UFO Crash at Aztec (Full Text)/CHAPTER

CHAPTER II

SECURITY LID CLAMPED DOWN

With the successful recovery of the world's first intact flying sau- cer along with its small humanoid occupants, the following questions are called to mind:

Where did it come from?

Why did it come?

How does it operate?

How shall we classify it? What shall the public be told?

After all, this was a first in the history of mankind on this planet. Never before, in recorded history, have we had the opportunity to study the technology of sanething that seemed to originate froma very highly advanced civilization from some other world! The opportunity was here, now. The secret may lie in those parchment-Like pages written in that strange sanscrit-like symbolform, which were now in the hands of Dr. William F. Friedman and Lambros P. Callimados for analysis and de- ciphering.

Since the military faction seemed to hold the reigns of control over this unique situation, through General George C. Marshall, It was de- cided that the entire subject matter would be classified two points higher than the undeveloped "H"-Bomb; in fact it became the most highly classified subject in the United States Government.

The sociological and anthropological aspects of the problem became of secondary importance in this issue—the unlocking of the secrets pertaining to the propulsion system was of primary concem to these military minded men. Whichever nation on this globe understood this new technology first, and applied it to their national defense system, would control the entire international global situation.

‘The whole project, collectively known as "The Flying Saucer Program", was placed under the control of an elite group known as "MJ-12", which was originally organized by General George C. Marshall in July 1947 to study the Roswell-Magdalena UFO crash/recovery debris. MJ-12 was a non-politically oriented group made up originally of the following individuals:

1. Dr. Vannevar Bush

2. Dr. Detlev W. Bronk 3. Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner 4. Dr. Gordon L. Gray

5. Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker 6. Dr. Donald H. Menzel

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7. Admiral James V. Forrestal, USN 8. General Hoyt S. Vandenburg, USAF 9. General Robert M. Montague, USA 10. General Nathan F. Twining, USAF 11. Admiral Sidney W. Souers, USN 12. Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, USN

Each of these individuals had a unique and special part to play in this "Flying Saucer Program". Drs. Bush, Bronk, Berkner, and Hunsaker, had the primary job of studying and analyzing the hardware and the bodies of the occupants of the ship; Secretary Forrestal, Gen. Vanden- berg, Gen. Montague, and Gen. ‘Twining had the military end of the pro~ gram; while Adm.Souers, Adm. Hillenkoetter, Dr. Gray, and Dr. Menzel created and maintained the security program itself. This group, pri- marily Souers, Hillenkoetter, Gray and Menzel controlled the ") -to- know" flow of personnel in and out of the entire program and, believe

me, somebody really had to prove that his "need-to-know” was genuine

in order to gain access to even the very periphery of the program.

The "security lid" which covered and obscured the saucer program was designed in such a way as to completely conceal even the very existence of the program itself. Gounterintelligence activities including disin- formation programs played a valuable role in concealing this program by creating a buffer zone of confusion, separating the public from the real "security lid".

MJ-12 decided that the following steps in the minimum course of action had to be taken in order to assure that the security lid was clamped down very tight, and that the public attitude towards flying saucers could be controlled:

1. A government sponsored program was set up to "investigate" UFO information that was reported by the general public and military per- sonnel at large. This program sponsored public infomation centers through which the vast majority of "sightings" were channeled. An "official" agency was set up in Air Material Qommand Headquarters at Dayton, Chio. The staff members of this agency (Project Sign at first, then Project Gnadge, and later Project Bluebook) were kept in the dark conceming the recovered real physical evidence. This project had an Intelligence Department "mole" planted on the staff who reported di- rectly to MJ-12. His job was to divert the hard-core information away from the other project staff members, and on to MJ-12; to help set the "mood" or "climate" in which the other staff members worked concerning UFO phenomena, and to keep MJ-12 updated on possible leaks. The main purpose for having this project at all, was to keep the public satis- fied that their Air Force was "investigating" all UFO reports, and to divert the public away from the real physical evidence. [Note here that Prof. Donald Menzel, the likely choice for a serious project advisor

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to a serious Air Force research project, was passed up in favor of the relatively unknown J. Allen Hynek, having the personality qualifica- tions needed for the job, and who could be professionally built up to any image they wanted to create. Menzel always waited in the wings if Hynek made a wrong decision. This was part of the reason Hynek was never given a desk in the Air Force public investigative center there at Wright Field.]

2. A top-secret panel of individuals selected from the various mili- tary and civilian intelligence agencies was set up. This was called “The Psychological Strategy Board". The primary function of this group was to direct the dissemination of disinformation, to help form public and scientific opinion, and to direct the psychological strategy con- ceming the entire UFO phenomenon. They also planned various diver- sionary tactics to be used during future recovery operations, some of which have been used very effectively since then. This panel reported directly to MJ-12 and operated through all the various military in- vestigative and counterintelligence groups and the various civilian counterparts in all the espionage and counterespionage departments. [In effect, this amounted to a super-secret inner cell, within every in- telligence agency, known only to MJ-12 and not even to each other in- side the groups. Remember the movie "The Last Days of Condor"?]

3. The wartime "Office of Censorship" was unofficially re-activated. This office now reported directly to MJ-12, with the primary purpose of censoring UFO reports through the various extensions of the news media management. This office was composed of individuals, experts in their own fields, selected from the various news media branches. They could actually, working in conjunction with the Psychological Strategy Board, plant fictitious information into the newspapers, magazines, radio and television broadcasts, and did. They could also review man- uscripts of UFO related books prior to publication! This office was under the directorship of Theodore Koops who worked very closely with Dr. Gordon L. Gray. [Witness the fiasco involving newscaster Walter Cronkite and his discovery and inadvertent reporting that a UFO had interrupted an underwater launch of an ICBM from the Atomic Submarine Skipjack, being demonstrated for our foreign allies in the "Tongue of the Ocean" off the coast of Andros Island in May 1966, when an RCA theodolite camera operator shot 350 feet of high quality official movie film of the UFO at close range. This was reported in detail, 20 years later, in UFO CONTACT FROM PLANET UMMO, Vol. II, recently submitted for publication. ]

ANALYSIS OF "MJ-12" MEMBERS Fach member of the MJ-12 group was non-politically affiliated, was 59

tops in his own particular field of knowledge, and had strong influ ence within government circles, the scientific comunity, and the socioeconomic communities that make up our country.

