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ho has not heard of Roswell, New Mexico? Over 70 years ago, a balloon that crashed on a deserted ranch in New Mexico was made famous by those in the UFO community who recognized the significance of the event. The reporters of the “Roswell Daily Record” were on site at the press conference in 1947 and the “Roswell Daily Record” was one of the first newspapers to announce the crash and to publish the results of the initial investigation by its journalists.

Following the initial crash, a number of conspiracy theories surrounded the incident, and until this day, it is not known if an alien spacecraft was involved in the crash or if it was a secret government plot gone wrong. UFO enthusiasts insist on the alien theory, while the opposers maintain that it was a government cover-up. One thing is for certain: The event of 1947 became one of the world’s most famous and most investigated.

For many years, the newspaper received requests for information about the 1947 events. Many UFO enthusiasts and opponents of the UFO theory are interested in the event surrounding the original crash and the alleged government cover-up. As a result, the newspaper enjoys worldwide publicity and interest. The newspaper’s issues from 1947 — yes, there is more than one — are sought after. As the publisher, I knew that protection of the newspaper’s intellectual property is important. The trademarks “Roswell Daily Record”® and “Roswell Daily Record” stylized ® have

been in use in commerce since the early 1900s, and they acquired distinctiveness through substantially exclusive and continuous use. As publisher, I decided to look into obtaining federal protection for both “Roswell Daily Record” trademarks.

While I knew that generally, it is very hard for a newspaper to obtain a federal trademark, I was not discouraged. After months of significant research and work by my team and by our attorneys at Peacock Law P.C., the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted the federal protection for both “Roswell Daily Record” trademarks. Now, Roswell Daily Record, Inc. dba “Roswell Daily Record” owns two federal trademarks, and it is only one of a handful of newspapers in the country to do so. The “Roswell Daily Record” continues to receive numerous licensing inquiries from various domestic and international television and documentary productions, news channels, publishers of magazines and newspapers, authors of books, and many others. If you would like to use “Roswell Daily Record”® and “Roswell Daily Record” stylized ® federally protected trademarks, including the newspaper’s issues from 1947 with both marks, in your next production, film or in your book, please direct your licensing inquiries to bbeck@rdrnews.com.

The adventure continues. As always, we are interested in purchasing any articles or artifacts associated with the RDR editions of the 1947 incident.

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Roswell Daily Record Archive Photo A modern weather balloon is seen here ready for take-off at the Roswell Air Center in 2015. Was the 1947 incident caused by a predecessor of this weather balloon or an alien craft?

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Roswell Daily Record Archive Photo The Daily Record’s front page on July 8, 1947 features the Army press release.

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The beginning of a legacy

It started with a crash in the desert of New Mexico

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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uly 2, 1947 started in Roswell as any regular summer day. Anybody who had to work outdoors would do so early to escape the brutal heat. There was no relief in sight, even though dark storm clouds on the horizon would promise the beginning of the monsoon season with its torrential downpours. Lightning and the dark sheets of rain could be seen from miles in this high desert landscape, followed by the echoes of thunder.

It was sometime on that day — or night — on July 2 that believers say an unidentified flying object (UFO) encountered such a violent storm, which disabled it and sent it crashing on land owned by rancher W.W. “Mack” Brazel. The craft impacted at a site about 40 miles north of Roswell, its debris field had a range of more than 200 yards.

Brazel found the debris and alerted Chaves County Sheriff George Wilcox, who in turn notified U.S. Army officials at the Roswell Army Air Field. This was a common practice because occasionally accidents happened during flight training and military test flights of new planes.

Also, Brazel told the Daily Record on July 8, 1947, that “he had previously found two weather observation balloons on the ranch, but what he found this time did not in any

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way resemble either of these. ‘I am sure what I found was not any weather observation balloon,’ he said.” The story ran in the Daily Record on July 9, 1947 with the headline, “Harassed Rancher who Located ‘Saucer’ Sorry He Told About It.” The vast open skies, low flight traffic and ability to see an oncoming storm made the area an ideal location for the base.

Locals were used to keeping the secrets they would encounter, ever since Robert H. Goddard — the father of modern rocketry — had moved to Roswell in the 1930s.

The story of the crash might have been easily forgotten, if the Army officers hadn’t found and recovered something — what that was is the mystery that keeps scientists and researchers continuing to look for the truth today.

On July 7, Walter Haut, Roswell Air Field base public relations officer, brought a press release to the office of the Roswell Daily Record. The release came from the intelligence office of the 509th Bombardment group, under Maj. J.A. Marcel, saying that the Army had recovered a flying saucer.

In an article in the Daily Record, published June 30, 1995, Haut and another witness, Glenn Dennis, were interviewed Friday, July 3, 2020

about their experience. Haut no longer was with the Military and was head of the Roswell International UFO Museum and Research Center.

“I think at the time I was told of it, I thought ‘Boy Howdy, this is going to be something,’” Haut said.

The press release that Haut brought to the Daily Record was published on July 8, 1947 with the headline “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch In Roswell Region.”

The newspaper had just hit the newsstands when Army Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey, commander of the Eighth Air Forces, said the wreckage was only a fallen weather balloon and the story was withdrawn — the Daily Record released a correction.

Haut said in the 1995 article that he and the other Army officials never questioned the turnaround. They just assumed a mistake had been made initially.

“Either I’d made a mistake or (Base Commander Col. William H.) Blanchard had made a mistake in releasing the press release,” Haut said.

According to Military protocol, the debris was flown to Ohio’s Wright Field where it disappeared to never be seen again. This included material with unusual properties unlike anything the eyewitnesses — including Marcel — had seen before.

Some of it was covered with unknown hieroglyphics.

This was the beginning of public distrust of what U.S. Military and government entities would tell people about the UFO incident.

Skeptics felt something was being hidden.

A much darker story related to the crash was published in the same 1995 article: There may have been deceased victims at the crash site.

Dennis was, in 1947, a 22-year-old mortician’s assistant at a Roswell funeral home. Two days before the news about the crash was published in the Daily Record, he received a call from people who identified themselves as Army officials. According to Dennis, these officials asked him what sizes of hermetically sealed baby caskets the funeral home had. In the article, Dennis said that was not uncommon. However, he said when he was on base, he talked to a nurse who told him that an autopsy was being performed on small “alien” bodies. These bodies, the nurse said, had only four fingers on each hand and large heads with eyes set back.

