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Nathan Twining

USAF general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (Twining memo) · US · b. 1897–1982
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General Nathan Twining was a highly decorated United States Air Force General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is central to UAP history due to the famous 1947 memo he authored following the Roswell incident and early UFO waves. Twining's key contribution was this classified assessment stating that the phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious, describing objects with extreme maneuverability and lack of conventional propulsion. This memo led directly

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General Nathan Twining was a highly decorated United States Air Force General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is central to UAP history due to the famous 1947 memo he authored following the Roswell incident and early UFO waves. Twining's key contribution was this classified assessment stating that the phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious, describing objects with extreme maneuverability and lack of conventional propulsion. This memo led directly to the establishment of Project Sign, the Air Force's first formal UAP investigation. He is also frequently cited in lore as a primary member of the alleged Majestic 12 oversight group.

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