The Roswell Report: Case Closed

Fig. 9. Three of the 11 Air
Force members killed in the
June 26, 1956 KC-97 accident
were autopsied at the Ballard
Funeral Home in Roswell.
The actual descriptions of
the remains (only three were
autopsied), closely corresponds
with Dennis' descriptions
regarding the "little bodies."
Additionally, this is the same
funeral home where Dennis
claimed to be employed from
1947 untill962.
Statements made by Dennis described bodies that were "three-and-
a-half to four feet tall," and "black" in color. 135 The autopsy protocols of
two victims described extensive third degree burns and loss of the lower
extremities. 136 Dennis also described a head of one of the bodies that was not
rigid but "flexible" and tissues of a body in "strings" that looked as if they were
"pulled" by predatory animals after the crash. 137 An autopsy protocol of a victim
described "multiple fractures of all bones of the skull" and "partially cooked
strands of bowel... over the abdomen and in the chest." 138 Additional similarities
between the autopsy protocols and Dennis' statements were a detached hand and
descriptions of the fingers and arms of the crash victims. 139
The autopsy protocol of one victim also described remains with
a "face completely missing." 140 This description corresponds with Dennis'
recollections of a body with eyes and nose that were concave. Also, the drawing
of the head of one of the "little bodies" Dennis claims is representative of a
drawing given to him by the missing nurse is a reasonably accurate representation
of a human body with its face completely missing. 141
Another similarity to Dennis' account is that of the 11 victims of
this accident, only three were autopsied-the same number of bodies that were
allegedly autopsied in the missing nurse's account. 142 Finally, records revealed
that due to limited facilities at the Walker AFB hospital, the autopsies were
performed at the Ballard Funeral Home in Roswell. 143 This is the same funeral
home where Dennis claimed to be employed in 1947 until1962. 144*
The Odor. Transportation of remains to a small base hospital
was unusual since the hospital did not have the necessary facilities- a
preparation room, refrigeration equipment or a morgue, to accommodate
multiple deceased persons. Records of other crashes involving Walker AFB
showed that the remains of crash victims were transported either to another
facility on Walker AFB or directly to a local funeral home. 145
' It is unclear when Dennis worked at this funeral home since city and phone directories
listed him as co-owning a different funeral home in Roswell, as vice-president of another funeral
home in Roswell, and as having been employed as a drug store supervisor and oil field worker
during the periods when he claims he worked at the Ballard Funeral Home.
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