Dennis said that he did not know what to make of the nurse’s story. “I had to think a while on it,” he said. The nurse left the base and he never saw her again.

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UFO EVENTS TIMELINE: July 2, 1947: Something crashes 40 miles north of Roswell.

July 7, 1947: Press Release by intelligence office of the 509th Bombardment group about flying saucer crash is brought to Daily Record for publication.

July 8, 1947: Daily Record reports flying saucer captured near Roswell.

July 9, 1947: Daily Record reports Army determines craft was a weather balloon, not a UFO. July 11, 1947: Crash appears to be yesterday’s news.

March 25, 1948: Something crashes in Aztec, New Mexico.

1978: Researchers, including nuclear physicist, author and UFO researcher Stanton Friedman, begin studying the “Roswell Incident.”

1991: International UFO Museum and Research Center opens in Roswell.

1994: Movie “Roswell” is filmed — tourism picks up in Roswell.

1994: Roswell Mayor Tom Jennings issues proclamation for July being UFO Awareness Month.

1994: U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff requests the General Accounting Office to search government records for the truth about Roswell.

1995: Air Force releases report denouncing alleged UFO cover-up, says it was nuclear surveillance balloon with humanoid-shaped dummies.

July 1995: UFO Encounter ‘95, first UFO festival with lectures about “Roswell Incident,” takes place.

January, 1997: International UFO Museum and Research Center moves.

July 1997: UFO Encounter ‘97, marking the 50th anniversary of the reported crash, draws near 50,000 tourists in weeklong events.

1997: Air Force press release say “aliens” found at crash site were crash-test dummies used for parachute tests.

2002: After Sept. 11 attack, still close to 11,000 visitors attend the Roswell UFO Festival.

2013: CIA releases 407 page document with Area 51 location, Roswell not mentioned.

2016: Daily Record joins the UFO Festival with journalistic history-focused panel, “The Roswell Incident.”

2017: 70th anniversary of alleged crash brings in more than 20,000 visitors.

2019: International UFO Museum and Research Center goes hi-tech with interactive apps.

April 28, 2020: The Pentagon releases three Navy videos that contain “unidentified aerial phenomena.”

June 20, 2020: President Donald Trump says that he will not say anything, but that “Roswell is very interesting.”

June 23, 2020: New York Magazine breaks news with headline, “Senate Intelligence Committee Votes to Allow Public to See UFO Records.”

To be continued in 2021.

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By Christina Stock Vision Editor he International UFO Museum and Research Center, located today at 114 N. Main St., is one of the best sources about the mystery surrounding the “Roswell Incident.” Professional and amateur researchers and scientists from all over the world come to Roswell to learn, not only about the 1947 event when something crashed in the desert of New Mexico and was brought to Roswell Army Air Field, but also about UFO sightings and incidents throughout the world.

The impressive collection, and the museum itself had its beginnings in 1991, when it was first housed inside a bank building at 500 N. Main St. before moving to 400 N. Main St. the following year. In 1997, fitting for the 50th anniversary of the crash, it moved to its current location. The building used to house Plains Theater and it took a considerable amount of time and reconstruction to be able to open up for the public. The larger space was perfect for visitors, out-of-town TV crews to conduct interviews and of course, offer a vast library of news clippings, rare and out-of-print books and government files concerning the UFO phenomena from around the world.

The beginnings of the museum and its success is based on the many volunteers and the founders that embraced the concept — though one was not quite as willing at the beginning.

Public affairs officer Walter Haut, who brought the initial press release to the

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Roswell Daily Record Archive Photo Stanton Friedman during his retirement celebration at the 2018 Roswell UFO Festival. It would be the last time Friedman would speak in Roswell. He died May 13, 2019.

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Friedman’s research changed Roswell forever

By John Dilmore Daily Record Editor oswell, New Mexico. 1947.

Mention of the place, the year — that’s all it takes. Even those only casually interested in reported UFO phenomena know at least parts of the story that follows. Those for whom the mysteries surrounding UFOs hold more allure — they’re able to recite chapter and verse.

The alleged crash of a flying saucer. And, depending on which theories one prefers, the recovery of its deceased alien occupants, followed by a government effort aimed at sweeping the whole thing under the rug.

The name of a city, a year. Even an eventful year.

In the case of most places, that’s not much to go on, but not so with Roswell.

That’s owed largely to one person — nuclear physicist and famed UFO researcher Stanton Friedman, who died in May 2019 — and

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a conversation that began with his investigation into the Roswell Incident.

That conversation, which is still going on today, changed Roswell forever.

Friedman was a believer in the existence of extraterrestrial life — but his search for evidence was the quest of a scientist, a researcher.

As countless lectures, interviews and personal interactions made clear, he had a knack for connecting with people.

Here in Roswell, the connections run deep, and have for years. Back in the late ’70s, a radio station general manager in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — during an interview — told Friedman what was at the time a relatively obscure story about an alleged UFO incident.

In the ensuing years, hundreds of interviews were conducted and countless documents, unearthed through Freedom of Infor-

mation Act requests, studied — and as the lore surrounding the incident grew, so, locally, did the commerce.

The lore: Some say that back in 1947, a weather balloon crashed in the desert northwest of Roswell. Others theorize it was more, a balloon carrying equipment to detect the Soviets’ atomic-detonation tests, part of top-secret Project Mogul. Still others go a step further: It was an alien spacecraft. The military recovered not only the craft but the bodies of dead extraterrestrials — and our government has doggedly pursued a cover-up ever since.

The headline on page 1 of the July 8, 1947 Roswell Daily Record read: “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region” — the information attributed to the intelligence office of the 509th Bombardment

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Daily Record saying a flying saucer had been recovered north of Roswell, would suffer ridicule years after. In an interview with the Daily Record that was published on June 30, 1996, Haut told his story and how he finally embraced the event that changed his life.

Haut — after the word got out that it was him delivering the press release — was now connected to UFOs, whether he wanted to be or not. He resigned his commission in 1948 and from then until 1978, he “averaged probably one call a month either harassing me and telling me to keep my mouth shut, to people that would call asking me to tell them about it. ‘Now that you’re out of the mili-

Roswell Daily Record Archive Photo Walter Haut is seen here in 1995 posing with reproductions of the 1947 Roswell Daily Record front pages about the “Roswell Incident.”

tary, you can talk about it,’ they’d say. Of course, I had nothing to tell.”

