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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.
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This brief testimony suggests that the witness did not know the date of this event. It also appears that the “creatures” were seen from a distance, as evidenced by the statement, “They got nearly up to the UFO but it was close enough that you could see some creatures.” The testimony also seems consistent with a description of anthropomorphic dummies as the witness stated they “didn’t look like human beings.” Vern Maltais This secondhandwitness alleged that the eyewitnesstold him he observed“beings” from a “flying saucerthat had burst open” that were “about three and a half to four feet tall, vety slim...their headswere hairless, with no eyebrows, no eyelashes,no hair’ with “sort of a pear-shapedhead.” He also related that “the beings were...not exactly like human beings...similar but not exactly.” He describedthat the handsof the beings “were not covered”...and [they] only had “four fingers.” He also related that the clothing of the beings was “one-piece and gray in coloP’ The witness concluded that “As they [the witnesses]were just starting to look things over really closely, the military moved in and gave them a briefing to not say anything about it.” Assessment This description of events also indicates that the eyewitness apparently did not closely examine the scene and was “just starting to look things over” when the military arrived. As with the previous testimony, from a distance the dummies were likely to look, as described by the witness, “not exactly like humans...similar but not exactly.” The description of the flying saucer that had “burst open” is a likely description of the dummy suspension rack that was open on the sides (seefigures 74,75,76). The detailed descriptions of the “beings” as “about three and a half to four feet tall, very slim in stature...their heads were hairless, with no eyebrows, no eyelashes, Fig. 72. “Their heads were hairless...no eyebrows, no eyelashes, no hair.” a likely description of Alderson Laboratories type anthropomorphic dummy. These Alderson dummies, of the same type used for Projects HIGH DIVFEXCELSIOK, were used to test NASAi AWLLO spacecraft three-man couch at Holloman AFB, N.M. in 1965. (U.S. Air Force photo) 59
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