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   PART 11   
      
    In 1989 Moore said that "in early 1983 I became aware that  Rick   
   [Doty] was involved with a team of several others, including  one   
   fellow  from  Denver  that I knew of and at  least  one  who  was   
   working  out  of  Washington,  D.C.,  in  playing  an   elaborate   
   disinformation scheme against a prominent UfO researcher who,  at   
   the  time,  had close connections with a  major  television  film   
   company interested in doing a UFO documentary." He was  referring   
   to  Howe, of course. The episode was a counterintelligence  sting   
   operation,  part  of  the "wall of  disinformation"  intended  to   
   "confuse"  the Bennewitz issue and to "call his credibility  into   
   question."  Because  of  Howe's  interest  in  Bennewitz's  work,   
   according  to  Moore, "certain elements within  the  intelligence   
   community were concerned that the story of his having intercepted   
   low  frequency electromagnetic emissions from the  Coyote  Canyon   
   area  of  the Kirtland/Sandia complex would end up as part  of  a   
   feature film. Since this in turn might influence others (possibly   
   even  the Russians) to attempt similar experiments, someone in  a   
   control  position apparently felt it had to be stopped before  it   
   got out of hand." In his observation, Moore said, "the government   
   seemed hell bent on severing the ties that existed between [Howe]   
   and [HBO]" (Moore, 1989b).   
      
    Doty's assertion that Howe had misrepresented their meeting  was   
   not  to  be taken seriously, according to Moore, since  Doty  was   
   bound by a security oath and could not discuss the matter  freely   
   Moore  said that the Aztec crash, known beyond  reasonable  doubt   
   never  to  have  occurred, was something Doty had  added  to  the   
   document after learning from Moore of his recent investigation of   
   the hoax.   
      
    In December 1984, in the midst of continuing contact with  their   
   own  sources  (Doty  and a number of others) who  claimed  to  be   
   leaking  the  secret  of the cover-up,  Moore's  associate  Jaime   
   Shandera  received a roll of 35mm film containing, it turned  out   
   what  purported to be a briefing paper dated November  18,  1952,   
   and  intended  for  president-elect  Eisenhower.  The   purported   
   author, Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, reported that an "Operation   
   Majestic-12,"  consisting  of a dozen  top  scientists,  military   
   officers  and  intelligence  specialists,  had  been  set  up  by   
   presidential  order on September 24, 1947, to study  the  Roswell   
   remains  and  the four humanoid bodies that  had  been  recovered   
   nearby. The document report that the team directed by MJ12 member   
   and  physiologist  Detlev Bronk "has suggested the  term  'Extra-   
   terrestrial  Biological Entities', or 'EBEs', be adopted  as  the   
   standard term of reference for these creatures until such time as   
   a more definitive designation can be agreed upon." Brief  mention   
   is also made of a December 6, 1950, crash along the  Texas-Mexico   
   border.   Nothing  is  said,  however,  about  live   aliens   or   
   communications with them.   
      
    In  July  1985  Moore and Shandera, acting on  tips  from  their   
   sources,  traveled  to  Washington and spent  a  few  days  going   
   through  recently  declassified documents in  Record  Group  341,   
   including  Top  Secret  Air Force intelligence  files  from  USAF   
   Headquarters. In the 126th box whose contents they examined, they   
   found  a  brief  memo dated July 14, 1954,  from  Robert  Cutler,   
   Special  Assistant to the President, to Gen. Nathan  Twining.  It   
   says  "The  president  has decided that  the  MJ-12/SSP  [Special   
   Studies  Project] briefing should take place during  the  already   
   scheduled White House meeting of July 16 rather than following it   
   as  previously  intended.  More  precise  arrangements  will   be   
   explained to you upon your arrival. Your concurrence in the above   
   change of arrangements is assumed" (Friedman, 1987).   
      
    The   Cutler/Twining  memo,  as  it  would  be  called  in   the   
   controversies  that  erupted  after  Moore  released  the   MJ-12   
   document to the world in the spring of 1987, is the only official   
   document-not  to  be  confused with such  disputed  ones  as  the   
   November  17, 1980, Aquarius document-to mention MJ-12.  (Several   
   critics   of  the  MJ-12  affair  have  questioned   the   memo's   
   authenticity  as well, but so far without  unambiguous  success.)   
   The  memo does not, of course, say what the MJ12 Special  Studies   
   Project was.   
      
   MJ-12  Goes  Public: Just prior to Moore's release of  the  MJ-12   
   briefing  paper,  another copy was leaked  to  British  ufologist   
   Timothy Good, who took his copy to the press. The first newspaper   
   article  on it appeared in the London Observer of May  31,  1987,   
   and  soon  it was the subject of pieces in the  New  York  Times,   
   Washington  Post and ABC-TV's Nightline. It was  also  denounced,   
   not  altogether persuasively, both by professional debunkers  and   
   by  many  ufologists. The dispute would rage  without  resolution   
   well  into 1989, when critics discovered that President  Truman's   
   signature on the September 24, 1947, executive order (appended to   
   the  briefing  paper)  was  exactly  like  his  signature  on  an   
   undisputed, UFO-unrelated October 1, 1947, letter to his  science   
   adviser  (and  supposed  MJ-12  member)  Vannevar  Bush.  To  all   
   appearances  a  forger had appended a real signature  to  a  fake   
   letter.   The   MJ-12  document  began  to  look   like   another   
   disinformation scheme.   
      
    Although acutely aware of the mass of disinformation circulating   
   throughout  the UFO community, Moore remained convinced  that  at   
   least some of the information his own sources were giving him was   
   authentic. In 1988 he provided two of his sources, "Falcon" (Sgt.   
   Doty according to some) and "Condor" (later claimed to be  former   
   U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Collins), to a television  production   
   company.  (Moore  and  Shandera had given them  avian  names  and   
   called the sources collectively "the birds.") UFO Cover-up . .  .   
   Live, a two-hour program, aired in October 1988, with Falcon  and   
   Condor,  their faces shaded, their voices altered,  relating  the   
   same  tales with which they had regaled Moore and  Shandera.  The   
   show,  almost universally judged a laughable  embarrassment,  was   
   most  remembered for the informants' statements that  the  aliens   
   favored  ancient Tibetan music and strawberry ice cream.  Critics   
   found the latter allegation especially hilarious.   
   end of part 11   
      
                
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