The article continues, “In 1978, Stan Friedman and Bill Moore were doing research for their book, ‘Roswell Incident,’ and wanted to find people who had been involved. Haut said they called the Roswell Daily Record and asked then-editor Jack Swickard if anyone happened to know Walter Haut. ‘Yeah, his wife is right here — want to talk to her?’ Haut said Swickard responded. “‘My wife, Pete (Lorraine), worked as the classified ad manager,’ he explained. They had stayed in Roswell upon leaving the military.

“By 1990, Haut was invited to Washington D.C. to attend a Fund for UFO Research event. ‘While I was there,’ he said, ‘it was suggested we have a UFO museum in Roswell. I think I laughed. I ran into Glenn (Dennis) later and told him about it and he laughed in my face.’”

Dennis had been working in July 1947 at a local funeral home where the infamous baby caskets were ordered by Army officials, which researchers theorize were for crash victims — perhaps aliens — from the destroyed flying craft.

Haut and Dennis kept going back to the idea of a museum and they started looking for a small location of one or two rooms to put in the few photos and literature they had.

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Groundbreaking researchers and scientists talk

By Christina Stock Vision Editor n 1995, a new era began for the public interested in the UFO phenomenon. While people usually had to travel to see one or two researchers presenting their new books somewhere in a book store, in 1995, they could meet multiple scientists and researchers at one place.

Donald R. Schmitt, Linda Howe, Kevin Randle and Stanton Friedman (1934-2019) along with William McDonald — concept designer for the movie “Roswell” and a contributor to the TV programs “Sightings” and “Encounters,” — were in Roswell at the very first UFO Festival, which was then called Roswell UFO Encounter. Two days of individual lectures took place at DeBremond Stadium where visitors and locals were encouraged to ask questions.

The event was so successful that the researchers returned, most faithful being Friedman and Schmitt. Who were these

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early researchers? Some had hard science or military backgrounds: Stanton Friedman Stanton Friedman is known for bringing attention to the infamous 1947 crash of a flying object near Roswell, which researchers say was a UFO. His scientific background and approach in the matter convinced many nonbelievers to believe in the cover-up theory and possibility of the existence of aliens. Before his passing in 2019, Friedman could look back on a fulfilled career in more ways than one.

Friedman received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in physics from the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956. He was employed for 14 years as a nuclear physicist by companies such as GE, GM, Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory, TRW Systems, Aerojet General Nucleonics, and McDonnell-Douglas Astro-

nautics working in such highly advanced, classified, eventually cancelled programs as nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets and various compact nuclear power plants for space and terrestrial applications.

Friedman was a member of the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He became interested in UFOs in 1958, and since 1967, lectured about them at more than 600 colleges and 100 professional groups in all 50 U.S. states, all 10 Canadian provinces and 19 other countries in addition to various nuclear consulting efforts. In his biography he sent to the Daily Record in 2019, he wrote that he had only 11 hecklers of which two were drunk. He published more than 100 UFO papers and appeared on many documentaries, hundreds of radio and TV programs see UFO on page 12

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The commerce: It’s all around us.

There’s the annual UFO Festival, the International UFO Museum and Research Center, which draws visitors year-round — and little green men everywhere we look. Local government has even leaned into it — as well it should — incorporating a flying saucer motif as part of the city’s logo.

It began, in large part, with Friedman’s work and the spotlight it shone on Roswell.

Many deserts hold many secrets — and the sun-scorched patch of earth where all this began still holds plenty. Weather balloon, Project Mogul — UFO? Who knows? But

it has long since been anything but obscure.

People the world over are familiar with Friedman’s work, but his impact on Roswell has been unique. ...

The discussion about what happened in the desert near Roswell in 1947 continues without Friedman, but a unique and important voice — in regard to the Roswell Incident and the field of UFO research worldwide — was lost with his passing last year.

Editor’s note: A version of this article was originally published in May 2019.

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Roswell Daily Record Archive Photo Courtney Brown is seen here during the UFO Festival in 2017 as he points to a still from the documentary “Roswell: Crash at Corona” — ­ a drawing of an extraterrestrial he claims crashed near Roswell in 1947.

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The best of UFO coverage through the years Daily Record stories that amazed or perplexed the public

By Christina Stock Vision Editor ach year since 1947, the Daily Record has published the most fascinating stories its reporters covered surrounding the “Roswell Incident,” including panels and talks during the UFO Festival.

Scientists and researchers studying the UFO phenomenon used the best technology at hand at the time; sometimes new witnesses appeared and even hard evidence was brought to Roswell. The public had to decide for themselves if the truth was finally revealed or if it was just another theory or hoax. Below are some of the best stories.

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Alien autopsy on film On July 21, 1995, an article in the Daily Record features the revealing of alleged autopsy footage of the “Roswell Incident.” The director of the International UFO Museum and Research Cen-

ter, Walter Haut, got to preview an alleged alien autopsy film from the Roswell Incident. Photos from the film were made available to the public, but only Haut was permitted to see the film. “… The film reveals hairless aliens with no nipples, six fingers on each hand, plastic-like caps over their eyes, and organs and brains which are definitely not human, Clifford Stone said.

(Stone was in charge of the UFO Enigma Museum that went out of business later on. He received the material from overseas.)

“The 150-minute film is being released in small segments by Ray Santilli, of England, who claims to have found the Roswell Incident footage while researching a film about Elvis Presley.

Santilli said he purchased the film for $150,000 from an old man who was at the Roswell Air Force Base in 1947.

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Santilli wouldn’t reveal the old man’s identity.

“Congressman Steve Schiff, R-NM, saw the film recently as part of his ongoing investigation of the Roswell Incident.

“Haut said he thinks he will be shown the film because he may help identify people in it. Haut, who was a public affairs officer at Roswell Army Air Field in 1947, wrote the press release, which announced the capture of a ‘flying disk.’

“Glenn Dennis, the local mortician in 1947 who nearly got into the operating room before being turned away, said he could identify the people in the film if local doctors and nurses worked on the bodies. But Dennis contends out-of-towners were brought in to perform the autopsy on the aliens; local personnel were ordered to stay away from the base for two days following the

alleged crash.

“Stone said he has seen a lot of hoaxes in his years researching UFOs, but he is impressed with the latest bombshell to hit the UFO community. ‘I’m skeptical only in that they are too good to be true,” Stone said. ‘If these films are hoaxed, then someone went through a lot of trouble, money and time.’ …”

First to debunk the film is nuclear physicist and UFO researcher Stanton Friedman.

