MJ-12
The existence of MJ-12 has sometimes been denied by some agencies
of the United States government, which insist that documents
suggesting its existence are hoaxes. The FBI investigated the
documents, and concluded they were forgeries, based primarily on an
opinion rendered by AFOSI, the U.S. Air Force Office of Special
Investigations. Opinions among UFO researchers are divided: Some
argue the documents may be genuine while others contend they are
phony, primarily due to errors in formatting and chronology.
In 1985, another document mentioning MJ-12 and dating to 1954 was
found in a search at the National Archives. Its authenticity is
also highly controversial. The documents in question are rather
widely available on the Internet, for example on the FBI website,
where they are dismissed as bogus.
Since the first MJ-12 documents, thousands of pages of other
supposed leaked government documents mentioning MJ-12 and a
government coverup of UFO reality have also appeared, sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Majestic Documents." All of them
are controversial, with many disputing their authenticity. A few
have been proven to be unquestionably fraudulent, usually retyped
rewrites of unrelated government documents. The primary new MJ-12
document is a lengthy, linotype-set manual allegedly dating from
1954, called the MJ-12 "Special Operations Manual (SOM)". It deals
primarily with the handling of crash debris and alien bodies.
Objections to its authenticity usually center on questions of style
and some historical anachronisms.
The MJ-12 documents are alleged to date from 1942 to 1997 and have
been hotly debated in the UFO community. The documents include such
matters as the conduct to be used when meeting an alien, diagrams
and records of tests on UFOs, memos on assorted coverups, and
descriptions of the President's statements about UFO-related
issues. The documents contain supposed signatures of important
people such as Albert Einstein and Ronald Reagan, creating a major
debate in the conspiracy and UFO communities. No more documents
have been leaked or released since 1997. Their authenticity remains
uncertain, and some claim them to be entirely fake.