[SPOILERS] What's with MJ-12 in this game?

[MaxedPoin☻]

Heyo, big fan of this game and it's story. But something that started to bother me after a couple playthroughs was... What's with Majestic-12? They seem very departed from their real life counterpart. This seems odd to me because, as far as I'm aware, everything else in this game stays true or partly true to their actual real life counterpart. The Illuminati, Black Choppers, Echelon IV, so on and so forth... but, Majestic-12 seems WAY different.

Now, I have a couple theories, and I'd love to hear a couple of yours too. (Also, please don't just say: "Well, they probably just used it because it's a real conspiracy with a cool name." that sort of takes away from the game's own story and sort of just wastes not only your time but mine.)

My theory: As stupid as it's gonna sound, Bob Page may be some sort of intelligent lifeform. Why? The red eyes, probably some reptilian-humanoid, maybe disguised as a human or a half-breed turned into a human. Why, you might ask, the red eyes could be augmentations... I don't think so, everyone else with augmented eyes have them blue, matching up with the bio-electrics everyone that has nano-augmentations has. My guess is that Majestic-12 intercepted his (or his family's) downed aircraft at Roswell, discovered how intelligent the lifeforms on board were, and over the next 100 years worked with them to form what Majestic-12 is today, most likely some shenanigans with the Illuminati as well, considering they mention working with/giving hand-me-downs to Majestic-12, though I'm honestly not sure where to put this into the theory.

P.S. If you don't know what Majestic-12 is, they are: (from wikipedia) "Majestic 12, also known as Majic-12, and MJ-12 for short, is a purported organization that appeared in fake documents first circulated by ufologists in 1984, and that some UFO conspiracy theories still claim to have existed. The organization is claimed to be the code name of an alleged secret committee of scientists, military leaders, and government officials, formed in 1947 by an executive order by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to facilitate recovery and investigation of alien spacecraft."

[ULTRA]

I think you missed some readings in the second half of the game or something. The MJ12 operated out of Area 51 and did experiments on alien grays, that's all. The actual explanation for their origin is just an extension of the political landscape behind the game's plot (everything goes back to the Illuminati). The account of how Bob Page split off from the Illuminati (and all the cliched parallels to Gendo from Evangelion) are well-trod throughout all the games. He's not a reptillian, he's just a James Bond villain.

[MaxedPoin☻]

Originally posted by ULTRA:

I think you missed some readings in the second half of the game or something. The MJ12 operated out of Area 51 and did experiments on alien grays, that's all. The actual explanation for their origin is just an extension of the political landscape behind the game's plot (everything goes back to the Illuminati). The account of how Bob Page split off from the Illuminati (and all the cliched parallels to Gendo from Evangelion) are well-trod throughout all the games. He's not a reptillian, he's just a James Bond villain.

Ah, I did miss a lot of Area 51 tbh so that explains a lot. Though... He could still be a reptillian... You never know...

[ULTRA]

oh yes, most certainly

[Blender McBiscuits]

"actual real life counterpart" ?

[MaxedPoin☻]

Originally posted by Blender McBiscuits:

"actual real life counterpart" ?

Majestic 12 is based on a real life conspiracy also called Majestic 12. Read the text in the spoilered part of the post.

[ULTRA]

Originally posted by Blender McBiscuits:

"actual real life counterpart" ?

a bunch of pretentious old men playing at running the world