Declassified documents show that JFK wrote a letter to the head of the CIA demanding the release of secret UFO files just days before he was murdered. The memo is one of two confirmed declassified documents released by the CIA and obtained under the Freedom of Information Act John F. Kennedy wrote the memo to the CIA on November 12, 1963 and was killed on November 22, 1963. The memo says: It would be very helpful if you would have the high threat cases reviewed with the purpose of identification of bona fide as opposed to classified CIA and USAF sources. It is important that we make a clear distinction between the knowns and unknowns in the event the Soviets try to mistake our extended cooperation as a cover for intelligence gathering of their defense and space programs. I would like you to arrange a program of data sharing with NASA where unknowns are a factor. Released: Letter from JFK to CIA director asking for access to UFO files, which has been released to an author under the Freedom of Information Act On the same day he wrote a separate memo to NASA asking for “cooperation with the former [...]