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SUBJECT: REFERENCE REPORT ON MJ-12 FILE: UFO2437
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES Washington, DC 20408
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Date: July 22, 1987
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Reply to
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attn of: Military Reference Branch
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Subject: Reference Report on MJ-12
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To: The Record
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The National Archives has received many requests for
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documentation and information about "Project MJ-12". Many of
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the inquiries concern a memorandum from Robert Cutler to
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General Nathan Twning, dated July 14, 1954. This particular
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document poses problems for the following reasons:
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1. The document was located in Record Group 341, entry
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267. The series is filed by a Top Secret register number. This
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document does not bear such a number.
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2. The document is in the folder T4-1846. There are no
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other documents in the folder regarding "NSC/MJ-12".
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3. The Militry Reference Branch (Edward Reese) has
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conducted a search in the records of the Secretary of Defense,
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the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Headquarters US Air Force, and in
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other related files. No further information has been found on
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thisbject.
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4. Inquiries to the US Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of
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Staff, and the National Security Council failed toproduce
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further information.
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5. The Acting Director of the Freedom of Information
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Office of the National Security Council informed us that "Top
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Secret Restricted Information" is a marking which did not come
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ito use at the National Security Council until the Nixon
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Administration. The Eisenhower Presidental Library also
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confirms that this particular marking was not used during the
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Eisenhower Administration.
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6. The document in question does not bear an official
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government letterhead or watermark. The NARA conservation
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specialist (Mary Ritzenthaler) examined the paper and
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determined it was a ribbon copy prepared on "dictation
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onionskin". The Eisenhwer Library has examined its collection
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of the Cutler papers. All documents created by Mr. Cutler while
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he served on the NSC staff ha an eagle watermark in the
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onionskin carbon paper. Most documents sent out by the NSC were
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prepared on White House letterhead paper. For th brief period
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when Mr. Cutler left the NSC, his carbon copies were prepared
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on "prestige onionskin".
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7. The Judicial, Fiscal, and Social Branch searched the
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Official Meeting Minute Files of the National Security Council
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and found no record of a NSC meeting on July 16, 1954. A search
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of all NSC Meeting Minutes fro July 1954 found nomention of MJ-
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12 nor Majestic.
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8. The Judicial, Fisca and Social Branch (Mary Ronan)
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searched the indicies [sic] of the NSC records and found no
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listing for: MJ-12, Majestic, unidentified flying objects, UFO,
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flying saucers,or flying discs.
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9. The Judicial, Fiscal, and Social Branch (Mary Ronan)
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found a memo in a folder titled "Special Meeting July 16, 1954"
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which indcated that NSC members would be called to a civil
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defense exercise on July 16, 1954.
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10. The Eisenhower Library states, in a letter to NNMR,
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dated July 16, 1987:
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"President Eisenhower's Appointment Books contain no entry
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for a special meeting on July 16, 1954 which might have
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included a briefing on MJ-12. Even when the President had `off
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the record' meetings, the Appointment Books contain entries
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indicating the time of the meeting and the participants....
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The Declassification Office of the National Security
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Council has informed us that it has no record of any
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declassification action having been taken on this memorandum or
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any other documents on this alleged project....
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Robert Cutler, at the direction of President Eisenhower,
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was visiting overseas military installations on the day he
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supposedly issued this memorandum -- July 14, 1954. The
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Administration Series in Eisenhower's Papers as President
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contains Cutler's memorandum and report to the President upon
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his return from thetrip. The memorandum is dated July 20, 1954
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and refers to Cutle's visits to installations in Europe and
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North Africa between July 3 and 15. Also, within the NSC Staff
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Papers is a memorandum dated July 3, 1954, from Cutler to his
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two subordinates, James S. Lay and J. Patrick Coyne, explaining
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how they should handle NSC administrative matters during his
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absence; one would assume that if the memorandum, to Twining
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were genuine, Lay or Coyne would have signed it."
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JO ANNE WILLIAMSON
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Chief, Military Reference Branch
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Military Archives Division
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