Roswell- new details emerge from deathbed confession

Mr. Brightside · Jul 1, 2007

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Roswell aliens theory revived by deathbed confession

July 01, 2007 12:30am
Article from: The Sunday Telegraph

EXACTLY 60 years ago, a light aircraft was flying over the Cascade Mountains in Washington State, at a height of around 3000m.

Suddenly, a brilliant flash of light illuminated the aircraft.

Visibility was good and as pilot Kenneth Arnold scanned the sky to find the source of the light, he saw a group of nine shiny metallic objects flying information.

He estimated their speed as being around 2600km/h - nearly three times faster than the top speed of any jet aircraft at the time.

Soon, similar reports began to come in from all over America.

This wasn't just the world's first UFO sighting, this was the birth of a phenomenon, one that still exercises an extraordinary fascination.

Military authorities issued a press release, which began: "The many rumours regarding the flying disc became a reality yesterday when the intelligence officer of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a disc."

The headlines screamed: "Flying Disc captured by Air Force".

Yet, just 24 hours later, the military changed their story and claimed the object they'd first thought was a "flying disc" was a weather balloon that had crashed on a nearby ranch.

The key witness was Major Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer who had gone to the ranch to recover the wreckage.

He described the metal as being wafer thin but incredibly tough.

It was as light as balsa wood, but couldn't be cut or burned.

These and similar accounts of the incident have largely been dismissed by all except the most dedicated believers.

Astonishing new twist

But last week came an astonishing new twist to the Roswell mystery.

Lieutenant Walter Haut was the public relations officer at the base in 1947 and was the man who issued the original and subsequent press releases after the crash on the orders of the base commander, Colonel William Blanchard.

Haut died last year but left a sworn affidavit to be opened only after his death.

Last week, the text was released and asserts that the weather balloon claim was a cover story and that the real object had been recovered by the military and stored in a hangar.

He described seeing not just the craft, but alien bodies.

He wasn't the first Roswell witness to talk about alien bodies.

Local undertaker Glenn Dennis had long claimed that he was contacted by authorities at Roswell shortly after the crash and asked to provide a number of child-sized coffins.

When he arrived at the base, he was apparently told by a nurse (who later disappeared) that a UFO had crashed and that small humanoid extraterrestrials had been recovered.

But Haut is the only one of the original participants to claim to have seen alien bodies.

UFO pieces handed around

Haut's affidavit talks about a high-level meeting he attended with base commander Col William Blanchard and the Commander of the Eighth Army Air Force, General Roger Ramey.

Haut states that at this meeting, pieces of wreckage were handed around for participants to touch, with nobody able to identify the material.

He says the press release was issued because locals were already aware of the crash site, but in fact there had been a second crash site, where more debris from the craft had fallen.

The plan was that an announcement acknowledging the first site, which had been discovered by a farmer, would divert attention from the second and more important location.

The clean-up operation

Haut also spoke about a clean-up operation, where for months afterwards military personnel scoured both crash sites searching for all remaining pieces of debris, removing them and erasing all signs that anything unusual had occurred.

This ties in with claims made by locals that debris collected as souvenirs was seized by the military.

Haut then tells how Colonel Blanchard took him to "Building 84" - one of the hangars at Roswell - and showed him the craft itself.

He describes a metallic egg-shaped object around 3.6m-4.5m in length and around 1.8m wide.

He said he saw no windows, wings, tail, landing gear or any other feature.

Haut 'saw the alien bodies'

He saw two bodies on the floor, partially covered by a tarpaulin.

They are described in his statement as about 1.2m tall, with disproportionately large heads.

Towards the end of the affidavit, Haut concludes: "I am convinced that what I personally observed was some kind of craft and its crew from outer space".

What's particularly interesting about Walter Haut is that in the many interviews he gave before his death, he played down his role and made no such claims.

Had he been seeking publicity, he would surely have spoken about the craft and the bodies.

Did he fear ridicule, or was the affidavit a sort of deathbed confession from someone who had been part of a cover-up, but who had stayed loyal to the end?