In an article in the Daily Record on Aug. 3, 1995, Friedman is quoted, “Nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman said he has seen the alien autopsy film in its entirety, 18 minutes. He said there is no connection between it and the UFO crash in New Mexico. ‘Frankly, I was disappointed,’ he said. He said that the autopsy was on a female with no breasts, no hair and a big belly, very similar to a person with Turner’s Syndrome. Turner’s Syndrome affects one in 2,500 women. The woman is born with only one X chromosome and never matures sexually. ‘Somebody is out to make a buck,’ Friedman said.”

Friedman was correct. In the Daily Record on Nov. 1, 1996, the truth was revealed.

The photo stills from the film came from the movie, “Roswell.” The article covers the culprit, “According to John Stepkowski, in a letter published over the internet and emailed to the International UFO Museum, Mr. JunIchi Takanashi, MUFON’s national representative in Japan, names Mr. Johnsen Takano as the photographer.

Apparently, in a recent letter between the two gentlemen, Takano admitted that he took the pictures of the movie prop on display during his visit to the museum in Roswell.”

Takano was the director and architectural planner of a huge UFO Museum in Japan that opened July 1996.

According to the article,

Japan’s government financed the project with $50,000,000.

The article continues that Takano insisted that he had been “misquoted” or “misrepresented” by just about every person he’s ever met, even though Stepkowski’s report said in part, “…

Takano has often been promoted as being a Japanese government official, and was with Santilli’s office last year (Alien Autopsy Film owner) claiming he had seen pictures of Santilli’s ET when he allegedly visited CIA headquarters in 1993.”

The Space and UFO Museum Cosmo Isle Hakui is still an attraction today.

The story of the “alien autopsy” film is again center of a new production in 2020.

Renowned UFO investigator Philip Mantle, out of Great Britain, has released a new four-part documentary on Amazon, which includes the “alien autopsy” film. Mantle recaps his 17-year investigation into the 16 mm film and the man who allegedly discovered it.

Gods, signs, Martian life and a humdrum planet On July 4, 1997, the Daily Record featured two UFO researchers on its front page: One controversial who relies on legends and archaeology finds; one who relies on science in his research.

It is the 50th anniversary of the alleged UFO crash in the New Mexico desert. Visiting prominent TV star and UFO researcher Erich von Daniken is one of the speakers.

The article with the headline, “Signs of extraterrestrial visits are everywhere, von Daniken says” covers his talk the day before. “Erich von Daniken opened up the UFO Conference lectures Thursday morning with his talk on ancient signs pointing to the heavens ...”

UFO Researcher Michael Lindemann spoke the same day as von Daniken. The article covering his lecture was headlined with, “Good

science gives credibility to UFO phenomenon, Lindemann says.”

He approaches the UFO controversies differently.

According to Lindemann, there are two challenges for the scientific community in regards to the “Roswell Incident” of 1947.

“Lindemann said the first hypothesis is, ‘We are not alone in the universe.’ The second hypothesis is, ‘Our neighbors, whoever they are, can get here and they have.’”

According to the article, Lindemann used examples of existing knowledge of space and space technology to support claims of possible life outside of Earth.

Could the Air Force lie?

In an article on July 6, 1997 in the Daily Record, Whitley Strieber lectured about the Air Force releasing its report that the “aliens” found in 1947 at the crash site of the “Roswell Incident” were crash test dummies. His lecture took place in the famous Hangar 84 that housed the alleged UFO. “Strieber, the San Antonio, Texas-based author of “Communion,” “Transformation” and several other books was the keynote speaker at the Roswell UFO Encounter ‘97 Celebration Banquet, sponsored by the Roswell Daily Record.

“Strieber said he thinks one of two things happened with the reported 1947 UFO crash north of Roswell.

Either the U.S. Air Force covered up a flying saucer crash or a group of distinguished military officers were trying to make people believe a flying saucer crashed when it didn’t. “‘We can’t find any clear motive for the officers to be lying,’ Strieber said. ‘Little is left except that the officers believe themselves to be telling the truth.’

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Ready or not, tourists arrive in 1995 City leaders and businesses support idea of festival

By Christina Stock Vision Editor he support of the city toward the UFO researchers showed from the start: The International UFO and Research Center is just such an example. The board didn’t have to charge any fee during its early days — the nonprofit museum was supported by membership fees and private donations only.

Michael Fisher, KSFX news director, announced in the July 3, 1994 Daily Record edition that he is starting a committee to organize a celebration to commemorate the “Roswell Incident.” Others mentioned who showed interest in joining were Sara Whiting of the visitors bureau and Carla Marley, Roswell Mall manager.

Daily Record’s editor, Jerry R. McCormack covered the release of the movie, “Roswell” in his July 31, 1994 column. The movie was received favorably by locals when it was shown in Mabee Lecture Hall in the Toles Learning Center at New Mexico Military Institute. Aware of the impact the worldwide release of the true, though dramatized, story will have on tourism, he finished his column with “Half of America may descend on Roswell on July 4, 1997 (the 50th anniversary of the alleged UFO crash) and … the other half may be waiting to get in. Many local folks believe they’re (tourists) coming, whether or not the museum/center has bus tours or whether or not the city has a celebration.

“Maybe, Roswell should be ready.”

On Oct. 25, 1994, Roswell Mayor Tom Jennings appoints a planning committee to prepare a proposal for a festival to commemorate the “Roswell Incident.” Names for the festival are suggested, such as “UFO Daze,” The Roswell Re-Incident” and “The Roswell Encounter.” Encounter won.

The Roswell UFO Encounter 1995 organizing committee asked for help from the public, which was published in the Daily Record on Feb. 12, 1995, covering the committee’s meeting. Roswell residents were asked to send in ideas for a mascot for the upcoming festival, member Deon Crosby said in the article. Norwest Bank sponsored the mascot contest, the winning artists received a $250 savings bond from the bank. The bank was the first private business to sponsor the Encounter (UFO festival.) The article continues saying that the city of Roswell pledged $3,500 for event publicity according to Chairman Stan Crosby. The winner was announced in the Daily Record on April 2, 1995. Robert Jule created an airbrushed caricature of a green alien in a spaceship, which was used for the festival’s logo. Unfortunately, no photo exists in the Daily Record’s Archives featuring the winning art.