Dr. Vannevar Busch, already discussed in Chapter I, was recognized throughout the entire scientific cammmity as "Tbp Scientist in the United States of America", He organized the National Defense Research Council (NDRC) in 1941 and the Office of Scientific Research and Dev- elopment (OSR&D) in 1943, leading them both into new frontiers of science and technology during the war. Inmediately after the war, he convinced President Truman that the Research and Development effort should continue. OSR&D became the Joint Research and Development Board (JR&DB), and in 1947 became the Research and Development Board (R&DB). Bush chaired many committees such as: The National Advisory Comittee for Aeronautics, the Advisory Qouncil of the Department of Commerce, the Joint Comittee on New Weapons and Equipment of the Joint chiefs of Staff, and many more. He was also the president of the Camagie Institute (Headquarters) in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Detlev Wulf Bronk, mentioned previously also, was involved in

all phases of physiology and biophysics. Bronk's main field of re- search was in the study of neurophysiology, of which he was an inovat- ive scientist. He evolved a methodology, with the aid of electrical, optical, and electron-microscopic aids, by which he was able to mea- sure the changes in nerve cells during the passage of stimuli to the brain. These same technicians assisted him in evaluating the molecular structure of nerve cells, and the placement of atomic and ionic com- ponents in the cells. He measured, for the first time, the pressure which carries oxygen through the body. Along with Dr. Edward U. Condon he was named a member of the Scientific Advisory Comittee of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, devoted to atomic research. This as- sociation with Dr. Qondon will be discussed further at a later point, but it is already becoming apparent why Dr. Condon was selected for the big UFO inquiry by what became known as "The Condon Gannittee" and why Dr. Condon published the conclusions he did despite the evidence to the contrary. Some of his appointed assistants unfortunately dis- covered what he was up to, and nearly blew the whole operation, For- tunately his reputation carried him through too big a problem with the scientific commnity, and they followed him like the Pied Piper. But Dr. Bronk also had very strong influence with the "super-wealthy" high society people, with whan he associated, and who actually control the political and goverment purse strings.

Dr. Lloyd Viel Berkner was considered one of the world's foremost experts in magnetism. He was a quiet sort of individual, but carried a lot of clout among the various members of the scientific and intelli- gence commnities. Later on, in 1953, he was chosen as a member of the

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CIA's "Robertson Panel" another cover-up operation, which was formed to monitor and control public opinion concerning the UFO phenomenon.

Dr. Gordon L. Gray, former publisher of two newspapers in Winston- Salem, North Carolina, moved into the Pentagon Building in 1947 as assistant Secretary of the Amy, and later, in 1949, as Secretary of the Amy. He was a very secretive and extremely powerful individual among his fellow cabinet members. In 1950 he became the Special Assis- tant to President Truman on National Security Affairs. Later, in 1951, Gray became the director of the ultra secret, seemingly almost "non- existent!" Psychological Strategy Board". Dr. Gray was a lawyer by ed- ucation and profession, and he knew exactly which strings to pull and how to manipulate and/or bend the legal system to achieve the desired ingredients to fabricate the veil of secrecy.

Dr. Jerone Clark Hunsaker was an innovative Aeronautical Engineer well learned in the unique design concept known as the "Coanda Effect" (See Chapter X). He was head of the department of Mechanical and Aero- nautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) and Chairman of the National Advisory Comittee for Aeronautics, and he made many contributions to the advancement in aircraft design.

Dr. Donald H. Menzel was director of the Harvard Gbllege Chservatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was Professor of Astrophysics and was Chairman of the Astronomy Department at Harvard University. Dr. Donald Menzel was called into MJI-12 for the explicit purpose of dissuading both public and general scientific opinion away from the flying saucer phenomenon. He attempted this in his almost convincing book titled FLYING SAUCERS, published at Harvard in 1952. Dr. Menzel's "disin- formation" campaign may have fooled the majority of the general public, and it did assist in formating the public attitude that "Flying Sau- cers are foolishness", but it did not fool those who did, and stilldo, know the truth!

Admiral James Vincent Forrestal, first Secretary of Defense, was all for making new technological advancements in the defense program. He worked very close with Dr. Vannevar Bush in that capacity. Forrestal was often tor between the idea of airtight security over the flying saucer situation and letting the public know. He struggled with this dilemma in his mind through many a sleepless night. He discussed the situation privately with other MJ-12 members, especially Dr. Vannevar Bush. Word eventually reached General Marshall who in tum warned Forrestal, and reminded him of his security oath. Forrestal persisted and was eventually forced to resign his position as Secretary of De- fense. He was then worked on psychologically and was treated in the psychological ward of Bethesda Naval Hospital, where he "fell" from a 15th floor window to his death on 22 May 1949! This event occurred with two sentries at his door and more in the lobby on the ground

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floor below. There have always been many unanswered questions concern- ing this fall.

General Hoyt S. Vandenburg, the youthful and energetic "go-gitter" Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, was a very staunch advocate of national security. He served two very brief assignments in this cap- acity; first as Assistant Chief of Staff of G2 (Amy Intelligence) from February until June of 1947, and then as the second Director of Central Intelligence for a few weeks in June of 1947. Gen. Vandenburg was comitted to the idea of keeping this crashed/recovered flying sau~ cer subject under tight wraps until every question was answered. In fact, when the Air Force sponsored public information program, "Project Sign", came up with their famous "Estimate of the Situation" report in August of 1948, stating that flying saucers were real and of inter- planetary origin, he became furious and ordered it destroyed.

General Robert M. Montague, a very influential military officer with political pull as well, headed up the Antiaircraft and Guided Missile Branch of the Amy Artillery School, from in 1946 until July 1947, at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was called in by General Marshall as part of the original MJ-12 Group to study the Roswell and Magdalena recovery re- mains, there in his military district. When the main part of the above mentioned remains were forwarded to the highly secret Sandia Base, in mid-July 1947, he was ordered to the position of Commanding Officer in charge of the Sandia Base, where he remained until February 1951.

General Nathan F. Twining was the Commander of Air Materiel Command which was headquartered at Wright Field near Dayton, Chio, from Decen- ber 1945 until October 1, 1947. On September 23, 1947, Gen. Twining generated a letter to Brig. Gen. George Schulgren, asking for pemnis- sion to set up an Air Force sponsored flying saucer study program. Authorization was granted on December 30th, 1947, and "Project Sign" began. (This was the first of a series of such programs, ending with the termination of "Project Bluebook" on December 17, 1969, following publication of the report of the "“Gondon Gommittee" declaring that there was no evidence that the UFOs were a threat to this country.) Gen Twining left Air Material Command on October 1, 1947, to become Commander in Chief of the new Alaskan Command, just prior to the set- ting up of "Project Sign". Twining became Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force under Gen. Vandenburg on October 10, 1950, and succeeded him as Chief of Staff in 1953, His leaving Air Material Command on October 1, 1947, is significent, since that is where "Project Sign” was set up (actually under the jurisdiction of the Air Technical In- telligence Center located at Wright Field also). General Twining had to leave in order to avoid possible influence (and blame) over "Project Sign" findings, since he knew the entire truth of the matter concern- ing the "solid evidence". In fact, some examples of the solid evidence were at AMC at the time and had to be removed to other locations.

