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The Roswell Report: Case Closed

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The Roswell Report: Case Closed was published by Headquarters United States Air Force and written by Capt. James McAndrew. It follows up the July 1994 report, which traced the 1947 debris to Project MOGUL balloon trains. The report says the reported alien bodies were probably anthropomorphic test dummies dropped from high altitude balloons. It also says the accounts of bodies at the Roswell Army Air Field hospital probably merged two separate events: a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 manned balloon mishap.

  • p. 8 …The interviews of Gerald Anderson, Alice Knight, and Vern Maltais were excerpted in their entirety from…
  • p. 11 …182 APPENDIX C Interviews Gerald Anderson ......................................................................................... 187 Glenn Dennis .............................................................................................. 197 Alice Knight ................................................................................................ 213 Vern Maltais ................................................................................................ 214…
  • p. 29 …Gerald Anderson, an alleged witness of events at the site 175 miles northwest of Roswell, recalled…
  • p. 30 …aliens” as, “They had four fingers.“‘i Anderson characterized the hands as, “They didn’t have…
  • p. 75 …Gerald Anderson Anderson related that as a five-year-old boy on an outing with his…
  • p. 76 started a recovery operation of the alien craft and crew.lX3 Anderson also recalled that the…
  • p. 82 …Since one witness, Gerald Anderson, described proceduresconsistent with the launch cznd recovery of high altitude balloons…
  • p. 85 …12. the being were “four foot tall, four and a half feet tall.““’ Anderson five foot…
  • p. 86 …22. “Around the collar it the suit was trimmed in...maroon- like cording”lX7 Anderson 23…
  • p. 87 …military truck with canvas...wagon type...thing over it”‘” Anderson 38. “there was military ambulances”‘Oi…
  • p. 88 …they took everybody’s name and everything”?” Anderson 48. “they cleaned everything all up...1 mean…
  • p. 89 …ground, dragging stuff out of trucks”“x Anderson Established procedure to refuel an aircraft, launch a…
  • p. 142 …Video, Recollections of Roswll, Part II, Gerald Anderson interview (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research…
  • p. 143 …ibid., Anderson interview. 17. ibid. 18. ibid., Maltais interview. 19. Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson…
  • p. 150 …Gerald Anderson, Barney Bamett, and the Archaeologists, Introduction (Chicago, IL, Washington, DC.: J. Allen Hynek Center…
  • p. 151 …Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson interview. 142. ibid. 143. Signed, sworn statement of Raymond A…
  • p. 152 …ibid., Anderson interview. 175. ibid., Maltais interview. 176. ibid. 177. ibid., Anderson interview. 178. Ragsdale. 179…
  • p. 153 …Recollections of Roswell, Part ZZ,Anderson interview. 213. Ragsdale. 214. Recollections of Roswell, Part ZZ,Anderson…
  • p. 167 …Video, Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Gerald Anderson interview, (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research…
  • p. 202 Transcript of Interview with Gerald Anderson* Alleged firsthand witness to “Crash Site” Two (allegedly 175 miles…
  • p. 240 …7% 99, 105, 109, 113-l I6 Anderson, Gerald 14,60-61.67. See a/.~” interview…
At that time, Hynek was steadfast in his opinion that most, if not all, UFO
sightings could be resolved by applying known scientific analysis.‘73 Kittinger
said he was “flabbergasted” when, years later, Hynek appeared to reverse
his opinion and endorse extraterrestrial explanations.‘26 Hynek’s reversal
in philosophies led to numerous commercial endeavors, most notably as a
technical advisor for the science-tiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Also, based on his experience with project STARGAZER,Hynek was
familiar with balloon operations at Holloman AFB, visiting the Holloman
Balloon Branch several times. Z’ Interestingly, there is no record that Hynek,
who died in 1986, eves endorsed what is now presented as the “best evidence”
of UFOs, the so-called Roswell Incident, which was actually a conglomeration
of numerous events, some with origins in Holloman AFB launched balloons.
The Alien at the Hospital
In at least one account of the Roswell Incident, a witness claimed
he observed a “creature” walk under its own power into the hospita1.228
While the specifics of this particular sighting cannot be verified, the injury
that caused Fulgham’s head to swell, resembling the classic science-fiction
alien head, makes this account (and some others) that at first appeared to be
the work of over-active imaginations, seem possible.
Fig. 27. Clinical Record
Cover Sheet from medical
records of Capt. Dan D.
Fulgham describing injuries
he received in the balloon
accident on May 21, 1959.

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