The Majestic Twelve

October 15, 2026

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In December 1984, movie producer and UFO researcher Jamie Chanderay found a Manila envelope that had been dropped through his mail slot in Burbank, California. The postmark showed it came from Albuquerque, New Mexico, but there was no return address. Inside was only a roll of 35mm film. When developed, the film produced eight pages of what became known as the Eisenhower Briefing Document—a memo allegedly written in 1952 by the first CIA director, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, to President-elect Dwight Eisenhower. The document claimed that President Harry Truman had formed a secret group within the U.S. government called the Majestic 12 to examine crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft. The recommendation to Eisenhower was straightforward: keep the topic secret.

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1 The Majestic Twelve – Timestamped Outline
2 (00:01) **Advertisements and Show Open** - Lowe's and Wonder delivery ads, followed by dramatic claims about a "shocking" leaked document
3 (02:21) **The Mysterious Package Arrives** - In December 1984, UFO researcher Jamie Chandaré receives an anonymous Manila envelope containing a roll of 35mm film from Albuquerque, New Mexico
4 (04:50) **The Roswell Incident Connection** - The Eisenhower Briefing Document details the July 1947 Roswell crash, which the military initially called a "flying saucer" before recanting
5 (07:38) **Eisenhower's Predicament** - Laura Eisenhower, the president's great-granddaughter, claims her ancestor was "the scapegoat" for MJ-12's actions
6 (08:29) **The Second Roll of Film Surfaces** - March 1994: a second anonymous roll of film, sent from a Wisconsin drugstore, arrives at a UFO group in Maryland
7 (11:17) **Authenticating the Documents** - Giorgio Tsoukalos visits Linda Moulton Howe in Albuquerque to examine the MJ-12 material

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Guests on this episode

Linda Moulton Howe

Show Notes

A 1952 memo surfaces about a top-secret U.S. government group tasked with investigating UFOs.

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