The Roswell Report: Case Closed

deposited there was a standard procedure to maintain good community relations and avoid legal claims that could arise over property damages or livestock losses. $ ^{114} $ Cattle were known to ingest scraps of polyethylene balloon material that sometimes littered entire fields following a balloon failure or flight termination. $ ^{115} $

The military vehicles described were also consistent with recovery and communications vehicles used during the 1950s to retrieve anthropomorphic dummies and suspension racks. $ ^{116} $ The witness stated he saw a "wrecker," a "six-by-six," a "weapons carrier," a "47 Ford car," and a "pickup." The "wrecker" was most likely a M-342 5-ton wrecker that was assigned to the Balloon Branch for launch and recovery operations. $ ^{117} $ Other vehicles described were also the type used to launch and recover anthropomorphic dummies. The "six-by-six" is a likely reference to a M-352 1/2-ton cargo truck; "weapons carriers" were the common name of a Dodge M-37 3/4-ton utility truck. References to "the pickup" and a "47 Ford car," were likely descriptions of other civilian and military vehicles often present at high altitude balloon launch and recovery locations.

## "Crash" Site 2

## (Allegedly 175 miles Northwest of Roswell)

This purported flying saucer "crash" site is allegedly 175 miles northwest of Roswell in an area of New Mexico known as the San Agustin Plains. $ ^{118} $ The contention that a flying saucer crashed at this location and was recovered by the U.S. military is supported by three principal testimonies, two secondhand and one firsthand.

## The Secondhand Accounts

These accounts were related by Mr. Vern Maltais and Ms. Alice Knight, who were acquainted with the alleged original eyewitness, Mr. Grady L. Barnett, who is deceased. Unless otherwise noted, the following statements appeared on footage used to prepare a video, Recollections of Roswell Part II, by the The Fund for UFO Research (see Appendix C).

## Alice Knight

## "I don't recall the date" $ ^{119} $

"I don't remember whether it was before my husband and I were married or after, I don't recall the date. But he [the eyewitness] saw a UFO fall...and he got nearly to the site...but they got nearly up to the UFO but it was close enough that you could see some creatures. He said they didn't look like human beings out there. And along came government cars and trucks. I guess it was government. You know it was a long time ago...and they told him to go on back and forget that they ever saw anything, and that's all I recall."