The Roswell Report: Case Closed

no hair," with "hands that were not covered" and "had only four fingers," is a likely description of an Alderson Research Laboratories model anthropomorphic dummy. The head of the Alderson dummy was "bald" and the area of the eyebrows protruded but had no "hair" (see figure 72). Also, a distinguishing feature of the Alderson dummy, unlike the Sierra dummy, was that it had individual fingers not covered by gloves that were often damaged during the tests resulting in the loss of fingers (see figures 35, 73, 75).

Due to the secondhand nature of these accounts, even UFO theorists were not convinced that this "incident" actually occurred. Corroborating testimony of a firsthand witness was necessary to verify these claims. The firsthand testimony is examined next.

## The Firsthand Account

This testimony became part of the Roswell Incident in 1990 following an episode of the television program Unsolved Mysteries. $ ^{122} $ Following a dramatized re-creation on the program, persons with information concerning this event were encouraged to call a special toll free telephone number.

From the outset, some UFO theorists were skeptical of this testimony due to the amount of detail provided from the witness who was only five years old in 1947. In fact, UFO organizations sponsored a conference in February 1992 to evaluate the testimony for authenticity. $ ^{123} $ The witness was asked to take a polygraph examination, which he passed. $ ^{124} $ Many UFO enthusiasts remained skeptical of the claims and denounced this testimony as "no more than a fabrication." $ ^{125} $

Unless otherwise noted, two sources of testimony attributed to the witness have been used in this examination; interviews used to prepare the video Recollections of Roswell Part II by the Fund for UFO Research (see Appendix C) and Crash at Corona by Don Berliner and Stanton Friedman (passages from this book were used only when exact quotations of the witness were indicated).

## Gerald Anderson

## "I thought they were plastic dolls...I didn't think they were real" $ ^{126} $

Anderson related that as a five-year-old boy on an outing with his family in west central New Mexico, they stumbled upon the crash of some type of aerial vehicle. $ ^{127} $ When he first saw the craft he thought it was a "blimp." $ ^{128} $ According to Anderson he "didn't really get very close," $ ^{129} $ but thought he saw four bandaged crewmembers and at first he "thought they were plastic dolls." $ ^{130} $ He also described attempts by persons in his party to communicate with one of the "crewmembers." $ ^{131} $ Soon after, other civilians arrived (some wearing pith helmets) followed by military personnel in an assortment of vehicles and aircraft commanded by a "redheaded captain." $ ^{132} $ The military personnel, after "screaming and hollering" at the civilians "this is a military secret,"