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                           QUESTIONS ON AQUARIUS

                         by Christian P. Lambright


      It has been said that there are three kinds of people, those who
make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who won-
der...what happened...? It seems that nothing more true could be said of
the types of people involved in the arena of UFO interest. The recent con-
troversy concerning the alleged project entitled "AQUARIUS" and the con-
trol group labeled "MJ-12" seems a prime example of the confusion that re-
sults from lack of communication between interested parties. Is there a
project AQUARIUS which deals with UFOs? Who first discovered that such a
project existed? If the documentation supporting the existence of an "MJ-
12" group is valid, as some contend, then why does it appear full of dis-
crepancies? These are questions that need to be addressed before any at-
tempt can be made to judge the validity of the issues.

      As any good detective can tell, motivation is a helpful key in solv-
ing any crime or mystery. Who would stand to gain by the situation at
hand? Perhaps a little of this line of reasoning would help in solving the
current mystery of AQUARIUS/MJ-12. The revelation of a UFO-related project
by the name of AQUARIUS first appeared on the scene in what has commonly
been referred to as the "NASA-telex" [AQUARIUS.DOC]. This is the allegedly
genuine document which describes several pieces of photographic film relat-
ing to incidents at Kirtland AFB and the case of Paul Bennewitz. As most
knowledgeable people are aware, this document relates quite a bit of inter-
esting information pertaining to official interest in UFOs as well as men-
tioning the existence of project AQUARIUS and something called "MJ-12".
However, several key areas in this document were deleted by either the
original source or by the recipient. It is interesting to note that there
is a retyped version of this document which has circulated with the dele-
tions filled-in, but with no explanation as to who retyped it or how the
previously deleted areas were uncovered.

      Reportedly Peter Gersten was shown this document in 1983 and so it
would seem that it has been around for several years. But if Gersten was
the original recipient he has not revealed where he obtained it or from
whom. This document would appear to be closely tied to the events at Kirt-
land AFB in 1980 inasmuch as it mentions Bennewitz and the Air Force inter-
est in UFO sightings over military bases. Could the release of this docu-
ment be related to the release of the initial document(s) concerning the
events at Kirtland? [KIRTLND1.DOC, KIRTLND2.DOC] William Moore has stated
that he was first given the initial Kirtland documents in Washington DC in
early 1982 by an unnamed source. And there have been several rumors circu-
lated concerning heated arguments between Moore and Gersten over the means
by which Gersten obtained these documents. Rumors aside, if Moore received
his documents over one year _after_ the incidents occurred then whoever
gave him these copies must have had access to them either from AFOSI files
in Washington or from the original sender at Kirtland. There are indica-
tions that William Moore received his copies from Richard Doty, the AFOSI
Special Agent at Kirtland AFB. Other sources have also reported that Doty
was involved in an effort to get information of this nature out to certain
individuals for purposes unknown. And so it seems possible that Doty was
responsible for the Kirtland documents and perhaps the "NASA-telex" being
released as he would have been in a position to have access to such infor-
mation. Regardless, it would fall to serious UFO researchers to attempt to
verify if the documents conveyed valid information, or disinformation.

      As interest began to focus on AQUARIUS and "MJ-12" several different
FOIA requests were filed with various government agencies to try to garn-
ish information on these subjects, but as recently as 1986 most of the
leading figures in Ufology were convinced that the document was a forgery
and that Project AQUARIUS was nonexistent. In 1985 I had filed several
different requests with government agencies requesting information on
three projects: Sigma, Snowbird and Aquarius; as well as any information
pertaining to MJ-12 or Majestic-12. I specifically did not mention any
connection or interest dealing with UFOs in these requests. With the excep-
tion of the National Security Agency every response I received was a de-
nial of any knowledge of any of these subjects or titles. While they sta-
ted that Sigma and Snowbird were "not projects of this agency" and that
they had no knowledge of MJ-12, they estimated that search fees for all
information on Project AQUARIUS would be $15,000! It would appear that
this is a rather expansive project. After several subsequent requests for
clarification and to simply send the initial document which initiated the
project the NSA stated that the project did not deal with "UFOs" and that
as I would not be paying the fees they were concluding action on my re-
quests. Subsequent appeals only clarified that Project AQUARIUS was
classified Top Secret and that release of any portion of it could pose
"grave danger to the national security." [AQUANSA.DOC]

      Several individuals have considered the statement by the NSA that
AQUARIUS does not deal with UFOs to be patently honest, and perhaps this
is the truth. However I believe that to have expected the NSA to "roll-
over" and openly reveal otherwise would be naive to say the least. It
seems paradoxical that some "researchers" both expect these agencies to be
deceptive but will readily accept some statements as totally accurate. I
believe that there are sufficient reasons to suspect that the NSA project
may actually be the project which is indicated in the "NASA-telex" which
originally mentioned it and MJ-12.

      In the process of trying to verify the above document I had ad-
dressed a series of letters to what was designated the 7602 Air Intel-
ligence Group (7602 AINTELG), as of 1983 known as the Air Force Special
Activities Center. A Branch of the Air Force Intelligence Service, the
7602 AINTELG deals with human resource intelligence, much the same as the
4602 AINTELG which is known to have aided Edward Ruppelt in his investi-
gations several years ago. This may or may not be coincidence and could be
an interesting avenue for further research. Nevertheless, in the process
of trying to get information on this group I had been receiving somewhat
evasive response letters from AFIS. In a conversation with an Air Force
source in which I had referred to my problems in obtaining information on
this group I was informed that perhaps this is due to the fact that "they
are a branch of the NSA!" This was at the time my first indication that
there may be some NSA involvement, and was prior to my letters to NSA it-
self. Within a few months I was to learn another interesting fact pointing
to the NSA.

      With the aid of well-known research Thomas Adams I was notified of a
person who reportedly had heard a very interesting statement concerning
the initial AQUARIUS/MJ-12 document. After speaking with this gentleman
personally I was firmly convinced that the information he was relating was
accurate as it had been told to him. He related that he had been told per-
sonally that this document had been changed in two ways, and that he had
been told this by the individual who had changed it. Although both changes
were not revealed, he had been told that the reference in the document to
"NASA" had originally been "NSA"! And who was the person doing the telling
...none other than William Moore. In a brief conversation with Moore after
this in which I asked him if he had any knowledge of this he simply stated
"No comment."

      The recent issue of JUST CAUSE also contains the statement by Larry
Fawcett and Barry Greenwood that the