Media1996

Stanton Friedman publishes 'Top Secret/Majic'

When: 1996
Sources: 2 public sources

Stanton Friedman, author of 'Top Secret/Majic' AllenS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Nuclear physicist and ufologist Stanton Friedman published 'Top Secret/Majic', defending the authenticity of the disputed Majestic-12 papers, which describe a secret Truman-era group handling a recovered saucer. The papers' authenticity is widely disputed, and skeptics call them fakes.

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OtherTop secret/MAJIC (Stanton T. Friedman) (opens in a new tab)Library of Congress catalog (Marlowe & Co., 1996) / 1996
OtherTop Secret/Majic (updated edition) (opens in a new tab)Hachette Book Group / 2005-08-19

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How the story came out

This reports on MJ-12 documents surface; officials find them bogus (1987).

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