The Roswell Report: Case Closed

I. Roland II. Lutz. CMSgt. USAF. (Ret), hereby state that James McAndrew was
identif~iedas a Lieutenant. LLS.4FR on this date at my home and do hereby. voluntarily and
of my own free wilI> make the following statement, This was done without having been
subjected to any coet-cion, tmlawful infhience or unIawtii1 inducement.
I enlisted in the I~:,!%Navy in 1947 and transferred to the U.S. Air ITome in 1958. In June.
1958 I was assignedto the Right surge0n.s otke al HolIoman AFB. Xv1 as an Aero
kledical Technician. I served sevzeralIOWS in Southeast .4sia and retired from the .Ait
Force in I774 as an iiero Medical Superintendcttt.
On May 20-21. 1959 I was assignedto provide medical coverage for a balloon training
mission thawtook &from Holloman APB and ended with a crash near RosweII KAJ.
(Yam Joe tittinger was training hvo other pilok (Yapt Pulgham and Capt Kaufman. I
Iollowed the balloon in an ambulance duting the night and at daybreak I followed the
balloon in an H-21 helicopter. Just after daybreak I saw the balloon crash and the three
pilots were dumped form the gondola. I immediately informed the helicopter pilot and we
landed in a field on which cattle were grazing. I recall the rancher was upset becausethe
helicopter was frightening his cattle and some cattle had gotten out of the tield.
I assesedthe injuties to the pilots and recommended they be taken immediately to ihc
closest hospital vvhich was at \Valkcr AI’B. apptximatelv 5 IO 10 minutes avvavb>
helicopter, Capt F&ham’s head was swelling due IO a hemotoma he received when the
gondola struck him. Cam Littinger was cut on the face and was bleeding. Cam Lutfman
was uninjured. At Walker I rcmembcr a telephone conversation with a flight surgeon who
told me to ‘.go home and sleep it ofT’. He apparently did not believe my stop ol-three Ait
Force pilots that were victims of a balloon crash. However. I was able to convince him and
he treated Capt Fulgham and Capt Kimtiger. While at the hospital Capt Fu1gham.s head
had swelled enormously and his eyes were beginning to turn black.
I do not recall that anything unusual occurred at the hospital at Ll:alker. I remember the
three pilots sitting on a bench in the hallway waiting to be treated. I do not remember that
Capt Kittinger was involved in an altercation with anyone while at lhc hospiraL if he had ~I
would have known about it. CYaptl&nger was concerned with gcning medical treatment
Ior his injured crew member. Capt FuIgham. and returning to IIolloman. I ako do not
recall a black NC0 accompanying Cam Kittingtx while we were a1the hospital, I do not
remember a nurse assisting in the treatment of Capt Pulgham or Capt Kittinger. I also do
not remember a male civilian or any persomtel or vehicles from a mortuac. and I do 1101
recaIl any remains in body bags in the hospital