<sod>In [[UFO conspiracy theory|UFO conspiracy theories]], '''Majestic 12''' (or '''MJ-12''') is the [[code name]] of an alleged secret committee of scientists, military leaders, and government officials, formed in 1947 by an [[executive order]] by [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] to facilitate recovery and investigation of [[Flying saucer|alien spacecraft]]. The concept originated in a series of supposedly leaked secret government documents first circulated by [[List of ufologists|ufologists]] in 1984. Upon examination, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) declared the documents to be "completely bogus", and many ufologists consider them to be an elaborate [[hoax]].<ref name="Donovan2011">{{cite book|last=Donovan|first=Barna William|title=Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJkhqU1IXHAC&pg=PA107|accessdate=17 September 2014|date=2011-07-20|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486151|pages=107–}}</ref><ref name=FBI_bogus/> Majestic 12 remains popular among some [[UFO conspiracy theory|UFO conspiracy theorists]] and the concept has appeared in [[popular culture]] including television, film and literature.<eod>
<sod>In [[UFO conspiracy theory|UFO conspiracy theories]], '''Majestic 12''' (or '''MJ-12''') is the [[code name]] of a secret committee of scientists, military leaders, and government officials, formed in 1947 by an [[executive order]] by [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] to facilitate recovery and investigation of [[Flying saucer|alien spacecraft]]. The concept originated in a series of supposedly leaked secret government documents first circulated by [[List of ufologists|ufologists]] in 1984. Upon examination, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) declared the documents to be "completely bogus", and many ufologists consider them to be an elaborate [[hoax]].<ref name="Donovan2011">{{cite book|last=Donovan|first=Barna William|title=Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJkhqU1IXHAC&pg=PA107|accessdate=17 September 2014|date=2011-07-20|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486151|pages=107–}}</ref><ref name=FBI_bogus/> Majestic 12 remains popular among some [[UFO conspiracy theory|UFO conspiracy theorists]] and the concept has appeared in [[popular culture]] including television, film and literature.<eod>