Akuti mu 1947, Purezidenti Harry Truman adalamula kuti komiti yachinsinsi ifufuze zomwe zidachitika ku Roswell. Komiti imeneyi inali ndi anthu 12, kuphatikizapo asayansi odziwika padziko lonse, akuluakulu a asilikali, komanso andale. Gululo lidazindikira kuti Chochitikacho chidakhudzadi chombo chamlengalenga chomwe chidagwa ndikupha anthu onse okhalamo, omwe anali pakati pa atatu ndi anayi.
The Majestic 12, kapena MJ-12 mwachidule, adapereka lamulo lokhazikitsa malo ankhondo ndi cholinga chokhala ndi kuphunzira zakuthambo ndi zakuthambo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Area 51.
Zithunzi zambiri zamakalata aboma okhudzana ndi bungweli zikufalikira pa intaneti, kuphatikiza kalata yotchuka ya 1947 yochokera kwa Purezidenti Truman, yololeza CIA kuti ipange M-12. Kalatayo, malinga ndi okayikira, ndi yopeka kwathunthu.
Chiphunzitsochi chimathandizidwa kwambiri ndi zolemba zotere, zonse zomwe, kuyambira 1978, mwina zidapangidwa kapena sizingakhalepo nkomwe. Chigawo chimodzi:
"Mfundo zovomerezeka za Boma la US ndi zotsatira za Project Aquarius zili [sic] m'gulu la TOP SECRET popanda kufalitsa njira zakunja komanso mwayi wopezeka ku 'MJ TWELVE'."
Umboni wokhutiritsa, komabe, womwe amakhulupirira ngakhale ndi okayikira ambiri kuti ndi wowona, ndi chikalata chomwe chili mu National Archives ku Washington, DC Chikalatacho chinali Julayi 14, 1954, memo kuchokera kwa Robert Cutler, wothandizira wapadera wa Purezidenti Eisenhower, wolankhulidwa. kwa Gen. Nathan Twining. Anawerenga kuti:
"Memorandum ya General Twining. Mutu: NSC/MJ-12 Special Studies Project. Purezidenti wasankha kuti MJ-12 SSP "
MJ-12 yapanga kukhala chikhalidwe chodziwika bwino cha sci-fi, kuphatikiza "Mafayilo a X" ndipo nthawi zambiri amaganiziridwa ngati kukambirana patebulo la akatswiri khumi ndi awiri pazomwe angachite pokhudzana ndi umboni wa kukhalapo kwa zinthu zakuthambo, makamaka momwe angasungire anthu mumdima.
Anthu omwe amatsutsidwa kuti ndi mamembala a MJ-12, panthawi ina, akuphatikizapo Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Robert Cutler, Omond Solandt, Robert Sarbacher, John von Neumann (mwachindunji ndi Philadelphia Experiment), Karl Compton, General Nathan Twining. , ndi Eric Walker.