass this story across as a fiction
novel (see Just Cause, March 1989) in 1982.
-Moore once told Larry Fawcett, after an attempt to get
together to work on the MJ-12 problem early in the story, that he
refused any cooperation because he "had to put bread on his
table."
-In what seemed to be an out-of-place statement in his
speech, Moore made reference to Whitley Strieber and his opinions
of him. Referring to an initial feeling of being skeptical and
jealous of Whitley, Moore then praised him, saying Whitley's
experience "gives every appearance of being a real situation."
What Moore doesn't say here is that a fiction novel called
"MAJESTIC" is due very shortly from Whitley Strieber, with the
full participation of William Moore. Credit must be give. Moore
has managed to parlay this story to the extent of convincing an
author of mega-best-sellers to throw his weight behind it.
However, it seems strange to us that the efforts of MSF to
convince the public that there is something to this story
culminates in the first book-length treatment of it being
*fiction*!
FINAL WORD
In Stanton Friedman's speech at Las Vegas he makes the
following comment, "Members of *Just Cause* have been constantly
harping against the documents. Their motivation is not clear,
and their methodology is less clear."
Members of *CAUS*, NOT *JUST CAUSE*, have been quite crystal
clear with regard to motivation and methodology. But we will
help Friedman understand this once again: We are convinced that
the documents originate from suspicious sources. Our motivation
is to save the UFO community time and money, and bad publicity,
on a hopelessly flawed story. We, and others, have gone into
great detail to explain why we see it like this. Professional
jealousy and "sour grapes," as Moore has said, have no bearing on
the matter. If MSF would at least admit that there are severe
problems with the MJ-12 tale, we would lay off. But is has been
pushed, promoted and marketed and big money has entered the
picture. A perfectly respectable area of research, the study of
unexplained aerial phenomena, is being made to look foolish in
all of this controversy. We perceive an immense credibility
damage to this subject at present. Not many even seem to care
anymore.
However, we will continue to put our point of view on
record.
In closing his speech, Moore says about his activities that
one may climb aboard and hang on or get off the tracks. If one
likes to be taken for a ride, then by all means climb aboard.
NEXT ISSUE: Back to normal!
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EXHIBIT 1
Dear Sir:
On July 16, 1980, at between 10:30 - 10:45 AM, Craig R.
Weitzel, 644 Wind Glove Rd, Marietta, Georgia, a Civil Air
Patrrol Cadet from Dobbins AFB, Ga, visiting Kirtland AFB, NM,
observed a dull metallic colored UFO flying from South to North
near Pecos New Mexico. Pecos has a secret training site for the
1550th Aircrew Training and Testing Wing, Kirtland AFB, NM.
WEITZEL was with ten other individuals, including USAF active
duty airmen, all witnessed the sightings. WEITZEL took some
pictures of the object. WEITZEL went closer to the UFO and
observed the UFO land in a clearing approximately 250 yds, NNW of
the training area. WEITZEL observed an individual dressed in a
metallic suit depart the craft and walk a few feet away. The
individual was outside the craft for just a few minutes. When
the individual returned the craft took off towards the NW.
On July 17, 1980, at about 2210hrs., Weitzel was in his
temporary billets on Kirtland AFB, NM, when an individual dressed
in a dark suit, came to his door. The individual was described
by Weitzel as being: 6'3" tall, weight, 170lbs, slender built,
dark black hair, dark eyes, wearing sunglasses, narrow shaped
face. The individual identified himself as a Mr. Huck from
Sandia Laboratories, a secret Depart of Energy Contractor on
Kirtland AFB. Mr. Weitzel, not being from the Albuquerque area,
did not know what Sandia was. After obraining an explanation
from the individual, Weitzel allowed the individual in. The
individual told Weitzel that he saw something yesterday near
Pecos that he shouldn't have seen. The individual stated the
craft was a secret craft from Los Alamos, NM. The individual
demanded all the photographs. Mr Weitzel explained that he
didn't have any photographs, that all the photographs were with a
USAF airman and Weitzel didn't know the individuals name. The
individual warned Weitzel not to mention the sighting to anyone
or Weitzel would be in serious trouble. After the individual
left Weitzels room, Weitzel wondered how the individual knew of
the sighting because Weitzel didn't report the sighting to
anyone. Weitzel became scared after thinking of the threat the
individual made. Weitzel call the Kirtland AFB Security Police
and reported the incident to them. They referred the incident to
the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), which
investigates these matters according to the security police. A
Mr. Dody, a special agent with OSI, spoke with Weitzel and took a
report. Mr. Dody also obtained all the photographs of the UFO.
