Dreamcatcher

The documents appeared to be proof that the Roswell saucer, long the subject of rumor and speculation, had really happened. The second document supported the first and was a top secret
briefing for the newly elected President on the members of MJ-12 and their progress in the investigation.

Shandera waited for over two years to make the documents public on May 29, 1987. His associates in the revelation were William Moore, coauthor of The Roswell Incident, and crashed saucer expert Stanton Friedman. Moore’s and Friedman’s theories stood to be vindicated if the documents were real!

The three claimed to have found further documentary backing for the existence of MJ-12 in the person of a “highly placed military intelligence operative” who could authenticate the story. The source was discredited when he turned out to be a USAF sergeant once found guilty of falsifying documents.

The documents, subjected to intense scrutiny, were soon shown to have been falsified as well when it was revealed that the 1947 document was actually written on a Smith Corona typewriter not manufactured until 1963. Hillenkoetter’s memo was dated in an odd mixture of civilian and military styles and he had signed himself Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, which form was never used before or since on any of the volumes of surviving correspondence. A close inspection of Truman’s signature revealed that it was a photocopy of a signature on a letter from Truman to nuclear scientist, Dr. Vannevar Bush, written on October 1, 1947. Since Hillenkoetter’s memo refers specifically to Truman’s “Classified Executive Order” of 1947, it follows that both are fakes.