Majestic 12 65-81170 22 pagesoor an ~ ‘ 2 ty . "‘ecce ot PRECEDENCE: C* ASSIFICATION: D immediate L. [OP SECRET ‘1D Priority 0 SECRET © Routine G CONFIDENTIAL D UNCLASEFTO O UNCLAS - D 10/25/88 Tor DIRECTOR, FBI wr. a PROM? SAC, DALLAS (65C-) (P) Sel arrose be “BE Er SUBJECT: UNSUB(S); (secet MATERIAL POSSIBLE DISCLOSURE OF. ATTACHED) CLASSIFII ‘NFORMATION "REGARDING OPERAT: BSTIC~12 e 7 ESP-X 00: S ‘This ‘communication is classified “SEXRET" in its entirety. - fe Enclosed for the Bureau is an envelope which contains a possible classified document. On September 15, 1988, OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS (OS: contacted the Dallas FBI wit! received the documen: UNITED STATES AIR FOR 8; je reruse: it in the mail. o name, gave it to him, claiming he B. 91) 70— 1 ys G3 SS. + OAR, 2-7 ~~. ' SERS" 1953 \ nt Ee @- Bureau (Enc. \e hig by Clad . sae U8. 70: wr ratDL 65C= Dallas notes that within the last six weeks thas been local publicit; irding “OPERATION MAJESTIC=12' with least two appearances on’ a local radio talk show, discussing the MAJESTIC-12 OPERATION, the individuals involved, and the Government’ attempt to keep it all secret. It is unknown if this is all part of a publicity campaign. =e OSI, advises that “OPERATION BLUE BOOK," mentio’ jocument on page 4 did exist. : Dallas realizes that ‘the purported document is over 35 years old, but does not know if it has been properly declassified. cars REQUEST OF THE BUREAU The Bureau is requested to discern if the document is still classified. Dallas will hold any investigation in abeyance until further direction from FBIHQ. we os there ‘ ®weap fas SUBJECT: OPERATION MAJESTIC=12 PRELIMINARY BRI} PRESIDENT-ELECT EISENHOWER. oe DOCUMENT FREPARED 18 NOVEMBER, 1952. BRIEPING OFFICER: ADM. ROSCOE H. HT: NOTE: This document has been prepared only, It should be regarded aagigtrod: driefing intended to follow, a preBWSnary briefing ory t@a full operations earch sand Develo etly and only to ¢! Operations of the project are Majestic-12 (Majie-12) Group af executive order of , 1947, upon recommendation by ‘James Porrestal. (See Attachment designated as follows: igence operatig, '. Vannevar Bush “A".) Members of tt '« Donald Menzel - jens Robert M. Montague » Lioya V. Berkner retary Forrestal on 22 May, 1949, created mained unfilled until O01 August, 1950, upon Walter B. Smith was designated as permanent G2. $l’ 0-]~ TOP SECRET FM AJIC EYEs ony EYES..ONLY T52-ExEwPT (5): Tc" /SECRET / MAJIC ” EYES..QNLY ~ 2 2OP SHORE? ¢ a eserece On 24 June, ise, a civilian pilot fying o over th¥casca - Mountains in the State of oe eee jerved traveling in ornetion this was not the first 4: 41 at tines, ae ite of these efforts, 11 the eelceeatiote seer jects = & icce fo docated epproz- at of Rowell Army Air bh degun to assure ae ter scientific study. 5 wilitary witnesses o ‘the cae a Sioguides enececoavenses soltaseeceeees ms on TOP SECRET / MAJIC --EYES ONLY ~ 352-EKmet (2) y 4 attTv P SECRET / MAJIC ' . EYES ONLY * TOP SI * eeanaceeeeoees - EYES owty A covert analytical ttort organised by Gen. direct orders of th ulted in a pre: concensus (19 Septecbery the disc was most likely « short range reconnaissance craf’ This conetuston ve was tesed for the moet on the craft's and the apparent lack of any identit: eo Attachaent *D*. f A similar eT occupants was arranged by Dr. Bronk. conclusion of this €roup Be Novend + th are ein be adopted as the ereatures until auch tine can be agreed upon. t do not origine culation has ant be and how bility, although ohsider 4t gore another solar they get hei sone scienti ee lik Mw2rous examples t were found in the ay 8 de to b eres 9 decipher, these (See Attachment "E".) ee well as a total lack of metallic lar recognizable electronic ichment. 