The Roswell Report: Case Closed

deposited there was a standard procedure to maintain good community relations
and avoid legal claims that could arise over property damages or livestock losses. 114
Cattle were known to ingest scraps of polyethylene balloon material that sometimes
littered entire fields following a balloon failure or flight termination. 115
The military vehicles described were also consistent with recovery and
communications vehicles used during the 1950s to retrieve anthropomorphic
dummies and suspension racks. 116 The witness stated he saw a "wrecker,"
a "six-by-six," a "weapons carrier," a '"47 Ford car," and a "pickup." The
"wrecker" was most likely a M-342 5-ton wrecker that was assigned to
the Balloon Branch for launch and recovery operations. 117 Other vehicles
described were also the type used to launch and recover anthropomorphic
dummies. The "six-by-six" is a likely reference to a M-35 2 1/2-ton cargo
truck; "weapons carriers" were the common name of a Dodge M-37 3/4-ton
utility truck. References to "the pickup" and a "'47 Ford car," were likely
descriptions of other civilian and military vehicles often present at high
altitude balloon launch and recovery locations.
"Crash" Site 2
(Allegedly 175 miles Northwest of Roswell)
This purported flying saucer "crash" site is allegedly 175 miles
northwest of Roswell in an area of New Mexico known as the San Agustin
Plains. 118 The contention that a flying saucer crashed at this location and
was recovered by the U.S. military is supported by three principal
testimonies, two secondhand and one firsthand.
The Secondhand Accounts
These accounts were related by Mr. Vern Maltais and Ms. Alice
Knight, who were acquainted with the alleged original eyewitness, Mr.
Grady L. Barnett, who is deceased. Unless otherwise noted, the following
statements appeared on footage used to prepare a video, Recollections of
Roswell Part II, by the The Fund for UFO Research (see Appendix C).
Alice Knight
"I don't recall the date" 119
"I don't remember whether it was before my husband and I were
married or after, I don't recall the date. But he [the eyewitness] saw a
UFO fall ... and he got nearly to the site ... but they got nearly up to the
UFO but it was close enough that you could see some creatures. He
said they didn't look like human beings out there. And along came
government cars and trucks. I guess it was government. You know it was
a long time ago ... and they told him to go on back and forget that they ever
saw anything, and that's all I recall."
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