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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A fact that would have been impossible for a forger to predict decades earlier upon release of the MJ-12 documents.
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?
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.
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.
MJ-12 was supposed to have been created at the same time the Truman administration was facing an entirely new existential threat, nuclear weapons.
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.
Kissinger's early career placed him in positions that directly intersected with the roles described in the MJ-12 documents.
Leaked MJ-12 memos from the 1940s reference CIC involvement in UFO investigations, including Roswell.
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.
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.
We must assume that Rockefeller had some connection to MJ-12 by this point too.
And this whole suggestion is not that the MJ-12 was a static organization.
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.
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.
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.
Even if we stay skeptical about the MJ-12 documents themselves, the broader logic of their existence makes sense within Cold War power structures.
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.
Before making any definitive claims about Kissinger's role in MJ-12 or the UFO program, one thing is certain.
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,
Did JFK's decision to clean house at the CIA overlap with an inquisition into the activities of the MJ-12?
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.
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?
which is perhaps why these official names are sometimes said to be interchangeable with MJ-12 in the UFO space.
Alternatively, could programs like MJ-12 have evolved into operations more akin to the CIA's notorious chaos or MK-Ultra?
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.
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.