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Admiral Sidney W. Souers organized this nation's first Central In- telligence Agency office, beginning January 23, 1946 at the request of then President Harry S. Truman, while holding the official title of Chief of Naval Intelligence. He resigned as first Director of Central Intelligence in June Of 1947. On September 26, 1947, he was swom in as executive secretary of the new National Security Council. The of- ficially defined function of the National Security Council was, “Tb advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, for- eign, and military policies relating to national security, so as to enable the military services and other departments and agencies of the goverrment to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security". Souers resigned this position on January 15, 1950, but continued on as special assistant to the President on national security matters.

Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter was the Director of the Central in- telligence Agency (CIA) from May 1, 1947 until September 1950. He set up the wartime intelligence network in the Pacific Theater during the war and was considered an expert in the field of covert activities. Tt was one of his own suggestions that activated the CIA sponsored "Robertson Panel" decision to monitor the activity of the civilian flying saucer study groups growing up around the country. Admiral Hillenkoetter, himself, joined the then largest one also based in the Washington area, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial phen- menon (NICAP) in 1956, and was chosen as a member of its board of directors, by virtue of his previous military and governmental exper- dence. It was from this position that he was able to act as an M12 "mole", along with his team of other covert experts, who also held board member positions at one time or another. They were able to steer NICAP in any direction that MJ-12 wanted it to go.

From this position they were also able to influence the new civilian UFO study groups, who usually sought advice and guidance from NICAP, one of the few visible UFO institutions available. Such affiliations were actively sought and encouraged by NICAP, actually to further the purpose for which it was organized in the first place.

With the "Flying Saucer Program" under the complete control of MJ-12 and with the real physical evidence safely hidden away, with the gen- eral scientific and public attitudes toward flying saucers established and controlled in the manner desired, and with all avenues of poten- tial and/or possible security leaks safeguarded from serious compro- mise, General (then Secretary of State) Marshall felt more at ease with this very bizarre situation.

[These men and their successors have successfully kept most of the public fooled for 39 years, including much of the western world, by setting up false experts as real experts and then throwing their in- fluence behind them to make the plan work, with considerable success. |

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DR. VANNEVAR BUSH SEC. JAMES FORRESTAL

> GNL. HOYT VANDENBERG SIONEY W. SOUERS

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OR. JEROME C. HUNSAKER GN.L ROBERT MONTAGUE ROSCOE H. HILLENKOETTER

This is the original group of officers and scientists involved which is believed to have ultimately become the group known as MJ-12, Majestic or just "The Committee". (From the notebook of the investigator)

ALASKAN THEATER

Within six months of the Roswell crash on 2 July 1947 and the find- ing.of another crashed UFO at San Augustine Flats near Magdalena, New Mexico on 3 July 1947, a great deal of reorganization of agencies and sudden shuffling of people took place, as we have now seen. Some of the observable things that were happening at that time, that didn't seem to make much sense then, now fit perfectly into the scenario now visible from a broader perspective.

In September 1947 Captain Wendelle C. Stevens, a young test pilot in the Performance Test Division, with a desk in the Air Technical Intel- ligence Center, was suddenly rotated, out of specialty, to a remote station, an Army Airfield at Fort Richardson, Alaska, where he was one of the two Air Force Officers assigned to Base Operations. The other was Major Charles W. Moss, an Air Operations Specialist. Stevens became the Assistant Operations Officer with no prior training in that field.

Stevens soon discovered that his principal duty was operational sup- ervision of a special team of scientists and NCO specialists from Air Material Command who were engaged in a special project that was known only by a TWX number. ‘his project was one of the classified riders on the unclassified "Ptarmigon Project", a weather reconnaissance pro- gram surveying and mapping the Arctic in several different ways simil- taneously.

Another classified rider project provided mich of the funding for what was going on. The weather reconnaissance missions were flown by combat ready B-29 crews from the combat ready squadrons in the Zone of Interior, back home. The combat ready crews arrived in Alaska fully trained and qualified in their defense mission, bringing their actual Target Folders with them. When they arrived their airplanes were put through a winterization program and the crews were run through the Arctic Survival School. Then they were helped to plot a "profile mis- sion" to be flown against their real target, with simulated legs and ranges over the true Arctic, as real as they could be made. After fly- ing their profile mission they were briefed to fly a preassigned grid pattern with certain equipment turned on to carry out the mapping, surveying and other reconnaissance projects. The Strategic Air Command provided the airplanes and crews, and paid for gasoline and consumable support out of their Operations and Training budget, and called these flights training missions. The Weather Service provided the special mapping and surveying equipment, equipment supplies, and reconnais- sance processing, out of a weather research project paid for by the Weather Service, and they called them research missions. Air Material Command set up the modification depot for Arctic winterization of the

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aircraft, and they called it upgrading of the fleet, picking up that part of the tab, and justifying the big cold weather hangars and the store of modification equipment and supplies collected there. They paid for that out of their fleet upgrading budget. The Signal Corps handled all special communications requirements in a research project of their own. In this manner no big expenses stuck out to attract any attention. It was all absorbed in other very normal things.

One of the highly classified rider projects pertained to what that team of scientists from AMC were doing. They would install special classified equipment aboard the aircraft only a few hours before the scheduled mission. This consisted of electromagnetic emission scanners which searched the RF spectrum and when an emission on any frequency was detected, it would lock-in on it and record it for a time, and then it would cancel that one and search again, continuously through- out the 14 and 15 hour missions. Other equipment included a surge de- tector wired into the airplane's electrical system to pick up and re- cord any electrical surges or blackouts anywhere in the ship. Then there were special cameras and a magnetics field detector. The cameras included 16m movie cameras in fixed installations rigged for time lapse programs, and portable |6mm versions for hand held use, a 35mm movie camera, and even a 70m movie camera. The still cameras included 35mm snapshot versions, 4x5" Press Cameras, and a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera that took a picture on an 8"xl0" negative. Then there were the vertical and side-mounted aerial mapping cameras with which every inch of the Arctic was photographed. Besides that the regular gun positions had their turret mounted gun cameras.

