This 1949 Battelle research study had never before been
publicly available until earlier this month. Its release was
compelled under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA.) It
was sought because references to it had been found as
footnotes within later military-sponsored studies on
shape-memory alloys such as Nitinol. It was previously
believed to be "missing" because both Battelle and Wright
historians were unable to locate it. Earlier research had
revealed a paper trail that led from Roswell to Wright
Patterson, to the doors of Battelle- and to this 1949 study.
Once received, investigators were astounded to learn that
the sought study was in fact co-authored by none other
than Elroy John Center. Center was a Battelle scientist who
-in June of 1960- had privately related that he had analyzed
metal from a fallen UFO when he was at the Institute.
Citations that had been found to this Battelle report had not
listed Center as a co-author. When the report was finally
received, Center was revealed to be an "et al" or "and
others" author of the study. Center's story about examining
ET debris was first publicly told in 1992. But it was not
known that Center was the co-author of this Battelle study
until it was obtained under FOIA in August of 2009!
publicly available until earlier this month. Its release was
compelled under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA.) It
was sought because references to it had been found as
footnotes within later military-sponsored studies on
shape-memory alloys such as Nitinol. It was previously
believed to be "missing" because both Battelle and Wright
historians were unable to locate it. Earlier research had
revealed a paper trail that led from Roswell to Wright
Patterson, to the doors of Battelle- and to this 1949 study.
Once received, investigators were astounded to learn that
the sought study was in fact co-authored by none other
than Elroy John Center. Center was a Battelle scientist who
-in June of 1960- had privately related that he had analyzed
metal from a fallen UFO when he was at the Institute.
Citations that had been found to this Battelle report had not
listed Center as a co-author. When the report was finally
received, Center was revealed to be an "et al" or "and
others" author of the study. Center's story about examining
ET debris was first publicly told in 1992. But it was not
known that Center was the co-author of this Battelle study
until it was obtained under FOIA in August of 2009!
SCIENTIST ADMITS TO STUDY OF ROSWELL CRASH DEBRIS! (Confirmed by FOIA Document) by Anthony
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A research study that has recently been obtained through FOIA offers stunning confirmation that Wright-Patterson
Air Force base contracted Battelle Memorial Institute to analyze material from a crashed UFO at Roswell in 1947.
Remarkably, the co-author of this very metals study is the same scientist who decades ago had confessed that he
had examined extraterrestrial metal from a crashed UFO while he was a research scientist at Battelle! This
just-received document also reveals that another one of its metallurgist authors reported directly to a Battelle
scientist who was conducting secret UFO studies for the USAF. It appears that the study represents first-ever
attempts in creating highly novel and advanced Titanium alloys. Some of these alloys were later associated with the
development of "memory metal" of the type reported as crash debris at Roswell.
Air Force base contracted Battelle Memorial Institute to analyze material from a crashed UFO at Roswell in 1947.
Remarkably, the co-author of this very metals study is the same scientist who decades ago had confessed that he
had examined extraterrestrial metal from a crashed UFO while he was a research scientist at Battelle! This
just-received document also reveals that another one of its metallurgist authors reported directly to a Battelle
scientist who was conducting secret UFO studies for the USAF. It appears that the study represents first-ever
attempts in creating highly novel and advanced Titanium alloys. Some of these alloys were later associated with the
development of "memory metal" of the type reported as crash debris at Roswell.
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· Nitinol (a lightweight Nickel-Titanium alloy that is the
"Cadillac" of memory metals) finds its history in late 1940s
metallurgical work at Battelle- in studies that were
contracted by Wright Patterson in the months immediately
following the Roswell crash.
· A metals expert at Battelle during the time -Dr. Howard C.
Cross- was leading a dual life secretly researching UFOs for
government agencies while at the same time directing
top-secret Titanium alloy studies. It was found that Cross
"seeded" Titanium alloy studies to the US Navy Lab- where
Nitinol was later "discovered."
