WILLIAM COOPER

The Origin, Identity, and Purpose of MJ-12. May 23, 1989.
Updated November 21, 1990

"...I originally wrote this piece as a research paper. It was first 
delivered at the MUFON Symposium on July 2, 1989, in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
Most of this knowledge comes directly from, or as a result of my own 
research into the TOP SECRET/MAJIC material WHICH I SAW AND READ 
between the years 1970 and 1973 as a member of the Intelligence 
Briefing Team of the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Since 
some of this information was derived from sources that I cannot divulge 
for obvious reasons, and from published sources which I cannot vouch 
for...(this) must be termed a hypothesis. I firmly believe that if the 
aliens are real, THIS IS THE TRUE NATURE OF THE BEAST.


It is the only scenario THAT ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS and places the 
various fundamental mysteries in an arena that makes sense. It is the 
only explanation which shows the chronology of events and demonstrates 
that the chronologies, when assembled, match perfectly. The bulk of 
this I believe to be true if the material that I viewed in the Navy is 
authentic. As for the rest, I do not know, and that is why this paper 
must be termed a hypothesis. Most historic and current available 
evidence supports this hypothesis.

 
"During the years following World War II the government of the United 
States was confronted with a series of events which were to change 
beyond prediction its future and with it the future of humanity. These 
events were so incredible that they defied belief. A stunned President 
Truman and his top military commanders found themselves virtually 
impotent after having just won the most devastating and costly war in 
history.


"The United States had developed, used, and was the only nation on 
earth in possession of the atomic bomb. This new weapon had the 
potential to destroy an enemy, and even the Earth itself. At that time 
the United States had the best economy, the most advanced technology, 
the highest standard of living, exerted the most influence, and fielded 
the largest and most powerful military forces in history. We can only 
imagine the confusion and concern when the informed elite of the United 
States Government discovered that an alien spacecraft piloted by 
'insect-like' beings from a totally incomprehensible culture had 
crashed in the desert of New Mexico.


"Between January 1947 and December 1952 at least 16 crashed or downed 
alien craft, 65 bodies, and 1 live alien were recovered. An additional 
alien craft had exploded and nothing was recovered from that incident. 
Of these events, 13 occurred within the borders of the United States, 
not including the craft which disintegrated in the air. Of these 13, 1 
was in Arizona, 11 were in New Mexico, and 1 was in Nevada. Sightings 
of UFOs were so numerous that serious investigation and debunking of 
each report became impossible, utilizing the existing intelligence 
assets. 


"An alien craft was found on February 13, 1948, on a mesa near Aztec, 
New Mexico. Another craft was located on March 25, 1948, in White Sands 
Proving Ground. It was 100 feet in diameter. A total of 17 alien bodies 
were recovered from those two crafts. Of even greater significance was 
the discovery of a large number of human body parts stored within both 
of these vehicles. A demon had reared its head and paranoia quickly 
took hold of everyone 'in the know.' The Secret lid immediately became 
a Top Secret lid and was screwed down tight. THE SECURITY BLANKET WAS 
EVEN TIGHTER THAN THAT IMPOSED UPON THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.


In the coming years these events were to become the most closely 
guarded secrets in the history of the world. "A special group of 
America's top scientists were organized under the name Project SIGN in 
December 1947 to study the phenomena. The whole nasty business was 
contained. Project SIGN evolved into Project GRUDGE in December 1948. A 
low- level collection and disinformation project named BLUE BOOK was 
formed under GRUDGE. Sixteen volumes were to come out of GRUDGE. 'Blue 
Teams' were put together to recover the crashed disks or live aliens. 
The Blue Teams were later to evolve into Alpha Teams under Project 
POUNCE. 


"DURING THESE EARLY YEARS THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND THE CENTRAL 
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY EXERCISED COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE 'ALIEN SECRET.' 
In fact, the CIA was formed by Presidential Executive Order first as 
the Central Intelligence Group for the express purpose of dealing with 
the alien presence. Later the National Security Act was passed, 
establishing it as the Central Intelligence Agency. 


"The National Security Council was established to oversee the 
intelligence community and especially the alien endeavor. A series of 
National Security Council memos and Executive orders removed the CIA 
from the sole task of gathering foreign intelligence and slowly but 
thoroughly 'legalized' direct action in the form of covert activities 
at home and abroad. 


"On December 9, 1947, Truman approved issuance of NSC-4, entitled 
'Coordination of Foreign Intelligence Information Measures' at the 
urging of the Secretaries Marshall, Forrestal, Patterson, and the 
director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, George 
Kennan. 


"The FOREIGN AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, BOOK 1, 'Final Report of the 
Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to 
Intelligence Activities,' United States Senate, 94th Congress, 2nd 
Session, Report No. 94-755, April 26, 1976, p. 49. states: 'This 
directive empowered the Secretary to coordinate oversees information 
activities designed to counter communism.' 


