[0:16:15 - 0:16:24] Adding to the mystery, Menzel was named in the
MJ-12 documents as part of Truman's top secret UFO research panel in the late 1940s.
[0:16:24 - 0:16:32] Now there are definite issues with the
MJ-12 documents, but there are core truths in those documents that have been corroborated by open source research.
[0:33:58 - 0:34:06] Now I know some of you might already have strong opinions about the
MJ-12 docs, but I just want to remind viewers that it's not just one thing.
[0:34:28 - 0:34:38] Take for example a leaked
MJ-12 document from 1995 recently discussed by Ross Kohlthart on news nation with former Australian intelligence officer Jeff Krueckschenk.
[0:34:46 - 0:34:57] In it, JFK asks for a review of
MJ-12 intelligence operations as they relate to Cold War psychological warfare. Skeptics might dismiss this, but here's where it gets interesting.
[0:35:15 - 0:35:22] A fact that would have been impossible for a forger to predict decades earlier upon release of the
MJ-12 documents.
[0:35:22 - 0:35:34] So there's a document in the
MJ-12 files, these very disputed
MJ-12 files, which has that date of the 28th of June 1961, correct?
[0:35:54 - 0:36:04] This isn't the only
MJ-12 document with verifiable details. Others contain obscure, hard-to-fake markings in marginalia that experts have analyzed as authentic.
[0:36:20 - 0:36:28] Let's get back to the
MJ-12. For the sake of those watching that might be new to this topic, let's quickly sketch out a picture of what the
MJ-12 is.
[0:36:54 - 0:37:04] MJ-12 was supposed to have been created at the same time the Truman administration was facing an entirely new existential threat, nuclear weapons.
[0:37:52 - 0:38:03] Whether or not it was called
MJ-12, the idea that a structured oversight body existed is entirely consistent with how the US government responded to other world-changing events.
[0:38:23 - 0:38:31] Kissinger's early career placed him in positions that directly intersected with the roles described in the
MJ-12 documents.
[0:38:46 - 0:38:54] Leaked
MJ-12 memos from the 1940s reference CIC involvement in UFO investigations, including Roswell.
[0:39:03 - 0:39:13] If Kissinger's connection to
MJ-12 deepened, it likely happened in the mid-1950s when his role shifted from academia to directly shaping government policy.
[0:39:31 - 0:39:43] Could the UFO question have been part of their classified deliberations? While there's no direct proof, the overlap of names between the CFR study groups and
MJ-12 suggest they operated in adjacent circles.
[0:40:04 - 0:40:09] We must assume that Rockefeller had some connection to
MJ-12 by this point too.
[0:40:44 - 0:40:56] If
MJ-12 or its successor wanted to study in a reverse engineer UFO materials while avoiding congressional oversight, compartmentalizing the work within private corporations would have been the ideal method.
[0:41:22 - 0:41:38] Some argue that he was bought by the Rockefeller's early on, particularly through a grant he received while earning his PhD, and that his Harvard career was merely a cover for deeper intelligence work advising
MJ-12 through a specialized think tank known as PI-40.
[0:41:38 - 0:41:49] Others suggest that
MJ-12 and PI-40 were interchangeable names for the same group, which evolved over decades but remained embedded in the US national security structure.
[0:41:49 - 0:41:58] Even if we stay skeptical about the
MJ-12 documents themselves, the broader logic of their existence makes sense within Cold War power structures.
[0:41:58 - 0:42:10] If a secret UFO study group existed, whether called
MJ-12 or something else, Kissinger's career trajectory places him squarely within the network of individuals likely to have been involved.
[0:42:10 - 0:42:17] Before making any definitive claims about Kissinger's role in
MJ-12 or the UFO program, one thing is certain.
[0:44:25 - 0:44:35] It was just two months after the Bay of Pigs in June of 1961 that Kennedy requested a full briefing on
MJ-12 activities from the head of the CIA,
[0:44:42 - 0:44:49] Did JFK's decision to clean house at the CIA overlap with an inquisition into the activities of the
MJ-12?
[0:46:11 - 0:46:22] It is often suggested that it was through his associations with
MJ-12, or an
MJ-12-like group, that Kissinger was considered the perfect person to accompany Nixon into the White House.
[0:48:57 - 0:49:08] But the question will remain, if someone like Kissinger was involved in the
MJ-12, did this overlap with his duties in the White House, in international relations, or with this 303 Committee?
[0:50:16 - 0:50:23] which is perhaps why these official names are sometimes said to be interchangeable with
MJ-12 in the UFO space.
[0:50:23 - 0:50:31] Alternatively, could programs like
MJ-12 have evolved into operations more akin to the CIA's notorious chaos or MK-Ultra?
[0:53:31 - 0:53:42] These documents suggest a striking similarity between Moon Dust's operations and the procedures outlined in
MJ-12 documents and what we now know about legacy UFO programs.
[0:54:42 - 0:54:50] This seems like a direct result of his work for the CIC and for the Psychological Strategy Board, and who knows perhaps to the
MJ-12.