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From: DONFEII@aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:59:25 -0400 (EDT)
Fwd Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 14:20:18 -0400
Subject: Re: Air Force Final Report - NOT!

Special release from UFO Magazine.

Don Ecker
The AIR FORCE releases its "Final Report"

June 24th, 1997 began with a continuous stream of telephone calls
at the offices of UFO Magazine. Media from CBS radio, MSNBC, NBC,
EXTRA and various regional radio programing around the U.S. all
wanted interviews on the Air Force's press briefing on the "final
word" on the Roswell situation. The briefing was yet to happen. I
arrived at NBC in Burbank, and after being wired up like an
astronaut ready for a shuttle flight, I watched Air Force
spokesman Colonel John Haynes waving the thick report about, much
like a television evangelist waving the "Holy Word." Prepared for
another blanket denial by the Air Force, I was amazed to hear
Haynes state the following items:

     1. The witnesses to the original "event" in 1947
        mis-identified a balloon for a flying disk.

     2. The reports about bodies were actually caused by people
        witnessing high altitude balloon experiments where the
        Air Force dropped dummies from balloons and the witnesses
        really saw the dummies being retrieved.

     3. People confused the crash of a KC-97 aircraft where 11
        Air Force members were killed with something anomalous .

     4. People also got confused by a manned balloon accident
        where two Air Force pilots were injured.

     5. Col. Haynes concluded with, "The Air Force can't even
        keep a single secret. How could we perpetuate a
        conspiracy?"

During all this, archival film footage was being shown with what
looked like advanced aircraft and space probes being
demonstrated, some re-entering the atmosphere or sitting on the
ground looking for all the world like... a flying saucer! Not too
bad, until you start to use common sense--which, by the looks of
it, isn't too common.

Forget for a second that in 1947, the men stationed at the
Roswell Army Air Field were the most elite in the U.S. military.
This was, after all, the only location on the entire planet that
harbored atomic weapons and the means to deliver them. But these
men, we are to believe, couldn't distinguish between a balloon
and its array and a real flying saucer!

Forget that this military organization, the 509th, was the one to
release the original press brief  stating they captured a flying
disk-- not parts, not pieces, but a whole disk. Read the original
story published in the Roswell Daily Record.

Hardly a mention at all that the Air Force's high-altitude
balloon experiments that involved dropping dummies never began
until 1954. In other words, these "stupid" people confused the
events of Roswell with events that did not happen until at least
seven years later!

The crash of a KC-97 aircraft which killed 11 men--also in the
Air Force report-- happened in 1956! This is nine years later!

The balloon mishap in which 2 pilots were injured did not occur
until 1959!

Remember the file footage just mentioned? This was NASA archival
footage from the 1960s and the 1970s

If the Air Force or Haynes can't keep a secret, then I suggest
Haynes resign his commission and go into selling aluminum siding.

In the numerous TV and radio programs in which I participated, I
pointed out time and time again these inconsistences. I also told
the journalists that it was not even a case of whether an alien
ship crashed or not, but it was more about lies, deceit, and
misinformation. Are we really expected to believe that in 1947,
the most elite of our military forces would make such a
bone-headed and blunderous mistake?

Remember, if you can, what kind of world it was then. Just two
years prior, the most expensive war in history concluded,
resulting in 60 million dead human beings. The cold war was
heating up, the Berlin blockade was about to happen. The Soviets
were perceived as being on the march. Greece was in danger of
going communist. People here in the U. S. were starting to look
for communists under every bed. If Colonel Wm . Blanchard and
Major Jesse Marcel had made such a blunder as not being able to
I.D. a simple balloon array (forget the Project Mogul
explanation, the Mogul balloon and array were  NOT top secret,
its MISSION was!) would the Army Air Force have allowed such men
to stay in command? At the very least, they would have received
official letters of reprimand. This would have finished their
careers! Did it? Absolutely not. Blanchard went on to become a
General Officer. Marcel was promoted to Lt. Colonel. And let's
not forget the hundreds of first- and second-hand witnesses who
all tell a different story.

This story is not finished. As UFO Magazine gets the entire
report and follows up we will report our findings.

June 24, 1997. The day of the  Air Force "Final Report?" Not even
close!

Don Ecker
Director of Research
UFO Magazine
donfeii@aol.com
www.ufomagazine.com