********** Hello Everyone, As most of you know, on September 8, 1994 the USAF released an explanation for the 1947 Roswell incident. The explanation given was that of a secret balloon project named Mogul. Well, in the latest issue of UFO magazine, Paul Davids (Ex. Producer/Co Writer of the Showtime movie "Roswell") made some interesting statements rebutting the Mogul explanation which will be contained in an up coming video that will go on sale in the near future. The most interesting rebuttal was made concerning a recent discovery. As you may know the Mogul balloons were intended to carry instruments to monitor the progress of the Soviet nuclear weapons development program. It was discovered that shortly after the Roswell incident Jesse Marcel was promoted to Lt. Col. and placed in charge of investigating the very same Soviet nuclear weapons program. If anyone was going to know about Mogul and it's intended use, Marcel surly would have. So why did he come forward thirty years later to state that what Brazel found in the field near Roswell was not a balloon but something not of earthly origin? Next, in the USAF report they state that what was found was the wreckage of Mogul #4, but it was launched on June 4, 1947 and records show that Mogul balloon tests lasted a maximum of 10 hours. So why was the debris not found until July 2? Furthermore, the Mogul test conducted in June utilized a conventional Neoprene balloon (same as a weather balloon), and not the special polyethylene balloons which were not utilized until late July and were attributed with the confusion surrounding the debris. In addition, would a balloon, other than the Hindenburghave left a debris field 250 ft. wide and 3/4 of a mile long? Not to mention a gorge where the sand was turned to glass. Another curious point about the USAF report was that it's main witness is a man by the name C. B. Moore who worked on Mogul. But interestingly, C. B. Moore was interviewed by William Moore and Charles Berlitz for their book "The Roswell Incident" in which he was asked if the debris could have been that of a Mogul balloon. To which he replied, "Based on the descriptions, I can definitely rule this out. There wasn't a balloon in 1947 or today that could account for this incident." So why the change of opinion now? Up until September 1994, Sheridan Cavitt had denied being with Marcel at the debris field but now states that he was in fact there and that he knew it was a balloon almost immediately. He states that he lied to protect his security oath because Mogul was top secret. So why were photographs of the balloons published on July 10, 1947? The fact is that Mogul balloons were not secret, only their intended use was. They even carried a tag which said "If found, please return to New York University". And why didn't Cavitt tell Marcel that it was a balloon in the first place? Why did he allow it to blow up into a media event when he could have ended it right there and then? The report also attributes the purple hieroglyphics found by Marcel on a piece of I-beam as hearts and flowers found on the tape utilized on the Mogul balloons. But, to date no one has been able to come up with a sample of this alleged tape. In addition, nowhere in the 28 pages of the USAF's conclusion was any reference made to the bodies described by the numerous and credible witnesses. Since Mogul balloons were obviously unmanned, even if the bodies were as some sceptics have stated, shaved monkeys, where did they come from? Maybe some secret program to monitor the nuclear weapons development the of chimpanzee population? Finally, a GAO investigator states that they did not request a USAF conclusion concerning the happenings near Roswell but instead requested documentation. To this the USAF replies that they have none in their possession. Sounds like the same old, same old to me. Marty Garza/SL