Kuthiwa ngo-1947, uMongameli uHarry Truman wakhupha umyalelo wokuba ikomiti eyimfihlo iphande ngeSiganeko saseRoswell. Le komiti yayiquka abantu abali-12, kuquka izazinzulu, iinjengele nabezopolitiko. Iqela lafikelela kwisigqibo sokuba ngenene iSehlo sibandakanye isiphekepheke esingaphandle komhlaba esathi santlitheka sabulala bonke abahlali, ababephakathi kwesithathu nesine.
I-Majestic 12, okanye i-MJ-12 ngokufutshane, yenza isindululo somyalelo wesigqeba sokuseka indawo yomkhosi kuphela ngenjongo yokuqulatha kunye nokufunda izinto ezingaphandle komhlaba kunye nesiphekepheke sabo, nto leyo ebangele uMmandla wama-51.
Ininzi yemifanekiso yembalelwano karhulumente ehambelana ngqo nalo mbutho ijikeleza i-Intanethi, kuquka neleta edumileyo ye-1947 evela kuMongameli Truman, egunyazisa i-CIA ukuba yenze i-M-12. Incwadi, ngokokuthandabuza, iyilwe ngokupheleleyo.
Le nkcazo-bungcali ixhaswa kakhulu ngamaxwebhu anjalo, onke, aqala ngo-1978, mhlawumbi ayilwe okanye asenokungabikho kwaphela. Isicatshulwa esinye:
“Umgaqo-nkqubo osemthethweni kaRhulumente wase-US kunye neziphumo zeProjekthi i-Aquarius [sic] isacazululwa nge-TOP SECRET ngaphandle kokusasazwa kwamajelo angaphandle kunye nokufikelela kuphela ku-'MJ TWELVE'."
Obona bungqina buqinisekileyo, nangona kunjalo, bakholelwa ukuba nabaninzi abakholelwa ukuba buyinyani, luxwebhu olugcinwe ngoku kwiNational Archives eWashington, DC Olu xwebhu lwaluyi-14 kaJulayi 1954, imemo evela kuRobert Cutler, umncedisi okhethekileyo kuMongameli Eisenhower, ebhekiswe. kuGen. Nathan Twining. Ifundeka ngolu hlobo:
“Imemorandam kaGeneral Twining. Isifundo: NSC/MJ-12 Special Studies Project. UMongameli wenze isigqibo sokuba i-MJ-12 SSP”
I-MJ-12 yenze ukuba ibe yinkcubeko ye-sci-fi eyaziwayo, kuquka "Iifayile ze-X," kwaye kudla ngokucingelwa njengengxoxo yetafile ejikelezayo yeengcali ezilishumi elinambini malunga nento enokuyenza malunga nobungqina bobukho bezinto zangaphandle, ngokukodwa indlela yokugcina uluntu ebumnyameni.
Abantu abatyholwa ngokuba ngamalungu e-MJ-12, ngexesha elinye okanye elinye, baquka u-Albert Einstein, uRobert Oppenheimer, uRobert Cutler, u-Omond Solandt, uRobert Sarbacher, uJohn von Neumann (ubandakanyeka ngokuthe ngqo kwi-Filadelphia Experiment), uKarl Compton, uGeneral Nathan Twining. , kunye no-Eric Walker.