Questions & Answers about the Roswell Incident

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& ANSWERS ABOUT THE TOP SECRET-EYES ONLY UFO BRIEFING DOCUMENTS:1. Is
there any other evidence that the U.S. government retrieved a crashed
alien craft outside Roswell, New Mexico in July, 1947?    Moore and
Friedman have since 1978 conducted a very, very extensive research
project concerning the so-called Roswell Incident. To date, 92
different people have been located and interviewed about the event,
31 of whom had first-hand involvement. Included are several generals,
the base security officer, counter-intelligence corps personnel,
the neighbors and family of the rancher who discovered the wrecked
device, the public relations officer of the air base, local news
media personnel, etc. etc. To date, one book and five research papers
have been published presenting the data.2. Is there any proof that
the event was first publicized and then covered up by the government?
Yes. A press release was first distributed by the Army Air Force
at Roswellstating that a crashed disc had been recovered. Then
shortly afterwards the head of the 8th Air Force announced that a
mistake had been made and that it was only a radar reflector from
a weather balloon. The officer who took the call from Washington,
DC with the instructions to cover-up the story has so testified
to Friedman and Moore. Many people who handled the very strange
materials have testified that the material could not have been from
a radar reflector. Ten first-hand witnesses are on record as having
stated that the object was, in fact, some sort of space craft.3. Was
there any evidence of strange writing on the retrieved material?
Yes. five persons who actually handled pieces of the wreckage have
described very unusual symbols on pieces of the wreckage.4. Is there
any evidence that President-elect Eisenhower received a military
briefing on 18 November, 1952?    Yes. Information at the Eisenhower
Library and in the Truman files indicates White House and Pentagon
briefings on that date. A Washington _Post_ article also confirms
a briefing on that date.5. Is there any evidence that Bush and
Forrestal met with Truman on Sept. 24th,1947?    Yes. Forrestal's
diary, Bush's files and the Truman Library listing of Presidential
activities all establish that Bush and Forrestal first met with each
other and then with Truman on that date. Bush and Forrestal often
met witheach other during the 1947-1949 time frame.6. Is there any
evidence that the Cutler to Twining "Top Secret-Eyes Only" memois
genuine?    Yes. There are several factors to be considered here:
A. It was found in a file box at the National Archives by Moore
and Shandera who were the first persons to go through the newly
declassified materials.     B. The archivist Joanna Williamson who
was in charge of the RG 341 file isquoted in the London _Observer_
as saying "It was found in the files of the U.S. Air Force's Director
of Intelligence and is certainly genuine."     C. A very similar in
format and content "Top Secret-Eyes Only" memo was sent by Cutler to
Twining in 1953 about a similar NSC meeting on another, unrelated,
project.7. Why is there no signature on the memo?    The file
copy was a carbon. Carbons are not normally signed.8. Is there any
reason at all to think that Harvard Astronomer Dr. Donald Menzel,
who wrote three anti-UFO books and many articles, could really
have been part of a Top Secret-Eyes Only group that knew some
UFOs were "Identified Alien Craft"?    As a result of extended
research by Friedman at Harvard and elsewhere, these facts have
been established about Menzel:     A. Menzel once mentioned in a
letter written to President-elect Jack Kennedy that he possessed
a Top Secret-Ultra security clearance.     B. Menzel claimed to
JFK in 1960 that he had a longer continuous association with the
highly classified National Security Agency (NSA) and its predecessor
U.S. Navy agency than anyone else in the government at that time.
C. Menzel's association with Dr. Vannevar Bush, wartime head of the
Officeof Scientific Research and Development, dates back to 1934.
D. Bush was the staunchest Menzel defender at a USAF loyalty hearing
in 1950. Indeed, Bush had instructed Menzel's attorney to notify
him (Bush) immediately upon resolution of the loyalty problem.
E. Menzel worked on classified programs for more than 30 different
companies.     F. Menzel is on record as having made numerous trips
during 1947 to both Washington, DC and New Mexico on government
research activities.     G. Menzel had learned Japanese for his
cryptography work for the Navy, wasfamiliar with disinformation, and
would have been the perfect person to show the Roswell writing to.
H. Menzel had written science fiction and popular newspaper articles
for major papers. He was the best qualified of the 12 to put out
disinformation andhis first book was translated into Russian.9. The
documents indicate that a second object crashed in Texas on the
night ofDecember 6th-7th , 1950. Is there any indication that such
an event ever occurred?    Yes. A copy of an official communique
was located in files released by the FBI indicating a "high alert"
status about UFOs had been called by the Air Force on December
8th, 1950. There are also several newspaper articles indicating
that military leaves at various airbases were abruptly cancelled
that same day.10. What about other official documentary evidence?
A formerly Top Secret Canadian memo dated November, 1950, states that
"thematter (of UFOs) is the most highly classified subject in the
United States Government" and identified Dr. Vannevar Bush as head
of a project which was trying to discover how UFOs work.11. Isn't
it true that Admiral Hillenkoetter was actually serving in the
Pacific at the time of the supposed Eisenhower briefing?    No. The
facts are that he had been assigned to Pacific duty in November,
1950, but he returned as commander of the Brookly, NY, Naval Base
in September,1951. In June, 1952, he was named Commandant of the
US Navy Third District and was based in New York City.12. Doesn't
it seem strange that General Eisenhower had to be briefed in 1952
on matters about which he surely would have been informed as Army
Chief of Staff years earlier?    Not at all. The facts are that he
accepted the job as President of ColumbiaUniversity in June, 1947 --
_before_ the Roswell Incident and the establishmentof Majestic 12. He
served until May, 1950, when he began a very difficult job in Europe
as Supreme Commander of the NATO forces trying to unify a number
of different military and political factions. He remained there
until 1952 when hereturned to campaign for the presidency. In other
words, he had no "need-to-know" during the period July, 1947 through
November, 1952. His forte was neither intelligence nor technology.


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