Where is MJ-12 Now?

This is a question I have thought about since I read Friedman's Top Secret Majic in Early 2004. Assuming that such a group existed at the time of the documents' purported date, where are they now? As I see it, there are a few possibilities.

1. They never existed in the first place.
   
2. They did exist but were later disbanded.
   
3. They exist now but are not named "Majestic 12" and may be located in another part of the bureaucracy.
   
4. They exist now in the same way they were in the 40's and 50's, maybe with a few minor cosmetic and organizational tweaks.
   

If I had to choose one, I would be forced to choose 2 for the following reasons. First, I found Friedman's analysis compelling enough to find that there is a high probability of such a group existing. The error rate of the documents seems very low. Maybe someone has more information one way or the other. Second, I find it difficult to believe that such a group could survive in our modern bureaucracy given the politics and infighting that the bureaucracy comes under these days.

What are other peoples' thoughts? And what would be the role of such a group in the post-9/11 world?

My guess is you are right in certain respects. I think that the original group as been absopbed and reformatted into something different today, with new players obviously, working under the blackest of projects. So technically, they probably do not exist in their original form.

But Im certain that there is still a governing body of some sort in the tangled web that is still organizing the study of our extra-terrestrial toys.

I'm stuck between options 2 and 3. It all depends on the subjects itself, that is, the UFOs.

Number 2 is correct if UFOs are just that - UFOs. Maybe they did form a group, but they found out about just as much as the average person did. The UFOs were, and still are, unidentified, and while they existed they looked closely on if these things could pose a threat. Now that such things never happened, or at least, nothing serious happened, maybe they did wrap it all up.

Of course, this would be assuming the Roswell crash was a weather balloon, or something else, but not something not known to mankind. After all, take away the claimed UFO crashes, and the only thing we have is people seeing UFOs and claiming to be abducted by something that seems to be aliens from another planet. We really don't know.

Now, number 3 (and 4) could also be true, which would mean that this group is on to something not known to the general public.

My personal guess is that they went underground when Blue Book shut down in 1969. They're probably privately funded - which makes it much more easier to them since they don't have anyone to answer to.

Second, I find it difficult to believe that such a group could survive in our modern bureaucracy given the politics and infighting that the bureaucracy comes under these days.

This is why it would be much easier to keep it private than under governmental control. The question is if the "mission" of the organization is important enough. If UFOs are the same mystery to them as it is to us, then it would be meaningless to continue having this group, under government control or privately owned.

And what would be the role of such a group in the post-9/11 world?

If the group still exists, then 9-11 would only make their mission easier. Not only are governmental facilities even more protected than before, the mere interest in government and governmental documents are more closely monitored. Their secret would be even more protected now than before. "Just try taking a picture of FBI HQ", so to speak.

if there ever was a roup called MJ12 by now its sure to have relocated and changed names so in one faashion or another yeah they still exists but not as your father remembers them.