· Titanium alloy was named as part of the composition of the
Roswell memory metal according to General Arthur Exon,
Wright's one-time Base Commander. Exon also referred to
the material's unique "processing" and that the "reports" on
the metal "were still around." Exon spoke of "chemical
analysis, compression tests and flexing." These were the
precise tests found to have been conducted on Titanium
alloys in the Battelle report received though FOIA.
"Cadillac" of memory metals) finds its history in late 1940s
metallurgical work at Battelle- in studies that were
contracted by Wright Patterson in the months immediately
following the Roswell crash.
· A metals expert at Battelle during the time -Dr. Howard C.
Cross- was leading a dual life secretly researching UFOs for
government agencies while at the same time directing
top-secret Titanium alloy studies. It was found that Cross
"seeded" Titanium alloy studies to the US Navy Lab- where
Nitinol was later "discovered."
· Titanium alloy was named as part of the composition of the
Roswell memory metal according to General Arthur Exon,
Wright's one-time Base Commander. Exon also referred to
the material's unique "processing" and that the "reports" on
the metal "were still around." Exon spoke of "chemical
analysis, compression tests and flexing." These were the
precise tests found to have been conducted on Titanium
alloys in the Battelle report received though FOIA.
| TODAY IS |
It was previously determined that Battelle (which operates six U.S. National Laboratories) was a likely organization to
have analyzed such material. Founded in 1929, Battelle remains a major research and defense contracting
organization.
THE METAL
Some of the crash metal at Roswell was reported by several credible witnesses to have had "shape memory"
characteristics. When crumpled, this "morphing" metal returned immediately and seamlessly to its original form.
Shape recovery metals ("memory metals") are today emerging as a technology with applications for use in everything
from eyeglass frames to spacecraft. An intense review of this subject (reported in an earlier three-part series on the
UFO Iconoclasts website) proved very revealing:
have analyzed such material. Founded in 1929, Battelle remains a major research and defense contracting
organization.
THE METAL
Some of the crash metal at Roswell was reported by several credible witnesses to have had "shape memory"
characteristics. When crumpled, this "morphing" metal returned immediately and seamlessly to its original form.
Shape recovery metals ("memory metals") are today emerging as a technology with applications for use in everything
from eyeglass frames to spacecraft. An intense review of this subject (reported in an earlier three-part series on the
UFO Iconoclasts website) proved very revealing:
| THE BATTELLE RESEARCH CAMPUS |
· General George Schulgen (who led Intelligence at the
Pentagon at the time of the crash) issued a formerly
secret memo -just weeks after Roswell- informing his
officers that the saucers may be made with materials "of
composite construction" that used "various combinations
of metals" and that were fabricated by "unusual methods"
to achieve "extreme lightweight." Schulgen's memo was
written just one week prior to the issuance of the Battelle
report!
· Major discrepancies in the "official" history of Nitinol were
identified. Although Nitinol may not be the "actual" Roswell
debris, its development and inspiration was found from
material discovered crashed at Roswell in 1947.
· Citations to this 1949 Battelle report were found (as
buried footnotes) within four military-sponsored studies.
All of these studies related to shape-recovery or "memory
metal" development. This includes a report authored by
Dr. Fred Wang, the purported "co-inventor" of Nitinol in
the 1960s at the US Navy Lab. Nitinol is comprised of
Nickel and Titanium, and much of this 1949 report
concerns itself with alloying these two metals. Wang was
later discovered to have been involved in bizarre "mind
Pentagon at the time of the crash) issued a formerly
secret memo -just weeks after Roswell- informing his
officers that the saucers may be made with materials "of
composite construction" that used "various combinations
of metals" and that were fabricated by "unusual methods"
to achieve "extreme lightweight." Schulgen's memo was
written just one week prior to the issuance of the Battelle
report!
· Major discrepancies in the "official" history of Nitinol were
identified. Although Nitinol may not be the "actual" Roswell
debris, its development and inspiration was found from
material discovered crashed at Roswell in 1947.
· Citations to this 1949 Battelle report were found (as
buried footnotes) within four military-sponsored studies.
