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there's no doubt in your mind i gather

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that the balloon story was a cover story

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absolutely none we knew that it was a

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cover story and

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and

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whose idea it was i i haven't the

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faintest biggest idea

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we used that

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in order to

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persuade the curiosity of the press

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because

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this had gotten out and the fort worth

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star telegram dallas news and the upi

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and the press released surprise but

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blanchard's press release yeah well

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there are all these pictures

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from roswell you see all this created a

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lot of hubbub

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and

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eight air force headquarters had to be

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the hub the guys they're gonna go to ask

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the president somebody along the line is

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gonna say who's running this show that

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comes up to the eighth air force rainey

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and and the royal chief of staff

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somebody you know got to know something

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about it it was a cover story

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the balloon part of it

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is the story that's to be given to the

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press and that is it and and anything

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else forget it and mcmullen if you ever

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knew him he if you told him that he

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wanted to run something he goddamn sure

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he knew every facet of the operation

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he's a busybody he wanted it

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he wanted to know what the hell was

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going on who was pissing on the sidewalk

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and all that sort of thing mama told me

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you are not to discuss this and this is

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this is more than top secret as he said

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it's beyond that

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it's within my priority

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as deputy to

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george kenny

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and he in turn responsible to the

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president this is the highest priority

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you could exist and you will say nothing

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and that would be another

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in jesus name the commander-in-chief and

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you did and you forgot about it you knew

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the actual material was covered up with

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the balloon explanation did you ever

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make inquire did you ever wonder what

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became of the

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me that i ever actual material

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i will tell you again

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when when

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mcmullen told me to forget it i forgot

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it and and

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there was anything else for me to do i

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wasn't i was the

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solar brain we were people of my era

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when you were told something you did it

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and uh hell i was in

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one of the three people that had the top

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ticket or club for the atomic bombing

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headquarters up for us that wasn't

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something you would have talked about at

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home

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never i'll never talk about it the rose