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THE "MJ-12" FILE: ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE "SMEAR" REPORT:
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It has, unfortunately, been over two months since our last issue of
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"Smear", and in that period of time MUCH has happened regarding the now-
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famous "Majestic-12" or "MJ-12" documents released by Bill Moore and friends
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earlier this year.
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Before we move on to a summary of new information, let us mention some-
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thing we neglected to state in our earlier ravings: Apparently long deceased
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Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter was the most important member of this group
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of twelve, because his name comes first on the list (he is referred to as "MJ-
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1") and because he was allegedly the briefing officer who presented this
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startling information to president-elect Dwight Eisenhower on or about Nov.
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18th, 1952. Hillenkoetter, after retirement from his position as first dir-
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ector of the CIA, became a member of the board of directors of NICAP, circa
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1957. Can anyone seriously believe he would have dared to OPENLY join a pro-
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UFO organization if he had the KNOWLEDGE of UFO reality that the "MJ-12"
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briefing document leads us to assume???
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We have already published our exclusive information from Dr. Ernest
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Taves, a very close friend of Dr. Donald Menzel, who apparently was "MJ-10".
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Taves, like others who knew Menzel well, cannot believe that the long-de-
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ceased former director of Harvard Observatory could have had this above-men-
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tioned knowledge of UFO reality and still have written 3 anti-saucer books,
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and still have debunked UFOs emotionally at every opportunity. Yet Moore and
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Friedman see nothing amiss here, and have in fact written long, detailed re-
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buttals re the "Menzel Connection" and all other negative evidence that has
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been brought up in regard to "MJ-12". They do seem to believe what they are
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saying!
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CUFOS, in an editorial by Jerry Clark in the May-June issue of the "In-
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ternational UFO Reporter", and in a more recent press release, seems general-
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ly supportive of "MJ-12", and claims that the "verdict is still open."
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MUFON has expressed various opinions, swaying pro and con. They used our
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Taves material in a recent issue of their Journal, and in the August issue of
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their Newsletter, edited by MUFON's Massachusetts director James Melesciuc,
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they state: "The results of the MJ-12 circus created by Moore, Shandera and
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Friedman could be detrimental to the future of document research. The hunger
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for publicity or for financial gain by any type of self-styled expert can be
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as damaging to the subject as the crackpots and fanatics. Moore and Friedman,
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of all people, should realize that by promoting evidence loaded with loop-
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holes, will cause people to question the quality of their research and would
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be disastrous to their reputations...."
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Needless to say, CSICOP, as personified by Phil Klass, issued a totally
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negative press release, based on insufficient information, in our opinion.
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Much more interesting than the CSICOP release is the September issue of "Just
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Cause", published by Lawrence Fawcett and Barry Greenwood. In an article en-
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titled "The MJ-12 Fiasco," they give a vast amount of detailed negative data
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that no student of this matter should overlook. (Address: P. O. Box 218,
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Coventry, CT., 16238). To this Bill Moore's only comment (to us, by phone)
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is: "Sour Grapes."
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"Just Cause" introduces into the fray the name of a present or former
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intelligence officer named Richard Doty, assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base,
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New Mexico. The magazine alleges that Doty may very likely be Moore's source.
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Alas, when we said in our last "Smear" that "we believe we have the name of
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the probably perpetrator", it was Doty to whom we were referring. We have
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thus been "scooped", but never mind: Moore admits knowing Doty, but denies
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that Doty is his source. So the mystery deepens!
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Phil Klass, relying largely on information from British researcher Chris-
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topher Allan, has made a big deal out of the fact that the "MJ-12" briefing
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paper uses an unusual format in writing the dates, which happens to be ex-
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actly the same unusual format that Bill Moore uses in writing HIS dates. Our
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comment is: Whereas the notorious Straith Letter Hoax of 1957 DID reflect
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Gray Barkers' stylistic peculiarities, since it was written late one drunken
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night with no forethought, Moore would have to be remarkably stupid or insane
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to make such a naive mistake. If the dating similarity means anything, it
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more likely means that the REAL hoaxter was trying deliberately to frame
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Moore!
