When doing any research, and particularly the 1947 Roswell Incident, its always exciting when a new witness comes
forward or other information not previously uncovered is found. I suppose that’s what keeps some of us “digging”
into the events surrounding the incident that happened 62 years ago. Many have given up, or moved on from
researching the Roswell Incident, however in my case and for several other researchers, we’re not yet convinced that
all the information has been brought to the table. After all, the 4 different excuses given thus far do not satisfactorily
answer the many questions raised over time about what happened on the Foster ranch northwest of Roswell in
1947.
First and second-hand witnesses are dying at an alarming rate, due to now being in their 80’s, if still alive, so when a
new witness is discovered, it’s critical to obtain as much information as possible and attempt to verify that
information. Such was the case at this years Roswell UFO Festival July 2-5, 2009, when I was introduced to an 85
year old gentleman that “claimed” he was on the airplane that transferred the debris from Roswell to General Ramey’s
office in Fort Worth Texas. He indicated that Intelligence Officer Major Jesse Marcel, military police and several wooden
crates were on that same flight and was anxious to meet Major Marcel’s son Jesse Jr., who I was able to introduce
him to. Other researchers have interviewed him and perhaps this adds more validity to the accounts we’ve been
hearing for years.
forward or other information not previously uncovered is found. I suppose that’s what keeps some of us “digging”
into the events surrounding the incident that happened 62 years ago. Many have given up, or moved on from
researching the Roswell Incident, however in my case and for several other researchers, we’re not yet convinced that
all the information has been brought to the table. After all, the 4 different excuses given thus far do not satisfactorily
answer the many questions raised over time about what happened on the Foster ranch northwest of Roswell in
1947.
First and second-hand witnesses are dying at an alarming rate, due to now being in their 80’s, if still alive, so when a
new witness is discovered, it’s critical to obtain as much information as possible and attempt to verify that
information. Such was the case at this years Roswell UFO Festival July 2-5, 2009, when I was introduced to an 85
year old gentleman that “claimed” he was on the airplane that transferred the debris from Roswell to General Ramey’s
office in Fort Worth Texas. He indicated that Intelligence Officer Major Jesse Marcel, military police and several wooden
crates were on that same flight and was anxious to meet Major Marcel’s son Jesse Jr., who I was able to introduce
him to. Other researchers have interviewed him and perhaps this adds more validity to the accounts we’ve been
hearing for years.
THE OTHER 1947 ROSWELL NEWSPAPER by Dennis Balthaser
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DENNIS BALTHASER
(pronounced Ball-thay-sir)
moved to Roswell in 1996
to pursue his interest in
Ufology, after retiring
from the Texas Highway
Department in El Paso,
with 33 years in civil
engineering.
Prior to that he served 3
years in a U.S. Army
engineering battalion.
He was the UFO
Investigator and served
on the Board of Directors
for the International UFO
Museum between 1996
and 1998. Today he is an
independent researcher,
investigator, journalist
and lecturer.
Dennis has done over
350 TV, radio and other
media interviews related
to and since the 50th
anniversary of the Roswell
Incident in July, 1997,
including; CNN, MTV, SCI-
FI, The TODAY show,
Dateline, Nightline, NBC,
ABC Nightly News, Jeff
Rense, Sightings on the
radio, Ted Loman’s Off
the Record, Rob
McConnell’s X-Zone Radio
Show, Art Bell’s Coast to
Coast AM;, Discovery
channel, National
Geographic and History
channel, to mention a few.
Dennis is a certified UFO
investigator with MUFON
(the Mutual UFO
Network), and is a board
member of the advisory
board for the Great
Pyramid of Giza Research
Association. His main
areas of research
comprise the 1947
Roswell Incident, Area 51,
Underground Bases and
the pyramids of Egypt.
He currently writes
editorials for 31 web sites
and UFO magazine,
pertaining to his research,
and works closely with
well-known researchers
Stanton Friedman, Frank
Warren, Scott Ramsey
and many others.
Dennis' award winning
web site www.
truthseekeratroswell.com
has had over one million
visitors since 1998.
(pronounced Ball-thay-sir)
moved to Roswell in 1996
to pursue his interest in
Ufology, after retiring
from the Texas Highway
Department in El Paso,
with 33 years in civil
engineering.
Prior to that he served 3
years in a U.S. Army
engineering battalion.
He was the UFO
Investigator and served
on the Board of Directors
for the International UFO
Museum between 1996
and 1998. Today he is an
independent researcher,
investigator, journalist
and lecturer.
