Eisenhower Briefing Document
Also known as EBD
Purported 18 November 1952 briefing for President-elect Eisenhower naming twelve MJ-12 members; arrived as undeveloped film in 1984 and is the flagship MJ-12 document.
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Eisenhower Briefing Document
The Eisenhower Briefing Document (EBD) is the flagship MJ-12 artifact: a purported briefing prepared for President-elect Eisenhower, dated 18 November 1952, naming the committee's twelve members. It arrived as undeveloped 35mm film pushed through Jaime Shandera's mail slot in December 1984, and became public in spring 1987 after Timothy Good obtained an independent copy [S1].
Unlike the White Hot Intelligence Estimate, the EBD has been examined at length. The most-cited technical findings concern the companion Truman-Forrestal memo, where Philip J. Klass demonstrated that Truman's signature is a photocopied paste-up from an authentic 1 October 1947 Truman letter to Vannevar Bush — matching down to accidental scratch marks and a shared pen slip [S2]. Klass also argued the EBD's hybrid comma date format matches William Moore's personal correspondence habits rather than period military style [S2].
Stanton Friedman defended the document for decades, and won at least one round: see Cutler-Twining Memo for the Pica/Elite wager Klass paid out [S3].
Sources
[S1] "Majestic 12" / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_12 / Accessed 2026-08-30
[S2] "Philip J. Klass, Skeptical Inquirer (May/June 2000)" / https://centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com / Accessed 2026-08-30
[S3] "War of the Words" / https://chicagoreader.com / Accessed 2026-08-30
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