The Roswell Incident

Summary

The Roswell incident is an event that took place in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico and has become a center of conspiracy theories involving UFOs and extraterrestrials. It began when a rancher named Mac Brazel found something unusual in his sheep pasture, which turned out to be a mess of metallic sticks. The event occurred amid the flying saucer craze of 1947 when media nationwide had reported civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold's story of seeing what became known as Flying Saucers.

The Roswell incident has fascinated people for decades and many have claimed to be involved in the event. One of the key players was Walter Haut, who revealed everything he knew about the incident to his daughter after carrying the secret for years. Another key player was Stanton Friedman, a Canadian nuclear physicist who met an Air Force officer who had been there, and who contributed to the popularisation of the Roswell incident.

The Roswell incident is also associated with various places, including the Roswell Army Airfield, where a press release was issued stating that the military had recovered a flying saucer that had crashed, and the debris was taken to the base for examination. The ranch where the debris was found was located near Corona, about 75 miles from Roswell, New Mexico. The spaceship that looks like a flying saucer in Roswell is a popular tourist attraction that draws hundreds of visitors every day and is located on North Main Street.

In conclusion, the Roswell incident is a well-known event that has sparked numerous conspiracy theories and has fascinated people for decades. The incident involved the discovery of debris that was believed to be from a UFO crash, and various people, including key players like Walter Haut and Stanton Friedman, have been associated with the event. The incident also has several associated places, such as the Roswell Army Airfield, the ranch near Corona where the debris was found, and the spaceship that looks like a flying saucer in Roswell, which is a popular tourist attraction.

The only Roswell Documentary you need to watch, this is the one that started the reignition of the subject of Roswell, UFO's and ultimately the disclosure projects we see today. R.I.P. Stanton Friedman, who deserves a posthumous mention.

Timeline

July 1, 1947

July 2, 1947


July 3, 1947


July 7, 1947

Brazel contacts the Roswell sheriff(Who took this call?), who contacts the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF)(who took this call?).


July 7/8, 1947

Major Jesse Marcel Sr. an intelligence officer with the RAAF, inspects the debris and describes it as "not of this world."


July 8, 1947


1947-1988

The incident remains relatively obscure until conspiracy theories about a government cover-up and extraterrestrial involvement begin to emerge.


1989

An episode of the TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" features the Roswell incident and leads to renewed public interest. Anderson, Gerald describes his story around the incident.


1994

The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force conducts an exhaustive search for records in response to a General Accounting Office inquiry into the Roswell incident. The report concludes that the debris was from a weather balloon and that there was no evidence of a government cover-up.


2021

Materials secured through a Freedom of Information Act request suggest that the Pentagon has admitted to testing wreckage from UFO crashes, and that the debris may be from the Roswell incident.

Eye Witnesses & Directly Involved

Public Witnesses 

Anderson, Gerald 

Gerald Anderson was a witness who claimed to have seen a 35-foot silver disc that had crashed into a ridge allegedly 175 miles northwest of Roswell. 

Barnett, Grady L. "Barney"  (CRASH SITE 2 WITNESS)

Claimed to have found wreckage and bodies on the Plains of San Agustin, about 120 miles from where Mac Brazel found wreckage.  

Brazel, W.W. "Mac" (CRASH SITE 1 WITNESS)

Mac Brazel is best known for his alleged discovery of debris from the Roswell UFO crash. 

Brazel, William  (SAW FATHER WITH AUTHORITIES AND SAW DEBRIS BROUGHT HOME)

William Brazel was the son of Mac Brazel, the rancher who discovered debris from the alleged Roswell UFO crash.

Dennis,Glenn

Glenn Dennis (1925-2015) was a mortician in Roswell, New Mexico, who is known for his self-professed involvement in the Roswell incident.Duran, Albert LovejoyWitness to the Roswell crash site (CRASH SITE WITNESS)

Johnson, J. Bond 

Staff reporter for the "Fort Worth Star Telegram." He took photographs of the "wreckage" in General Ramey's office. 

Joyce, Frank 

Reporter and announcer for Roswell radio station KGFL. He interviewed Mac Brazel on the telephone before the military arrived and later told a different story. 

McGuire, Phyllis 

Daughter of Sheriff George A. Wilcox. She saw the military arrive very soon after he father called them. 

Parker, Jim 

Ranch hand of Mac Brazel's. His some came home from school one day in 1988 reported an Air Force truck in the area. 

Payne, Bud 

Neighbor of Mac Brazel. He had gotten thrown off the Foster ranch by the military while chasing a stray cow. He knew exactly where the crash site was. 

Proctor, Floyd 

Mac Brazel's nearest neighbor and husband of Loretta Proctor. Brazel came to their house to show them a piece of the metal. 

