[0:15:12 - 0:15:20] Another connection to the hidden UFO history was Harvard's top astronomer, Dr. Donald
Menzel, a leading UFO debunker in the 1950s.
[0:15:26 - 0:15:39] Recent claims by astrophysicist Dr. Beatrice Villoriau suggest
Menzel ordered the destruction of Harvard's astronomical photographic plates taken during the 1952 Washington DC UFO flap.
[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.
[0:36:38 - 0:36:47] It included top scientists, military leaders, and government officials, figures like Vannevar Bush, Gordon Gray, Donald
Menzel, and even Eisenhower.