Air Force Claims Aliens Just Test Dummies - "What Roswell residents thought were hairless extraterrestrials who crashed to earth in July 1947 were just dummies used in 1950s parachuting experiments, according to a new Air Force report."
- Article - By Rene Romo - Published: 6/20/97 - Source: Albuquerque Journal <6/23/97 #1>
Air Force: 'Aliens' Actually Dummies - "A new Air Force report concludes that the "alien bodies" that were supposedly covered up along with the crash of a flying saucer in Roswell in 1947were actually crash-test dummies..."
- Article - Published: 6/20/97 - Source: Las Vegas Sun (AP) (Newspaper) <6/23/97 #2>
Skeptics Debunk UFO Stories - Philip Klass cites AF dummy report in his newsletter.
- Article - Published: 6/20/97 - Source: AP (News Service) <6/23/97 #3>
Air Force releases records on early experiments - AF Press release accompanying release of the report. (6 para)
- Press release - Official - By U.S. Air Force - Published: 6/24/97 - Source: Air Force Link <6/26/97 #7.2>
FUFOR Answers Air Force - Fund for UFO Research holds press conference to discuss latest Air Force theory
- Dissenting - By Don Berliner and Rob Swiatek - Published: 7/2/97 <7/5/97 #16>
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Look carefully at the right shoulder of the dummy, he has a canopy release assembly (capewell) when such things did not exist in 1947.
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According to The Parachute Manual, vol. 1, the Capewell release was patented in 1947. It was accepted by the AF and years later by the Army. The large lug model was introduced in 1960. The cable kit came in 1964.
When do you carry dummies away on stretchers? You throw them over your back and toss them into the truck.
The Air Force must still be using dummies if they expect anyone to believe this latest explanation of the Alien body reports.
Using crash test dummies could hadly be considered a Top Secret project. Why on earth cover this up at all, let alone for 50 years?
The Air Force says that everyone has got the date (year) wrong. Indeed, doc's exist to prove that they used the dummies in '57. Unfortunately for them, the Roswell paper (Gazette?) ran the story in '47. I have a JPG of the front page of the paper.
The USAF now claims that "some persons reporting seeing alien bodies are reporting honestly." The big question no one seems able to ask *WHICH WITNESSES WOULD THOSE BE!?* Kaufman, Frankie Rowe, Glenn Dennis? I just want to know which witnesses the USAF says I can now believe.
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