Counter Intelligence Corps
The Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) was the US Army's counterintelligence organization from 1942 to 1961. In UFO literature it is mentioned mainly because of the 1947 Roswell incident, since one of its agents took part in collecting the debris.
The Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) was the United States Army's counterintelligence and internal security unit. It was created in 1942 through the reorganization of the Corps of Intelligence Police, which had operated since 1917. It continued to operate after World War II, and in 1961 it was merged into the Army's new intelligence branch. Its tasks were defense against espionage, sabotage and subversive activity, as well as the security screening of individuals.
Its role after the war
CIC agents also served in occupied Germany and Japan, where they investigated war criminals and Soviet connections. They also oversaw the security of military installations. One of the organization's most controversial cases is that after the war it employed former Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie as an informant.
Its connection to the UFO topic
In UFO literature, the CIC's name came up in connection with the 1947 Roswell incident. The organization's special agent in Roswell, Sheridan Cavitt, went out to the Brazel ranch in July 1947 together with Major Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer of the 509th Bomb Group stationed at Roswell Army Air Field, to collect the debris that had been found. According to some witnesses and ufologists, CIC personnel were also involved in securing the site and silencing witnesses. These claims are not supported by independent evidence.
Official and skeptical position
According to the US Air Force's 1994 report, the Roswell debris was the remains of a balloon train and radar reflectors from the secret Project Mogul program. Cavitt was also interviewed during the investigation, and he said that he had considered the debris to be balloon remains even at the time. The Air Force's 1997 report also explained the later accounts of "alien bodies" with ordinary events, such as dummies used in parachute tests. According to skeptical researchers, the conspiracy theories attached to the CIC are based on recollections made decades later, whose reliability is disputed.