The US government came under huge pressure on Roswell in the '90s.

In July 1994, in response to an inquiry from the General Accounting Office, the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force published a report, The Roswell Report: Fact Versus Fiction In The New Mexico Desert.

Weather balloon 'cover story'

The report concluded that the Roswell incident had been attributable to something called Project Mogul, a top secret project using high-altitude balloons to carry sensor equipment into the upper atmosphere, listening forevidence of Soviet nuclear tests.

The statements concerning a crashed weather balloon had been a cover story, they admitted, but not to hide the truth about extraterrestrials.

A second US Air Force report concluded claims bodies were recovered were generated by people having seen crash test dummies that were dropped from the balloons.

Sceptics, of course, will dismiss the testimony left by Haut.

After all, fascinating though it is, it's just a story. There's no proof.

But if nothing else, this latest revelation shows that, 60 years on, this mystery endures.
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Lynus302 · Jul 1, 2007

giddyup · Jul 1, 2007

Walter Haut's niece is an acquaintance of mine here. She told me this years ago. Didn't Haut write a book?

DaDakota · Jul 1, 2007

Lt Colonel Corso talked about using the technology to seed American industry, his book is a very compelling read.

The day after Roswell is the name of the book.....

DD

Achilleus · Jul 1, 2007

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DaDakota · Jul 1, 2007

That 4th video down where the Space shuttle astronauts are saying "We have the alien spacecraft under observance" is pretty darn telling.

This should have a poll attached.

Do you believe that we are being visited by Alien Space craft?

Yes
No

It would be interesting to see what people think would happen if the government came out and said...Yep, they are here and have been for as long as we have known and there is nothing we can do about it.

DD

arkoe · Jul 1, 2007

DaDa, look up Rendlesham.

conquistador#11 · Jul 1, 2007

The truth is out there!!!

geeimsobored · Jul 1, 2007

Peter Jennings did a really good report on UFO sightings a few years ago.

Personally, I don't believe these were UFO sightings but the secretive actions of government and the fact that they keep changing their story on these things definitely opens themselves up to questions.

EDIT - Here's the Peter Jennings report. Take a look, its an interesting piece of work.

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KaiSeR SoZe · Jul 1, 2007

i believe that there is life out there in the universe, you'd be foolish not to

tinman · Jul 1, 2007

nyquil82 · Jul 1, 2007

If you have the time, these are interesting reads, even if they are not true. A weird sighting a few weeks ago and then a response from someone who worked on the UFO's.

http://www.ufocasebook.com/strangecraftdrone.html
http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1247&category=Environment
http://isaaccaret.fortunecity.com/

giddyup · Jul 1, 2007

DaDakota said:

Lt Colonel Corso talked about using the technology to seed American industry, his book is a very compelling read.

The day after Roswell is the name of the book.....

DD
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That's a great read...

KingCheetah · Jul 1, 2007

As I recall Jesse Marcel also made a death bed confession that the weather balloon was a cover-up and the real craft was not of this world -- fwiw...

percicles · Jul 1, 2007

Why do aliens only visit the US???

Lynus302 · Jul 1, 2007

percicles said:

Why do aliens only visit the US???
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They don't. Granted, we're the super-power with the greatest weapons and technology, but there have been many sightings from all over the world.

Some of the biggest ones off the top of my head that didn't occur in the US were in the UK and USSR, with a big one over Mexico City that happened in broad daylight with thousands of eye-witnesses.

Just google "UFO" with any of those cities/countries and you'll find a ton of info.

Arkoe mentioned Rendlesham. That was a biggie. Here's a Wiki link....

KingCheetah · Jul 1, 2007

percicles said:

Why do aliens only visit the US???
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UFO are definitely a world wide phenomena and have been for ages...

...where there is smoke there is fire.

nyquil82 · Jul 1, 2007

percicles said:

Why do aliens only visit the US???
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Probably the same reason why jesus shows up on our food.

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