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those who contained the knowledge brought to light today. But for the first time in 50 years, society is now ready to hear the rest of the story, and the urgency of an organizing motive for the world has never been greater," continued Firmage. (The International Space Sciences Organization can be reached at 1556 Halford Avenue, Suite 110, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA; telephone (408) 395 4378. Joseph Firmage's online "book", called The Truth, can be found at his web- site, .) those who contained the knowledge eight-page document purports to introduce not acquired by theft, coercion or bribery. brought to light today. But for the first then President-elect Eisenhower to a shad- He then explained that the source of most time in 50 years, society is now ready to _owy organisation called the "Majestic-12 of the newly acquired documents is another hear the rest of the story, and the urgency (Majic—12) Group" (also often referred to California-based researcher named of an organizing motive for the world has as "MJ-12") which had been created by Timothy Cooper. never been greater," continued Firmage. President Truman in 1947 in response to Cooper has become expert in using the (The International Space Sciences one or more UFO crash recoveries in New Freedom of Information Act to acquire Organization can be reached at 1556 Mexico. It was MJ-12's alleged purpose to UFO-related documents. However, most Halford Avenue, Suite 110, Santa Clara, manage, contain and if possible exploit the of the documents pertaining to MJ—12 were CA 95051, USA; telephone (408) 395 discovery of alien technology and EBEs— apparently given to him in 1992 by a secre- 4378. Joseph Firmage's online "book", — extraterrestrial biological entities. tive person known only as "Cantwheel", called The Truth, can be found at his web- In the decade since the first public revee who has since passed away. The site, .) lations of MJ—12, many researchers have Cantwheel documents were sent by Cooper studied the controversial Eisenhower to a number of leading researchers who are 2. NEWS REPORT, 16 November 1998, Briefing Document, seeking clues to its ori- now cooperating with Dr Robert Wood and from CNI News (vol. 4, no. 18, part 2), gin and possible authenticity. The US Air Ryan Wood in analysing their content and e-mail CNINews1@ aol.com Force, Government Accounting Office and authenticity. It may never be known who FBI have declared it "bogus". A number of | Cantwheel really was or why he might New Documents said to Support leading Roswell researchers have likewise have acquired the documents. But, accord- MJ-12 Claims cast doubt on the document's authenticity. ing to the Woods, that is only a minor Ams of some 40 documents com- Needless to say, most mainstream com- impediment to their research. prising 125 pages of information may mentators have dismissed it as a hoax. With 125 pages of never-before-seen prove the existence and function of a super- However, noted UFO researcher Stanton documents to study, they can apply widely secret government agency known in UFO Friedman, after a thorough investigation of accepted techniques of forensic analysis to research circles as "Majestic-12". That is the document, declared that it is very likely prove or disprove authenticity, even if the the opinion of Dr Robert Wood and Ryan authentic. He has staunchly defended that original source of the documents is in Wood, a California-based, father-and-son opinion, against much opposition, since doubt. Those techniques include palaeog- research team engaged in a detailed study publication of his Final Report on raphy—the study of typeface, writing style, of the controversial documents. Operation Majestic 12 in 1990. Now it code marks and insignia on the paper, and In 1987, the world first learned of the so- appears that, at the very least, Friedman has __ so forth. called Eisenhower Briefing Document. some strong new allies in the MJ-12 con- Palaeography alone can go a long way Dated 18 November 1952, the sensational — troversy. It may even turn out that proof of toward demonstrating a document's proba- the reality of ble authenticity, because a hoaxer must be MJ-12 is athand. extremely well informed and capable of On 11 October exactly reproducing very obscure details in 1998, ata UFO a purported mid-century, Top Secret docu- conference in ment, or it will be easily seen as a hoax. So New Haven, _ far, the Woods say, the palaeographic accu- Connecticut, racy of the documents in question is enor- sponsored by mously impressive. John White an Another analytic technique involves O m _e g a _ internal chronology. If, for example, a Communications, document mentions that a certain govern- Dr Robert Woo: ment official was in a certain location on a and Ryan Woo certain day, it is possible to check in the made a detaile historical archives, including personal logs presentation of and journals kept by that official, to see if some of their there is any discrepancy in authenticated findings. Dr papers that would point to hoax in the doc- Wood began by — ument under scrutiny. Even one clear dis- explaining that, continuity—for example, if the national although half of archives showed a certain General attend- the documents ing a meeting in Europe on a day when a under study are questioned document had that same | eel marked Top General in New Mexico—could be suffi- Secret, itis legal cient to debunk the document. Again, NAVEL IMTE LLIG ENCE for a civilian to however, extensive analysis of this kind have them, as _ has not turned up any out-of-place chronol- long as they were ogy in the Woods' documents. 2. NEWS REPORT, 16 November 1998, from CNI News (vol. 4, no. 18, part 2), e-mail CNINews1@ aol.com New Documents said to Support MJ-12 Claims Ams of some 40 documents com- prising 125 pages of information may prove the existence and function of a super- secret government agency known in UFO research circles as "Majestic—12". That is the opinion of Dr Robert Wood and Ryan Wood, a California-based, father-and-son research team engaged in a detailed study of the controversial documents. In 1987, the world first learned of the so- called Eisenhower Briefing Document. Dated 18 November 1952, the sensational 64 - NEXUS FEBRUARY — MARCH 1999