We’ve all seen and heard the official newspaper report of the Roswell UFO crash site from the Roswell Daily Record. And we all know the original press release was retracted about 24 hours later and the UFO sighting turned into a weather balloon sighting. There have been a plethora of articles, films, TV shows, and Youtubers reporting on the aftermath of the crash. Craft or balloon. Ours or theirs? Earthly or Otherworldly?
Let’s take another look at some of the UFO reports in 1947 that lead up to the fateful Roswell Incident. What does the reporting tell us? Most of the [many] newspaper reports debunk these as UFO or extraterrestrial sightings. Are there hidden clues in any of the debunked reports? Do they [actually] support the original press release or suggest otherwise? This will be an ongoing series that will be updated often weekly. Let’s start with the following article. Enjoy the rabbit hole.
July 9, 1947. The New York Times headlines read as follows, ‘Disk’ Near Bomb Test Site Is Just a Weather Balloon. Months leading up to, let’s call it, Roswell, there were numerous UFO sightings across the US and South Western US. Does this NYT article reveal clues regarding the truth of what happened? Are the answers hiding in plain sight?
The article clearly tries to diminish any credible sightings taking place during this time. However, the highlighted portions of the article indicate [at least] some of the UFO reports were credible. First, the debris of the weather balloon was flown to Wright Field, Ohio. Why? Second, are we to dismiss the eyewitnesses in 43 states and 5 countries that also reported “flying saucers” in their skies during this time? Was this hysteria, jumping on the UFO bandwagon, or valid claims? Was this weather balloon a top-secret military project or something otherworldly?
The article continues and perhaps the most revealing clues can be found in Part II (continued from Page 1). Highlighted are additional points of reference that seem to indicate there is more to the story. The object was identified as ‘some sort of tin foil‘. OK, if this was simply tinfoil or a weather balloon, the story should end but the article tells us to keep digging. Keep asking questions.
Atomic experts in Washington DC were certain that whatever was found was not of their doing and didn’t know how to dispose of it. So, Lieutenant General Hoyt Vandenburg flew the wreckage to Wright Field Base in Ohio. Did they ever see a weather balloon?
It took a ‘lowly‘ warrant officer and weather forecaster to explain the object was from a weather balloon? They refer to the material as an object. Also referenced in the second column, there seems to be a very relevant account of a sighting in Johannesburg, South Africa. Two eyewitnesses said, “they not only saw the objects but that they traveled at tremendous speed in a V-formation and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.” They are saying objects (plural) and a V-shape formation. This sounds eerily reminiscent of the Phoenix Lights incidents that would not take place until 50+ years after Roswell. Are they the same craft?
A critical eye will try to put all of the 1947 sightings in perspective. The dawn of the communist hysteria in the United States, and the anguish of the hard-fought World War II victory, placed many Americans on high alert for unusual aerial activity. Many feared America’s new enemy, the Soviet Union, was ready to invade or launch an aerial attack.
The press corps in the 1940s tried to downplay most of the sightings as hoxes or being done for financial reward. Look closer. There are clues about the truth, hidden in the reporting. The aforementioned highlighted items in this article try to shed some light on what was really happening. Read beyond the headlines. Ask a few basic, logical, questions. Are you satisfied with the official story? Is it fact-based? Is the truth hiding in plain site? Something strange happened.
More to come…
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