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Robert Cutler

First US National Security Advisor, under Eisenhower

Born
June 12, 1895
Died
May 8, 1974
Office
National Security Advisor, 1953–55 and 1957–58
Earlier career
Boston lawyer and banker; brigadier general in WWII
Known in UFO lore for
The disputed 1954 'Cutler-Twining memo'

Eisenhower's first national security adviser; a 1954 memo in his name mentioning 'MJ-12' sits in the National Archives, which doubts it.

What is Robert Cutler known for?

Robert Cutler was a Boston lawyer and banker who became the first person to hold the post now called National Security Advisor. He served Eisenhower from 1953 to 1955 and again from 1957 to 1958, and is credited with turning the National Security Council into a major policy body.

In UFO history he is known for the 'Cutler-Twining memo', a short paper dated July 14, 1954, addressed to Air Force General Nathan Twining, which mentions an 'NSC/MJ-12 Special Studies Project'. It was found in Air Force records at the National Archives in 1985 and is often cited as support for the MJ-12 story.

The National Archives has published a list of reasons it doubts the memo. These include a missing top secret register number, markings not used by the NSC until years later, the wrong kind of paper, no matching meeting records, and the fact that Cutler was overseas visiting military bases on the date the memo bears. No other record of MJ-12 has been found in his files.

Why it is on Credible Theories

His name is on the disputed 1954 'Cutler-Twining' memo that mentions MJ-12.

Mentioned on these pages

Sources

  1. National Archives, 'Unidentified Flying Objects - Project BLUE BOOK'Primary text
  2. Wikipedia, 'Robert Cutler'Reference

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