Those crews were briefed on what they had aboard and how to use it and sent out. When they came back they were immediately de-briefed on what they did and saw, and what they thought they had recorded. ‘The film rolls, cartridges and canisters and recording tape cassettes and reels were down loaded and the equipment was removed from the bombers and locked up for the next one. The record in the form of film and tape was packed in a metal box after every day's missions, which was padlocked to an Officer's wrist and flown back to the ZI every night.

The field crew in Alaska never got to see anything of the recorded data or pictures, and only knew what was mentioned in the verbal de- briefing of the crews after the missions. But what was occasionally heard was of interest here.

Those Ptarmigon crews reported encountering disc-shaped metallic craft in Arctic airspace that could fly faster than anything we had and could stop suddenly in the air, or were seen to come in head-on, stop, and reverse to exactly the speed the bomber was flying. They could descend vertically and land on the icecap, and rise vertically at prodigious speed and fly out of sight in seconds. They could even

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land on water and submerge, and emerge again and fly away. Somebody had certainly achieved some remarkable breakthroughs in the aeronaut— ical sciences. Major Moss, who did not come out of AMC and had an op- erations background, could only believe they were new Russian develop- ments, obtained possibly from the Germans. Stevens was certain that they exceeded the technologies he was familiar with. The strange fly- ing machines were a mystery to both, but it is quite obvious now that they were no mystery to the special team of scientists putting that equipment aboard the bombers to collect data; and somebody knew what equipment they needed to do the job. This was no wild guessing there.

All of this was planned and operational before the Kenneth Arnold story hit the press and flying saucers became popular.

Only a few weeks after Stevens assignment, General Nathan F. Twining became the theater commander, taking over all that operation directly. We can only guess as to why such emphasis was shifted north to the Arctic, and our guess is that more approaches to Earth were being ob- served up there than any other place then known, and that became the place to look.

We are also quite convinced that we were not the only ones observing this activity in the Arctic, and that the race for more information than the other was getting was very serious indeed.

One may question, why Alaska? Why go up there when these first UFO crashes took place in the Zone of Interior? Though we can make no claims to having answers, a number of interesting speculations come to mind:

1. Radar may have detected unusual activity or a greater degree of penetration into the Earth's atmosphere from the Arctic.

2. The DEW and Pinetree radar picket lines were often disturbed by “bogies" that have never been identified.

3. Our biggest potential threat comes from over the Arctic, the rea- son for the radar picket lines.

4. If we suddenly needed a scapegoat for a diversion, the potential enemy threat from the north can be effectively used.

5. There are less pairs of eyes to observe what we are doing.

6. Canada, and even the USSR were experiencing unusual UFO activity

from the north -- and of course that is us to the Russians.

7. There is less ambient interferrence in the collection of radio, electrical, and magnetic data produced by artificial sources.

8. The remoteness reduces more of the potential for false disturban- ces of instruments and equipment.

9. The data collectors are isolated from their friends and families while collecting, and can be suitably rebriefed before they get home.

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ANATOMY OF THE SECURITY LID

The "security lid" itself, its "buffer zone", and its various exten- sions are so interwoven, actually integrated, that it is very difficult to see where one phase leaves off and the other begins, without look~ ing through the "eyes" of the MJ-12 group. It was purposely created in that manner so as to confuse anyone who might stumble into its web, either by accident or on purpose.

In analyzing its structure, one must start at the top (MJ-12) and work his way downward through the verious flow-lines and/or extensions below. MJ-12 has just about, if not all, intelligence, counterintelli- gence, and intelligence gathering agencies and groups, both military and civilian, at its disposal.

The main thrust of activity behind the "security lid", and the very reason for which it was constructed, is the analysis and attempted duplication of the technologies of the recovered flying saucers. This activity is headed up under control of the Research and Development Board (R&DB), working through Army Research and Development, Air Force Research and Development, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the CIA and NSA Offices of Scientific Intelligence (CSI). No single one of any of these groups knows the whole full story. Each group knows only the part that MJ-12 allows them to know about. A more detailed de- scription of the analysis and some of the attempts at duplication of the recovered saucers technology will be given later and in the Appen- dices to this report.

The various groups of military intelligence are utilized by MJ-12 to make sure that no unauthorized military personnel get too close to the truth, either by accident or design. Of course, the only person in each of these groups who does know the truth is the "mole", who was planted there by MJ-12.

Qne such case of minor military personnel getting too close to the truth involves Master Sergeant L.R.B. and Airman C.E.W, (their full names are witheld because both men are still alive and may be vulner- able). According to an Air Force Office of Special Investigations (ACSI) report, dated July 10, 1952, obtained through a Freedom of In- formation Request, Airman C.E.W., who had designs for a vertical take-

off plane, took up temporary residence in a trailer park at Selfridge Air Force Base, near Detroit, Michigan in 1951. Next door to him in that park resided M/Sgt. L.R.B. During conversation one day, the aimman mentioned his work on his aircraft project and told the M/Sgt. that he was eventually going to be transferred to Wright-Patterson AFB where he could introduce and work on his vertical take-off design con- cept. M/Sgt L.R.B. informed C.E.W. that he knew for a fact that such machines already existed, and that there were two recovered flying 68

saucers, employing such principles, being held at Wright-Patterson AFB in a section connected in some way with the radiation laboratory. He claimed that two friends of his had verified this fact to him, one of whan was actually working on the project (Project Radiation) and had handled some evidence.

M/Sgt. L.R.B. tried to persuade Aimman C.E.W. to set up some kind of code system by which they could communicate back and forth concerning the flying saucers at Wright-Patterson. C.E.W. thought the entire matter over and decided it should be checked out with the Air Force Intelligence Office, which he proceeded to do. They took C.E.W.'s information and ran a check on it. The final conclusion of the ACSI Report. #AFX HF333-5 dated July 10, 1952, was that. "There could be a leak in the Flying Saucer Program."(See reproduction of document at- tached hereto. )

Of course that particular AOSI Office had no knowledge of the fact that there was real physical evidence in the form of flying saucer residue when they wrote that conclusion; but they surmised that there could be a leak in that phase of the program involving the building of flying saucers. They did not know, and had no need to know, that the program to build a flying saucer was based on saucers of unknown origin that were recovered under MJ-12's supervision.

But the MJ-12 "mole" in AOSI reported the matter to MJ-12 who in tum stepped-up surveillance on both M/Sgt L.R.B. and Ainman C.E.W., to make sure that they didn't get too close to the truth.

