Ufo crash in Rosewell?
October 11, 1989--July 2, 1947 could be a day that will go down in infamy in
the history of UFOlogy. The place--Roswell, New Mexico. The event--A crash
of an intelligent, biological entity controlled, highly sophisticated machine
from literally out of this world. So says the team of Don Schmitt, Regional
Director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) of Chicago,
Illinois, and Kevin Randle, a former Captain in Air Force intelligence who
began researching this highly controversial report from July, 1947.
According to the reports, a UFO crashed during a violent thunderstorm in a
very remote area of the Brazel ranch northeast of Corona, New Mexico around
July 2, 1947. As has been previously reported, the crash site was quickly
cleaned up by personnel from Roswell Army Air Force Base in Roswell, New
Mexico. Jesse Marcel was quoted as stating that the material that he found in
the desert was not of this world and was ordered to fly the remains to
Carswell AFB in Texas where a press conference was held to tell the nation
that the material found was that of a crashed weather balloon. Further,
unconfirmed reports, claimed that alien bodies were also recovered and all
remains were taken to the infamous 'Hangar 18' at Wright-Patterson AFB in
Dayton, Ohio where a tight security lid was clamped down on the study of the
find. To date, virtually none of this material has ever been substantiated.
According to Don Schmitt, a coverup of major proportions has ensued for over
42 years as to the true nature of the Roswell crash.
When Schmitt attempted to reconstruct a time line of the incident, he found
too many pieces missing and began an investigation in September, 1987 to
determine what those missing pieces really were. He enlisted the aid of
former Air Force Intelligence Captain Kevin Randle, whom Schmitt stated, was
totally a skeptic. He was friends of Phil Klass, and Schmitt wanted such
a skeptic involved in the investigation. According to Schmitt, Randle 'has
total conviction' in UFOs now.
During the investigation, a definitive time line was established from July
2, 1947 to July 10, 1947, and it was found that there were numerous witnesses
to the incident that had never been found nor had been interviewed. From this
point onward, Schmitt and Randle made four trips to New Mexico and other parts
of the country interviewing the witnesses to this incident. Locating the
exact location of the crash, with the help of Bill Brazel, the son of the
rancher that originally made the awesome discovery, Schmitt and Randle and
some scientists conducted a survey and excavation of the crash site. Jerome
Clark, editor for the CUFOS bi-monthly publication IUR, stated that the crash
site was in an extremely remote area. The findings of the excavation of that
area will be detailed in an upcoming publication of IUR.
William Moore and Charles Berlitz drew national public attention to this
incident with the publication of 'The Roswell Incident' in 1980. During the
investigation, Schmitt found that the material in the book was "highly
inaccurate, and had much paraphrasing and many misquotes with very misleading
information which really surprised us." The CUFOS investigation has turned up
some very interesting facts and is "specifically attacking the military
involvement with Roswell," Schmitt stated.
"There is clear evidence of a coverup. More evidence, in fact, of a
coverup than ever before. In fact we can pinpoint where it originated, the
time line, the manner and degree with which it took place," Schmitt said.
"And, where the specific orders were coming from. Originally, Moore talked
about one flight in the book with Jesse Marcel. We have found two other
flights with other people and have tracked down those crewmen. So far, I have
tracked down a dozen former military people who were involved who have never
been interviewed."
When asked about why this material was never brought to light with Ruppelt
or Keyhoe in their previous writings, Schmitt states, "The coverup was so
effective at that time. If you think back to July, 1947, the intelligence
network was at its peak just coming off the war. Everything was still in
place and in high gear. They so quickly removed it from the intelligence
office in Roswell. The Pentagon became involved immediately. All orders were
going through counterintelligence and we have pinned down those people
involved. They still deny involvement, but we have other people that testify
to their involvement. So, the coverup is still ongoing. That surprised us
too. That 42 years after the fact, we still have these people that
confidentially tell us 'that we still cannot talk about it.'"
When asked how the MJ-12 material is affected by this, Schmitt states, "It
is the reason behind our initial investigation. That if the purpose behind
the MJ-12 document was disinformation, it was to strike a death blow to
Roswell we had to make a distinction and make it in a hurry." However,
although some details about Roswell that have surfaced from this investigation
that confirm such a group, there is no firm link to them. Stan Friedman has
been encouraged by Don Schmitt to continue seeking the truth about MJ-12. It
is noted here that Stan Friedman is conducting a cooperative investigation in
light of these new facts about Roswell. There is corroboration between
Friedman and CUFOS. According to Schmitt, the focus of their investigation is
Roswell and the details behind the crash.
It appears that some very interesting things are surfacing on this.
According to Jerome Clark, "The Roswell Incident is the most important known
UFO event in history. By the time that this investigation is over it will
shape our future understanding of the UFO phenomenon. This investigation gets
to the very core of all issues."
In closing, Clark stated that such questions as "Are UFOs real? Are they
physical and intelligently controlled? Are they piloted by Biological
Entities that originate outside of this world?" The answers could be a
resounding, YES!!
The full story will be released in upcoming issues of IUR, the official bi-
monthly publication for the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).
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