American film actress who died in August 1962. A widely disputed and unauthenticated document circulated since the 1990s, the 'Marilyn Monroe memo,' claims she learned of a government UFO cover-up from President Kennedy and was preparing to disclose it before her death; the claim lacks independent verification and is generally treated as a hoax by researchers and archivists.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and one of the most popular film stars of the 1950s and early 1960s, known for films including 'Some Like It Hot' and 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.' She died at her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962, in a death officially ruled a probable suicide, though the circumstances have long attracted alternative theories. Among these is the 'Marilyn Monroe memo,' an undated document that surfaced in ufology circles in the 1990s and purports to be an internal CIA record referencing Monroe's knowledge of a government UFO cover-up, including an alleged New Mexico crash retrieval, supposedly disclosed to her by President Kennedy. The document's authenticity has never been established, carries no verifiable chain of custody, and has been described by document analysts as showing formatting inconsistencies consistent with later fabrication. It has nonetheless been promoted in UFO-disclosure media, including Dr. Steven Greer's 2017 documentary 'Unacknowledged.'