Jamie Shandera
Television producer who received the MJ-12 film in 1984
- Occupation
- Los Angeles television writer-producer
- Known for
- Receiving the 'Majestic 12' documents on undeveloped film, December 1984
- Associates
- William L. Moore, Stanton T. Friedman
- Outcome
- FBI called the MJ-12 documents completely bogus (1988)
Los Angeles TV producer who said the Majestic 12 papers arrived through his mail slot in 1984 on a roll of undeveloped film.
What is Jamie Shandera known for?
Jaime (often spelled Jamie) Shandera was in the 1980s a Los Angeles television writer and producer who worked with the UFO researchers William L. Moore and Stanton T. Friedman.
According to his account, in mid-December 1984 a brown paper package with a New Mexico postmark and no return address was dropped through his mail slot. Inside was an undeveloped roll of 35mm film. When developed, it showed a document presented as a 1952 briefing for President-elect Eisenhower about Majestic 12, a supposed secret committee formed to handle a crashed saucer recovered near Roswell.
In 1985, after anonymous tips, Shandera and Moore found a related 'Cutler/Twining memo' in a box at the National Archives. The documents were made public in 1987. Critics such as Philip Klass found many problems with them, the National Archives found no record supporting the memo, and in 1988 the FBI declared the MJ-12 documents completely bogus. No one has been identified as the author of the documents.
Received the undeveloped film containing the Majestic 12 'briefing document' in December 1984.
Mentioned on these pages
- Rabbit holeThe Majestic 12 Documents
Sources
- Wikipedia, 'Majestic 12'Reference
- Slate, 'The FBI Thinks the Majestic 12 Documents Are Bogus' (2016)Reference
- Skeptical Inquirer, Philip J. Klass, 'The MJ-12 Papers: Part 2' (1988)Reference
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