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   SUBJECT: The Majestic Twelve                                 FILE: UFO1060   
      
   PART 17   
      
         As any good detective can tell, motivation is a helpful key   
   in solv-ing any crime or mystery. Who would stand to gain by the situation   
   at hand? Perhaps a little of this line of reasoning would help in   
   solving the current mystery of AQUARIUS/MJ-12. The revelation of a   
   UFO-related project by the name of AQUARIUS first appeared on the   
   scene in what has commonly been referred to as the "NASA-telex"   
   [AQUARIUS.DOC]. This is the allegedly genuine document which describes   
   several pieces of photographic film relating to incidents at Kirtland   
   AFB and the case of Paul Bennewitz. As most knowledgeable people are   
   aware, this document relates quite a bit of interesting information   
   pertaining to official interest in UFOs as well as mentioning the   
   existence of project AQUARIUS and something called "MJ-12".  However,   
   several key areas in this document were deleted by either the original   
   source or by the recipient. It is interesting to note that there is   
   a retyped version of this document which has circulated with the deletions   
   filled-in, but with no explanation as to who retyped it or how the   
   previously deleted areas were uncovered.   
      
         Reportedly Peter Gersten was shown this document in 1983 and   
   so it would seem that it has been around for several years. But if   
   Gersten was the original recipient he has not revealed where he obtained   
   it or from whom. This document would appear to be closely tied to   
   the events at Kirtland AFB in 1980 inasmuch as it mentions Bennewitz   
   and the Air Force interest in UFO sightings over military bases. Could   
   the release of this document be related to the release of the initial   
   document(s) concerning the events at Kirtland? [KIRTLND1.DOC, KIRTLND2.DOC]   
   William Moore has stated that he was first given the initial Kirtland   
   documents in Washington DC in early 1982 by an unnamed source. And   
   there have been several rumors circulated concerning heated arguments   
   between Moore and Gersten over the means by which Gersten obtained   
   these documents. Rumors aside, if Moore received his documents over   
   one year after the incidents occurred then whoever gave him these   
   copies must have had access to them either from AFOSI files in Washington   
   or from the original sender at Kirtland. There are indications that   
   William Moore received his copies from Richard Doty, the AFOSI Special   
   Agent at Kirtland AFB. Other sources have also reported that Doty   
   was involved in an effort to get information of this nature out to   
   certain individuals for purposes unknown. And so it seems possible   
   that Doty was responsible for the Kirtland documents and perhaps the   
   "NASA-telex" being released as he would have been in a position to   
   have access to such information. Regardless, it would fall to serious   
   UFO researchers to attempt to verify if the documents conveyed valid   
   information, or disinformation.   
      
         As interest began to focus on AQUARIUS and "MJ-12" several   
   different FOIA requests were filed with various government agencies   
   to try to garn-ish information on these subjects, but as recently   
   as 1986 most of the leading figures in Ufology were convinced that   
   the document was a forgery and that Project AQUARIUS was nonexistent.   
      
   In 1985 I had filed several different requests with government agencies   
   requesting information on three projects: Sigma, Snowbird and Aquarius;   
   as well as any information pertaining to MJ-12 or Majestic-12. I   
   specifically did not mention any connection or interest dealing with   
   UFOs in these requests. With the exception of the National Security   
   Agency every response I received was a denial of any knowledge of   
   any of these subjects or titles. While they stated that Sigma and   
   Snowbird were "not projects of this agency" and that they had no knowledge   
   of MJ-12, they estimated that search fees for all information on Project   
   AQUARIUS would be $15,000! It would appear that this is a rather expansive   
   project. After several subsequent requests for clarification and to   
   simply send the initial document which initiated the project the NSA   
   stated that the project did not deal with "UFOs" and that as I would   
   not be paying the fees they were concluding action on my requests.   
   Subsequent appeals only clarified that Project AQUARIUS was classified   
   Top Secret and that release of any portion of it could pose "grave   
   danger to the national security." [AQUANSA.DOC]   
      
         Several individuals have considered the statement by the NSA   
   that AQUARIUS does not deal with UFOs to be patently honest, and perhaps   
   this is the truth. However I believe that to have expected the NSA   
   to "rollover" and openly reveal otherwise would be naive to say the   
   least. It seems paradoxical that some "researchers" both expect these   
   agencies to be deceptive but will readily accept some statements as   
   totally accurate. I believe that there are sufficient reasons to suspect   
   that the NSA project may actually be the project which is indicated   
   in the "NASA-telex" which originally mentioned it and MJ-12.   
      
         In the process of trying to verify the above document I had   
   addressed a series of letters to what was designated the 7602 Air   
   Intelligence Group (7602 AINTELG), as of 1983 known as the Air Force   
   Special Activities Center. A Branch of the Air Force Intelligence   
   Service, the 7602 AINTELG deals with human resource intelligence,   
   much the same as the 4602 AINTELG which is known to have aided Edward   
   Ruppelt in his investi-gations several years ago. This may or may   
   not be coincidence and could be an interesting avenue for further   
   research. Nevertheless, in the process of trying to get information   
   on this group I had been receiving somewhat evasive response letters   
   from AFIS. In a conversation with an Air Force source in which I had   
   referred to my problems in obtaining information on this group I was   
   informed that perhaps this is due to the fact that "they are a branch   
   of the NSA!" This was at the time my first indication that there may   
   be some NSA involvement, and was prior to my letters to NSA itself.   
   Within a few months I was to learn another interesting fact pointing   
   to the NSA.   
      
         With the aid of well known researcher Thomas Adams I was notified   
   of a person who reportedly had heard a very interesting statement   
   concerning the initial AQUARIUS/MJ-12 document. After speaking with   
   this gentleman personally I was firmly convinced that the information   
   he was relating was accurate as it had been told to him. He related   
   that he had been told personally that this document had been changed   
   in two ways, and that he had been told this by the individual who had   
   changed it. Although both changes were not revealed, he had been told   
   that the reference in the document to "NASA" had originally been "NSA"!   
   And who was the person doing the telling ...none other than William   
   Moore. In a brief conversation with Moore after this in which I asked   
   him if he had any knowledge of this he simply stated "No comment."   
      
   end of part 17   
      
                
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