"A Top Secret annex to NSC-4, NSC-4A, instructed the director of 
Central Intelligence to undertake covert psychological activities in 
pursuit of the aims set forth in NSC-4. The initial authority given the 
CIA for covert operations under NSC-4A did not establish formal 
procedures for either coordinating or approving these operations. It 
simply directed the DCI to 'undertake covert actions and to ensure, 
through liaison with Senate and Defense, that the resulting operations 
were consistent with American policy.' 


"Later NSC-10/1 and NSC-10/2 were to supersede NSC-4 and NSC-4A and 
expand the covert abilities even further. The Office of Policy 
Coordination (OPC) was chartered to carry out an expanded program of 
covert activities. NSC-10/1 and NSC-10/2 validated illegal and 
extralegal practices and procedures as being agreeable to the national 
security leadership. The reaction was swift. In the eyes of the 
intelligence community 'no holds were barred.' Under NSC-10/1 an 
Executive Coordination Group was established to review, but not 
approve, covert project proposals. The ECG was secretly tasked to 
coordinate the alien projects. NSC-10/1 & /2 were interpreted to mean 
that no one at the top wanted to know about anything until it was over 
and successful. 


"These actions established a buffer between the President and the 
information. It was intended that this buffer serve as a means for the 
President to deny knowledge if leaks divulged the true state of 
affairs. This buffer was used in later years for the purpose of 
effectively isolating succeeding Presidents from any knowledge of the 
alien presence OTHER THAN WHAT THE SECRET GOVERNMENT AND THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WANTED THEM TO KNOW. NSC-10/2 established a 
study panel which met secretly and was made up of the scientific minds 
of the day. The study panel was not called MJ-12. Another NSC memo, 
NSC-10/5 further outlined the duties of the study panel. These NSC 
memos and secret Executive orders SET THE STAGE FOR THE CREATION OF 
MJ-12 ONLY FOUR YEARS LATER. 


"SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JAMES FORRESTAL OBJECTED TO THE SECRECY.
He was a very idealistic and religious man. He believed that the public 
should be told. James Forrestal was also one of the first known 
abductees. When he began to talk to leaders of the opposition party and 
leaders of the Congress about the alien problem he was asked to resign 
by Truman. He expressed his fears to many people. Rightfully, he 
believed that he was being watched. This was interpreted by those who 
were ignorant of the facts as paranoia. Forrestal later was said to 
have suffered a mental breakdown. He was ordered to the mental ward of 
Bethesda Naval Hospital. In spite of the fact that THE ADMINISTRATION 
HAD NO AUTHORITY TO HAVE HIM COMMITTED, the order was carried out. In 
fact, it was feared that Forrestal would begin to talk again. He had to 
be isolated and discredited. His family and friends were denied 
permission to visit. 


Finally, on May 21, 1949, Forrestal's brother made a fateful decision. 
HE NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES THAT HE INTENDED TO REMOVE JAMES FROM BETHESDA 
on May 22. Sometime in the early morning of May 22, 1949, agents of the 
CIA tied a sheet around James Forrestal's neck, fastened the other end 
to a fixture in his room, then threw James Forrestal out the window. 
The sheet tore and he plummeted to his death. James Forrestal's secret 
diaries were confiscated by the CIA and were kept in the White House 
for many years. Due to public demand the diaries were eventually 
rewritten and published in a sanitized version. The real diary 
information was later furnished by the CIA in book form to an agent who 
published the material as fiction. THE NAME OF THE AGENT IS WHITLEY 
STRIEBER and the book is 'MAJESTIC'. James Forrestal became one of the 
first victims of the cover-up. 


"The live alien that had been found wandering in the desert from the 
1949 Roswell crash was named EBE. The name had been suggested by Dr. 
Vannevar Bush and was short for Extraterrestrial Biological Entity. EBE 
HAD A TENDENCY TO LIE, and for over a year would give only the desired 
answer to questions asked. Those questions which would have resulted in 
an undesirable answer went unanswered. At one point during the second 
year of captivity he began to open up. The information derived from EBE 
was startling, to say the least. This compilation of his revelations 
became the foundation of what would later be called the 'Yellow Book.' 
Photographs were taken of EBE which, among others, I was to view years 
later in Project Grudge.


"President Truman created the supersecret National Security Agency 
(NSA) by secret Executive order on November 4, 1952. Its primary 
purpose was to decipher the alien communications, language, and 
establish a dialogue with the extraterrestrials. The most urgent task
was a continuation of the earlier effort. The secondary purpose of the 
NSA was to monitor all communications and emissions from any and all 
electronic devices worldwide for the purpose of gathering intelligence, 
both human and alien, AND TO CONTAIN THE SECRET OF THE ALIEN PRESENCE. 
Project SIGMA was successful. "The NSA also MAINTAINS COMMUNICATIONS 
WITH THE LUNA BASE AND OTHER SECRET SPACE PROGRAMS.

 
"By executive order of the President, the NSA is exempt from all laws 
which do not specifically name the NSA in the text of the law as being 
subject to that law. That means that if the agency is not spelled out 
in the text on any and every law passed by the Congress it is not 
subject to that or those laws. The NSA now performs many other duties 
and in fact is the premier agency within the intelligence network. 
Today the NSA receives approximately 75 per cent of the monies allotted 
to the intelligence community. The old saying 'where the money goes 
therein the power resides' is true. The DCI today is a figurehead 
maintained as a public ruse. The primary task of the NSA is still alien 
communications, but now includes other extraterrestrial projects as well. 

