| Thousands will gather in Roswell, NM,
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| | by calls and letters from his
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| this summer for the annual UFO Festival.
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| | constituents. The 1990s remained hot for
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| Because it's been sixty years since the
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| | Roswell with the 1997 publication of
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| UFO crash, this festival will be more
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| | Colonel Corso's book, The Day after
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| important than most. Despite
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| | Roswell, and the 1999 premier of Roswell,
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| self-serving, ever-changing statements
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| | the TV Series (1999-2002). Roswell is
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| directly or indirectly from the U.S.
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| | still a treasure house of undiscovered
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| Government, no one really knows what
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| | secrets. Proof of that comes from the
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| crashed near Roswell in July of 1947.
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| | people that still come forward with
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| However, thanks to the courage of
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| | information about the things that
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| individuals that have come forward to
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| | happened in the town. Last year I was
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| speak about what they witnessed or the
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| | contacted by a man living in California
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| role they played in the unexplained
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| | who I'll call Al. After listening to the
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| event, we can be almost certain of one
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| | rebroadcast of a radio program recorded a
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| thing. It was, in the words of the late
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| | few years ago with the late Colonel Corso
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| Jesse Marcel Sr., "not of this earth."
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| | talking about the Roswell UFO crash, Al
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| Marcel was an Intelligence Officer at the
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| | began to give some thought to something
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| base and had personal involvement with
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| | that had occurred earlier in his life.
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| the investigation of the material from
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| | Al moved to San Francisco, California, in
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| the crash site. He is not alone in his
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| | 1964. Sometime in the winter of 1964-65,
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| assessment of what crashed near Roswell.
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| | he was set up on a blind date with 'a
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| The late Retired Colonel Philip Corso
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| | good-looking young blond woman.' While he
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| offered his own experiences as proof
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| | could not recall her name or where they
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| positive in a book entitled 'The Day
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| | went on the date, he did remember an
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| after Roswell.' Shortly after the UFO
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| | unusual conversation they had at the end
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| crash, Corso had an opportunity to view
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| | of the evening. At some point the young
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| an unusual cadaver preserved in some sort
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| | woman asked Al if he believed in the
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| of blue liquid while he was Post Duty
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| | existence of other life forms or Alien
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| Officer at Fort Riley, KS. The body came
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| | life in the Universe. Al said he did and
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| from Roswell via Fort Bliss and was en
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| | gave a few reasons why, which included
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| route to Wright Field (Wright-Patterson
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| | the size of the Universe and the common
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| AFB, OH). It's important to remember that
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| | scientific probabilities of the day. The
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| these are just two of the many people
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| | young woman almost immediately gave
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| that had first or second hand knowledge
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| | affirmation to Al by saying something
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| about the crash. Even a quick examination
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| | like, "Yea, you're right," and followed
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| of the collective evidence would indicate
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| | up with a most amazing story. She was the
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| this event involved something more than a
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| | daughter of an Air Force Chaplain. The
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| weather, high altitude or radar balloon
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| | family lived in Roswell and her father
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| with a bunch of crash test dummies or
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| | was serving on the base in the late
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| cadavers aboard. It was more than some
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| | 1940s. The young woman told him that
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| crazy test vehicle that a bunch of
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| | sometime during dinner two men came to
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| super-intelligent children or midgets
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| | the door to get her dad. She recalled
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| were piloting around the New Mexico
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| | hearing them tell him that his services
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| desert during a violent thunderstorm.
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| | were needed. The incident caused such a
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| These facts make the Roswell UFO Festival
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| | stir in the household that everyone
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| an essential event that has become an
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| | stayed up late until he returned. Seeing
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| annual reminder of a great mystery that
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| | that everyone was still awake, the
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| remains unsolved. Although I have been to
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| | Chaplain told his family that he was
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| Roswell over twenty times since the early
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| | called to give religious comfort to some
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| 1980s, I have never attended the
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| | sort of Alien Life Forms near what seemed
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| festival. My loss. However, I have (by
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| | to be a crashed spacecraft. At least two
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| invitation) presented seminars in the
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| | of four creatures were still alive when
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| town before the festival was organized
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| | he got there. He described them as
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| and visited occasionally since that time.
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| | looking a bit like adolescent boys, but
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| Despite missing out on all the
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| | obviously not human. No one knew what the
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| festivities, I have always enjoyed the
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| | creatures were or precisely how to care
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| calm and mystery of the place without all
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| | for them. As a result, all of the beings
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| the hoopla. I presented my first seminar
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| | eventually perished. That was the crux of
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| in Roswell during 1992. It was supposed
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| | the story and the woman told Al that the
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| to be a low-key event at a nice hotel and
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| | family never discussed it in-depth again.
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| small convention facility for a group of
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| | Despite the lack of details, it presents
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| former military personnel (unrelated to
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| | an intriguing challenge and is typical of
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| the old base) holding a reunion in town.
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| | stories that pop up now and again. Even
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| They invited me to speak after one of the
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| | more stunning are the revelations of the
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| organizers heard a guest spot that I did
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| | late Dr Michael Wolf, the ultimate U.S.
