From: max@megatek.com (Max Elliot)
Subject: Re: Roswell
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:10:25 GMT

From article <C17p2n.2ID@amd.com>, by billp@mozart.amd.com (Bill Peterson):
> 	I like Roswell. It is close to the mountains, beautiful.
> 
> 	The "facts" as I know them are :
> 
> 	1) Something crashed outside of Roswell. Witnesses thought
> 	   it was a plane or something.

           Hmmmm. Sounds like it might have been a plane. (surprise)

> 	2) Next day, Brazel carted stuff and filled up a shed. Called
> 	   the sheriff. Debris is spread out over a big area.

           Ok. One day has passed. If this was a USAF secret prototype
           crash, where are the AF types? Why aren't they here yet?

> 	3) Sheriff and Brazel call Air Force. Local Air Intellegence
> 	   Officer comes out. Base commander then releases a press
> 	   notice : "We have a flying saucer."

           He cleverly remembers to put his brandy flask under the desk
           before issuing a statement.... (conjecture)

> 	4) General Twining flies down, takes over. Local base
> 	   commander takes a "leave" immediately.

           If the USAF had known about this, they would have had the big
           guns there on the spot before Brazel could lay a finger on it.

> 	5) A B-29 is filled up with crates of stuff, flies off to
> 	   another base.

           Definitely strong indicator that whatever it was, it was
           *important*.

> 	6) Twining and ATIC guy cook up balloon story. Allow reporters
> 	   in the next day to look at balloon remains.

           Could easily be partly true. Could easily be entirely false.
           Probably is not wise to read anything into this one.

> 	7) Brazel is help incognito for three days, won't talk, says that
> 	   "They scared the shit out of me!"

           Yup. If I were a base commander, and was shown the wreckage of
           a Soviet Spy plane or something, and thought I would be smart
           and cover it up by shouting UFO, my superior officer would 
           probably chew me up and spit me out.

> 	8) Air Force still refuses to talk about now. Not even mentioned in
> 	   Blue Book as a balloon.

           Well, it may not be that the *item* in particular was a secret,
           but that it's presence at that location and time may have 
           implications that would be *severely* detrimental to somebody's
           reputation. (i.e. Soviet spy plane breaches all US security...)

> 
> 	What can be gleaned from this?
> 
> 	1) Something crashed. The Air Force doesn't want us all to know.

           Yes.

> 	2) The Air Force STILL doesn't want us to know. (Almost 50 years
> 	   later).

           Yes.

> 	3) Many people have come forward to claim having seen "alien" stuff.

           This is not unusual in any circumstance and cannot be interpreted
           as anything approaching evidence.

> 	4) Goldwater, etc have been denied access to UFO files.

           He has been denied access to lots of stuff.

> 
> 	It seems that several explanations are possible :
> 
> 	1) A secret aircraft crashed. I think this is unlikely. It has 
> 	   been too long just for a secret plane.

           There may be many reasons why they don't want the story out.
           Case histories for other secret planes don't establish a
           precedent. I think this is by far the most likely explanation.

> 	2) An experiment involving people has gone wrong. Similar to the
> 	   Philadelphia thing. It has recently come to light that the
> 	   military tested soldiers in the gas chamber for toxicity to 
> 	   unknown gasses. They still won't recognize soldiers who are now
> 	   having health problems. No records have been kept.

           Also possible, as that would be something for them to cover up.

> 	3) A radioactive device had a problem. Military won't acknowledge
> 	   it since it shows how irresponsible they are. (Typical)

           Really is a varation on 2).

> 	4) An alien craft crashed.

           Nothing to indicate this, really. Just a few short-lived 
           testimonials from people who may not really have been in
           any position to know, or had the intelligence to assess that.

> 	5) Some other unknown thing happened.
> 
> 	The easy explanation: Military thing, top secret, like the gassing.
> 	The base commander explanation : UFO out of control, crashed.
> 	My left-field idea: Aliens FAKED the crash to alert stupid nuclear
> military that someone is watching. How 'bout it?
> 
> --
> 	Howdy Pardner! Let's chew the fat!
> 	Disclaimer : my thoughts are not my own. :-X

   Just my .02

   Cheers!
-Max
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