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Does the government know about the Men In Black?

In the first movie, it was said that the Men In Black is funded independently, and not part of any government branch. And it's obvious that law enforcement has no clue about them because we saw them mind wiping people in the NYPD building. So does the government know about the organization or is it just that covert? I don't recall them ever talking about contacting the president, and their own members are even forced to forget about it after reaching an age of retirement (Some time in their late fifties it seems, unless they get promoted to a position of leadership). So I guess my real question is: does anyone but the MIB know of the organization's existence? (I mean actually knowing for certain of their existence, because I know the movies established that they were kind of an urban legend, but let's not count that).
gpt
At one point the government *did* know about the MiB. They began as a poorly-funded organization in the 1950s, one which few took seriously, until the Baltians made contact.

Baltian First Contact occurred on the night of Thursday, March 2nd, 1961 when a group of Baltian refugees landed on Earth just outside New York City. They came here on a mission to establish Earth as an apolitical neutral zone for aliens in need of a planet to relocate. This meeting became a cornerstone event in the formation of the Men in Black.

The MiB have since severed any connection with the US Government on the grounds that they were too intrusive. Not too long after, the Baltians left Earth for reasons not given and their current whereabouts remain unknown.