MJ-12 also operates through the various civilian intelligence and investigative groups. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) can be, and are, manipulated by M12 to carry out its purposes without their even knowing it. This is performed via the "moles" planted at all levels in those groups.

The National Security Agency (NSA) was created in the first place to protect the secret of the recovered flying saucers, and eventually got to the point of complete control over all Commmications Intelligence. This allowed them to monitor any suspicious individual through mail, telephone, teléxes; telegrams, and now through on-line computers, monitoring private and personal conversations as they choose. In fact, the present day NSA is the current main extension of MJ-12 pertaining to "The Flying Saucer Program".

The various counterintelligence and counterespionage groups, both military and civilian, play a very important role in maintaining the "Security Lid" and generating the "buffer-zone" of confusion that sep- arates the general scientific and public citizens from the truth of the matter. This "buffer-zone” is largely made-up of the vast amount of disinformation carefully spread throughout the UFO research field, eventually reaching the general public through such controlled out- lets. Sometimes support will be for the reality of flying saucers and

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sometimes not. Sometimes it purposely borders on the ridiculous and then is followed up by an outright debunking. Both the person spread~ ing the seemingly ridiculous "facts" and the person debunking then, are ultimately motivated by M>+12 through the utilization of som counterintelligence group or other. ‘The object of this entire type of action-reaction policy is to keep the public so confused on the real flying saucer issue that it remains an enigma, a "perpetual enigma". When you think you know something about it, the basis for your reason- ing is pulled out from under you, every time!

Each individual person who ever took part in one phase or another of this Flying Saucer Program remains under very close surveillance for the rest of his natural life. This also pertains to anyone who hap~ pened to witness any phase of that program, either by accident or on purpose. These person's lives are monitored in every detail. Fach has signed a security oath, violation of which results in dire and irre- versible consequences.

A typical sequence of steps are then taken if any individual does seem to be breaking or about to break his oath. That could include the following in any sequence:

1. A verbal warming from someone known by the potential violator to be a member or former member of a security organization. This may be accompanied by a review of the individual's security oath and its pen- alties, and may be accompanied by direct threats.

2. Stronger waming —- sometimes accampanied by a brow-beating and intimidation.

3. Direct action through one or another of many avenues, such as:

a. Psychologically working on an individual to bring on depression leading to suicide.

b. Qatright murder made to appear as "suicide" or an accident.

c. Strange and sudden accidents, always fatal.

d. Gonfinement in special "Detention Centers" for such witnesses — where they just disappear and are not heard of again.

e. Qonfinenent in Insane Asylums where they are "treated" by one or another of the "deprogranming" or "mind-interferring" techniques, and are then released with changed personalities, identities, and altered memories.

f. Bringing the individual into the "inside", where he is employed and works for "them", and where he can be watched, always, and very closely. This is usually in closed facilities and from there he has little contact with the outside world.

Any individual who does get too close to the truth through investi- gation into the flying saucer phenomenon, will be treated in the very same manner. Sometimes a person will be discredited (as will be ex-

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plained later under "The Hoax Status"). At any rate, M12 will go to any extent to preserve and protect the "Ultimate Secret"

TOWN OF AZTEC

MJ-12 ordered the entire town of Aztec, New Mexico placed under com- plete surveillance. ‘The family of ranch owner H.D. were under special watch. Their phone calls, all mail, and all movements were monitored at all times. All of their relatives, school mates, teachers, close frtends, etc., were also watched like a hawk. This close surveillance is still going on 39 years after the event, and will continue until MJ-12 sees fit to relax the net. And this is only one example...

Frank Scully as he appeared at the time he wrote his book BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS, describing the Aztec recovery.

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HOW COULD MJ-12 EXIST IN SUCH SECRECY?

To understand how such a super-secret agency could come inta being and continue to exist relatively unknown for so long, we must recall the situation in Washington during the time of its inception. World War II had recently ended and besides the number of new faces in all the government circles, there was much confusion caused’ by the shift from a war economy and war staff to a peacetime economy and a recovery staff.

General George C. Marshall had been Army Chief of Staff under Presi- dent Roosevelt at the end of the War. Admiral James V. Forrestal was the Navy Chief of Staff. "Hap" Arnold was Chief of the Army Air Force. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, fresh from Europe, succeeded Marshall as Army Chief of Staff on 3 December 1945. Admiral John L. Sullivan succeeded Forrestal as Navy Chief of Staff in July 1946. And General Tooey Spaatz had replaced Arnold as commanding General of the Army Air Force. President Roosevelt passed on and Vice President Harry W. Truman was Sworn as President of the United States.

Congress passed, and President Truman signed, in 1946, the National Security Act, which created a new National Military Establishment. The same act created the new National Security Council and the new Central Intelligence Agency (the NSC and the CIA respectively). Admiral James V. Forrestall was immediately appointed the first Secretary of Defense in this new arrangement. General George C. Marshall became the New Secretary of State of the United States, the father of the Marshall Plan for Europe unveiled on 5 June 1947 at Harvard University.

General Nathan F. Twining was head of the Army Material Command which became the Air Material Command under the Air Force in the néw National Military Establishment.

This was the situation when the first UFOs came down at Magdalena and Roswell, New Mexico on 2/3 July 1947. We are somewhat familiar with the events that transpired at that time as a result of the inad- vertent Public Information leak, and all the activity and deception to regain control of that situation. (See ROSWELL INCIDENT and subsequent follow-up releases.) Lt. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg had joined General Tooey Spatz as his Chief of Staff, and was being groomed to replace

Spaatz soon as Chief of the Air Force, as Spaatz was about to retire.

It is not difficult to percieve the pattern of events that had to take place. A crashed airplane is found near Magdalena, New Mexico. It is reported to the nearest Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, at Albuquer- que. They check air traffic and send out an emergency rescue team, and an airplane to take a look. The air spotter sees an airplane of very unusual design on the ground. Base Intelligence people and some avail- able scientists are sent out to bring it in. They find it truely dif- ferent, and with human bodies in it like nobody has ever seen before.

They relay their findings to headquarters, who now intensifies their checks to try to find out where it came from. Nobody has any aircraft missing. The residue is hustled to Kirtland for others to examine. It is truely unique. Their accident investigation people contact the Air Material Command on the unique design, thinking it may be a research aircraft of some sort. AMC knows it is not. They ask for more informa- tion and with the situation becoming more confusing, and the 4th of July holidays beginning, they go to Air Research and Development, who does not recognize the vehicle, the report goes to the AMC Commander, He does not recognize it either, and he takes his R&D Chief and they take one of the Flight Test Division support airplanes and fly out to Albuquerque for a first hand look.

