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SUBJECT: The Majestic Twelve FILE: UFO1062
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PART 19
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A very bizarre but intriguing letter was sent to APRO in either
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late 1980 or early 1981 and is commonly referred to by the name of
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the initial subject of the letter, a Mr. Craig Weitzel. This letter
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refers to a sequence of events which occurred in the mid-1980's at
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both Kirtland AFB and in an area near Pecos, NM and also makes several
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statements to the effect that there is a UFO-investigation detachment
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stationed at or near Kirtland. The writer also goes on to mention
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among other things that there is at least one "object" stored in the
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Manzano storage area. That the letter was at least legitimately received
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at APRO can be ascertained by the vehement letter which Jim Lorenzen
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mailed out rebuking the gentleman who released this letter without
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official permission from APRO. However, can we determine if this letter
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is a total hoax or is there even a grain of truth to be found in the
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information it conveys? In a conversation I had with Craig Weitzel
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he claimed to know nothing of the details related in the letter, and
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denied that he took any photographs. Strangely enough, however, he
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did state that he and the other did see an unusual silvery object
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hovering high in the sky which left the area, to use his words,
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"exponentially"! He had been training in mountain rescue operations
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and he and the others had spelled out S-O-S on the mountain side using
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parachutes and were waiting for the rescue helicopters to spot them.
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While looking for these helicopters they notices the silvery "UFO".
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If this is all that occurred what could be the reason to fabricate
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such a letter and yet give the name and address of a witness who was
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sure to refute the claims? Was it just a bizarre practical joke? The
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author of the anonymous letter claims that after Weitzel spoke with
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AFOSI agent Dody (sic) he did not want to have anything more to do
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with the matter and subsequently the Dody character denied that there
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had been any photographs. Was this a circumstance that could have
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been expected based on previous experience with Air Force handling
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of such matters? Many government and military witnesses often refuse
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to talk about their experiences to strangers either because of official
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pressure or simply for the sake of their own privacy. Motivation again
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must be considered in efforts to find the complete truth.
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In early October 1987 I had a strange conversation with an individual
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who is unknown to me except by first name and who initially knew
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absolutely nothing about my interest in UFOs. During a telephone
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conversation which took place totally by chance, the subject of nuclear
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weapons came up as this person indicated some knowledge of this
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weaponry, being at the time a member of the Air Force. I jokingly
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asked to know everything there was to know about Kirtland AFB, but
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not due to my interest in nuclear weapons per se but because of something
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else I thought may be stored at Manzano that "isn't nuclear weapons."
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After a momentary chuckle this individual said, "yes...UFOs!" As astounded
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as I was I asked for a little clarification, and after relating my
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interest, I was told that there are two "objects" stored in the Manzano
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area from what this person had heard during conversations by Air Force
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personnel in Germany. There had been some discussion about something
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which was related to a UFO incident widely reported in German newspapers
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in 1981 being similar to something which "they" had "over here."
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Because of the circumstances under which this conversation occurred
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and the fact that I had in no way even alluded to the subject I believe
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that this may offer some support to some of the statements made in
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the anonymous "Weitzel" letter.
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A final note of interest has come up in the newly released book
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on the "flying boomerang" objects reported in recent years in and
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around New York state [NIGHT SIEGE, Ballantine 1987]. In the process
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of investigating these incidents Hynek and Imbrogno were contacted
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by an individual who claimed to work for the NSA. They apparently
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verified this to their own satisfaction, and while this person professed
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that his interest was only personal, they were struck by the inordinate
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amount of interest this person showed in their investigations and
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any evidence they uncovered. There are even indications that their
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telephones may have been tapped. While it is unknown if this man's
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interest went further than personal curiosity, it is clear that the
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investigators felt there was something unusual about it. Nevertheless,
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here is yet another instance in which the National Security Agency
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seems to have crept into the picture.
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Do the facts as outlined here cast reasonable suspicion on the
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NSA and its part in official interest in unidentified flying objects?
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I believe that they do and that there is justifiable cause to suspect
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that the project AQUARIUS which relates (at least in some way) to
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UFOs is probably an NSA, or NSA related project. It also still seems
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that in spite of the arguments and confusion concerning documents,
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the designation "MJ-12" must be considered if not a certainty, than
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at least potentially valid. Those who have taken the time to contact
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witnesses and obtain their statements and help, have the best chance
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to make up their minds for themselves, regardless of the confusion
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concerning altered documents which seems to be precipitating furiously.
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We do not want to throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water
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simply because the facts seem confusing. Perhaps even the confusion
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is being directed by someone somewhere. We should keep our sights
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fixed firmly on the major issues and the facts we can prove in our
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efforts to uncover the truth.
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END
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Thanks to all those sources both named and unnamed who have contributed
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to the facts outlined here.
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end of part 19
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