According to the Daily Record published on June 30, 1995, Pecos Trails Transit & Handivan set up a park & ride to taxi UFO enthusiasts through the congested city.

The committee organized entertainment for the entire family at the first UFO festival, which took place June 30 to July 2, 1995. The speakers were organized by the International UFO Museum and Research Center. The Goddard Planetarium joined in the festivities with shows, as did the Bottomless Lakes State Park, offering a laser-light show and a triathlon. According to an article in the Daily Record on Feb. 12, 1995, the city Parks and Recreation Department organizes the laser-light show, bringing it under city insurance coverage.

The New Mexico Military Institute’s amphitheater gets usage with a “Classic Rock AllStars” show in the evening of July 1, 1995.

The grassroots committee members in charge of organizing the first festival, the Roswell UFO Encounter ’95, were Stan Crosby, Bess Amaral, Hub Com, Deon Crosby, Anthony D’Areezo, Glenn Dennis, Bob Edwards, Mike Fisher, Steve Glover and Sally Glover, Lee Goodpasture, Walter Haut, Dusty Huckabee, Max Littell, Carla Marley, Sherrie Moss, Jean Pettit, Mike Pettit, Jo Ann Prince, Laurie Rufe, Heidi Sims, Georgene Smyth, Joe Vargas and Renee Vallejos.

Crosby saluted Goddard High School, the Roswell Adult Center, the Roswell Job Corps and the Senior Olympics for providing the bulk of the volunteers, which was published on July 2, 1995 in the Daily Record. He also acknowledged the city; the City Parks and Recreation Department; Corn; Anthony D’Areezo; KMOU. KRSY and KSFX radio stations;

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the Roswell Convention and Visitors Bureau; and the Daily Record for their sponsorships.

The newly funded Roswell UFO Encounter ’95 is announced, being a nonprofit organization operating under the umbrella of the International UFO Museum and Research Center.

Stan Crosby took the lead of this first festival. He is introduced to the public in the same article: “Stan, 45, a Roswell native and fourth-generation resident, is an independent landman. ... He’s been working 12-hour days at zero pay the past few weeks on the festival. And he’s loving it. “‘I’m a science-fiction fan from way back,’ Stan said in explaining his interest in UFOs, ‘and I just think Roswell should capitalize on what it has. No matter how outlandish we might think it is, we have the Roswell Incident. We don’t have a Civil War battlefield or a ski run in our back yard to promote, but we do have a crash of something. Even if it was a weather balloon, let’s make it the most well-known weather balloon crash in the world.’”

In the July 4, 1995 edition of the Daily Record, the results of the first UFO festival were published. According to Stan Crosby, there were about 9,000 people who attended the various events, more than half came from out of town. Crosby had expected more, but there was a typical monsoon storm hitting Roswell Saturday night with heavy lightning, which kept people away. Crosby said the festival broke even on its $25,000 budget, which came from local sponsors.

In 1995, the “Roswell Incident” also gained national and international coverage with film crews from France, Italy and Japan arriving in Roswell throughout the year to produce documentaries. Along with the documentaries of the foreign media, the “Roswell Incident” was covered in numerous TV episodes. In the Daily Record edition of Dec. 31,1995, an incident is covered where during President Bill Clinton’s visit to Ireland, a boy there asked him about what happened here (Roswell) so many years ago.

Earlier, in a year review of 1993, published Jan. 2, 1994, an article by then-Record staff writer Nancy Fleming featured Roswell’s alleged UFO incident still making news in 1993. She ends her story by saying, “With the government now releasing information on radiation experiments on people in the 1940s, maybe by the year 2050, UFO inquirers will have some answers.”

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Continued from Page 8 mies is ‘so flawed’ many people don’t believe it. He said crash test dummies were not invented until 1953.

“Perhaps someone wanted to disclose information but was unable to, he said, so the report purposely had holes in it. “‘The people are more important than the government and the people need the truth more than it needs its lies,’ Strieber said. ‘We need an informed and aware public.’

“Strieber said Saturday he thinks ‘The Day After Roswell,’ book by Philip Corso, a retired Army intelligence officer, will cause people to start talking and questioning what happened.

While he thinks there will be more and more witness disclosures, he thinks if a UFO crashed, the government will never reveal the truth.”

Boeing satellites?

In 2000, the International UFO Museum and Research Center featured a free monthly lecture series. According to the Daily Record, on Oct. 12, 2000, the VIP lecturer was William Craig, who spoke about new directions for Boeing. In the article, it is stated that this is his second visit to the museum to hold a lecture. His background is not unique for UFO researchers. It states, “Craig is a retired federal agent, a graduate of the U.S. Department of Justice Border Patrol Academy; U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute; and the University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Advanced International Studies; Counter Insurgency Policies, Asia, and former advisor to the National Security Agency, Craig maintains an active interest in the ‘intelligence’ aspects of UFO/UGO/USO, Low Earth Orbit satellite imagery, selective communication monitoring and governmental disinformation.

“Craig is active in MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) and will talk about the new direction Boeing is taking — getting into the satellite business for NASA and another agency. The lecture is entitled ‘Spies, Lies and Intruders in the Skies.’”

Craig was visiting from Las Cruces where he lived at the time. It is also mentioned that he is a member of Las Cruces Astronomical Society and Victorian UFO Research Society in Australia.

Another VIP speaker was featured in the Daily Record on April 12, 2002, this time Charlene Finkner talked about her UFO dreams and research.

A new century — a new world order?

A journalist joins as speaker with a different view on aliens and mankind. Peter Farley’s lecture was a feature story in the Daily Record on July 4, 2001: ““Who are our real ancestors?” asked journalist Peter Farley at the beginning of his lecture, ‘Alien Visitation and the New World Order,’ held Monday evening at the International UFO Museum and Research Center.

“Farley’s detailed answer is that we were planted on earth by extraterrestrial ‘star-seeders.’ “‘It’s the history that has been stolen from you … denied to you,” Farley related emphatically. According to Farley’s intricate and complex theory of intergalactic relations, the Earth has served as a sort of proving ground whereby a consortium of alien races, ‘The Twenty-four,’ have attempted to combine their various species into one descendant race. “‘The whole idea of this planet was to mix races,’ he expounded. …”

A landmark case revealed in Roswell In 2008, the most popular lecture, according to the Daily Record article on July 4, was by Kathleen Marden who discussed her stunning landmark book, “Captured — Betty and Barney Hill Story.”