All of these studies related to shape-recovery or "memory
metal" development. This includes a report authored by
Dr. Fred Wang, the purported "co-inventor" of Nitinol in
the 1960s at the US Navy Lab. Nitinol is comprised of
Nickel and Titanium, and much of this 1949 report
concerns itself with alloying these two metals. Wang was
later discovered to have been involved in bizarre "mind
over matter" experiments to see if Nitinol could be morphed using the mind's energy.
The Battelle study from 1949 was obtained through a FOIA request placed by Sarasota Herald Tribune reporter Billy
Cox. Many of it pages are missing or are not numbered.
THE BATTELLE METAL STUDY
The Battelle study from 1949 was obtained through a FOIA request placed by Sarasota Herald Tribune reporter Billy
Cox. Many of it pages are missing or are not numbered.
THE BATTELLE METAL STUDY
| TITLE PAGE OF THE BATTELLE 1949 REPORT |
The study's full title is "Second Progress Report Covering the Period September 1 to October 21, 1949 on Research
and Development on Titanium Alloys Contract No. 33 (038)-3736." It is authored by "Simmons, C.W.; Greenidge,
C.T., Craighead, C.M. and others." The Battelle report was completed for Wright Patterson Air Materiel Command.
The citations to this Second Progress Report were found in later military-sponsored studies on shape-memory metal
development. They list the authors of this report as C.M. Craighead, F. Fawn and L.W. Eastwood. However, it was
learned from reading the report that the citations to it were actually listing the authors of a subsection of the report-
not the authors that are listed above, in the study's main title. This subsection (to which the later shape-memory
metal studies refer) relates to a Nickel-Titanium Phase Diagram- that is required to make Nitinol!
Elroy John Center (who confessed to UFO debris analysis) is not listed among the study authors shown in the report
title. He is rather, one of the "other" authors- as indicated in the study's title. The report's title identifies the three
primary authors- and then follows with the phrase "and others." The technical subsection of the report that Elroy
Center authored is very revealing, as are many sections found within the study:
and Development on Titanium Alloys Contract No. 33 (038)-3736." It is authored by "Simmons, C.W.; Greenidge,
C.T., Craighead, C.M. and others." The Battelle report was completed for Wright Patterson Air Materiel Command.
The citations to this Second Progress Report were found in later military-sponsored studies on shape-memory metal
development. They list the authors of this report as C.M. Craighead, F. Fawn and L.W. Eastwood. However, it was
learned from reading the report that the citations to it were actually listing the authors of a subsection of the report-
not the authors that are listed above, in the study's main title. This subsection (to which the later shape-memory
metal studies refer) relates to a Nickel-Titanium Phase Diagram- that is required to make Nitinol!
Elroy John Center (who confessed to UFO debris analysis) is not listed among the study authors shown in the report
title. He is rather, one of the "other" authors- as indicated in the study's title. The report's title identifies the three
primary authors- and then follows with the phrase "and others." The technical subsection of the report that Elroy
Center authored is very revealing, as are many sections found within the study:
| TITLE OF ELROY CENTER'S SECTION OF BATTELLE REPORT |
CENTER'S SECTION OF THE REPORT DEALS WITH TITANIUM PURITY.
EXCEPTIONALLY PURE TITANIUM IS NEEDED TO MAKE NITINOL MEMORY METAL
Center's section in the report (on page 97) is especially telling. General Exon spoke of the Roswell material as having
undergone chemical analysis. Center was a Chemical engineer and his section of this report details chemical analysis to
detect and quantify metal impurities. It is entitled "Analytical Methods for the Titanium Base Alloy." Titanium must be
of ultra-high purity to be used for shape-memory metal applications. Center concentrates on detection of Oxygen in
Titanium, a challenge faced when creating the memory metal Nitinol.
