{"id":406341,"date":"2026-04-15T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=8a3e419586dfe409dd99d72a42f7b5c7"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:43:19","slug":"a-secret-history-inside-shadow-intelligence-the-mj-12-documents-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=406341","title":{"rendered":"A Secret History: Inside Shadow Intelligence, The MJ-12 Documents | Reality Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivhIT4rRJ049gmqwfVakJp8HJvroHhaFjmTJEBTehgPTuA19TQekwJUu61KCAoAu3-zmfwShxjKLdZMoeBNAYJ6zNg-fka05jO4zl27fltYHCXlbC4ZL4QqRNA7GCgxqAXR7she8QE33lWGG2NSiCcg2rkEJWCZq84CKB6PN9hzp7agpUjO6RZdbjVZBXp\/s800\/Ross-Coulthart-Reality-Check.png\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"449\" data-original-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivhIT4rRJ049gmqwfVakJp8HJvroHhaFjmTJEBTehgPTuA19TQekwJUu61KCAoAu3-zmfwShxjKLdZMoeBNAYJ6zNg-fka05jO4zl27fltYHCXlbC4ZL4QqRNA7GCgxqAXR7she8QE33lWGG2NSiCcg2rkEJWCZq84CKB6PN9hzp7agpUjO6RZdbjVZBXp\/s500\/Ross-Coulthart-Reality-Check.png\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center><big><b><font color=\"bright orange\">A Secret History:<br \/> Inside Shadow Intelligence,<br \/> The MJ-12 Documents | Reality Check<\/b><\/font><\/big><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn this episode of &#8220;Reality Check,&#8221; Ross Coulthart sits down with Geoff Cruickshank, a former Australian intelligence official, and Jed Davis, lawyer and independent researcher, to discuss the infamous Majestic 12 documents. Together, they break down how the MJ-12 documents first surfaced, analyze newly uncovered CIA and FOIA records and examine whether the evidence points to authentic government secrecy or an elaborate disinformation campaign. They discuss the role of intelligence agencies, the connection between UFO sightings and nuclear weapons and the challenges of authenticating these documents.<\/p>\n<p><u>Chapters<\/u>:<br \/>\n:00 Intro<br \/>\n6:55 Meet the guests<br \/>\n8:08 Are the documents authentic?<br \/>\n11:31 Connection between operation paper clip and UAP programs<br \/>\n17:35 Creation of MJ-12<br \/>\n21:32 Declassified documents and links to covert programs<br \/>\n24:50 Are the MJ-12 documents a hoax?<br \/>\n27:09 Motives behind disinformation campaigns<br \/>\n29:18 What happened after Roswell?<br \/>\n32:52 Historical context<br \/>\n35:54 President Truman involvement<br \/>\n38:28 The \u201cWhite Hot Report\u201d<br \/>\n41:00 General Twining\u2019s \u201cflying disc\u201d memo<br \/>\n44:23 Possible counterintelligence operations<br \/>\n47:30 The Cutler-Twining memo<br \/>\n55:51 MJ-12 \u201cfirst annual report\u201d document<br \/>\n57:40 The Goudsmit letter<br \/>\n1:02:08 Goudsmit in Nazi Germany<br \/>\n1:06:11 Jed on the authenticity of MJ-12 documents<br \/>\n1:08:58 Geoff on implications of the documents authenticity<br \/>\n1:11:12 Efforts to keep MJ-12 documents buried<br \/>\n1:15:00 Final thoughts<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ogJplVuElLs?si=YzAtS5EBYnmytdaP\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b><font color=\"bright orange\">YouTube link:<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ogJplVuElLs?si=XN0uJU9jW0J4Pg8U\" ><u>https:\/\/youtu.be\/ogJplVuElLs?si=XN0uJU9jW0J4Pg8U<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Secret History: Inside Shadow Intelligence, The MJ-12 Documents | Reality Check<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of &#8220;Reality Check,&#8221; Ross Coulthart sits down with Geoff Cruickshank, a former Australian intelligence official, and Jed Davis, lawyer and independent re&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[11289],"class_list":["post-406341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufo","category-ufo-news","tag-ufo-disclosure"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406343,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406341\/revisions\/406343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}