Dennis has done over
350 TV, radio and other
media interviews related
to and since the 50th
anniversary of the Roswell
Incident in July, 1997,
including; CNN, MTV, SCI-
FI, The TODAY show,
Dateline, Nightline, NBC,
ABC Nightly News, Jeff
Rense, Sightings on the
radio, Ted Loman’s Off
the Record, Rob
McConnell’s X-Zone Radio
Show, Art Bell’s Coast to
Coast AM;, Discovery
channel, National
Geographic and History
channel, to mention a few.
Dennis is a certified UFO
investigator with MUFON
(the Mutual UFO
Network), and is a board
member of the advisory
board for the Great
Pyramid of Giza Research
Association. His main
areas of research
comprise the 1947
Roswell Incident, Area 51,
Underground Bases and
the pyramids of Egypt.
He currently writes
editorials for 31 web sites
and UFO magazine,
pertaining to his research,
and works closely with
well-known researchers
Stanton Friedman, Frank
Warren, Scott Ramsey
and many others.
Dennis' award winning
web site www.
truthseekeratroswell.com
has had over one million
visitors since 1998.
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Another group is in the process of testing some material
obtained from the Foster ranch during a dig that was done
there several years ago, with the University of New Mexico
Archeological group. If the material being tested should turn
out to be of unknown origin, it would simply add more
validity to the ongoing research being done about the
Roswell Incident, proving again that the material recovered
was not a weather balloon, Mogul balloon, or crash test
dummies as we’ve been told on three separate occasions by
the Air Force to explain Roswell.
That leaves us with the first excuse that Lt. Walter Haut
wrote July 8, 1947 for media distribution as the Public
Relations Officer at Roswell Army Airfield, under orders of
the base commander Col. William Blanchard.
By now everyone interested in the Roswell Incident is familiar
with the Roswell Daily Record newspaper headline written by
Haut stating:
obtained from the Foster ranch during a dig that was done
there several years ago, with the University of New Mexico
Archeological group. If the material being tested should turn
out to be of unknown origin, it would simply add more
validity to the ongoing research being done about the
Roswell Incident, proving again that the material recovered
was not a weather balloon, Mogul balloon, or crash test
dummies as we’ve been told on three separate occasions by
the Air Force to explain Roswell.
That leaves us with the first excuse that Lt. Walter Haut
wrote July 8, 1947 for media distribution as the Public
Relations Officer at Roswell Army Airfield, under orders of
the base commander Col. William Blanchard.
By now everyone interested in the Roswell Incident is familiar
with the Roswell Daily Record newspaper headline written by
Haut stating:
This headline was not only printed in the afternoon edition of the Roswell Daily Record, but was also a major headline
in many afternoon newspapers west of Chicago July 8, 1947.
By the next day, (July 9, 1947), General Ramey and many others in charge of a cover-up story had the following
headline ready for the afternoon Roswell Daily Record and most morning newspapers east of Chicago, which read:
in many afternoon newspapers west of Chicago July 8, 1947.
By the next day, (July 9, 1947), General Ramey and many others in charge of a cover-up story had the following
headline ready for the afternoon Roswell Daily Record and most morning newspapers east of Chicago, which read:
| TODAY IS |
| “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region” |
| (Used with permission of the Roswell Daily Record) |
General Ramey’s headline indicated that the “elite” 509th bomb wing stationed at Roswell Army Airfield had
misidentified a weather balloon for a flying saucer.
For all the years that I’ve been doing Roswell research I have known that there were two newspapers in Roswell in
1947, (The Roswell Daily Record and The Roswell Morning Dispatch), and two radio stations (KGFL and KSWS), that
Lt. Walter Haut had contacted to release the original press release he had written. I had never seen a copy of the
“The Roswell Morning Dispatch”, so I began a search of several local archives to try and locate it, which included the
Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico Archives, the Roswell Public Library, The Chaves County Court House and
the Roswell Daily Record newspaper, which has become the only newspaper in Roswell, changing from an afternoon
paper to the morning paper, as it remains today. Those searches required a lot of asking questions and looking
through July 1947 microfilm. My search was finally successful when almost by accident I located the July 9th, 1947
Roswell Morning Dispatch. Since the original press release went out about noon on July 8th, 1947 I knew the Morning
Dispatch wouldn’t have anything for July 8th and I limited my search to the following day July 9th, when the cover up
was already in place. The Roswell Morning Dispatch headline was two lines:
misidentified a weather balloon for a flying saucer.