EXCEPTIONALLY PURE TITANIUM IS NEEDED TO MAKE NITINOL MEMORY METAL
Center's section in the report (on page 97) is especially telling. General Exon spoke of the Roswell material as having
undergone chemical analysis. Center was a Chemical engineer and his section of this report details chemical analysis to
detect and quantify metal impurities. It is entitled "Analytical Methods for the Titanium Base Alloy." Titanium must be
of ultra-high purity to be used for shape-memory metal applications. Center concentrates on detection of Oxygen in
Titanium, a challenge faced when creating the memory metal Nitinol.
ELROY CENTER-WHY HIS CONFESSION TO UFO DEBRIS ANALYSIS HAS
TO BE TRUE
Center was a Senior Research Chemist who worked for Battelle from 1939-1957
in materials sciences. University of Michigan alumni files and other papers that he
authored while at Battelle confirm his employment and position. Originally from
Hibbing, MN, Center received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1939.
Dr. Irena Scott (a former employee of both Battelle and the Defense Intelligence
Agency) had known of Elroy Center's connection to ET metal analysis years
before this Battelle report was released. She had even related Center's confession
to MUFON, a civilian UFO research organization, as reported in a 1992 Ohio
MUFON journal. But Center's name was not known to be associated with the
Battelle 1949 metals report until it was received this month under FOIA.
TO BE TRUE
Center was a Senior Research Chemist who worked for Battelle from 1939-1957
in materials sciences. University of Michigan alumni files and other papers that he
authored while at Battelle confirm his employment and position. Originally from
Hibbing, MN, Center received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1939.
Dr. Irena Scott (a former employee of both Battelle and the Defense Intelligence
Agency) had known of Elroy Center's connection to ET metal analysis years
before this Battelle report was released. She had even related Center's confession
to MUFON, a civilian UFO research organization, as reported in a 1992 Ohio
MUFON journal. But Center's name was not known to be associated with the
Battelle 1949 metals report until it was received this month under FOIA.
| BATTELLE SCIENTIST ELROY J. CENTER |
In May of 1992, Dr. Scott talked to a mutual acquaintance who told her that in June of 1960 Center had privately
related to him something very disturbing. Center had told his friend that while he was a Research Chemist at Battelle
he was directed by his superiors to provide technical assistance on a strange project. He was to conduct evaluation of
an unknown material that he was told was retrieved some time prior from a crashed "flying saucer." He said that the
debris -like the Roswell debris- had highly unusual hieroglyphic-like markings. Center then stopped short and said
nothing more. Center passed in 1991. Center's family confirms his intense interest in UFO study and in the
extraterrestrial, including while at Battelle. Additional information confirming Center's involvement is now being
developed and will soon be released.
Although this story was known publicly as early as 1992, no one knew that Elroy Center was a co-author of a Battelle
report for Wright Patterson that has long been suspected to be associated with Roswell memory metal debris
analysis! The likelihood of a story about Center examining UFO debris when at Battelle- and then 17 years later
discovering for the first time that he was the very scientist who had co-authored the suspect 1949 Battelle report-
cannot be mere coincidence. Of the thousands of reports and employees that Battelle has had over the years- it
could not be coincidence that it would be that very report -and that very scientist- that would be associated with the
debris analysis- years later!
THE REPORT WAS PREVIOUSLY "RESTRICTED" TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- WHEN RECEIVED
UNDER FOIA, IT WAS INCOMPLETE
Receipt of the Battelle report was challenging. Historians at both Battelle and Wright Patterson were unable to locate
this Second Progress Report- even though they saw the same citations and footnotes to it that we did. This was why
the report itself had been previously characterized in past articles by this author as "missing."
It was then decided that a FOIA request must be filed to secure the document. It required filing two FOIA requests, a
reminder telephone call and the passage of 10 weeks. The report was subjected to official review for release by the
office of the Secretary of the Air Force. It is now known that the document was previously restricted to viewing by
authorized DoD (Department of Defense) personnel, despite the passage of over 60 years! According to the Air
Force, the report was finally found in archives of the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) of DoD. The report
was received through FOIA with portions of it missing. About 30% of the 119 pages are not included. Many are not
numbered. The Air Force offers the explanation that this is due to document age, illegibility or the inability to
reproduce certain parts of the report.
