Official position · S-002
AFOSI informed the FBI that no “Majestic 12” committee had ever been authorized; the FBI therefore judged the MJ-12 document in circulation since 1984 to be completely fake.
FBI and AFOSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigations) · Nov 30, 1988
Historical cases
What it denies and what it leaves open
It denies the authenticity of the MJ-12 document and the existence of a committee by that name; it does not concern other alleged retrieval programs. It leaves open the origin of the forgeries: in 2017 researcher Emma Best hypothesized government disinformation, sponsored or at least tolerated.
- Original words
completely bogus
Sources
- FBI Vault – Majestic 12 (primary source)
- MuckRock, June 5, 2017 (press)
- Wikipedia – Majestic 12 (other)
On this site
Documents 1
- The FBI file on the “Majestic 12” documents Original available
Where the claims come from 1
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