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| on an Albuquerque radio show the year
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| | Government insider. Introduced to him by
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| before. Barely aware of the crash, the
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| | my friend and fellow paranormal
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| organizer was fascinated by my analysis
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| | researcher Dick Criswell about twenty
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| of what happened at Roswell in 1947. He
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| | years ago, I was initially skeptical of
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| wanted those attending the reunion to
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| | some of his claims which included
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| have an opportunity to hear the same
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| | personal knowledge of various secret
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| thing. I arrived in town a few days
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| | programs involving the government and
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| before the event so that I could snoop
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| | aliens, technology gained from UFO
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| around as I usually did whenever I came
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| | crashes and agreements with aliens, and a
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| to Roswell. Unfortunately, my radio and
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| | UFO incident involving the late President
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| television appearances in Albuquerque to
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| | John F. Kennedy (his wife was related to
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| plug a seminar I presented there alerted
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| | the Kennedy Family). My skepticism
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| the media in Roswell. A noontime
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| | vanished after a few conversations with
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| television interview that I did on a
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| | him over the phone and various
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| local Albuquerque news program was
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| | demonstrations of his political clout. If
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| simulcast in Roswell and that was the end
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| | wouldn't be unusual to find him speaking
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| of my ambiguity. With the story of the
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| | over the phone with Vice President Dan
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| Roswell Crash all over the map in those
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| | Quayle or former President Bill Clinton
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| days and a shortage of UFO researchers
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| | (Yes, it REALLY was them, not a joke or
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| that spoke about Roswell actually
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| | impersonation). I was also impressed by a
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| visiting their town, I was invited to
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| | mental exercise that he developed for the
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| appear on a midday TV news show, booked
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| | government. He called it The Gateway
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| for a guest spot on local radio and gave
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| | Treatment. It was disguised as a
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| an interview to the Roswell Daily Record.
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| | relaxation meditation that attracts
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| Fortunately, my seminar for the group
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| | positive energy and certainly
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| holding their reunion in Roswell was also
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| | accomplishes that goal, but it's
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| open to the public. And the public came
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| | basically a way to mentally summon
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| out in force. I was surprised because you
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| | aliens. Notoriously camera and press shy,
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| would think that after the publication of
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| | he nevertheless felt compelled to share
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| The Roswell Incident, an Unsolved Mystery
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| | some of his amazing information and
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| episode on the crash and all the media
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| | exploits with a few close friends and
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| coverage received, the people in town
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| | trusted paranormal researchers during the
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| would be sick of hearing about UFOs.
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| | years shortly before his death in 2000.
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| Instead, they couldn't get enough. One of
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| | As a board member of the International
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| the people that attended my seminar was
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| | Paranormal UFO Society, I am thrilled to
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| Glenn Dennis. He was the funeral home
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| | announce the release of the only known
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| worker that said he arrived at the
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| | video interview recorded with Dr Wolf on
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| Roswell Base just after the crash in
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| | DVD entitled, DR MICHAEL WOLF: KEEPER OF
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| 1947. He took some time to speak with me
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| | COSMIC SECRETS. The video was filmed in
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| after the seminar ended and said that my
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| | 1998. Those that look at the Roswell UFO
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| presentation about UFOs was the most
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| | Crash as case closed or believe that it a
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| accurate and the best he had ever seen.
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| | field that has already been farmed too
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| Similar kudos were thrown my way by
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| | many times do not understand the nature
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| others in the audience and those comments
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| | of the UFO subject or the power of the
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| remain a highlight of my time as a
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| | government cover-up. Years ago I spoke to
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| paranormal researcher. Most of the
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| | a UFO witness. The event he observed
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| younger people that came out to my
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| | occurred while he was in the military. He
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| seminar candidly told me that most of
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| | received calls at least once a month from
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| what they learned about the crash came
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| | people who said that they knew what
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| from TV specials and occasional news
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| | happened and that he had better not talk
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| reports. Given my first visit to Roswell
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| | about it. Although he hadn't told anyone
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| in the 80's, I believed them. Asking
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| | except his immediate superior about the
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| about the location of the crash in those
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| | incident, people in high places seemed to
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| days tended to get you dirty looks.
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| | know about it and the calls continued for
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| Roswell citizens were in a state of
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| | years. Imagine the power of that kind of
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| denial and even the history of the old
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| | intimidation. Now imagine living in what
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| Roswell Base seemed unimportant to them
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| | became a government town during the
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| at that time. It was a lesson in how
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| | 1940s. It wasn't hard for anyone to
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| successful a cover-up and government
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| | imagine being locked up in some federal
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| intimidation can be. Despite their lack
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| | prison like Leavenworth if you happen to
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| of enthusiasm for local history during my
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| | run afoul of federal authorities. Retired
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| first visit to Roswell, I am happy to
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| | military personnel had even more to lose.
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| report that the town has had a complete
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| | They could end up in prison and forfeit
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| turn around. Barely mentioned in the town
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| | any benefits, pay or pensions due them.
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| brochure and considered a kind of local
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| | Sixty years after the Roswell UFO crash,
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| embarrassment in those days, the UFO
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| | we still do not have the entire story.
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| Crash has become almost a centerpiece of
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| | However, that doesn't mean there is no
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| town history. The base, its connection to
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| | story. It just means that the U.S.
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| atomic history and the former military
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| | Government has managed to convince most
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| members that served there have also
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| | people that the idea of alien life forms
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| received a lot more attention in the post
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| | visiting us is just not probable and that
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| no-nukes atmosphere of the 1970s and
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| | whatever crashed near Roswell isn't
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| 1980s. The people have changed as well. A
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| | something we need to be concerned about.
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| new generation seems to embrace the
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| | Well, I beg to differ. The only thing
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| attention that the UFO Crash brings each
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| | that will come from trusting government
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| year. The 1994 Showtime Networks cable
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| | officials to make all of the decisions
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| television film about the UFO Crash
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| | while we remain blissfully ignorant is
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| entitled, Roswell, renewed a lot of local
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| | tyranny. For more, visit
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| interest in the crash and a reexamination
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| | Author: Bill Knell Author's Website:
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| of what really happened. That coincided
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| with a call for the release of government
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| documents about the UFO crash by the late
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| | online or in print with the addition of a
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| Steven Schiff, a New Mexico
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| | link to or that URL printed with the
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| Representative driven to make the inquiry
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| | article.
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