“Marden is the niece of the couple, and recounted the strange tale of their alien abduction, revealed years later through hypnosis. She tells the story of how her aunt and uncle were driving near New Hampshire’s White Mountains, when a spacecraft was seen, bobbing and weaving in the night sky. After a series of bizarre moves, it settled nearby their car.

Barney left the vehicle and was approached by a disc-shaped object with a double row of rectangular windows, emanating an intense blue/white light.

“He later recalled that he was telepathically warned away.

Shaken, he returned to the car and continued on his way then, but without apparent reason, suddenly turned off the main road, where the spacecraft reappeared, sending strange buzzing sounds into the vehicle. Upon their return home, the couple noticed strange things. Their clothing was damaged.

Barney, who was a meticulous dresser, had the tops of his shoes scraped. Betty, meanwhile, had her slip and dress torn.

There were strange circular marks on the trunk of their car, that would later prove to have unusual magnetic properties.

Later, after packing the dress in a box to be repaired, she opened the box only to find the dress completely blackened and destroyed, but with a strange light pink powder covering.

Eventually the powder and other materials were analyzed and found to have ‘strange’ properties, according to Marden.

“The day after returning to their home, on Sept. 20, 1961, the couple reported the incident to nearby Pease Air Force Base. But it would be years before the entire story of their abduction came out under hypnosis conducted by a psychiatrist who had treated soldiers in World War II for ‘shell shock,’ Marden said. ‘Both were placed under hypnosis during a six-month period in 1964,’ she said. ‘In separate sessions, they both told exactly the same story down to the tiniest detail, something that is impossible to do under hypnosis.’

The story of the Hill abduction is considered by experts to be a landmark case, opening the door to recognizing hundreds that occurred during the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s.”

Hypnosis turns author into a believer in UFOs Also featured in the Daily Record on July 4, 2008 is UFO researcher Yvonne R. Smith, certified hypnotherapist and author. In the article, she said “she was stunned by the number of people who reveal their encounters with aliens while under hypnosis. “‘I really didn’t believe in UFOs when I started my profession,’ she said “Since then, however, I’ve had about 500 cases, and I really believe that something happened to these people. One of her most significant cases is the story of two brothers who were hypnotized in Tennessee after they kept remembering a childhood encounter in their backyard with a person wearing all black. ‘The conscious memory kept bothering them,’ she said. ‘Finally, they decided to find out what happened through hypnosis,’ she said. ‘Both of them thought what they were seeing was the building of a home on a conscious level, but what was revealed under hypnosis was that what they actually saw was a spacecraft and their abduction.’

“She continued: ‘What was really unusual is that they recalled exactly the same details — under hypnosis. … There is no doubt they experienced the same thing.’”

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UFO Hall of Fame installs Stan Friedman and Paul Davids For nuclear physicist, author and UFO researcher Stanton Friedman and Paul Davids, executive producer of the movie, “Roswell,” 2010 was a big year. The Daily Record covered the installation of the two men into the UFO Hall of Fame in its July 4, 2010 edition.

“Jesse Marcel Sr. was the only inductee during last year’s ceremony. He was the first member of the military to inspect the crash debris and one of the first two Army officers to visit the debris field and collect pieces of the downed aircraft.

“The induction ceremony took place at the Roswell Museum and Art Center.”

A shaman sees alien ghosts in Roswell In an article published in the Daily Record on July 3, 2011, the lecturer at the International UFO Museum and Research Center had a theory about life after death — for aliens. “… In a lecture titled ‘Xops DVD Director’s Cut,’ Richard Alaniz discussed and showed footage for ‘Xops,’ a canceled Discovery Channel show that is described as a ‘paranormal reality show.’ The footage focused on the possibility of alien ghosts.

Alaniz also discussed the places in Roswell where the spirits of dead alien lifeforms may still be present. Alaniz explained that Roswell’s Rehabilitation Center is an old hospital and a likely place for spirits of the departed to still be dwelling.

He said that he has experienced at least one spirit at the UFO Museum.

Humans tribal warfare may keep “aliens” away Of course, nuclear physicist, author and speaker Stanton Friedman had been lecturing every year at the Roswell UFO Festival and during the International UFO Museum and Research Center’s free VIP sessions throughout the years.

After all, the Roswell Incident would have not been brought back into the headlines, and there would have been no UFO Festival without his research. In 2011, however, Friedman had an especially interesting lecture for Roswellians and visitors during the festival, published in the July 3 edition of the Daily Record.

“Stanton Friedman explained the possibility of aliens visiting humans — or humans visiting aliens. The possibility of space travel for either alien or human is a matter of technological progress. Friedman said that humans have not been technological for long, using radio, which has only been around for about a century, as an example. He added the progress humans have made tends to focus on efforts to kill one another. An alien looking down on humanity, Friedman said, would see humans as primarily dedicated to tribal warfare. He mentioned the millions of dollars that are spent on everything military, as well as the fact that children around the world die each day from preventable diseases. Aliens may have used technological innovations to make inter-stellar travel possible.

Friedman said that humans have harnessed powerful elements such as hydrogen to create atomic bombs. ‘That tells you a great deal about this planet,’ Friedman said. ‘If you’re an alien, would you want humans out there?’

“Friedman said it is likelier that aliens would travel to visit Earth and when they do, it is likely they would visit New Mexico. ...” see

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The 1996 article continues, with Haut saying, “Research was our original intent. That’s when Realtor Max Littell became involved. ‘Max was president of the Historical Foundation for Southeast New Mexico at the time.’ “‘That board recognized the incident as historically significant,’ Littell said. ‘That wasn’t an endorsement, but all the hullabaloo made it important.’ “‘There’s no question the interest in the Roswell Incident has increased significantly in the last few years. The television show ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ that aired about 1990 was the first major publicity,’ Dennis said. ‘I didn’t want any part of it at that time. But people had my name and kept calling me and being annoying — in spite of our unlisted number.

So my wife said, ‘Give your story and tell them it’s strictly for research and not to be made public.’ I knew that wouldn’t work, but I let her talk me into it.’” “‘The Center for UFO Research sent Stan Friedman down here and I was given assurances it would never be made public,’ Dennis said. “Three days later, CNN, NBC and all the others were calling me.’”