ONE OF THE STUDY'S AUTHORS WORKED DIRECTLY FOR A SECRET GOVERNMENT UFO RESEARCHER
We learn on Page 96 in the subsection of the report, "Investigation of Melting Titanium," that Battelle scientist L.W.
Eastwood was examining ways to optimize the melting of Titanium to the greatest efficiencies possible. Effectively
melting Titanium is required to make Nitinol memory metal. It appears that Battelle possessed an advanced arc
furnace that Wright did not.
Incredibly, this very same scientist -LW Eastwood- reported to Battelle's UFO researcher for the USAF- Dr. Howard C.
Cross! Eastwood and Cross were also frequent co-authors of technical treatises. Cross was not only a chief
metallurgist at Battelle in the late 1940s and 1950s- he was at the same time a secret US government agency UFO
investigator! Cross authored large sections of early Project Blue Book reports and was consulted by many agencies
about UFO events. His story is told more completely in an article archived on UFO Iconclasts- "Roswell Metal Scientist:
The Curious Dr. Cross." Cross had direct connections to government-sponsored UFO studies with such agencies as
the USAF, NACA- the predecessor organization to NASA, the CIA and with U.S. Navy Intelligence. He was also the
author of the controversial letter to Wright-Patterson on UFOs known in research circles as the "Pentacle Memo."
A PHASE DIAGRAM OF TITANIUM AND NICKEL IS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY -- TITANIUM AND NICKEL
COMPRISE THE MEMORY METAL NITINOL
On Page 65 we find the section, "Evaluation of Experimental Titanium-Base Alloys" by C.M. Craighead, F. Fawn and
L.W. Eastwood. On the next page we find a Nickel-Titanium (NiTi) Phase Diagram. This is the first military-sponsored
study to create a "recipe" for mixing the two metals that comprise Nitinol memory metal. Citations to this are found
buried as footnotes in four military-sponsored published later. All of these studies citing this diagram relate to the
subject of shape recovery memory metal.
The report reveals an intense and sudden effort to conduct first-ever research on purified Titanium alloyed with other
metals. As mentioned earlier, General Exon speaks to "Titanium" and "another metal" and that "the processing was
different" when describing the composition of the Roswell debris. General Schulgen's memo (written one week prior to
this Battelle metals report) speaks to UFOs whose "items of construction" are specially fabricated composites, using a
variety of metals and possessing extreme light weight.
THE REPORT EXAMINES OTHER TITANIUM ALLOYS LATER RESEARCHED BY WRIGHT FOR SHAPE MEMORY
POTENTIAL
Pages 82-85 of the document reveal an interest in the properties of Titatium-Zirconium or TiZr. In a study contracted
by Wright-Patterson in 1965 to NYU, this 1949 Battelle report is cited by footnote. The subject of the NYU report,
entitled "On the System Titanium-Zirconium," is on the shape-memory potential of TiZr!
related to him something very disturbing. Center had told his friend that while he was a Research Chemist at Battelle
he was directed by his superiors to provide technical assistance on a strange project. He was to conduct evaluation of
an unknown material that he was told was retrieved some time prior from a crashed "flying saucer." He said that the
debris -like the Roswell debris- had highly unusual hieroglyphic-like markings. Center then stopped short and said
nothing more. Center passed in 1991. Center's family confirms his intense interest in UFO study and in the
extraterrestrial, including while at Battelle. Additional information confirming Center's involvement is now being
developed and will soon be released.
Although this story was known publicly as early as 1992, no one knew that Elroy Center was a co-author of a Battelle
report for Wright Patterson that has long been suspected to be associated with Roswell memory metal debris
analysis! The likelihood of a story about Center examining UFO debris when at Battelle- and then 17 years later
discovering for the first time that he was the very scientist who had co-authored the suspect 1949 Battelle report-
cannot be mere coincidence. Of the thousands of reports and employees that Battelle has had over the years- it
could not be coincidence that it would be that very report -and that very scientist- that would be associated with the
debris analysis- years later!