For all the years that I’ve been doing Roswell research I have known that there were two newspapers in Roswell in
1947, (The Roswell Daily Record and The Roswell Morning Dispatch), and two radio stations (KGFL and KSWS), that
Lt. Walter Haut had contacted to release the original press release he had written. I had never seen a copy of the
“The Roswell Morning Dispatch”, so I began a search of several local archives to try and locate it, which included the
Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico Archives, the Roswell Public Library, The Chaves County Court House and
the Roswell Daily Record newspaper, which has become the only newspaper in Roswell, changing from an afternoon
paper to the morning paper, as it remains today. Those searches required a lot of asking questions and looking
through July 1947 microfilm. My search was finally successful when almost by accident I located the July 9th, 1947
Roswell Morning Dispatch. Since the original press release went out about noon on July 8th, 1947 I knew the Morning
Dispatch wouldn’t have anything for July 8th and I limited my search to the following day July 9th, when the cover up
was already in place. The Roswell Morning Dispatch headline was two lines:
| “Gen. Ramey Empties Roswell Saucer” |
| (Used with permission of the Roswell Daily Record) |
In a “sub-title” on the front page was another smaller headline that stated:
| “Army Debunks Roswell Flying Disk As World Simmers With Excitement” |
| (Reproduction obtained from microfilm at the Roswell Daily Record) |
| “Officers Say Disk Is Weather Balloon” |
I thought it was interesting that the word “Disc” was spelled “Disk” in the Morning Dispatch article.
Perhaps other researchers had previously found a copy of the July 9, 1947 “Roswell Morning Dispatch”, but I had
never seen it, so it was exciting for me to personally discover it. Some of the other headline stories on the front page
included a photo of Sheriff Wilcox with a headline of:
Perhaps other researchers had previously found a copy of the July 9, 1947 “Roswell Morning Dispatch”, but I had
never seen it, so it was exciting for me to personally discover it. Some of the other headline stories on the front page
included a photo of Sheriff Wilcox with a headline of:
Both of these articles were large enough that they were continued on page 8 of the July 9th newspaper. The Roswell
Morning Dispatch had other disc articles through the July 11th editions continuing the follow-up, including one with a
photo of Kenneth Arnold.
The microfilm machine I used to make copies of the Morning Dispatch articles was only able to copy on 8 ½” x 11”
paper, so to get a full size print I had to tape individual sheets together, however I’m hopeful that I can find a way to
get a full size copy of the front page done in the future, to preserve it.
It appears that the coverage of what happened near Roswell in 1947 was not only of importance to the media here
locally in Roswell, but also across the country as indicated by the many newspaper articles that have been discovered
covering both the initial report that we have a flying saucer in our possession, and the cover-up story the following
day by General Ramey that it was only a weather balloon.
For me the evidence continues to mount that something of extreme importance happened near Roswell in 1947,
based not only on the coverage it received in July 1947, but the continuing efforts by many researchers during the
past 30 years with bits and pieces still coming forward. My personal theory remains that what ever was recovered on
the Foster ranch, and perhaps at other locations since, is still being back engineered for the benefit of our military,
and until that technology (propulsion, guidance, etc) is understood, neither the military or government will admit to
the event.
Morning Dispatch had other disc articles through the July 11th editions continuing the follow-up, including one with a
photo of Kenneth Arnold.
The microfilm machine I used to make copies of the Morning Dispatch articles was only able to copy on 8 ½” x 11”
paper, so to get a full size print I had to tape individual sheets together, however I’m hopeful that I can find a way to
get a full size copy of the front page done in the future, to preserve it.
It appears that the coverage of what happened near Roswell in 1947 was not only of importance to the media here
locally in Roswell, but also across the country as indicated by the many newspaper articles that have been discovered
covering both the initial report that we have a flying saucer in our possession, and the cover-up story the following
day by General Ramey that it was only a weather balloon.
For me the evidence continues to mount that something of extreme importance happened near Roswell in 1947,
based not only on the coverage it received in July 1947, but the continuing efforts by many researchers during the
past 30 years with bits and pieces still coming forward. My personal theory remains that what ever was recovered on
the Foster ranch, and perhaps at other locations since, is still being back engineered for the benefit of our military,
and until that technology (propulsion, guidance, etc) is understood, neither the military or government will admit to
the event.
| “Flying Disk Transforms Sheriff’s Office to International Newsroom” |
| and |
| “Object Found on Foster ranch causes excitement” |
