Science Channel

Just ten days before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy allegedly demanded that the CIA brief him on "all UFO intelligence." He worried that the Soviets might mistake an unknown craft for an American spy plane, triggering a catastrophic conflict [citation:9]. Conspiracy theorists have long claimed that this pursuit of the truth was the motive behind his murder.<br /><br />This is the story of JFK’s secret war with the CIA over UFOs. We trace the claims that Kennedy was briefed on the 1947 Roswell incident early in his congressional career and that his 1961 executive actions to rein in covert op...