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So, to get to the point: It appears that most thoughtful Ufologists be-
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lieve "MJ-12" is possibly or probably a hoax, and some Ufologists, plus all
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of the debunkers, believe that Moore & Co. are behind it. Our position is
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that, although "MJ-12" is a hoax in all probability, Moore's group is NOT
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behind it. On to our exclusive information:
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Your humble "Smear" editor spent large parts of three days with Moore
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and Shandera recently (Sept. 23-25), in Burbank, California, discussing "MJ-
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12" and related topics. We were left with the strong impression that they
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are, if anything VICTIMS of a complex sophisticated hoax that has engulfed
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them for several years - a DISINFORMATION campaign of some sort, for what
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purpose we do not know.
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Ufologists don't seem to realize that Moore has been involved since 1980
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in the receipt of supposed "inside" government information from first one in-
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formant, and eventually several, on a more or less continuing basis. Like
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"Deep Throat" in the Watergate Scandal, these informants do not always hand
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him answers, but they tell him where to look. As a result, Moore has given up
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his literary career, which looked very promising after the publication of
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"The Roswell Incident" (with Charles Berlitz) in 1980, and has devoted all of
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his spare time to research related to these ufological matters. He earns a
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bare living by selling UFO books and his own tracts by mail order.
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Shandera joined Moore in the quest in 1982. He too has largely given up
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his career, which was in film and broadcasting. His financial situation is
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better than Moore's however, as his wife has a very good job in the TV in-
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dustry.
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Friedman is, it seems, a more passive partner, in that he is merely kept
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informed of information received by the other two. He continues to work at a
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normal science-related job in his home town in Canada.
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Another thing that Ufologists don't seem to realize is that Moore's evi-
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dence consists of a great deal more than what he has released so far. (Appar-
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ently his sources tell him what he can release, and were he to disobey, he
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would blow the whole ongoing relationship.) There are other documents, includ-
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ing one he claims was given to him for exactly 20 minutes to do what he want-
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ed with, and then was taken back. He photographed it and read it into a tape
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recorder, in the presence of the agent who lent it to him.
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There are also several videotapes. We were allowed to see one 20-minute
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tape and most of another. These consist of a supposed agent talking in a tot-
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ally disguised voice, answering a list of questions from a supposed newsman.
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The agent is disguised, and the newsman has his back to the camera. The prov-
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en identities of these two are known to Moore and Shandera, they say. No one
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was present at the tapings except these two, plus Moore, Shandera, and the
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producer.
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The contents of the tapes are Way Out - literally and figuratively. We
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have been asked not to print anything about the contents, so we will merely
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comment that we find the material literally incredible without further evi-
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dence to back it up. Moore & Co. apparently have such evidence and expect to
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get more.
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The scenario is that by the end of this year, Moore's informants will
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either come forth with more information and public disclosures, or else Moore
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will give up on his informants and go public, himself, with all the inform-
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ation he has obtained so far. In either case, we are in for some interesting
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times!
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There is much more to all this, but Space prevents us from rambling fur-
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ther in this issue. Re our continuing "MJ-12" quest: Our sincere thanks to,
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among others, Tommy Roy Blann (who now says he has suddenly withdrawn from
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the UFO field!); to Jim Speiser of ParaNet; to Antonio Huneeus for material
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on the deeply mysterious "Humo Papers" which he has not yet sent (See Next
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Issue!); and to the alleged Space People for making all this madness pos-
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sible.
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Also a tip of the "Smear" sombrero to the various zines that have seen
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fit to reprint or condense some of our "MJ-12" material in earlier issues:
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"California UFO"; "Would You Believe?"; "The MUFON Journal"; and (ugh!)
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"Skeptical Inquirer".
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