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62 The following very brief backgrounds of the twelve men said to have been members of MJ-12 include their positions at the time of the formation of MJ-12 in 1947 (boldface type). of the Central Intelligence Agency (1947-1950). Dr. VANNEVAR BUSH. Chairman of the National Defense and Development during World War II. Chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA, later NASA), 1939-1941. Chairman of the Joint Re- search and Development Board (1945-1948). JAMES V FORRESTAL. Secretary of the Navy, 1945-1947. First Secretary of Defense, 1947-1949. GEN. NATHAN F. TWINING. Commander of the USAAF Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, 1945-1947. GEN. HoYT VANDENBERG. Chief of Military Intelligence for the War Department during World War II. Second Direc- tor of Central Intelligence, 1946-1947. Chief of the Air Staff, 1947. Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, 1948- 1953. Dr. DETLEV BRONK. Founder of the science of biophysics. Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Brookhaven National Laboratories. Chairman of the Na- tional Research Council, 1946-1950. President of the National Academy of Sciences, 1950-1962. President of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. JEROME HUNSAKER. Chairman of the Departments of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, 1933-1951. Chairman -@aTaA a 1044 10NEr7 SIDNEY SOUERS. First Director of Central Intelligence, 1946. First Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, 1947-1950. Special consultant on intelligence matters to President Harry Truman. CRASH AT CORONA MEMBERS OF THE MJ-12 GROUP REAR ADMIRAL ROSCOE H. HILLENKOETTER. First Director Research Commission and Office of Scientific Research of NACA, 1941-1956.