Files pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are now being prepared for release to the general public, however, what’s making waves around the country right now is a memo allegedly written by JFK 10 days before his death. Oh and to make things even more intriguing, the topic of the letter was UFOs.
I can already hear folks yanking out their tin foil hats, as everyone has a theory about all those involved in the tragic incident. We The People deserve to know what happened that fateful day in November when the whole world stood still as the bullets rang out.
The memo, which was dated for Nov. 12, 1963, allegedly has Kennedy requesting the CIA director at the time to provide him information concerning “UFO intelligence.” The recipient of the name was redacted, but John McCone was the head honcho of the department at that time.
One of the reasons for requesting the briefing was so that Kennedy could be made clear what the objects were in the skies in order to avoid the Soviet Union avoiding a nuclear holocaust.
‘This will help NASA mission directors in their defensive responsibilities,’ the Daily Mail reported.
The document was obtained by William Lester, who claimed it was released to him under the Freedom of Information Act while researching his 2011 book A Celebration of Freedom: JFK and the New Frontier.’ The CIA has never commented publicly and declined to respond to DailyMail.com prior to publishing this story.
The memo claims that John F Kennedy requested the head of the CIA release UFO intelligence to him. An author claimed he obtained the letter by requesting it through the Freedom of Information Act. However, the letter has not appeared anywhere but in Lester’s book, leading some experts to question its authenticity. There are several outlandish conspiracy theories about JFK and UFOs, including that he may have been assassinated for exposing a government cover-up.
The title of the memo was “Classification review of all UFO intelligence files affect on National Security.”
This was all happening during the thick of the Cold War and right in the middle of the space race, just several months after Kennedy made the suggestion that a lunar program be created that would enable the U.S. and Soviet Union to partner together under the belief that if they worked together, they would be able to make additional discoveries.
JFK then told James Webb, the second administrator of NASA, “to develop a program with the Soviet Union in joint space and lunar exploration.”
“It is important 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 gather of their defense and space programs,” it said.
Back in Sept. 1963, JFK said that if both countries could team up on a project in space, they would have to come up with a whole new approach for working through their differences.
The memo obtained by Lester suggested JFK was on a mission to ensure the nation did not see UFOs as American weaponry. The letter claims that JFK wanted to brief NASA on UFOs as he planned a joint space program with the Soviets and did not want the nation to see alien craft as American aggression.
The author who obtained the memo suggested it could be a missing link in theories about another document that claimed the CIA was concerned about JFK’s inquiries about its activities and may have taken steps to prevent further probing. A research technician at the JFK Library in Boston, who asked not to be named, told Space.com that he was unable to find a copy in the presidential archive, which holds copies of all of JFK’s letters.
‘We did some research into the presidential papers to try to find any evidence of the Nov. 12, 1963, letter to the director of the CIA, John McCone,’ the technician went on to say.
Kennedy always kept carbon copies of his correspondence, however the one being published has yet to be found.
“Something is a little odd about it,’ the technician remarked. ‘It is sanitized in very odd places: the director’s name, the top heading of the document (which usually distinguishes which agency is generating it) and then the tiny ‘top secret’ print at the top of letter. Top secret items are usually stamped in large dark ink on the letter,” he added.
Lester is convinced the memo he published came after another one that many conspiracy theorists say reveals the CIA assassinated Kennedy. That letter has come to be known as the “burned memo.”
The order gave the director of national intelligence and the attorney general 15 days to develop a plan to declassify the remaining documents. It is not clear when the records will actually be released.
Anyone else excited to get a glimpse of what might be in these unreleased files?
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