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From: David Rudiak <DRudiak@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 13:14:56 -0500 (EST)
Fwd Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 18:31:30 -0500
Subject: Re: Roswell 'UFO Crash' Nuke Accident Cover-Up?


 >From: Bob Young <YoungBob2@aol.com>
 >Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:16:05 -0500 (EST)
 >Fwd Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:51:35 -0500
 >Subject: Re: Roswell 'UFO Crash' Nuke Accident Cover-Up?

 >I have often wondered about this. Blanchard went on leave. Has
 >anyone ever determined who was acting Commander when he was gone?

Officially it was the Roswell Deputy base commander Lt. Col.
Payne Jennings, who signed another order to replace Blanchard.
However, when it was being publicly announced that Blanchard was
on leave, Jennings was busy flying Marcel and his cargo of
debris to Fort Worth.  (This according to Robert Porter, who was
on the flight.)  Nobody was at home minding the store.

The base operations officer, however, said that he was quite
certain that Blanchard first went out to the debris field to
make a determination.  So officially Blanchard was on leave, but
he was still acting in his capacity as base C/O.

Another point is that Blanchard didn't go on leave until after
the press release had gone out and all the ruckus had begun.
There were some press stories at the time that Blanchard had
issued the release and had been in communication with Gen.
Ramey, who had ordered Marcel's flight.  Blanchard was hardly
some unwitting innocent in all this.  Whatever happened and why,
I think it is pretty clear that the press release was issued
with Blanchard's authority.  That is certainly the story that
Blanchard's PIO, Walter Haut, has always told.

I think it is pretty clear that if Marcel had tried some sort of
end run around Blanchard, twisted Haut's arm to put out the
release, etc., there would have been some dire consequences for
Marcel.  Instead nothing happened to Marcel.  Quite the contrary
Blanchard recommended him for promotion in the Reserve, upped
his numerical rating into "superior" territory on his next
service evaluation, noted that he followed the chain of command,
had high moral character, etc., etc.  Gen. Ramey referred to him
as "outstanding" and command officer material.  None of this
makes sense if Marcel was responsible for the infamous press
release.  Ditto I think for Haut, who has also been widely
blamed for the release.

David Rudiak