Figure 1 - Original symbols drawn by Dr. Jesse Marcel under hypnosis from page 175, UFO Crash at Roswell by Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt (Avon Books, 1991, ISBN 0-380-76196-3)
Figure 2 - Original symbols drawn by Dr. Jesse Marcel under hypnosis
from page 175, UFO Crash at Roswell, filled.
Figure 3 - Symbols created by Miller Johnson for "The Roswell I-Beam
Replica Project" (Mutual UFO Network UFO Journal, Number 323,
March 1995, Copyright 1995 by the Mutual UFO Network, 103
Oldtowne Rd., Sequin, Texas 78155).
Figure 4 - Symbols created by Miller Johnson for "The Roswell I-Beam
Replica Project" (Mutual UFO Network UFO Journal, Number 323,
March 1995, Copyright 1995 by the Mutual UFO Network, 103
Oldtowne Rd., Sequin, Texas 78155).
Figure 5 - Original symbols provided by Ray Santilli from alleged
Roswell Autopsy film.
Figure 6 - Original symbols provided by Ray Santilli from alleged
Roswell Autopsy film, line-filled and filled.
Miller Johnson's debris symbols represent "10 rough sketches"
from Dr. Jesse Marcel (presumably Figure 1) plus "60 similar characters"
created by Miller Johnson (Figures 3 and 4).
Miller Johnson symbol numbers are read as follows in the tables below.
| First row left to right (1 - 16). |  |
| Second row left to right (17 - 31). |  |
| First row left to right (32 - 50). |  |
| Second row left to right (51 - 70). |  |
| Marcel Symbol Number | Johnson Symbol Number(s) |
| 1 | 2,7,14,17,50. |
| 2 | 1,4,5,16,19,33,42. |
| 3 | 9,13,18,23,28,38,57,61. |
| 4 | 3,23,39,44,51,60,68. |
| 5 | 1,5,16,36,42. |
| 6 | (none) |
| 7 | 2,7,14. |
| 8 | 2,7,14,17,50. |
| 9 | 20,22,47. |
| 10 | 9,18,28,38,57,61. |
Santilli symbol numbers are read as follows in the table below.
| First row, left to right (1 - 8). |  |
| Second row left to right (9 - 16). |  |
| Third row left to right (17 - 24). |  |
| Santilli Symbol Number | Johnson Symbol Number(s) | * | Marcel Symbol Number | Santilli Symbol Number(s) |
| 1 | (none) | * | 1 | (none) |
| 2 | (none) | * | 2 | 4,12. |
| 3 | (none) | * | 3 | (none) |
| 4 | 4,21,33. | * | 4 | (none) |
| 5 | (none) | * | 5 | (none) |
| 6 | (none) | * | 6 | (none) |
| 7 | (none) | * | 7 | (none) |
| 8 | (none) | * | 8 | (none) |
| 9 | (none) | * | 9 | 4,5,11,12. |
| 10 | (none) | * | 10 | (none) |
| 11 | (none) | |||
| 12 | 4,21,33. | |||
| 13 | (none) | |||
| 14 | 31. | |||
| 15 | (none) | |||
| 16 | (none) | |||
| 17 | (none) | |||
| 18 | (none) | |||
| 19 | (none) | |||
| 20 | (none) | |||
| 21 | (none) | |||
| 22 | (none) | |||
| 23 | (none) | |||
| 24 | (none) | |||
1) 80% of Marcel's symbols drawing contain curved shapes.
2) 100% of Johnson's symbols contain curved shapes.
3) 45% of Santilli's symbols contain curved shapes.
4) 90% of Marcel's symbols generally fit Johnson's symbols.
5) 12% of Santilli's symbols generally fit Johnson's symbols.
6) 20% of Marcel's symbols generally fit Santilli's symbols.
7) 60% of Marcel's symbols contain two-segment objects.
8) 40% of Johnson's symbols contain two-segment objects.
9) 41% of Santilli's symbols contain two-segment objects.
10) 0% of Marcel's symbols are more then two segments.
11) 20% of Johnson's symbols are more than two segments.
12) 40% of Santilli's symbols are more than two segments.
13) The basic symbolic theme of Marcel's symbols is curves, arcs,
semi-circles, etc., which are non-complex.
14) The basic symbolic theme of Santilli's symbols is straight
lines which are complex.
15) It is not symbolically possible to reconcile the gross
differences between the Marcel symbols and the Santilli
symbols.
It is not the intention of this page to attempt to either prove or disprove Roswell, but rather to illustrate certain discrepancies between the alleged "alien autopsy film" and other accounts of the "Roswell Incident". There are, of course, other interpretations of what transpired at Roswell in July of 1947. The official Air Force report explains the events that transpired at Roswell as the result of a secret Project Mogul balloon. Charles B. Moore, one of three surviving Project Mogul team members recently commented about the markings on reinforcing tape used in the Project Mogul balloons. The following excerpt is taken from David Thomas' article, "The Roswell Incident and Project Mogul" in the July, 1995 edition of The Skeptical Inquirer.
Many witnesses of the debris described tape with flower designs or hieroglyphics on it. Moore recalls that the reinforcing tape used on NYU targets had curious markings. "There were about four of us who were involved in this, and all remember that our targets had sort of a stylized, flowerlike design. I have prepared, in my life, probably more than a hundred of these targets for flight. And every time I have prepared one of these targets, I have always wondered what the purpose of that tape marking was. But . . . a major named John Peterson, laughed . . . and said 'What do you expect when you get your targets made by a toy factory?'"
In the SI article Thomas includes an image of symbols from the Mogul balloon tape. While it is as yet unclear what the precise origin of these symbols is from the article, I have provided a comparison between them and the Jesse Marcel symbols.
| Jesse Marcel's Symbols |  |
| Dave Thomas' Mogul Symbols |  |
After we have had a chance to verify the origin of the symbols with Mr. Thomas, an analysis will be provided for them. Again, since the intention of this page is not to attempt to either prove or disprove Roswell, the future version may be moved to a seperate page.
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