JS (Denb Report Author)

The Document

The Denb Report is dated March 23, 1992, and addressed "to all Denb team members" from "JS." It is designated "File UFO 3263," suggesting it is one of many UAP cases studied by the DENB Team. The report provides minute-by-minute operational detail of the alleged 1974 crash retrieval, including radar tracking data, communications intercepts, CIA recovery team assembly, helicopter flight paths, disc description, and site destruction with high explosives.

The report states at its conclusion:

"The facts that are known have been gathered from two eyewitness accounts, documentation illegally copied, and a partially destroyed document. This was done in 1978 by a person who is now dead. Only in February of this year 1992 did the notes and documents come into the hands of our group."

Identity Hypotheses

Acronym Hypothesis

Researchers Noah Torres and Ruben Uriarte hypothesize "JS" may be an acronym for a department or entity within the US government, such as:

• Joint Staff: The military organization that assists the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Joint Services: A designation for multi-service military operations or organizations
• Other government/intelligence acronym: Given the operational detail and access to classified information suggested by the report

Individual Hypothesis

Alternatively, JS may be an individual's initials—a person with direct or indirect access to classified crash retrieval documentation who chose to leak the information via early internet message boards and anonymous mailings to UFO researchers. The use of initials rather than a full name or pseudonym suggests operational security concerns.

Disinformation Hypothesis

Some researchers consider the possibility that JS represents a disinformation agent or operation designed to seed false information into the UFO research community. However, this hypothesis is weakened by:

• Leonard Stringfield's independent knowledge of a US cross-border retrieval in Chihuahua prior to the report's release
• The report's "authoritatively written" military terminology and operational detail
• The report's clear distinction between confirmed facts and speculation

Relation to the DENB Team

JS appears to be a member or representative of the DENB Team, the mysterious group identified as recipients of the report. If the DENB Team was an internal intelligence community investigation group operating via early internet message boards during the "UAP Dark Ages" (1969–2007), JS may have been a designated spokesperson or authorized leaker tasked with controlled dissemination of compartmented information.

The fact that JS states "our group" when referring to the DENB Team suggests JS is either a member of the group or closely affiliated with it.

Distribution Method

The Denb Report first appeared on an electronic bulletin board in 1992, then was anonymously mailed to researchers including Elaine Douglas and Nick Redfern in early summer 1993. This distribution method—using nascent internet infrastructure followed by anonymous postal delivery—suggests JS (or the DENB Team) was familiar with both digital and traditional methods of clandestine information distribution.

The method mirrors the distribution of the MJ-12 Documents in the 1980s, which were also anonymously mailed to researchers, raising questions about whether JS represents a similar insider source.

Operational Security

The level of operational detail in the Denb Report—including specific timelines, radar data, helicopter types, disc measurements, and site destruction protocols—suggests JS had access to either:

1. Primary documentation (intelligence reports, after-action reports, communications intercepts)
2. Direct testimony from participants in the operation
3. Secondary documentation compiled from multiple classified sources

The report's caveat that documentation was "illegally copied" and that the original compiler is "now dead" suggests JS is protecting sources and methods while acknowledging the sensitive and potentially illegal nature of the leak.

Unanswered Questions

• Is JS an individual or an organizational acronym?
• What is JS's relationship to the DENB Team?
• Did JS have direct access to classified documentation, or did JS compile information from secondary sources?
• Was JS an active intelligence community member in 1992, or a retired/former member?
• Why was the Coyame case selected for public release via internet message boards?
• Are there other "File UFO" cases compiled by JS and the DENB Team that have not been released?
• Is JS still alive, and does JS possess additional documentation on the Coyame case or other crash retrievals?

The identity and intent of JS remain among the most significant unresolved mysteries of the Coyame case. Without JS coming forward or being identified, the authenticity and sourcing of the Denb Report cannot be definitively established.

Sources

• Video - The 1974 Coyame, Mexico UFO Crash