Proctor, Loretta 

Mac Brazel's nearest Neighbor and wife of Floyd Proctor. She said she remembers her husband trying to whittle on the metal but failing to make a mark. 

Proctor, Timothy D. 

Son of Floyd and Loretta Proctor. He found the crash site with Mac Brazel.

Rowe, Frankie

Frankie Rowe was the daughter of a crew chief for the Roswell Fire Department at the time of the Roswell incident.Wilmot, DanResident of Roswell, N.M. He and his wife saw an oval- shaped object fly over their house on July 2, 1947, the probable date of the crash. 

Strickland, Lymann 

Neighbor of Mac Brazel. He saw Brazel in Roswell being escorted out of the newspaper offices by three military officers. 

Strickland, Marian 

Neighbor of Mac Brazel, wife of Lymann Strickland. An upset Brazel visited them after his release from custody at Roswell Army Air Field. 

Tyree, Tommy 

Hand for Mac Brazel. He began to work about one month after the crash and remembers that Brazel was irritated because the sheep would not cross the debris field and had to be driven the long way around to water. 

Corporate Witnesses


McBoyle, Johnny 

Station Manager of radio station KSWS, Roswell, New Mexico.  He attempted to put the Roswell story out over the wire. 

McQuiddy, Art 

Editor "Roswell Morning Dispatch". Walter Hunt delivered a press release to him, which other military personnel later tried to retrieve. 

Roberts, Jud 

Minority owner of radio station KGFL, Roswell, New Mexico.  He said the military picked up copies of Haut's press release from the media there. 

Sleepy, Lydia 

Secretary to Merle Tucker in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was ordered over the telephone to stop transmitting the crash story. 

Tucker, Merle 

Owner of several New Mexico radio stations. He arrived back from out of town to find that his Roswell station manager had tried to put the crash story out over the wire. 

Whitmore, Walter Sr. 

Majority owner of radio station KGFL in Roswell, New Mexico.  He hid Mac Brazel from the Military. 

Corroborative Witnesses


Henderson, Sappho 

Wife of Pappy Henderson. She was told by her husband that he had flown the C-54 to Wright Field. 

Maltais, L.W. "Vern" 

Said Barney Barnett had told him he had seen bodies in one- piece grey suits, after which archaeologists and the military arrived. 

Porter, Sergeant Robert 

Crewman on the B-29 that flow packages from Roswell Army Air Field to Fort Worth Army Air Field. He claims that Jesse Marcel was on the flight. 

Shirkey, Robert 

Saw wreckage taken by eight or nine men through the Operations Building at Roswell Army Air Field. 

Zorn, Vernon D. 

Non-commissioned officer in charge of the Third Photo Unit at Roswell Army Air Field. He said no photos of the crash site were taken by his men.

Official Witnesses

Armstrong, Captain

Collected pieces of the crash from the Brazels two years after the crash.

Blanchard, Colonel William H. (CRASH SITE 1 WITNESS)

Ordered the press release announcing the recovery of a flying saucer, later retracted. Commander, 509th Bomb Group, Roswell Army Air Field. Upon seeing the material collected at the site by Major Jesse A. Marcel, he ordered the roads leading to the crash site blocked, and later made a special trip to the site.  

Briley, Lt. Colonel Joe 

In mid-July, 1947 he became the Operations Officer at Roswell Army Air Base.  

Brown, Dr. Jerry 

NASA engineer who had worked at White Sands Missile Range. He speculated that the metal found was Duraluminum alloy or a V-2 rocket.

Brown, Eileen

Secretary to Major Jesse Marcel

Brown, Sergeant Melvin E. Was at the second site, guarding the truck containing alien bodies. He also guarded the hanger at Roswell Army air Field while crates from the site were held there. 

Cavitt, Major Edwin E.

Led the team of military personnel who recovered the wreckage. 

Cavitt, Sheridan

Counterintelligence Corps Officer who investigated the Roswell incident

Chavez, Senator Dennis 

US Senator from New Mexico. He supposedly called Walter Whitmore, Sr. and suggested that he not air the recorded interview with Mac Brazel. 

Clark, Deputy, B.A. 

Took the initial report from Mac Brazel at the Chaves County sheriff's office. 

Dubose, Colonel Thomas J. 

Chief of Staff to Brigadier General Roger Ramey. He was photographed in Ramey's office with the "debris." He was second in command at USAAF Fort Worth Field, later called Carswell Air Force Base, in July of 1947 [7]. On July 8, 1947, he was ordered by the commanding officer to issue an unprecedented press release, stating that the debris found in Roswell, New Mexico, was from a weather balloon, which contradicts previous statements that the debris was from a crashed flying saucer [2]. Colonel Dubose later confirmed the weather balloon story in several interviews, stating that he had never seen any evidence of a crashed UFO or alien bodies [8]. Therefore, although he was not a witness to the Roswell crash site itself, he played a significant role in the aftermath and the official narrative surrounding the incident.

