Government / Military

Nathan Twining

1947

U.S. Air Force General; his classified September 1947 memo - concluding the 'flying disc' phenomenon was "something real and not visionary or fictitious" - is the founding document of official U.S. Air Force UFO investigation, directly leading to Project Sign. Later named as an alleged member ("MJ-4") of the disputed 1984 MJ-12 documents.

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Connections (4)

confirmedProject Blue Book

his 1947 memo concluding UFOs were "real" launched it

Source: Twining Memo, Sep 23 1947

confirmedCurtis LeMay

fellow senior Air Force official in the same era

confirmedHarry Truman

his memo prompted Truman's authorization of Project Sign

Source: Twining memo, Sept 23 1947; Project Sign (USAF history)

reportedMajestic 12 (MJ-12)

named as an alleged member ("MJ-4") in the disputed documents

Source: alleged MJ-12 documents (authenticity widely disputed)

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