Government / Military

John F. Kennedy

1963

35th U.S. President; an alleged November 1963 memo requesting confidential CIA information on UFOs, ten days before his assassination, has fueled conspiracy theories linking the two events, though the memo's authenticity is debated.

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Connections (4)

confirmedProject Blue Book

Blue Book operated during his presidency

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)

disputedHarald Malmgren

claimed to have investigated an alien recovery for him; no evidence found

disputedJohn McCone

a disputed memo claims he was ordered to compile UFO files; no evidence found

Source: NBC News investigation, 2011

disputedAllen Dulles

JFK forced his resignation after the 1961 Bay of Pigs failure

Source: RTÉ Brainstorm — JFK & Bay of Pigs

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