Easley, Major Edwin D. (CRASH SITE 1 WITNESS)

Provost Marshal in charge of the troops clearing the crash site. 

Exon, Colonel Arthur

Base Commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base


Gardner, Norma Typist with top security clearance at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. She typed autopsy reports on alien beings and saw two bodies. 

Haut, 1st Lieutenant Walter

Public Information Officer at Roswell Army Air Field. He was ordered by Colonel Blanchard to issue a press release stating that a flying disc had been recovered. 

Henderson, Captain Oliver W. "Pappy" (CRASH SITE 1 WITNESS)

- Member, First Air Transport Unit, Roswell Army Air Field, and co-pilot of the first B-29 flight from Roswell to Fort Worth. He also was the pilot of a C-54 flight carrying wreckage from Roswell to Wright-Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio. 

Jennings, Colonel Payne 

Deputy base and group commander at Roswell Army Air Field.  He was the pilot of the first B-29 flight from Roswell to Fort Worth. 

Kaufman, Lt. Colonel Richard Former Air Force Public Information Officer who worked at Wright-Patterson AFB

Lapaz, Dr. Lincoln 

Expert in meteorites; degrees in mathematics and astronomy.  He was called in to investigate the crash site. 

Lovejoy, Lieutenant Colonel Albert M. (intelligence officer)


Marcel , Major Jesse A. (CRASH SITE 1 WITNESS)

Intelligence Officer at Roswell Army Air Field, 509th Bomb Group Intelligence Office. He picked up material at the ranch and later flew it to Fort Worth Army Air Field. 

Marcel, Jesse Jr. 

Son of Jesse A. Marcel. He saw debris samples that his father brought home and, under hypnosis, was able to recall the designs marking the I-beam. 

Newton, Warrant Office Irving 

Weather officer at Fort Worth Army Air Field. He was ordered to General Ramey's office to identify the "wreckage." a Rawin target balloon. 

Ramey, Brigadier General Roger 

Commander, eight Air Force, of which the 509th Bomb Group was a part. 

Rickett, Lewis S. 

Army counter-intelligence (CIC) agent, who assisted in the retrieval of debris from the crash site. 

Smith, Sergeant Robert E. 

Member of the First Air Transport Unit at Roswell Army Air Field. He spent an entire day loading three aircraft with the material from the crash site. 

Thomas, Robert (CRASH SITE 1 WITNESS)

Warrant Officer who came in on a special flight to assist in recovery of debris. 

Wilcox, Sheriff George A. 

Sheriff of Chaves County, in which Roswell is located. Mac Brazel showed him a piece of the debris and he suggested Brazel contact the military. 

Speculative Involvement / Post Research

Barrowclough, Lt. Colonel Robert 

Executive Officer of Roswell Army Air Field, Roswell, New Mexico. 

Foster, Iris 

- Owned a cafe in Taos, New Mexico. She often heard a man call "Cactus Jack," an amateur archeologist, talk about seeing a downed alien ship. 

Gardner, Mary Ann 

- Nurse at St. Petersburg Hospital, Florida. She heard an archeologist on her deathbed tell about discovering an alien ship and bodies. 

Kaufman, Frank 

Friend of Warrant Officer Robert Thomas. He said the bodies were sealed in a wooden crate, while still at the hospital. 

Sheridan, Brigadier General Thomas J.

Commander of the Army Air Force Tactical Center who may have been involved in the investigation of the crash. 

Locations

Roswell Incident and Related Places

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Post Event Research

Stanton Friedman

Stanton Friedman was an American nuclear physicist and professional ufologist, born on July 29, 1934, and died on May 13, 2019. He was based in Fredericton, Canada, with his wife and daughter, and was considered the leading authority on UFOs and alien abductions, earning him the nickname "father of Roswell".

Kevin Randle

Kevin Randle is a prominent ufologist and a military veteran, often regarded as one of the preeminent experts on the reported crash within the UFO community. 

Donald Schmitt

Donald Schmitt is a prominent UFO researcher who has dedicated nearly three decades to investigating the Roswell incident. 

Karl Pflock

Karl Tomlinson Pflock was a prominent American researcher of the Roswell incident, a CIA intelligence officer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration, strategic planner, and author of both fiction and non-fiction. 

David Rudiak

David Rudiak is known for his research and expertise in the Roswell incident. Rudiak is specifically recognized for his research on the details of the Roswell crash retrieval, especially Lieutenant General Roger Ramey's so-called memo.

