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This FBI file on Majestic 12 collects Bureau correspondence from 1988 to 1991 about copies of the alleged 18 November 1952 MJ-12 briefing for President-elect Eisenhower. The Dallas office asked whether the document was still classified. FBI headquarters replied that the Air Force Office of Special Investigations called it fabricated and completely bogus, and told Dallas to close the case. In 1991 Salt Lake City sent in another copy that had been found on a lobby floor, and the FBI asked OSI to identify who created it.
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Date: November 15, 1991 To: Commander Office of Special Investigations Department of the Air Force Bolling Air Force Base Washington, D.C. From: Harry B. Brandon, III, Acting Assistant Director Intelligence Division Subject: POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION RELATING TO "OPERATION MAJESTIC 12". For your information, our Bureau recently recovered what may possibly be a classified document, dated November 18, 1952, relating to "OPERATION MAJESTIC 12." The document indicates that this project related to sightings/recovery of extra-terrestrial aircraft. It is noted that although this document may represent some type of hoax, it is our responsibility to insure that all incidents involving the mishandling of classified data receive adequate investigative attention. Therefore, we request that your agency attempt to ascertain the originator and/or the current classification of the enclosed document. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated. The Point of Contact for this matter is, Supervisory Special Agent Intelligence Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters, STU III NOTE: Instant requests assistance from the OSI in this matter. Enclosure
FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 24 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.