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THE CRUCIBLE <<UFONET I>> * 416-237-1204 * 12/24/96 HST (1:250/440)
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THE MJ-12 AFFAIR:
Facts, Questions, Comments
Robert Hastings
March 1, 1989
FACTS
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First, it has been established that "Falcon", one of the
principle sources of the MJ-12 material, is Richard C. Doty,
formerly attached to District 17 Air Force Office of Special
Investigations (AFOSI) at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. Sgt. Doty retired from the U.S. Air Force on
October 1, 1988.
How do I know that Doty is "Falcon"? During a recent telephone
conversation, Linda Moulton Howe told me that when Sgt. Doty
invited her to his office at Kirtland AFB in early April 1983,
and showed her a purportedly authentic U.S. Government document
on UFOs, he identified himself as code-name "Falcon" and stated
that it was Bill Moore who had given him that name.
Also, in early December 1988, a ranking member of the production
team responsible for the "UFO Cover Up? -- Live" television
documentary confirmed that Doty is "Falcon". This same individual
also identified the second MJ-12 source who appeared on the
program, "Condor", as Robert Collins who was, until recently, a
Captain in the U.S. Air Force. Like Doty, he was stationed at
KAFB when he left the service late last year.
Both Doty and Collins deny any involvement in the MJ-12 affair.
However, Linda Howe has issued a sworn affidavit, agreeing to
testify under penalty of perjury, relating to the events during
the course of her meeting with Richard "Falcon" Doty at KAFB in
1983 (Enclosures A and B). Thus far, Doty has *not* issued a
sworn affidavit, or agreed to testify under penalty of perjury,
to re-enforce his denial that the events of his meeting with
Howe occured as she has described them.
For the moment, I will not identify the "UFO Coverup? -- Live"
source who identified Doty as "Falcon" and Collins as "Condor".
I do, however, encourage others to independently attempt to
secure confirmation of the statements that he has already made.
At least two producers connected with the documentary know the
facts.
QUESTIONS
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Now that "Falcon" and "Condor" have been identified, it seems
prudent to examine the past activities of Richard Doty and Bob
Collins to see whether those activities tend to add to, or
detract from, the credibility of the MJ-12 scenario that they
have so vigorously promoted within the ufological community.
That is, do their actions reflect a genuine attempt to release
authentic above top secret information to the public or, on the
other hand, suggest a disinformation campaign designed to
confuse and mislead?
Let's begin with Doty. Sgt. Richard Charles Doty first received
widespread attention after he wrote the now well-known AFOSI
Complaint Form relating to UFO sightings near Kirtland AFB in
1980 (Enclosure C). This document, typed and signed by Doty,
takes on new significance in the light of an incident known as
the "Weitzel Hoax". Briefly summarized, this odd tale unfolded
as follows: In 1981, the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization
received an anonymous letter from an individual who claimed to
be a USAF airman assigned to the 1550th Aircrew Training and
Testing Wing at Kirtland AFB (Enclosure D). The writer further
claimed to have had a rather dramatic UFO sighting, together
with a Craig Weitzel and others. The letter relates that Weitzel
reported the sighting to a "Mr. Dody" (sic) at Kirtland AFB OSI.
Researcher Benton Jamison located and contacted Weitzel in 1985
(Enclosure E). Weitzel stated that he did indeed report a UFO
sighting to Sgt. Richard Doty in 1980, but that the actual
incident in no way resembled the CEIII experience described in
the anonymous letter. Weitzel also denies that he was subsequently
contacted by a mysterious individual who demanded that he turn
over any photographs that he might have taken of the UFO, as the
letter claims.
So, it would appear that the writer of the anonymous letter,
whomever he was, took a real event and greatly embellished it
for some reason.
And why is this letter so significant as regards questions about
Sgt. Richard Doty's credibility as a source for allegedly secret
government documents? Simply because careful analysis of the
anonymous letter reveals that it was almost certainly typed on
the same typewriter used by Doty to complete the 1980 OSI
Complaint Form.
Enclosure F is a report by researcher Brad Sparks which address
typeface irregularities and stylistic traits that are identical
in both the anonymous airman's letter and Sgt. Doty's report.
Actually, Spark's typeface analysis is incomplete. In addition
to the irregular "u" that he identifies, it can be seen that the
letters "gh", as in the word "sighting", are jammed together in
identical fashion in both the letter and the report. Lower case
"o" is also jammed against various letters that follow it in
the "Weitzel" letter and Doty's Complaint Form.
A professionally-conducted analysis of these flaws should be
able to determine, with a reasonable degree of certainty, whether
an "anonymous airman" used Doty's typewriter to compose his
overdrawn tale. If this fact can be established then two obvious
questions arise: 1) How and why did the unidentified airman
from the 1550th Aircrew Training and Testing Wing gain access to
Sgt. Doty's writer at OSI? 2) On the other hand, did Doty himself
type the letter and, therefore, attempt to perpetrate a hoax for
some unknown reason?
Because it has been established that Richard Doty is "Falcon",
the chief source for the MJ-12 material, it now seems imperative
thoroughly investigate this incident to resolve these unanswered
questions. The second question, in particular, is of obvious
importance. Perhaps the Fund For UFO Research, which has recently
solicited contributions to further investigate the MJ-12 affair,
would consider funding an expert typographical analysis of both
the anonymous letter and Doty's Complaint Form to determine
whether or not there is a link between the two.
Even more disturbing than the implications of the "Weitzel Hoax"
is an incident that raises the strongest doubts about Richard
Doty's credibility as a source of information and documents
relating to the U.S. Government's involvement with UFOs. Infor-
mation about this incident comes from Dr. Bruce Maccabee and
links Doty to the so-called Ellsworth AFB hoax. According to
Maccabee, Bill Moore has acknowledged that Richard Doty confessed
to forging the document that describes the alleged events
connected with the Ellsworth case (Enclosure G). Doty apparently
claims that the UFO incident there actually occurred, just as
described in the document, and that he only wanted to bring it
to the public attention. He, therefore, proceeded to type the
"document" himself, incorporating the "facts" that he claimed
to know to be true, and then released the bogus report to
various researchers. Enclosure H is an expose written by Bob
Pratt, and published in the January 1984 issues of the *MUFON
Journal*, describing his investigation of this hoax.
If it can be established, beyond any doubt, that Richard Doty
forged the Ellsworth