Person

Bill Moore

Ufologist, co-author of The Roswell Incident; admitted to disinformation activities

1980s · Historical figures (1933–2007) · Researcher

An American ufologist, he wrote The Roswell Incident with Charles Berlitz; after the book he was approached by Richard Doty and others who presented themselves as AFOSI agents and who, according to historians, recruited him with promises of evidence that were never kept. With Jaime Shandera and Stanton Friedman he released the MJ-12 documents in 1987; he has admitted to typing and stamping an “MJ Twelve” memo as a facsimile and, according to Peebles, the date format of the documents matches that of his notes. In 1989, at a MUFON conference, he stated that he had carried out disinformation activities against Paul Bennewitz on behalf of AFOSI.

Key claims

• In 1989 he publicly stated that he had carried out disinformation activities against Paul Bennewitz on behalf of AFOSI.

Controversies

• Admitted to typing and stamping an “MJ Twelve” memo presented as a facsimile.
• According to Pflock, all the recipients of the fake MJ-12 documents were connected to him.
• According to the sources he kept notes on other ufologists for his AFOSI contacts and spread false information.

Documented authority

It measures how documented and verifiable what the person claims is, not their honesty. Each criterion is scored from 0 to 2.

Credentials 2/2

Co-author of The Roswell Incident and a documented figure in the MJ-12 case.

Direct access 1/2

Directly involved with AFOSI, by his own admission; the information on MJ-12 reached him from contacts such as Doty.

Evidence provided 0/2

The MJ-12 documents he circulated were judged false by the FBI.

Claims track record 0/2

By his own admission he spread disinformation.

Conflicts of interest 0/2

Author of books on the Roswell case and, according to the sources, a collaborator of AFOSI.

Sources

1. Bill Moore (ufologist), English Wikipedia (other)
2. Majestic 12, English Wikipedia (other)
3. Mark Pilkington, Mirage Men: A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs, Little, Brown Book, 2010 (book)
4. Skeptoid, episode 528: “The Secret History of Majestic 12” (July 19, 2016) (analysis, skeptical)

On this site

Documents 1

• The FBI file on the “Majestic 12” documents Original available

Where the claims come from 2

• The United States holds intact or partially intact craft of non-human origin, the product of a retrieval…
• Non-human biological remains, that is, bodies or “biologics,” were recovered together with the craft.

Timeline 2

• Dec 11, 1984: The “Majestic 12” documents appear, later declared fake by the FBI
• 1989: Bill Moore admits to having carried out disinformation for the AFOSI in the Bennewitz case

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