Thomas Carey

Thomas J. Carey is a researcher, author, and lecturer who has spent over 30 years investigating the Roswell incident. He holds a master's degree in anthropology and previously possessed a Top Secret Air Force security clearance.

Dennis Balthaser 

is a retired engineer and Roswell researcher who has been investigating the Roswell incident for over 30 years. He is a former president of the UFO Museum in Roswell and has written extensively on the subject, including several books.

Balthaser's research focuses on the physical evidence associated with the Roswell incident, including witness testimony, official documents, and artifacts that have been recovered from the alleged crash site. He has also investigated other UFO-related incidents in the southwestern United States.

Balthaser has been a frequent guest on radio and television programs discussing the Roswell incident and has spoken at conferences and symposiums around the world. He has also been involved in efforts to preserve the history of the Roswell incident and to promote responsible research and investigation of UFO-related phenomena.

Overall, Dennis Balthaser is a respected figure in the field of UFO research and is known for his meticulous and thoughtful approach to investigating the Roswell incident. While there are many different perspectives on what happened at Roswell in 1947, Balthaser's contributions to the field have helped to advance our understanding of this important event.




  Donald Burleson

Richard Dolan

Jerry Morelock

Simon Schollum

Investigation

Maps of the area

Mind Map with timeline and associated people

Books

Alien Agenda: Investigating the Extraterrestrial Presence Among Us by Jim Marrs

Beyond Roswell: The Alien Autopsy Film, Area 51, & the U.S. Government Coverup of UFOs by Michael Hesemann

Cover-Up at Roswell: Exposing the 70-Year Conspiracy to Suppress the Truth by Donald R. Schmitt

Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a UFO by Stanton T. Friedman and Don Berliner

Crash: When UFOs Fall from the Sky by Kevin Randle and Russ Estes

Incident at Roswell: The True Story by Charles BerlitzIncident at Roswell 2: Faces of the Enemy by Craig McDonough

Roswell: A Novel by Donald Burleson

Roswell and the Reich: The Nazi Connection by Joseph P. Farrell

Roswell and the Russians by Jim Marrs

Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt

Roswell: Uncovering the Secrets of Area 51 and the Fatal Encounter by J.P. Robinson

Secrets of the Mysterious Valley by Christopher O'Brien

The Day After Roswell: A Former Pentagon Official Reveals the U.S. Government's Shocking UFO Cover-up by Philip J. Corso and William J. Birnes

The Day After Roswell by Philip J. Corso and William J. Birnes

The Roswell Coverup by Donald E. Keyhoe

"The Roswell Incident" by Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore "The Roswell Legacy: The Untold Story of the First Military Officer at the 1947 Crash Site" by Jesse Marcel Jr. 

The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by James McAndrew

The Roswell UFO Conspiracy: Exposing A Shocking And Sinister Secret by Nick Redfern

The Roswell UFO Incident: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Conspiracy Theory by Charles River Editors

The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt

UFO Crash at Roswell by Kevin RandleUNDERSTANDING ROSWELL: The True Story of What Happened by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. SchmittWitness to Roswell: Unmasking the Government's Biggest Cover-Up by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt

and Philip Mantle

The Roswell Incident: An Eyewitness Account by Frank Kaufmann

Roswell: The Real Story by Ingo Swann

Roswell and the Star Travelers by Lee Martin

Roswell: The Naked Truth by Michael D. Swords

Roswell: A History of the UFO Crash by Don Berliner

The Roswell Incident: Case Closed by David S. Rudiak

Roswell and the Secret History of the UFO by Jerome Clark

Roswell, the Gauntlet Has Been Dropped by Earl L. Williams

Roswell: The Untold Story by Karl Pflock

Roswell: Final Witness by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt

Roswell: The Hidden Truth by Randall Fitzgerald

Roswell: UFO Crash Site or Military Cover-Up? by Nicholas Redfern

The Roswell Legacy: The Roswell Incident and the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life by Randall Nickerson

Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case Reopened by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt

The Roswell Enigma by Paul Davids

The Roswell Discrepancy: A Human Romance in Three Parts by Mark O'Connell

The Roswell Affair: A Story of Aliens, Conspiracies, and the Cold War by Tim McMillan

The Roswell Report: A Historical Perspective by United States Air Force

Roswell and the Reich: A Cosmic Conspiracy by Joseph P. Farrell

Roswell: Secrecy, Silence, and Sinister Government Intrigue by Nick Redfern

The Roswell Ufo Crash: What They Don't Want You To Know by Kal K. Korff

Roswell's Final Witness: The True Story of How a Lone Inventor Found the Truth Behind the Roswell Conspiracy by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt

Roswell: The Alien Connection by Darrell Sims

The Roswell File by Donald E. Keyhoe

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