What they see shocks them into special actions. They contact their next in line for reporting something as bizarre as this, the acting Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and fill him in. It is obviously not one of ours, so he goes to the Secretary of Defense, Admiral James V. Forrestal. If it were a Navy special re- search project, Forrestal would be the one to know. Not theirs either.

Forrestall feels that if it is not ours, it must be from a foreign nation, and that is the business of the State Department. He contacts General George C. Marshall, then Secretary of State, and appraises him of the strange situation, and all that has been done so far. Marshall checks with some counterparts in England, and decides it is not from any other country on Earth! At that point he takes personal charge and immediately begins trying to get control of the situation. He sets up an emergency team including only those who already know, and they pick some scientific specialists of highest calibre in certain fields, and make up the first "Group". All others are excluded at this time and are carefully kept from finding out until we knew more.

There were a number of reasons why the "Special Group” had to work in almost perfect secrecy:

The rapid dismantling of our war strength left us in great disarray.

• The Russians were already becoming a military and political problem.

• Tne reorganization of our military created all new lines of contact.

• Business was carried out on a personal basis among the "Old Guard".

• The new National Security Council was so ineffective that business

was routinely conducted in informal emergency meetings between For-

restal (Sec. of Defense), Marshall (Sec. of State), the Services Sec- retaries, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The new CIA was also almost completely ineffective and was ignored.

The other three senior military men and the six scientists making up this “Special Group" were equally involved in one way or another, and could not be left out. This eventually became the select MJ-12 group which crossed all lines, and finally became an ultra-entity in itself.

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Special secret projects were being set up to find out what we had, The secrecy level was raised above that of all elective and appointive

poaitions, and this became a secret agency above and beyond all other security agencies -- the super secret "Committee" was staffed by more

and more people and replacements for those leaders that were lost, to the degree that it permeated all levels of security by the time the CIA became effective as the overt arm of intelligence. The super-sec- ret inner cell was already firmly established, and in control.

Within a few months, the Russians were flexing their muscles and in February 1948 staged their coup and take-over in Czechoslovakia. On the 8th of March, they began hasseling Berlin traffic which later led to the blockade and Berlin airlift, from the llth to the 14th of March the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with Forrestal at Truman's "Little White House" at Key West to draw up a unified "Short Range" Emergency War Plan and the first Unified Military Budget.

On 25 March 1948 another unidentified spacecraft with more of the strange little human-like bodies came down, and this time it had been tracked in from an altitude beyond earth's aircraft by radar, and had been followed to its impact site near Aztec, New Mexico. By this time forces were ready for such eventualities and an emergency recovery team from Camp Hale, Colorado was on the scene within hours. The same "Special Group" of military men and scientists were immediately called into action by General George C. Marshall, who insisted on controlling all aspects of this recovery operation personally. That was the group which actually came into being as the MJ-12 Group. It was finally legitimized by secret Executive Order signed by President Eisenhower during the early months of his first term in office, and it has exis- ted ever since.

They are the ones who sit on the secrets concerning the crashed UFOs and their recovery, evaluation, testing, study, and attempts to derive new technologies from what we see. They will very likely remain out of sight for the forseeable future, as the studying still goes on, and always offers visions of solutions over the horizon, to problems that

vex us today.

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ANATOMY OF THE SECURITY LI

MJ-12

The Special Group (The Committee)

f i 7 Rape eviaian viinivary Scientific InteLLigence Inve Ligence wD NAD (alysis and Attempted Duplication) r T 1 5A cin Far Gamnications Qwilian TntelLigence Sunes Llance ‘Newspapers: ‘Telechones Psychological (Qontrol) (Surveillance) Strategy Board a Mail Radio and 1V |) (Survei Llance) (control) ) \ ‘ | T 1 Aemy MBI a Guinterintel Ligence 1 unitary | Sarvetllance \ + ' UFO Staty Group Dis-Information Infiltration '

aun, Grudge, Bluet=ok

This is a simplified diaqran of the mijor agencies that interlock into a network of cross-control designed to keep all UFO information ami activities at qaverment level along with other similar clandestine operations trom being campronised. It has worked successfully for over 35 years, and is expected to continue in similar fom as long as it remins effective. The personalities and biographical histories of these men filling

these positions completes the plan.

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CHAPTER II EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are provided in support of Chapter IT, ang are offered here as follows: Exhibit 1. Letter, subject: "Flying Saucers" at Wright-Patterson AFR, from Lt, Col, James H. Gunn, OSI District Commander, to Hy. ATIC.

Exhibit 2. Inclosure number 3 to a report from the 5th OSI District on the matter in question. Inclosures numbers 1 and 2 were withdrawn for security reasons.

Exhibit 3. Inclosure number 4 to the report from the Sth OSI Dis- trict on the matter in question.

CONFIEENTIAL

SUBJECT: "Flying Saucers" at Wright-Pattersan Air Force Base, Chio

50-24-21-81

Officer

a! Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base thio

ATTN: Air Provost Marsha!

To:

1, The following information was odtained by a Special Agent of this District Office and is submitted tor your information:

2. A/IC CLYCE E. WHEELER, AF 21258827, 6501st Support Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was interviewed 3) July 1952, and advised that M Sot LOYAL R, BUNCE, AF 6832919, 575th Fleia Nain- tenance Squadron, Sox 19, Selfrigge Air Force Base, Mt. Clemans, Michigan, told him approximately 10 June 1952, tnat he (BUNCE) knew about the Flying Saucers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Sase. At this time (approximately 10 June 1982), BUNCE explained in detail that he knew the pecple at Wright~ Patterson AFB had found sone Flying Saucers and also some bodies inside the Saucers. The Saucers ang the Dodies were taken to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, date unknown. At Wright-Patterscn AFS, BUNCE explained officials at the Radiation Laboratory dissesamb\ed the Flying Saucers, which supposidly came from Venus and the bozies inside the Saucers were taken to the Aero-Medical Latoratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, for further study. The discussion of saucers ceme about as a result of BUNCE's interest in 2 project that A/i2 WHEELEP was working on and also a5 2 result of BUNCE's knowledge of WHEELER having. been at Wright Air Development Center, Kright-Patterson S€5, Ohio, sometime in January 1952.