1 shat the Rupletely dustroye a tl y the ‘explosion which caused HES ONY TOP SECRET / MAJIC TS2-ExEMPT (£) EYES ONLYSECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY: COFY ONE OP ONE. le about ind their Porce Project ‘A naed for as much additional information as these craft, their performance characterietic: se Jed to the undertaking known as U.S. rola sas channels. fhe operation ia currently being BLUR BOOK, with liason maintained who in head of the project. On 06 December, 1950, origin, sapec ted ‘th ©! sec@fa object, 2 rth ge Binh spi pe In addition, @ significant ty of these craft beginning jautumn of this year hae caused _—s ‘be imminent. At the sane 323°; eon ap Secre. On: ould - fued readin ould the need to mak ent present itself. (See Attachnent Fi Pocceseceseace : TOP SEORETY.MAJIC Zs , Ream EYES ONLY. SeamerPAGE 3 : sok , NOTE? THIS ADVISES DALLAS THAT THE DOCUMENT WAS BOGUS AND THE CASE | : SHOULD BE CLOSED. bic”FDW36 (Ref. 11-17-48) . FBI oo ‘TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: Teletype CO Immediate © Top SECRET O Facsimile O Priori secret W_AIRTEL O Rout 8 CONFIDENTIAL UNCLAS EF TO = © uncias Date__10/31/92 T° : DIRECTOR, FBI Fron £77 sho, Sait LAKE CITY (65-0) * supsect AJMasEsTIc-12; -_ ESP-X — This communication is classified "CONFZDENTIAL” in its entirety. : Re Secure telcalls between SSA Salt Lake City, and °° ee 7 . and 10/30/91. Enclosed for FBIHQ is the below mentioned 9-paga document dated 11/18/52. Request of the Bureau: Pursuant to instructions relayed from DAD H.B. BRANDON III via referenced secure telcall on 10/30/91, INTD, Section CI-2 should attempt to determine any DOD interest in the enclosed document. °@ = Bureau (zne. 2) 1 SU (65-0)65-0 At 12:10 p.m. identifying himself as, J through the lobby "or nis place of employment on the morning of 10/18/91, he found the enclosed document lying on the lobby floor. ae: ated that he read the document and due to the nature 0: contents thereof, decided to contact the FBI. During the early afternoon of 10/18/91, lelivered the enclosed document to the ~" ~ receptioni: in the Salt Lal City Field offic Salt Lake City indices are negativ —— =? A review of public source records revealed ro; ‘owing information: Based upon the contents of the d-cument and the manner in which it was recovered, Salt Lake City initially dismissed the document and its classification markings as a hoax. In an effort to determine possible DOD interest in the unusual ap via referenced sacura tel-all on 10/25/91, SSI as provided with a synopsis of the contents of the document, with a request for him to determine - through his DOD contacts any DOD inteypst in cQPERAtg ", U.S. AIR FORCE “PROJE " OF "PROS! - ibe Based upon DOD representations made to sc which, incredibly, tended to buttress a portion of the document, he discussed this matter with DAD BRANDON on 10/30/92. Based upon those DOD comments and DAD BRANDON’s instructions, Salt Lake City is submitting the enclosed document to FBIHQ in order for the latter to further determine any DOD interest in the enclosed document which discusses the three above-mentioned code name operations. (Editorial comment: ‘The fact that this airtel is dated on Halloween day is purely coincidental; it could have been worse, and dated on the first of April.) 3 ILBY LIAISON : Date: November 15, 1991 Commander Office of Special Investigations Department of the Air Force Bolling Air Force Base Washington, D.C. To: Prom: Harry B. Brandon, III, Acting Assistant Director Intelligence Division Subject: POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE CLASSIFIED ~*~ . INFORMATION RELATING TO "OPERATIOWY ESTIC 12". ft For your information, our Bureau recently recovered what may possibly be a Classified document, dated November 18, 1952, relating to "OPERATION MAJESTIC 12." The document indicates that this project related to sightings/recovery of extraterrestrial aircraft. It is noted that although this document may represent some type of hoax, it is our responsibility to insure thet all incidents involving the mishandling of classified data receive adequate investigative attention. Therefore, we request that your agency attempt to ascertain the originator and/or the current classification of the enclosed document. