Subject: ROSWELL REPORTER, Vol I, No 1 (3/4)
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                          New Witnesses Update

   Here is a brief look at a few of the new witnesses we have
uncovered since the publication of "The Truth About the UFO Crash
at Roswell."  As word gets out, and more people find the courage
to come forward, the puzzle that is Roswell begins to take shape. 
We will bring you this new evidence as we uncloak it.

*    While in Portland, Oregon during our last visit, we had the
     pleasure of talking with Terrie Randall.  Her father was
     Tech Sgt. Charles Randall (deceased 1976).  He described his
     personal involvement to her in 1953.  Terrie told us her
     father held some of the material and didn't like handling it
     for fear of its effects.  Sgt. Randall added that some of
     the personnel who cleaned up the debris were also afraid to
     touch it.

*    One of the special guard units to arrive at the impact site
     just north of Roswell, was headquartered at White Sands in
     Alamogordo.  In our latest book, we mentioned Lieutenant
     Colonel Albert Lovejoy Duncan, a member of that unit who
     confirmed their assignment and acknowledged witnessing the
     "bodies."  Recently, another member of that unit was
     interviewed and confirmed the site just north of Roswell,
     west off of HWY. 285.  He added a most interesting
     observation.  "Being posted on 285, we couldn't help but
     comment between ourselves that if that thing would have just
     stayed in the air a moment longer, it would have crashed
     right in the middle of the highway."  (See Map on page 9)

*    On July 5, 1947, a local farmer, Sherman Campbel of
     Circleville, Ohio, discovered on his property a six pointed
     star shaped kite, fifty inches high by forty-eight inches
     wide which was wrapped in foil.  It was briefly thought to
     be part of a UFO but was soon identified by the local
     sheriff as part of a weather balloon complete with plainly
     visible serial numbers.

     The story was carried by newspapers across the country as
     part of the flood of UFO sightings of the summer of 1947. 
     The story included photographs of Campbell's daughter, Jean,
     standing with the very intact kite in front of her. 
     According to Jean, they were allowed to keep the device for
     years to come without the slightest suggestions of anything
     out of the ordinary.  Due to all of the national publicity,
     no doubt military officials, specifically in Dayton, Ohio
     (which is not far from Circleville), may have had the
     solution to Roswell, or at least the cover story, literally
     drop from the skies.

     It is interesting to note that the Randalls were able to
     keep their weather balloon while all of the pieces of the
     "weather balloon" that crashed near Roswell were carefully
     collected and confiscated.  Also, the published photographs
     of the Circleville kite contain precisely the same type of
     kite debris that were shown to and photographed by the press
     in General Ramey's office on July 8th 1947 as part of the
     cover up.  Now, if today, the Air Force is speculating its a
     Project Mogul Balloon in Forth Worth... well, you understand
     the point.  The Air Force can't have it both ways.

*    Thanks to the efforts and cooperation of John Price of The
     UFO Enigma Museum in Roswell and Don Ecker of UFO Magazine,
     we have yet another first hand witness to the recovered
     bodies.  Thomas L. Gonzales, a sergeant with Squadron T. of
     the 509th Bomb Group, was one of those assigned to guard the
     impact site.  He has corroborated its location close to
     Roswell and the retrieval of bodies which he called, "little
     men."  Gonzales described them as having eyes and heads that
     were slightly larger than human.  He also referred to the
     crashed object as an "airfoil."

*    Within the past six months, we have been fortunate to learn
     the whereabouts of the base navigators from both Roswell and
     White Sands in 1947.  According to one, White Sands was
     indeed tracking an unknown object prior to the crash.  The
     gentleman once assigned to Roswell did acknowledge the
     tracking of an object at Kirtland in Albuquerque as well,
     but when queried about Roswell, he responded, "Don't ask me
     about that."  We intend to follow up so stay tuned.

*    Robert Wolf, a native of New Mexico and a famous country
     fiddle player, was a stock owner of radio station KGFL in
     1947.  You will recall that ranch foreman, Mac Brazel, was
     interviewed by Frank Joyce at KGFL, regarding the found
     debris.  Later, under watch of military guard, Mr. Brazel
     retracted his original story.  According to Wolf, about a
     month after the story died down, he observed Brazel at the
     Mitchell Feed and Grainery loading a new 1947 Ford pickup
     truck.  New vehicles always attracted the attention of the
     locals and Brazel's especially caught the attention of Wolf
     who was declined any explanation by the rancher.

*    Finally, an item from the January 15, 1954 issue of the APRO
     Bulletin, the official publication of the Aerial Phenomenon
     Research Organization.  APRO, which is now defunct, was the
     first civilian organization devoted to the study of UFOs and
     was based in Tucson, Arizona.  Contained within the
     editorial comments of that issue is the following, "We have
     appointed an honorary member to APRO who has been passed on
     by officers of the national groups, but whom we are not
     able, at least at the present time, to name.  He is an
     astronomer and an intelligent man."  The unnamed scientist
     was none other than Dr. Lincoln La Paz.  He was the former
     Manhattan Project scientist and meteroritics expert who was
     called in by the military to inspect the crash site.  It was
     his job to figure out the speed and trajectory of the craft
     when it hit, if possible.  Together, with CIC agent Lewis
     Rickett, La Paz discovered a touchdown point five miles from
     the debris field that contained more debris and sand that
     was apparently crystallized from an intense amount of heat.

[Inset 1947 map of New Mexico showing Roswell, Corona, Debris
field (foster / Brazel Ranch) Route 285, White Sands Proving
Grounds, RAAF]

This is a map of New Mexico, shown the two sites and their
relation to Roswell.  Notice how close the craft came to actually
crashing on HWY 285.

                               Next Issue

*    The first part of our series, "Reinventing Roswell:  The Air
     Force's New Story and Project Mogul"

*    Jim Ragsdale and Roswell, including actual copy of his
     AFFIDAVIT.

*    Update on the Search for the Archaeologists

*    New first hand drawing of the bodies.


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