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‘DEATHBED’ AFFIDAVIT TO SEEING SPACECRAFT & BODIES
BY…ROSWELL BASE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
LT. WALTER G. HAUT
According to Authors…Carey & Schmitt, Haut waited until the end of his life to reveal this information because he had promised Col. Blanchard to not disclose it while he was alive. Haut may have had another personal reason. He was well-aware how other major Roswell witnesses had been savaged by debunkers, a prime example being Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer. By initially denying direct knowledge of the more controversial aspects about Roswell, Haut would be denying critics a convenient target. However, we now have Haut's-public interview and affidavit confessing to being an eyewitness to the debris, spacecraft, and bodies.
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108 downloads*’Sweeps’ NOTE…History/background:
Exactly 60 years ago, a light aircraft was flying over the Cascade Mountains
in Washington State, at a height of around 3000m.
Suddenly, a brilliant flash of light illuminated the aircraft.
Visibility was good and as pilot Kenneth Arnold scanned the sky to find the
source of the light, he saw a group of nine shiny metallic objects flying
information.
He estimated their speed as being around 2600km/h -- nearly three times
faster than the top speed of any jet aircraft at the time.
Soon, similar reports began to come in from all over America.
This wasn't just the world's first UFO sighting, this was the birth of a
phenomenon, one that still exercises an extraordinary fascination.
Military authorities issued a press release, which began: "The many rumours
regarding the flying disc became a reality yesterday when the intelligence
officer of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air
Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a disc."
The headlines screamed: "Flying Disc captured by Air Force".
Yet, just 24 hours later, the military changed their story and claimed the
object they'd first thought was a "flying disc" was a weather balloon that
had crashed on a nearby ranch.
The key witness was Major Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer who had
gone to the ranch to recover the wreckage.
He described the metal as being wafer thin but incredibly tough.
It was as light as balsa wood, but couldn't be cut or burned.
These and similar accounts of the incident have largely been dismissed by
all except the most dedicated believers.
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*LAST WEEK CAME AN ASTONISHING NEW TWIST TO THE ROSWELL MYSTERY*
Lieutenant Walter Haut was the public relations officer at the base in 1947
and was the man who issued the original and subsequent press releases after
the crash on the orders of the base commander, Colonel William Blanchard.
Haut died last year but left a sworn affidavit to be opened only after his
death.
Last week, the text was released and asserts that the weather balloon claim
was a cover story and that the real object had been recovered by the
military and stored in a hangar.
He described seeing not just the craft, but alien bodies.
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97 downloadsHe wasn't the first Roswell witness to talk about alien bodies.
Local undertaker Glenn Dennis had long claimed that he was contacted by
authorities at Roswell shortly after the crash and asked to provide a number
of child-sized coffins.
When he arrived at the base, he was apparently told by a nurse (who later
disappeared) that a UFO had crashed and that small humanoid
extraterrestrials had been recovered.
But Haut is the only one of the original participants to claim to have seen
alien bodies.
UFO pieces handed around
Haut's affidavit talks about a high-level meeting he attended with base
commander Col William Blanchard and the Commander of the Eighth Army Air
Force, General Roger Ramey.
Haut states that at this meeting, pieces of wreckage were handed around for
participants to touch, with nobody able to identify the material.
He says the press release was issued because locals were already aware of
the crash site, but in fact there had been a second crash site, where more
debris from the craft had fallen.
The plan was that an announcement acknowledging the first site, which had
been discovered by a farmer, would divert attention from the second and more
important location.
The clean-up operation
Haut also spoke about a clean-up operation, where for months afterwards
military personnel scoured both crash sites searching for all remaining
pieces of debris, removing them and erasing all signs that anything unusual
had occurred.
This ties in with claims made by locals that debris collected as souvenirs
was seized by the military.
Haut then tells how Colonel Blanchard took him to "Building 84" -- one of
the hangars at Roswell -- and showed him the craft itself.
He describes a metallic egg-shaped object around 3.6m-4.5m in length and
around 1.8m wide.
He said he saw no windows, wings, tail, landing gear or any other feature.
Haug 'saw the alien bodies'
He saw two bodies on the floor, partially covered by a tarpaulin.
They are described in his statement as about 1.2m tall, with
disproportionately large heads.
Towards the end of the affidavit, Haut concludes: "I am convinced that what
I personally observed was some kind of craft and its crew from outer space".
What's particularly interesting about Walter Haut is that in the many
interviews he gave before his death, he played down his role and made no
such claims.
Had he been seeking publicity, he would surely have spoken about the craft
and the bodies.
Did he fear ridicule, or was the affidavit a sort of deathbed confession
from someone who had been part of a cover-up, but who had stayed loyal to
the end?
The US government came under huge pressure on Roswell in the '90s.
In July 1994, in response to an inquiry from the General Accounting Office,
the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force published a report, The Roswell
Report: Fact Versus Fiction In The New Mexico Desert.
Weather balloon 'cover story'
The report concluded that the Roswell incident had been attributable to
something called Project Mogul, a top secret project using high-altitude
balloons to carry sensor equipment into the upper atmosphere, listening
for evidence of Soviet nuclear tests.
