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| ...Thus, he carefully avoids saying "no," but he says that we will "take every advantage of such wonders that have come to us" after we have won the war. Very gracious letter. The classification "double top secret" was a legitimate one. Similar copies have been requested from the Roosevelt Library for format and typography comparison. The signature, although not a strong discriminate, is consistant with other authentic signatures. |
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| Oppenheimer-Einstein Draft, June 1947 (494k) This six-page document titled "Relationships with Inhabitants of Celestial Bodies." This is the first document to use the phrase Extraterrestrial Biological Entities, or EBEs. It says the presence of unidentified spacecraft is accepted as de facto by the military - and this is dated June 1947. It deals with the subject that you would expect competent scientists to deal with - i.e., where do they come from, what does the law say about it, what should we do, and why are they here? |
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| General Eisenhower Memo to Col. K.W. Ireland 30 June 1947 (34k) In this one-page unclassified memo dated 30 June 1947, Eisenhower orders Col. K.W. Ireland to take good care of Archbishop Francis J. Spellman on his tour through New Mexico. What seems unusual is President Truman's personal involvement in this matter. The memo states: "By personal direction of the President of the United States, Archbisop Francis J. Spellman in his capacity as Military Vicar of the Armed Forces of the Army, Army Air Forces, and the Navy, is making a tour of military bases in New Mexico, afterwards is making a trip over the routes of the Air Transport Command." It is strange that this is a classified trip, as evidenced by the following statement: "General Webster has assured me that the Archbishop will have complete security at all times and that his presence at any air field will not be disclosed as his flight schedule is considered classified by order of AC/AS General Vandenburg." |
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| Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit Field Order 4 July, 1947 (43k) This one page order says for the officer in charge (OIC) to take a counter intrelligence team to the UFO crash site and report to the G2 (intelligence) at Condron Field, New Mexico, which is, of course, Roswell. OIC is to take along a non-commissioned OIC, an aeronautical engineer, a scientist, a security officer and a medical doctor, and provide a report by the 28th of July. |
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| Vannevar Bush Letter to President Truman 5 July, 1947 (206k) On July 5, 1947, possibly a result of the New Mexico events, Vannevar Bush writes a letter to Truman recapping the status of earlier investigations. As an apparant follow up from FDR to Bush, FDR wrote another letter (which I don't have) in April 1944 requesting recommendations on four specific points. This letter is Bush's answer. It is presumed that the Top Secret/Eyes Only Operation Majestic-12 classification was added at a later date. The letter also shows an "OK" and a Harry Truman signature. continued --> |