THE REPORT WAS PREVIOUSLY "RESTRICTED" TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- WHEN RECEIVED
UNDER FOIA, IT WAS INCOMPLETE
Receipt of the Battelle report was challenging. Historians at both Battelle and Wright Patterson were unable to locate
this Second Progress Report- even though they saw the same citations and footnotes to it that we did. This was why
the report itself had been previously characterized in past articles by this author as "missing."
It was then decided that a FOIA request must be filed to secure the document. It required filing two FOIA requests, a
reminder telephone call and the passage of 10 weeks. The report was subjected to official review for release by the
office of the Secretary of the Air Force. It is now known that the document was previously restricted to viewing by
authorized DoD (Department of Defense) personnel, despite the passage of over 60 years! According to the Air
Force, the report was finally found in archives of the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) of DoD. The report
was received through FOIA with portions of it missing. About 30% of the 119 pages are not included. Many are not
numbered. The Air Force offers the explanation that this is due to document age, illegibility or the inability to
reproduce certain parts of the report.
ONE OF THE STUDY'S AUTHORS WORKED DIRECTLY FOR A SECRET GOVERNMENT UFO RESEARCHER
We learn on Page 96 in the subsection of the report, "Investigation of Melting Titanium," that Battelle scientist L.W.
Eastwood was examining ways to optimize the melting of Titanium to the greatest efficiencies possible. Effectively
melting Titanium is required to make Nitinol memory metal. It appears that Battelle possessed an advanced arc
furnace that Wright did not.
Incredibly, this very same scientist -LW Eastwood- reported to Battelle's UFO researcher for the USAF- Dr. Howard C.
Cross! Eastwood and Cross were also frequent co-authors of technical treatises. Cross was not only a chief
metallurgist at Battelle in the late 1940s and 1950s- he was at the same time a secret US government agency UFO
investigator! Cross authored large sections of early Project Blue Book reports and was consulted by many agencies
about UFO events. His story is told more completely in an article archived on UFO Iconclasts- "Roswell Metal Scientist:
The Curious Dr. Cross." Cross had direct connections to government-sponsored UFO studies with such agencies as
the USAF, NACA- the predecessor organization to NASA, the CIA and with U.S. Navy Intelligence. He was also the
author of the controversial letter to Wright-Patterson on UFOs known in research circles as the "Pentacle Memo."
A PHASE DIAGRAM OF TITANIUM AND NICKEL IS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY -- TITANIUM AND NICKEL
COMPRISE THE MEMORY METAL NITINOL
On Page 65 we find the section, "Evaluation of Experimental Titanium-Base Alloys" by C.M. Craighead, F. Fawn and
L.W. Eastwood. On the next page we find a Nickel-Titanium (NiTi) Phase Diagram. This is the first military-sponsored
study to create a "recipe" for mixing the two metals that comprise Nitinol memory metal. Citations to this are found
buried as footnotes in four military-sponsored published later. All of these studies citing this diagram relate to the
subject of shape recovery memory metal.
The report reveals an intense and sudden effort to conduct first-ever research on purified Titanium alloyed with other
metals. As mentioned earlier, General Exon speaks to "Titanium" and "another metal" and that "the processing was
different" when describing the composition of the Roswell debris. General Schulgen's memo (written one week prior to
this Battelle metals report) speaks to UFOs whose "items of construction" are specially fabricated composites, using a
variety of metals and possessing extreme light weight.
THE REPORT EXAMINES OTHER TITANIUM ALLOYS LATER RESEARCHED BY WRIGHT FOR SHAPE MEMORY
POTENTIAL
Pages 82-85 of the document reveal an interest in the properties of Titatium-Zirconium or TiZr. In a study contracted
by Wright-Patterson in 1965 to NYU, this 1949 Battelle report is cited by footnote. The subject of the NYU report,
entitled "On the System Titanium-Zirconium," is on the shape-memory potential of TiZr!
