Walter Haut
He was born on June 2, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, and died on December 15, 2005 in Roswell, New Mexico. As a public information officer, Haut issued a press release on July 8, 1947, claiming that a flying saucer had been recovered in the area of Roswell, New Mexico, which became a widely-reported news story at the time.In addition to his involvement in the Roswell incident, Haut was also a bombardier during World War II and flew 35 missions against Japan. He later dropped instrument packages during Operation Crossroads, the A-bomb tests at the Bikini atoll in the summer of 1946.Following the Roswell incident, Haut largely remained silent about his involvement for many years, but in the 1980s he began to speak publicly about what he knew. He claimed to have seen debris from the Roswell crash site and even to have handled material that was "not of this world". Haut also gave a sworn affidavit in which he confirmed that the debris recovered from the Roswell crash site was not of this Earth.Haut's testimony and statements about the Roswell incident have been the subject of much speculation and controversy over the years, with some researchers claiming that he was involved in a cover-up or was coerced into changing his story. However, his role as the public information officer who issued the original press release about the incident has cemented his place in the history of the Roswell incident as a central figure in the story.