ROSWELL: SPACESHIPS, ALIENS, AND COVER-UPS
In 1947, after some strange debris was found near Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) in New Mexico, the local newspaper ran the headline “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region.” The next day, the Roswell
Daily Record printed a correction, stating that it was merely debris from
a weather balloon. The coverage raised few eyebrows until 1991, when retired Roswell mortician Glenn Dennis wrote a book based on his 44-yearold memories with “ufologist” Stanton Friedman. Their reconstruction forms the entire basis of the modern Roswell
mythology, including alien bodies, multiple crash sites, and an aggressive military cover-up. THE FACTS: Under pressure from the public, in 1997 the Air Force ordered an investigation into the extraordinary claims. It turns out that Dennis wasn’t very good with dates. For example, he recalled going to the base one day and finding everyone agitated. He remembered a red-haired colonel, accompanied by a black sergeant, throwing him off the base. Dennis pointed to this as part of the cover-up. But it likely didn’t happen in 1947, because the Air Force did not begin racial integration until 1949. And the only red-haired colonel ever stationed there didn’t arrive until 1954. nurse autopsy
Dennis friend of three also being recalled small very bodies upset an Air that over Force were the mangled, burned black, and emitting noxious fumes. In fact, these bodies came from a 1956 crash of a KC-97G aircraft, which killed all 11 crew members in an intense cabin fire. Three of the charred corpses were soaked in fuel and had to be moved from the military base because of the strong fumes.