Dennis and Haut would get bombarded with calls from all over the world, even in the middle of the night. They said in the article that what was exciting at first, got old very fast. The first location in the bank building didn’t do well for them either. The article continues, “Max Littell emphasized the museum, which had its 99,000th visitor Wednesday, is a state corporation approved by the attorney general’s office. ‘It’s the only UFO museum in the country that’s rated as 501(c)(3), meaning contributions are tax deductible,’ he said. And the museum is supported entirely through private contributions, memberships and the gift shop.”

The article ends with the typical question, asked if Dennis and Littell believe in UFOs, their answer is, ‘We know something happened,’ Dennis said.

‘We’re not trying to convert anybody,” said Littell, who lived in Roswell in 1947 and was 12 at the time, but doesn’t recall hearing about the ‘Incident.’ ‘Too much happened with too many people. Something happened and the government covered it up.’”

According to the interview, Littell’s main reason for becoming involved in the International UFO Museum and Research Center was that he wanted Roswell to keep its image of a science, art and business oriented city. “‘We didn’t want Roswell to be known as ‘Kook City.’ We never thought it would get even a third this size,” Littell said of the museum. …’ “‘Our prime objective.’ Dennis said, ‘is to put out as much information as we can through research and interviews and let the public make up its own mind.’’

The original board of directors of the museum were: Haut, president; Dennis, vice president; Littell, secretary/treasurer; and members Garry Owen, C.L. “Chuck” Beauchemin, Ronald Phillips, R. Spencer Fields, Doris Price and Elaine Eckman.

While the International UFO Museum and Research Center at the time was the only nonprofit in the country, there were two other for-profit museums focused on the “UFO Incident.” One museum was the UFO Enigma Museum, located near the Roswell Air Center. It had opened April 2, 1992 and was owned by John Price and Sharon Price. The other museum was in Midway and was called The Midway Sightings Location Site, UFO Museum, Children’s UFO Museum and Research Station. It opened in 1994 by owners Becky Escamilla, Manuel Escamilla and Frances Escamilla-Solsberry.

Only the International UFO Museum and Research Center continues to serve the public, its continuous reinventing, upgrades in technology as recent as in 2019 and the many volunteers and supporters may be the reason for its success. The highlight of the museum is featuring UFO researchers, scientists and authors throughout the year and of course, in a larger frame during the UFO Festival, which was celebrated for the first time in 1995.

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The UFO Festival 2020

UFO Festival Committee and Roswell businesses adapt to the times

By Christina Stock Vision Editor ith restrictions due to COVID-19 in place, the UFO Festival Committee and Roswell businesses turn this year to modern technology. The festival will be taking place online on the festival’s Facebook page and on the radio at 94.9 The Country Giant on July 3 and 4, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on both days.

There will be a virtual alien human and alien pet contest, as well, with cash prizes being rewarded for the most creative participants. The costume contests have been a highlight for tourists and locals throughout the years since the first festival in 1995, with a multitude of national and foreign press arriving in Roswell to cover them.

MainStreet Roswell is always finding innovative ways to promote the downtown shopping district and — with safety measures in place to follow the social distancing rules — is offering the “passport” program. The program will guide locals to different partici-

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pating shops and galleries to collect passport stamps. A tent will be set up downtown on the Chaves County Courthouse lawn where the passports, other merchandise and one-ofa-kind collectibles will be available.

The program participants may bring their passports back to the tent and receive a bag with unique gifts and souvenirs. They get to keep the full passport, as well.

The passports and collectibles are limited, so the event organizers suggest to come early. To make it easier, a map has been created online with the various locations.

This year would have been the 10th anniversary of Galacticon and Roswell SciFi Film Fest. While the Galacticon commitee members are participating in the virtual event, the films competing for awards will be released online as soon as the judging has taken place.

This year, 19 films made the final cut. Some are short films, others full feature films with titles such as “Captain Traer Smiles at the Stars,” and “Circle of Stone.” Some are whimsical in nature, while others are critical to downright scary.

“Circle of Stone” features “dark Fae” and plays with mythological Irish and Scottish legends in a modern setting. Academy Award-winning director Mark Andrews is behind this film. He’s worked on numerous Pixar films such as “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille” as well as being part of the Pixar senior creative team. He co-wrote and co-directed the live action blockbuster, “John Carter of Mars” for Disney Feature. He’s received an Emmy for his writing and storyboard work on “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated series, as well as an Annie Award for storyboarding on “Iron Giant.”

For more information, visit the UFO Festival or Galacticon Facebook page, ufofestivalroswell.com or roswellgalacticon.com.

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Continued from Page 7 including “Larry King” in 1997, 2007 and twice in 2008.

Friedman was the original civilian investigator of the Roswell Incident and co-authored “Crash at Corona: The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident.” “TOP SECRET/ MAJIC,” his controversial book about the Majestic 12 group — established in 1947 to deal with alien technology — was published in 1996 and went through six printings. An expanded new edition was published in 2005. Friedman was presented with a Lifetime UFO Achievement Award in Leeds, England, in 2002 by UFO Magazine of the UK. He was author and co-author of a multitude of books on the subject.

On July 2, 2010, he was inducted into the Roswell UFO Hall of Fame for his longterm investigative efforts on that important case.

He provided written testimony to congressional hearings, appeared twice at the UN, and has been a pioneer in many aspects of ufology including Roswell, Majestic 12, The Betty Hill-Marjorie Fish star map work, analysis of the Delphos, Kansas, physical trace case, crashed saucers, flying saucer technology and challenges to the cultists of SETI — which for Friedman stood for “Silly Effort To Investigate.” He spoke at more MUFON Symposia than anyone else. Friedman was a

dual citizen of the USA and Canada.

Donald R. Schmitt Donald R. Schmitt is the former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies in Chicago where he served as director of special investigations for 10 years. Prior to that time, he was a special investigator for the late J. Allen Hynek and the art director for the International UFO Reporter. Schmitt graduated from MATC with a degree in commercial art and graduated cum laude from Concordia University with a degree in liberal arts.

He is author of hundreds of articles about UFOs, as well as the co-author of five best-selling books, including “UFO Crash at Roswell” and he is an internationally known lecturer with an impressive interview list which includes Oprah, Peter Jennings, CBS 48 Hours to name a few.

Schmitt was an on-set consultant at Paramount Studios on one episode of the TV series “Roswell.”

The basis of his research and consultation has been the theme of many documentaries.

