President John F. Kennedy may have had more than the usual knowledge about UFOs,
according to several credible sources. Further support for Kennedy’s high-level
knowledge regarding UFOs came from a former steward aboard Air Force One who
told of a cryptic remark by President Kennedy.
Bill Holden, who also served as loadmaster for Air Force One, traveled with
Kennedy to Europe in the summer of 1963. He said a UFO conference in Bonn, Germany,
prompted a discussion of the subject aboard the President’s plane one
morning.
Holden said he turned to Kennedy and asked, "What do you think about UFOs,
Mr. President?" He said Kennedy became quite serious and thought for a
moment before replying, "I’d like to tell the public about the alien
situation, but my hands are tied."
A controversial MJ-12 document titled "Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit Summary"
noted Kennedy’s insider knowledge. This document, apparently written soon
after the crashes in New Mexico during July 1947, states, "It has become
known to CIC [Counter Intelligence Corps] that some of the recovery operation
was shared with Representative John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat elected
to Congress in '46, Son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Commission on Organization of
the Executive Branch of the Government. [Jack] Kennedy had limited duty as naval
officer assigned to Naval Intelligence during the war. It is believed that information
[concerning the Roswell crashes] was obtained from [a] source in Congress who
is close to [the] Secretary for Air Force." Kennedy was the only Congressmen
named who was aware of the truth of the Roswell incidents at the time.
Yet another document appears to be a memorandum written from President Kennedy
to the director of the CIA regarding "Classification review of all UFO
intelligence files affecting National Security." In this memo, Kennedy
stated, "... I have initiated [blacked out] and have instructed [then NASA
Administrator] James Webb to develop a program with the Soviet Union in joint
space and lunar exploration. It would be very helpful if you would have the
high threat cases reviewed with the purpose of identification of bona fide as
opposed to classified CIA and USAF sources. It is important that we make a clear
distinction between the knowns and unknowns in the event the Soviets try to
mistake our extended cooperation as a cover for intelligence gathering of their
defense and space programs.” Kennedy then asked for all files on "Unknowns"
to be turned over the NASA authorities and an interim report be forwarded to
the White House no later than Feb.1, 1964.
This document which clearly showed a president about to make UFO secrets available
to wider circles in government and, hence, probably available to the public
was dated Nov. 12, 1963, just ten days before his Nov. 22 assassination in Dallas.
Desperately clinging to their UFO-free mindset, debunkers question this document’s
authenticity while an unquestionably authentic document has been found in the
John F. Kennedy Library.
National Security Action Memorandum No. 271 is titled "Cooperation with
the USSR in Outer Space Matters" and is addressed to the Administrator
of NASA, at that time James Webb. This signed memo does not mention UFOs specifically,
nevertheless, Kennedy instructs Webb to "assume personally the initiative
and central responsibility within the Government for the development of a program
of substantive cooperation with the Soviet Union in the field of outer space,
including the development of specific technical proposals." Kennedy added
that this plan was a direct result of "my September 20 proposal for broader
cooperation between the United States and the USSR in outer space, including
cooperation in lunar landing programs." This incredible document was also
dated Nov. 12, 1963, but who in 1963 would have believed that the United States
and the Soviet Union would have been engaging in cooperative joint space operations?
The White House log of that day showed that beginning at 2 p.m. Kennedy had
lunch and then "no official appointments" but "conferred with
various staff members during the afternoon." Obviously on this day, Kennedy
had more than enough time to deal with space matters.
Also obvious is the fact that this apparent attempt to cooperate with the USSR
ended with Kennedy’s death in Dallas. On through the administration of
Ronald Reagan, we were still warned against the "evil empire" and
the costly Cold War continued. Opponents to JFK became frantic over his attempts
to alter the course of previous U.S. policies. According to one knowledgeable
source, Kennedy played a dangerous game, "... after making it clearly evident
that he was not prepared to support action against the communists in the normal
sense - plans to withdraw troops from South Vietnam - plans to fracture or abolish
portions of the CIA; plans for expansion to the Justice System; failure to support
the Bay of Pigs [invasion]; and a desire to share some of our most sensitive
secrets with the Russians and Chinese – space borne platforms, etc...
All during a time when his popularity was growing in leaps and bounds with the
American public – a President who did not enjoy majority support at his
election. A very dangerous situation, leaving few methods for control beyond
assassination."
This same source went on to say, "I believe John F. Kennedy was appraised
of, and had access to, sufficient classified information, to have personally
come to the conclusion that UFOs and therefore possible alien life-forms were
possibly extant within our solar system... I think Kennedy certainly came to
this conclusion... and was looking to demonstrate not only mankind’s ability
to come together for a common goal, but to formally demonstrate we could enter
and conquer space as a species. Back then, some would have seen this as either
crazy (if they had no access to the material) or (if they had access) very premature
and possibly dangerous."
A whole JFK issue evolved around his planned speech at the Dallas Trade Mart,
the destination of his ill-fated motorcade on Nov. 22, 1963. Several researchers
and some tabloids have claimed that he planned to change his scheduled talk
and referred to handwritten notes, which may have included comments regarding
UFOs. These notes have never been made public and so continue to be fodder for
theorists.
Spurred on by such tantalizing bits of evidence, some researchers even claimed
that Kennedy’s assassination was to prevent him from revealing the news
of extraterrestrial visitation to the public.
While this theory is certainly unproved and probably untrue, his willingness
to end the Cold War and share our knowledge of outer space with our perceived
enemies may have been the straw that broke the back of those within the Military-Industrial
(and Intelligence) Complex. This group already thought the young president was
"soft on communism" and a danger to their command and control structure.
With all the evidence now at hand, there can be little doubt that President
Kennedy may have known more about UFOs than is generally believed.
Jim Marrs, author of Alien Agenda