The statements concerning a crashed weather balloon had been a cover story.
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-ACTUAL ‘DEATH BED’ AFFIDAVIT-
DATE: December 26, 2002
WITNESS: Chris Xxxxxx
NOTARY: Beverlee Morgan
(1) My name is Walter G. Haut
(2) I was born on June 2, 1922
(3) My address is 1405 W. 7th Street, Roswell, NM 88203
(4) I am retired.
(5) In July, 1947, I was stationed at the Roswell Army Air Base in Roswell,
New Mexico, serving as the base Public Information Officer. I had spent the
4th of July weekend (Saturday, the 5th, and Sunday, the 6th) at my private
residence about 10 miles north of the base, which was located south of town.
(6) I was aware that someone had reported the remains of a downed vehicle by
midmorning after my return to duty at the base on Monday, July 7. I was
aware that Major Jesse A. Marcel, head of intelligence, was sent by the base
commander, Col. William Blanchard, to investigate.
(7) By late in the afternoon that same day, I would learn that additional
civilian reports came in regarding a second site just north of Roswell. I
would spend the better part of the day attending to my regular duties
hearing little if anything more.
(8) On Tuesday morning, July 8, I would attend the regularly scheduled staff
meeting at 7:30 a.m. Besides Blanchard, Marcel; CIC [Counterintelligence
Corp] Capt. Sheridan Cavitt; Col. James I. Hopkins, the operations officer;
Lt. Col. Ulysses S. Nero, the supply officer; and from Carswell AAF in Fort
Worth, Texas, Blanchard's boss, Brig. Gen. Roger Ramey and his chief of
staff, Col. Thomas J. Dubose were also in attendance. The main topic of
discussion was reported by Marcel and Cavitt regarding an extensive debris
field in Lincoln County approx. 75 miles NW of Roswell. A preliminary
briefing was provided by Blanchard about the second site approx. 40 miles
north of town. Samples of wreckage were passed around the table. It was
unlike any material I had or have ever seen in my life. Pieces which
resembled metal foil, paper thin yet extremely strong, and pieces with
unusual markings along their length were handled from man to man, each
voicing their opinion. No one was able to identify the crash debris.
(9) One of the main concerns discussed at the meeting was whether we should
go public or not with the discovery. Gen. Ramey proposed a plan, which I
believe originated from his bosses at the Pentagon. Attention needed to be
diverted from the more important site north of town by acknowledging the
other location. Too many civilians were already involved and the press
already was informed. I was not completely informed how this would be
accomplished.
(10) At approximately 9:30 a.m. Col. Blanchard phoned my office and dictated
the press release of having in our possession a flying disc, coming from a
ranch northwest of Roswell, and Marcel flying the material to higher
headquarters. I was to deliver the news release to radio stations KGFL and
KSWS, and newspapers the Daily Record and the Morning Dispatch.
(11) By the time the news release hit the wire services, my office was
inundated with phone calls from around the world. Messages stacked up on my
desk, and rather than deal with the media concern, Col Blanchard suggested
that I go home and "hide out."
(12) Before leaving the base, Col. Blanchard took me personally to Building
84 [AKA Hangar P-3], a B-29 hangar located on the east side of the tarmac.
Upon first approaching the building, I observed that it was under heavy
guard both outside and inside. Once inside, I was permitted from a safe
distance to first observe the object just recovered north of town. It was
approx. 12 to 15 feet in length, not quite as wide, about 6 feet high, and
more of an egg shape. Lighting was poor, but its surface did appear
metallic. No windows, portholes, wings, tail section, or landing gear were
visible.
(13) Also from a distance, I was able to see a couple of bodies under a
canvas tarpaulin. Only the heads extended beyond the covering, and I was not
able to make out any features. The heads did appear larger than normal and
the contour of the canvas suggested the size of a 10 year old child. At a
later date in Blanchard's office, he would extend his arm about 4 feet above
the floor to indicate the height.
(14) I was informed of a temporary morgue set up to accommodate the
recovered bodies.
(15) I was informed that the wreckage was not "hot" (radioactive).
(16) Upon his return from Fort Worth, Major Marcel described to me taking
pieces of the wreckage to Gen. Ramey's office and after returning from a map
room, finding the remains of a weather balloon and radar kite substituted
while he was out of the room. Marcel was very upset over this situation. We
would not discuss it again.
(17) I would be allowed to make at least one visit to one of the recovery
sites during the military cleanup. I would return to the base with some of
the wreckage which I would display in my office.
(18) I was aware two separate teams would return to each site months later
for periodic searches for any remaining evidence.
(19) I am convinced that what I personally observed was some type of craft
and its crew from outer space.
(20) I have not been paid nor given anything of value to make this
statement, and it is the truth to the best of my recollection.
Signed: Walter G. Haut
December 26, 2002
Signature witnessed by:
Chris Xxxxxxx
Source:
Witness to Roswell: Unmasking the 60-Year Cover-Up (Paperback)
By Thomas J. Carey (Author), Donald R. Schmitt (Author)