Schmitt feels that by far, his greatest achievement was the Golden Globe Best Picture nominated motion picture “Roswell,” which was based on the first book, co-au-

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thored with Dr. Kevin Randle. He serves as an advisor to the International UFO Museum and Research Center Board of Directors. Schmitt is also an associate producer of the 2015 feature docu-drama film “701,” which is being scripted by Peabody Award-winning writer Tracy Torme.

Kevin Randle Kevin Randle served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and in the first Iraq war as battalion intelligence officer. After he retired from the military, he became fascinated with the UFO phenomenon and started his research. He first published his findings in UFO magazines before writing his first book.

Today, he has published 14 books, including “Crash: When UFOs Fall From the Sky: A History of Famous Incidents, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups,” featuring the controversial Roswell UFO crash, among other crashes. Randle has appeared on countless radio and TV programs and in the mid-1990s, hosted his own show on KTSM Radio in El Paso, Texas.

Randle is still active in his research and continues publishing his findings on his blog at kevinrandle.blogspot.com, where he recently posted about a secret base in New Mexico in 1957.

Roswell Daily Record Archive Photo UFO researchers Stanton Friedman (right) with Donald R. Schmitt in 2018.

Linda Howe In 1995, Linda Howe was the authority on animal mutilations.

Following her air and water investigations from 1976 to 1979, Howe began in September 1979 to investigate the phenomenon of bloodless and trackless animal mutilations that were occurring in every state in the U.S. Since her first visit to Roswell, Howe produced documentary films and worked in television, radio and online. Howe has received local, national and international awards, including three regional Emmys, a national Emmy nomination and was an honored producer for medical and science programming in a WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston station Peabody. Howe’s award-winning documentaries have included “A Strange Harvest” that explored the

worldwide animal mutilation mystery that has haunted the United States and other countries since the 1960s and continues to date.

Howe is also known as producer and reporter for “Coast to Coast AM” and “Dreamland” hosted by Art Bell. When Art Bell retired, Howe continued producing and reporting radio news for “Coast to Coast AM” hosted by George Noory until February 2019. Today, she works on her award-winning website earthfiles.com and has moved to produce YouTube and TV productions. In 2010, Howe was given the Courage In Journalism Award at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. These speakers where the first, many more joined their ranks throughout the years.

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Officially, it would take until 1978 for the story to surface again, though nobody really paid attention. Marcel claimed in a supermarket tabloid that the debris he brought in 30 years earlier was a flying saucer.

The story could have stayed buried in disreputable tabloids and lore, if it wouldn’t have been mentioned by a radio station manager at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge when he met nuclear physicist, UFO researcher, author and lecturer Stanton Friedman (1934-2019).

In his last interview with the Daily Record in 2018, Friedman recalled hearing about Marcel. “This is 1978 — Out of the blue, he (radio station manager) says, ‘You know, the guy you ought to talk to is Jesse Marcel.’ I didn’t know about Jesse Marcel. His next sentence changed my life. He said, ‘He knows about one of those saucers when he was in the military.’ He wasn’t joking.”

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Roswell Daily Record Archive Photo Stanton Friedman is seen here in 2011 at the International UFO Museum and Research Center. about the “Roswell Incident.” What followed was the beginning of the scientific research into the subject. Friedman went to Roswell and with the support of Haut, he contacted every person from the military and private person still alive to get to the bottom of the story. At the same time, another researcher, Donald R. Schmitt, learned about the Roswell Incident. Those two were only the first researchers to continue the search for the truth.

The government, however, has released several “truths,” which include the first release that the crashed object was a weather balloon. In 1995, it was a nuclear test surveillance balloon with humanoid-shaped

dummies — proof given by the U.S. Air Force and its released “The Roswell Report,” featuring the declassified project MOGUL. On page 3, the report states that the personnel of the 509th Bombardment Group stationed at Roswell Army airfield were not privy to the existence of the program. … “Their job was to deliver nuclear weapons, not to detect them.”

In the same report, the memorandum from the secretary of the Air Force on July 27, 1994 states, “The Air Force efforts did not identify any indication that the ‘Roswell Incident’ was any type of extraterrestrial event or that the Air Force has engaged in a 47-year conspiracy or ‘cover-up’ of information relating to it. Therefore, it is assumed that pro-UFO groups will strongly object to the attached report and denounce it. …”

Col. Richard L. Weaver, USAF, signed the memorandum. He was correct — the search continued, even after 1997, when a new press release by Air Force Col. John Haynes told reporters that the purported “aliens” crashing near Roswell were crashtest dummies used for parachute tests.

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In it, President Donald Trump is quoted that he would not talk to his son about Roswell, “but it’s very interesting.”

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“Noe Torres and E.J. Wilson got the Conference Lecture Series rolling with a talk titled ‘Russia’s Roswell Incident,’ sharing what is known about an object that crashed in 1986 near the small mining town of Dalnegorsk.

“Much of the information the two researchers discussed comes from CIA documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act, Torres said.

“Torres and Wilson pointed out how strange debris was found at the crash site, including several types of metals that reacted strangely when tested in laboratories by Soviet scientists. ...”

Roswell Daily Record hosts ‘Roswell Incident’ For the first time, the Daily Record participates in 2016 in the serious side of the alleged UFO phenomena by taking a historical view of the incident and hosting a series of panels.

In the Daily Record edition of July 2, 2016, the first event is featured.

First to take the stage at The Liberty club, where the event took place, was Col. Charles Halt. Halt is considered the highest-ranking military officer to come forward with a UFO experience. “‘I did come forward because there are so many stories out there,’ he told the audience. ... He joined the U.S. Air Force. Halt quickly rose within the ranks of the USAF. In 1980, he was assigned from the Pentagon to Royal Air Force Bentwaters in Great Britain as the deputy base commander and was later promoted and became the base commander. At that time, Bentwaters was the largest tactical fighter wing in the world. ... Before the close of year, Halt would experience what has been called ‘Britain’s Roswell.’ ...

“Either Halt is correct in his claims that the objects he and others witnessed were from outside the earth’s atmosphere, or Halt and everyone else were hallucinating. ...

The next day, the panel continued with talks on media and the military, which was also covered in the Daily Record on July 3.

Four panelists took the stage, which included Keith Arem, fellow UFO experts Nick Pope, Lee Speigel and Alejandro Rojas. They discussed how UFO events are portrayed in the press and in Hollywood.

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