Dody told Weitzel he would look into the matter. That was the
last anyone heard of the incident.
I am a USAF Airman assigned to the 1550th Aircrew Training
and Testing Wing at Kirtland AFB, NM. I was with Weitzel during
the sighting, however, I did not see the craft land. I spoke
with Weitzel after this Mr. Huck visited him. Weitzel was very
upset and wanted something done about it. But after Weitzel
spoke with OSI, Weitzel changed his attitude. Weitzel didn't
want to talk about the matter anymore. I called and spoke with
Mr. Dody. He disavowed any knowledge of the photographs and
stated Weitzel decided not to make a report of the sighting.
I have every reason to beleive the USAF is covering up
something. I spent a lot of time looking into this matter and I
know there is more to it than the USAF will say. I have heard
rumors, but serious rumors here at Kirtland that the USAF has a
crashed UFO stored in the Manzano Storage area, which is located
in a remote area of Kirtland AFB. This area is heavily guarded
by USAF Security. I have spoke with two employees of Sandia
Laboratories, who also store classified objects in Manzano, and
they told me that Sandia has examined several UFO's during the
last 20 years. One that crashed near Roswell NM in the late 50's
was examined by Sandia scientists. That craft is still being
store in Manzano.
I have reason to beleive OSI is conducting a very secret
investigation into UFO sightings. OSI took over when Project
Blue Book was closed. I was told this by my commander, COL Bruce
Purvine. COL Purvine also told me that the investigation was so
secret that most employees of OSI doesn't even know it. But COL
Purvine told me that Kirtland AFB, AFOSI District 17 has a
special secret detachment that investigates sightings around this
area. They have also investigated the cattle mutations in New
Mexico.
I don't expect you people can do anything about this, but I
thought I'd let you know. I must remain anonymous because I am a
career ariman with time remaining on active duty. I feel I would
be threatened if I disclosed my name. I know that you people
can't guarantee my anonymity.
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EXHIBIT 2
COMPLAINT FORM
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
KIRTLAND AFB, NM, 13 Aug 80, Possible Hostile Intelligence
Intercept Incident, Frequency Jamming.
Date Time
14 Aug 80 0730
Place
AFOSI District 17 BID, KIRTLAND AFB, NM
HOW RECEIVED
IN PERSON
SOURCE AND EVALUATION
1960th Communication Officer
RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS ADDRESS PHONE
1960 COMMSq
KAFB, NM 4-5098
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
Remarks
1. On 13 Aug 80, 1960 COMMSq Maintenance Officer reported Radar
Approach Control equipment and scanner radar inoperative due to
high frequency jamming from an unknown cause. Total blackout of
entire radar approach system to include Albuquerque Airport was
in effect between1630-2215hrs. Radar Approach Control back up
systems also were inoperative.
2. On 13 Aug 80, Defense Nuclear Agency Radio Frequency Monitors
determined, by vector analysis, the interference was being sent
from an area (V-90 degrees or due East) on DAF Map coordinates E-
28.6. The area was located NW of Coyote Canyon Test area. It
was first thought that Sandia Laboratory, which utilizes the test
range was responsible. However, after careful check, it was
later determined that no tests were being conducted in the
canyon area. Department of Energy, Air Force Weapons Laboratory
and DNA were contacted but assured that their agencies were not
responsible.
3. On 13 Aug 80, Base Security Police conducted a physical check
of the area but because of the mountainous terrain, a thorough
check could not be completed at that time. A later foot search
failed to disclosed anything that could have caused the
interference.
4. On 13 Aug 80, at 2216hrs., all radar equipment returned to
normal operation without further incident.
5. CONCLUSION: The presence of hostile intelligent jamming
cannot be ruled out. Although no evidence would suggest this,
the method has been used in the past. Communication maintenance
specialists cannot explain how such interference could cause the
radar equipment to become totally inoperative. Neither could
they suggest the type or range of the interference signal. DNA
frequency monitors reported the interference beam was wide spread
and a type unknown to their electronic equipment. Further check
of the area was being conducted by Technical Services, AFOSI.
6. High command interest item. Briefings requested IAW AFOSIR
124.4 be completed at HQ AFOSI,IVOE. HQ CR44 and 51 items.
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