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This FBI file, mirrored by The Black Vault, collects Bureau records on the Majestic 12 document. It opens with a Dallas communication from 1988 about local publicity and a 1952 briefing paper for President-elect Eisenhower that claims a crashed disc and four bodies were recovered near Roswell. The file also holds a later FBIHQ teletype and a 1991 Salt Lake City airtel. The FBI teletype reports that Air Force OSI called the document fabricated and "completely bogus" and orders Dallas to close the case.
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## TOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY TOP SECRET ## EYES ONLY On 24 June, 1947, a civilian pilot flying over the Cascade Mountains in the State of Washington observed ninety-flying disc-shaped aircraft traveling in formation at a high rate of speed. Although this was not the first known sighting of such objects, it was the first to gain widespread attention in the public media. Hundreds of reports of sightings of similar objects followed. Many of these came from highly credible military and civilian sources. These reports resulted in independent efforts by several different elements of the military to ascertain the nature and purpose of these objects in the interests of national defense. A number of witnesses were interviewed and there were several unsuccessful attempts to utilise aircraft in efforts to pursue reported disos in flight. Public reaction bordered on near hysteria at times. In spite of these reports, little of substance was learned about the objects until a local rancher reported that one had crashed in a remote region of New Mexico located approximately seventy-five miles northwest of Roswell Army Air Base (now Walker Field). On 07 July, 1947, a secret operation has begun to assure recovery of the wreckage of this object for scientific study. During the course of this operation material reconnaissance discovered that four small human-like beings had apparently ejected from the craft at some point before it exploded. These had fallen to earth about two miles east of the wreckage site. All four were dead and badly decomposed due to action by predators and exposure to the elements during the approximately one week the period which had elapsed before their discovery. A special scientific team took charge of removing these bodies for study. (See Attachment "C".) The wreckage of the craft was also removed in several different locations. (See Attachment "D".) Civilian and military witnesses in the area were interviewed, and news reporters were given the effective news story that the object had been a misguided weather research balloon. EYES ONLY TOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY
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