"President Truman had been keeping our allies, including the Soviet 
Union, informed of the developing alien problem. THIS HAD BEEN DONE IN 
CASE THE ALIENS TURNED OUT TO BE A THREAT TO THE HUMAN RACE.


"PLANS WERE FORMULATED TO DEFEND THE EARTH IN CASE OF INVASION.
Great difficulty was encountered in maintaining international secrecy. 
It was decided that an outside group was necessary to coordinate and 
control international efforts in order to hide the secret from the 
normal scrutiny of governments by the press. The result was the 
formation of a secret ruling body which became known as the 
Bilderberger Group. The group was formed and met for the first time in 
1952. They were named after the first publicly known meeting place, the 
Bilderberg Hotel. That public meeting took place in 1954. They were 
nicknamed the Bilderbergers. The headquarters of this group is Geneva, 
Switzerland. The Bilderbergers evolved into a secret world government 
that now controls everything. The United Nations was then, and is now, 
an international joke.


"Beginning in 1953 a new president occupied the White House. He was a 
man used to a structured staff organization with a chain of command. 
His method was to delegate authority and rule by committee. He made his 
decisions, but only when his advisors were unable to come up with a 
consensus. His normal method was to read through or listen to several 
alternatives and then approve one. Those who worked closely with him 
have stated that his favorite comment was, 'Just do whatever it takes.' 
He spent a lot of time on the golf course. This was not unusual for a 
man who had been career Army with the ultimate position of Supreme 
Allied Commander during the war, a post which had earned him five 
stars. The President was General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower. 


"During his first year in office, 1953, at least 10 more crashed discs 
were recovered along with 26 dead and 4 live aliens. Of the 10, 4 were 
found in Arizona, 2 in Texas, 1 in New Mexico, 1 in Louisiana, 1 in 
Montana, and 1 in South Africa. There were hundreds of sightings. 


"Eisenhower knew that he had to wrestle and beat the alien problem. He
knew that he could not do it by revealing the secret to Congress. Early 
in 1953 the new President turned to his friend and fellow member of the 
Council on Foreign Relations Nelson Rockefeller. EISENHOWER AND 
ROCKEFELLER BEGAN PLANNING THE SECRET STRUCTURE OF THE ALIEN- TASK 
SUPERVISION, which became a reality within one year. The idea for MJ-12 
was thus born. 


"It was Nelson's uncle Winthrop Aldrich who had been crucial in 
convincing Eisenhower to run for President. The whole Rockefeller 
family and with them, the Rockefeller empire, had solidly backed Ike. 
Eisenhower belonged heart and soul to the Council on Foreign Relations 
and the Rockefeller family. ASKING ROCKEFELLER FOR HELP WITH THE ALIEN 
PROBLEM WAS TO BE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE EISENHOWER EVER MADE FOR THE 
FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAYBE FOR HUMANITY. 


"Within a week of Eisenhower's election he had appointed Nelson 
Rockefeller chairman of a Presidential Advisory Committee on Government 
Organization. Rockefeller was responsible for planning the 
reorganization of government, something he had dreamed of for many 
years. New Deal programs went into one single cabinet position called 
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. When the Congress 
approved the new Cabinet position in April 1953, Nelson was named to 
the post of Under- secretary to Oveta Culp Hobby. 


"In 1953 astronomers discovered large objects in space which were 
tracked moving toward the Earth. It was first believed that they were 
asteroids. Later evidence proved that the objects could only be 
spaceships. Project SIGMA intercepted alien radio communications. When 
the objects reached the Earth they took up very high geosynchronous 
orbit(s) around the equator. There were several huge ships, and their 
actual intent was unknown. Project SIGMA and a new project, PLATO, 
through radio communications using the computer binary language, were 
able to arrange a landing that resulted in face-to-face contact with 
alien beings from another planet. The landing took place in the desert.


The movie, 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND' is a fictionalized 
version of the actual event. Project PLATO was tasked with establishing 
diplomatic relations with this race of space aliens. A hostage was left 
with us as a pledge that they would return and formalize a treaty." 


"In the meantime," Cooper continues, "a race of humanoid aliens landed 
at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida and successfully communicated 
with the U.S. government. THIS GROUP WARNED US AGAINST THE RACE 
ORBITING THE EQUATOR AND OFFERED TO HELP US WITH OUR SPIRITUAL 
DEVELOPMENT. THEY DEMANDED THAT WE DISMANTLE AND DESTROY OUR NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS AS THE MAJOR CONDITION. THEY REFUSED TO EXCHANGE TECHNOLOGY 
CITING THAT WE WERE SPIRITUALLY UNABLE TO HANDLE THE TECHNOLOGY WE 
ALREADY POSSESSED. THESE OVERTURES WERE REJECTED on the grounds that it 
would be foolish to disarm in the face of such an uncertain future. 
There was no track record to read from. IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN UNFORTUNATE 
DECISION. 



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