3. Amutual friend of BUNCE, Identified as mr. ¥ Suger Bush Foad, North Baltimore, Michigan, veritied this stary to WHEELER as relates above by BUCE, concerning the Flying Saucers. advised WHEELER that 2 friend of nis, who works at Wright-Patterson AFR, Ohio, at the present time, is » West Spring- field, Ohio, and his friend had related This Information To him ( ) concerning the Flying Saucers and bodies now at Wright-Patterson Afi

SECURITY INFORMATION ter ~ CONFIDENTIAL Exhibit 1

Qnfidential letter, Subject: "Flying Saucers” at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; to Commanding Officer, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, from Lt. Obl. James H. Ginn, District Commander, Office of Special Investigations, with an information copy to Hg. OSI, including inclosures Nos. 3 and 4., Nos. 1 and 2 having been withdrawn.

CNTIAL

fea Sca CONFIDENTIAL Saks ENV i

sual " Flying Saucers" et al

5p-28-21-81 4. Prior to nis (WHEELEP'S) “transfer to Wright-Patterson AFS, Chio gua) " Flying Saucers " et al (11 duly 1952), BUNCE approached him and wrote out eleven ¢h) questions A \ . for him (WHEELER) to find the answers, A photostatic copy of the questions 9, No further Investigation of this matter 15 contemplated by this is attached to this correspondence a& Inclosuré 1. Also, BUNCE suggested District Office unless specifically requested by your command, to WHEELER that they correspond in code concerning this matter and WHEFLEP

admits helping BUNCE write a code system, of which a photostatic copy was made and is attached to this letter as inclosure #2. isms sade Rane . oer ny tons fr BUNCH ta WHEELEP Lt Colonel, USAF 5. According to WHE OR, a civilian employee at uiright #ir Mevelop~ 1, Photo cy ques t L , ment Genter, et the Padiatic: Laboratory, identified only as y isa 2. Prote’sy cade by BUNCE and WHEELER Cistrict Commander good friend of and is, supposed to have supplied the Information 3 are ey a ement by WHEELEP d to concerning te Flying Saucers being disassandied at the Padio~ ? tion Laboratory and the information concerning the bodies that were taken 4, Hoots, St aceet ue ema ae 10 Jul 52 ,to the Aero-Mad Laboratory. Cn 13 July 1952, WHEELEP typed a statement, w/Incl/Specta EELS ‘a photostatic copy of which is attached to this letter as Inclosure #3. i 52, WHEELE i “ let Copy tot 6. Approximatley 20 June 1952, WHEELEP claims he wrote a conplete PY tes w/tnels

report concerning the above captioned matter and gave this report to 2nd Lt GEORGE #. JANCZEWSKI, who is intelligence Ctticer at Headquarters Squadron, l0th Air Force Selfridge, Air Force Base, Michigan. ft the time WHEELER gave the report to the Intelligence Officer, he was instructed by the Intelligence Cfficer to listen to BUNCE, ) or anyone else, who had ‘knowledge of Flying Saucers and report back To him (intelligence Officer) any information he might obtain concerning this sublect,

7. During the month of June, WHEELER claims he went to the Sase Library (Selfridge AFB) and drew a book entitled "Behind The Flying Saucer," by FRANK SCULLY, This was tirst suggested by Sgt BUNCE, WHEELED claims, and after reading the book, he found it contained the same information as related to him by Sgt BUNCE concerning the flying saucers with this exception: IN the book there was no mention made of the Flying Saucers being disassambled at tright-Patterson AFB at the Radiation Laboratory

and no mention made about the bodies inside the saucers being taken to Aero-Med Laboratory, hricht=Patterson for further study.

&. A review of File No. 2-21 at Headquarters, 5th CS! District, reflected a photostatic copy of the statement ta the Intelligence Office, Selfridge AFB, mentioned above, and a/so reflected a letter of transmittal trom the Air Provost Marshal, Selfridge AFB, Michigan, wherein the Provost Marshal stated it is his belief A/IC WHEELEP may be attempting to draw attention to himself to further his invention or a possible security leak may exist In the Flying Saucer Program. The letter of transmittal with IncTosure (Special File of WHEELEP) is attached hereto as Inclosure #4,

SECUPITY INFORMATION

SECURITY. INFORYATION 30 Aue 1952 CONFIDENTIAL relate COMTI ENTIAL It is evident that Gl. Ginn is not included in the listed need-to- know line of security authorization for the actual UFO projects, but Pe 2 is carrying out standard policy on a suspected breach of security. Tnclosures No. 1 and 2 were witheld for security reasons. One has to wonder what security information was revealed in Bunch's questions to

The MJ-12 "mole" in that OSI District would have been watching these developments very closely for the "Committee". Wheel.

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CONFIDENTIAL

Assignment Alte Clyde E. Wheeler AF >12@8827

SFO! 4 Support Say.

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ele Cayton, oF

aes 13 Jul 52

Brockton, Mass.

Report of the 8th of Jul 52.

On the night of 8 Jul 52, 1 Clyde E, Wheeler AF 21268627 A/c

USAF, did visit M/SGT Loyal Eunce, who resided at the Selfridge AFB

Trailer Court, accompanied by Breech, which ws a business partner of mine. Mr. Breech and 1 arrived at approximately 1900 hrs,

My visit was to sav googbye to the Bunce family and that was the reason for bringing my friend along. “Sgt. Bunce was finisned with his Supper and was seated ot the far end of the table and he asked me to sit next To him, He motioned to my friend to sit at the other end of the table. Mr. Breech engaged in conversation with mr. Bunces wite about children when the Sgt, assed me if | had worked out a code to be used in communication back anc forcn. | told nim that | had forgot about it to which he replied "H3a could you forget abour He asked his wife to bring him a penci/e and a pad of paper he then proceeded to make out his own questiors which were adout eleven In all, All this time he continuec to talk to Mr. Breech about other things while making up the code questions. The Sct. still did not let on th Mr. Breech as to what he wes doing until Mr. Breech started staring at the pad upon which the Sgt, was writing. The Sgt. then noticed this and said, "Of course you know what Clyde and.| are doing", to which Breech just smiteg and went on to something else. Icopied the questions and answer shee+ for Sgt. Bunce as he seened to be # poor speller and writer. He said that | should be sure to date the good letter the first of the nanth or the Fifteenth of the month and to use exactly the coce answers to the questions Breech and the Sot. talked over the lest war and we left.