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated. this matter is, Supervisory Special Agent Intelligence Division Federal Bureau of L on Headquarters, STU III NOTE: “LAE Instant requests assistance from the OSI in this matter.TOP SE / MAJIC sarromurliicinisr GNbYtr08 ‘TOP SICRET = EYES ONLY document containing iaforeation essential te the ational security ten, EYES OBLY ACCESS te the material herein ited to those posseasing Kajeotion2? elearanceEe ot ‘SUNSTOE: OPERATION MAIUSTIC$12 PRELININART BAUEPING FOR PRESIDEST-ELECT KISENIOVER. DOCUMEN FREPARED 26 NOVEROER, 295; ‘SAIEPING OFFICER: ADH. ROSCOE Re ons Te SrHtanaintendea te Fellow Opera o HajentioM? (Najic-12) Group Clasaifio§ executive order of 4 1949, created unti2 Oh 'august, 1950, upon desiqzated as peraanent omTOP SECRET / MAJIC On 26 dunes 1947 0 civilian pilot Hounteine in the State of Veehingten dieomshaped etreratt traveling in fo sf seeed. Althourh thie vae not the fi if euch wee the fi Mundse: ‘the ailitary te ascertain the nature jects in the interes: tonal defy Stinessee were intervieved to aseure entific etudys enna end wilitary witnessce in ‘reporters vere given the fob sees had been a eiamusé TOP SECRET /‘MAJIC - neon EYES ONLY vemau IbTOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY Bp neues ‘Socupanta wan at genciucton oF, hie Freun 38: do not origin= ation hee be and how sity, although |, consider it sore foe another solar form of writing HES TOP SECM! MAJIC | seer «= FVES ONIY . 7TOP SEURET / MAJIC EYES ONLY COPY ong OF OnE. Tie testa BEI as peers te Teeter te tet Sithin the Iatellirence Division of Air Qgserie! pers ely being condueted BLUE 500K, with iason eainteined through ti whe te heed of the project, On 06 Deceaber, 1950, « Firin, impacted theo Guerrero ares of the Te ily ineinerater transported to the atueys attion, © eimificant tty of theve rare beataningTl SECRET / MAJIC EYES OLY COPY ONE OP OnE. 12 Statue 30 NOY "47. fe-t2 continns iat Soa ss Sieel2, Raps and Mo (Rrtrections). SEGREF; FYFSi TOP SECRET / MAJIC F. NLYTOP SECRET EYES ONLY THE waite Mouse wanemaren WENORAROUN POR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSR Dear Jeeretary Perteatale sber 2h, 29676 alaa4-753 (Ret. 12-16-08) !ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATE * ~ 5 FO... DELETED PAGE INFORMATION Sub. « ____ Page(s) withheld entirely at this location in the file. One or more of the following ~~ ttatements, where indicated, explain this deletion. G Deletions were made pursuant to the exemptions indicated below with no segregable material ™ available for release to you. Section 552 Section $520 Dex 0 exmay D xs) 0 we) (eX7xB) Oo we D x3) G ex7xe) -0 wy - D wxno) Day? D exe) D wey D (X7XF) 0 kya) D exay O wxe) D wis) 0 xs Do 0 wo 0 ox Dw {C1 Information pertained only t0 a third party with no reference to you or the subject of your request. (7 Information pertained only to a third party. Your name is listed in the title only. © Documents originated with another Government agency(ies). These documents were referred to that agency(ies) for review and direct response to you. Pages contain information furnished by another Government agency(ies). You will be ‘advised by the FBI as to the releasability of this information following our consultation with the other agency(ies). | Page(s) withheld for the following eure ch plied Ae. of 658/ 70 Y _ Oi For your information: Fie following muber is o be we fr vfereac rerting thw pass - &9-$)I70-5 yoQGaODAGOAGGOAGOAK X DELETED PAGE(S) X