The next day 9 Jul 52, Istarted to clear the field and during my clearing | talked to the Provost “arstal about the code and he then advised me on the usua! security measures and to make up this report. THis is the end of my report. Clyde £. Wheeler, AF 21288827.

| have in my possession the introduction letter to Breech end

have listed his address Wost Springfield, oni el. Wright Field

| will report in as soon as | arrive at Wricht for futher instructions.

Assignment Par. 125, dtd 25 Jun 52 Hg. Tenth AF Selfridge AFB

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Eneb eS CONEDENTIAL

The list of questions Sgt. Bunce made up pertained to a crashed UFO he had reason to believe was being studied at Wright-Patterson AFB by 2 group of scientists working for the Air Force.

Exhibit 3

CONFIDENTIAL

HEACQUARTERS TENTH AIR FORCE Office of the Air Provost NMershal Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan

AFXHF 333,5/1 10 July 1952

SUBJECT: Transfer of Special File (WHEELER, Clyde £.)

To: Conmanding General Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

ATTN: Air Provost Marshal Dayton, Ohio

1, Special File is forwarded for your information and eny action deemed necessary, (one(!) typewritten copy is being malntained in the Intelligence files this headquarters.)

2, A/IC Clyde E. Wheeler AF 21288827, transferred to port Sq (WADC) (ARDC) (PB) your conmand, per par 7, special order 125 this headquarters, 25 June 1952, as amended par 25, Special order 131 this headquarters.

3. Information contained herein was presented to Intelligence Ctfice this headquarters by A/IC Wheeler 2 Juty 1952. Was further coordinated with undersigned and 25th Nistrict OS! 3 July 1952.

4. Upon review it is believed A/IC Wheeler may be attempting to draw attention to himself to further his invention or a possible security leak may exist in the Flying Saucer Program.

5, Subject airman has been instructed to report to Air Provost Marshal upon arrival at your station. No further action has been Initiated by this headquarters sinc

Subject airman is already on orders for transfer your organization. b. If a security violation exists in the Flying Saucer

Frogran, determination for sama must pe made ef your installation.

GEORGE’. KIMBALL Major, USAF Air Provost Marshal

1 Incir Statement WHEELER, Clyde (27 Jun 52)

SECURITY INFORMATION

nll COMMENT

The Air Provost Marshall of course knew nothing of the real UFO study projects going on at Wright-Patterson, and so treated this information

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| told Sgt Buntz when | saw him that same day and that evening starte, the flying saucer deal.

Sgt Buntz told me about Frank Scully ang his book "Behind the Flying Saucers”, which | had read something about in the newspapers end in an article in "True Magazine". He explained that he knew there were flying saucers and that they hat two of them at Wright Field with the sizes of 271 diameter and 99" diameter. He said that one craft had a broken porthole in it and that the reason the three passingers were dead was because of a territic heat field caused by friction had cracked the porthole and had kitted all inside. At Wright Field, he claimed the Air Force had closed Project Saucer because it was true fact and would be alarming to the American public and that the Air Force reopened the project under the name of Project Radiation and that the laboratory was situated on the top of a hill in Wright Field, | listened to him on this subject and when | said | doubted the story in some ways he told me it was fact because they had proof. | asked him what sort of proot could he have. He then said back/ng his statements that there wos @ man who came from this field by the name of

who was transferred to Wright Field and was put on Project Radiation,

He said that they (meaning Mr ‘and someone else | don't know and Sgt

Bunts) thought would no doubt be assigned to that project and they

arranged for to tell who works in Maintenance Flectronics or

a building of that name, so that could transmit back to this radio

shop so Mr and Sgt Bunts could know if there were really flying seucers

and such.

B/IC Clyde Wheeler's statement taken by the Air Provost Marshall staff at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan. Sgt. Bunce was still seeking to verify his own leads to the UFO crash residue at Wright-Patterson AFB. He was just a UFO fan with some infomnation that indicated more valid- ity to the phenomenon than we were being told, and sought to verify some things for himself. He had no subversive plan for use of the in-

formation once he had it.

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Then M Sgt Bunts told me about the radio they found in one ship. He said they got into only one ship of the two they have and that one was the one with the broken BAKXKXMXA porthole. They kept probing through the port hole until they Nit something that opened the door of the ship. They found a radio or something similar of which set a signal off at a staggered interval of time somewhat over 15 minutes. They said it evidently set off @ signal but which could not be picked up with out modern electrical devices. The case of the radio which was about 5” (inches) could not be pierced by diemond drills and was as light in weight as aluminum.

Then came some theories which he told me was such that the answers to this saucer was that a magnetic field was set up ahead of this craft by 2 turning, spinning disc in the center which created the magnetic field ahead.

timot Mr yesterday and he confirmed Sgt Bunts's story and sald a letter of introduction would be given me introducing me to Mr ____ when | get there who would in turn introduce me to :

| realised after meeting Mr that @ Serious leak in security was present and if the saucer was real as they said it started to scare me at the thought | knew this. | didn't feel well yesterday afternoon as my mind was on saucers and this information | knew. | realised a little when | egot héme last night and realised the actual seriousness of my position.

1 decided | would see Mr. and being my best friend would give me some

advice as to whether he thought It was a hoax or not. After supper, | decided | would make up some questions pertaining to

the saucer and see what Sgt Bunts would say. | figured my serial number

The rest of Airman Wheeler's statement was also missing. It is quite possible that Bunce could have gotten this mich information fram the Scully book which he had read. He had evidently established some clues that indicated validity to the story to him, as he was seeking infor- at a place not mentioned in the book, and he had names of people who were apparently involved, to whom he was referring Airman Wheeler to

get the information he sought.

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The President has decided that the MJ~12 SSP briefing PUPARED 700 A “RRR )

should take placo Pas ee already scheduled Wate Saag pours:

noeting of Iuly 1 orig 2F it as intended. More precise arrangenents wil) se erga to you upon arrival. Please alter your plans ee ee, [=D

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BRIEFING OFFICER: ADM. ROSCOE H. HILLENKORTTER (MJ~1)

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On 24 June, 1947, 8 civilian pilot flying over the Cascade Mountains in the State of Washington observed nine flying

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pe Although this was not the firat known sighting

of such objecta, it was the first to gain widespread attention in the public media. Hundreds of reports of sightings of similar objects followed, Many of theee came from highly credible military and civilian sources, ‘These reports res- ulted inf independent efforts several different elements

of the military to ascertain the nature and purpose of these objects in the interests of national A number of witnesses were interviewed and there were several unsuccessful attempts to utilise airoraft in efforts to pursue reported disoe in flight. Public, reaction bordered on near hysteria

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Tecovery of the wri of thie object for scientific study.

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