THE REPORT EXAMINES
"BENDABILITY" OF NEW ALLOYS
On Page 95 the document reveals a
technical chart showing first-ever research
in such areas as "Elongation," and
"Minimum Bend Radius" of various
advanced Titanium alloys. This indicates
that they were closely examining elasticity,
malleability and tensile strengths of newly
created, high-purity Titanium alloys,
including Nickel-Titanium, required to make
Nitinol.
THE SECOND PROGRESS REPORT DOES
NOT MENTION THE "FIRST"
No reference whatsoever to what must
surely exist- a First Progress Report- is
made in this 1949 Battelle Second Progress
Report for Wright. What does the First
Progress Report contain? Why is there no
reference to it in the literature- or even
"BENDABILITY" OF NEW ALLOYS
On Page 95 the document reveals a
technical chart showing first-ever research
in such areas as "Elongation," and
"Minimum Bend Radius" of various
advanced Titanium alloys. This indicates
that they were closely examining elasticity,
malleability and tensile strengths of newly
created, high-purity Titanium alloys,
including Nickel-Titanium, required to make
Nitinol.
THE SECOND PROGRESS REPORT DOES
NOT MENTION THE "FIRST"
No reference whatsoever to what must
surely exist- a First Progress Report- is
made in this 1949 Battelle Second Progress
Report for Wright. What does the First
Progress Report contain? Why is there no
reference to it in the literature- or even
within the FOIA-obtained Second Progress Report? Without a title, date or the authors' names, it is proving very
difficult to locate this First Report.
A MOON WALKER'S CLUES ABOUT BATTELLE AND UFOS
difficult to locate this First Report.
A MOON WALKER'S CLUES ABOUT BATTELLE AND UFOS
The Battelle-Roswell Connection is further established in a telling statement made
many years ago by a Man Who Walked on the Moon. Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth
man on the Moon, has recently made some very public, supportive statements
about the reality of Roswell. But in 1996, Dr. Mitchell provided clues to reporter Billy
Cox about who kept the UFO secret:
"The information is now held primarily with a body of semi- or quasi- private
organizations that have kind of spun-off from the military intelligence organizations
of the past. There have been private groups involved with the issue for a number of
years because they have the expertise." Breaking down Dr. Mitchell's sparse
statement we can correlate that:
· Battelle is a "semi or quasi private organization"
· Battelle was "spun off from the military intelligence organizations of the past." {In
fact, it has recently been learned that Battelle's Director at the time of the Roswell
crash was Clyde Williams. Williams was at the same time serving on the
government's Research and Development Board- and as Trustee of the Rand
Corporation. Williams worked at the R&D Board with Dr. Eric Walker and Dr. Robert
Sarbacher- both of whom later indicated their personal knowledge of the crash
event! Other documents show that Williams had an intense personal interest in
advanced Titanium alloy development.}
many years ago by a Man Who Walked on the Moon. Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth
man on the Moon, has recently made some very public, supportive statements
about the reality of Roswell. But in 1996, Dr. Mitchell provided clues to reporter Billy
Cox about who kept the UFO secret:
"The information is now held primarily with a body of semi- or quasi- private
organizations that have kind of spun-off from the military intelligence organizations
of the past. There have been private groups involved with the issue for a number of
years because they have the expertise." Breaking down Dr. Mitchell's sparse
statement we can correlate that:
· Battelle is a "semi or quasi private organization"
· Battelle was "spun off from the military intelligence organizations of the past." {In
fact, it has recently been learned that Battelle's Director at the time of the Roswell
crash was Clyde Williams. Williams was at the same time serving on the
government's Research and Development Board- and as Trustee of the Rand
Corporation. Williams worked at the R&D Board with Dr. Eric Walker and Dr. Robert
Sarbacher- both of whom later indicated their personal knowledge of the crash
event! Other documents show that Williams had an intense personal interest in
advanced Titanium alloy development.}
| APOLLO ASTRONAUT DR. EDGAR MITCHELL |
Battelle is shown to have been "involved in the issue for a number of years." It is now acknowledged that Battelle
played a significant role as a contractor to Project Blue Book and to other official govenment UFO studies.
· Battelle scientists -like Cross and Center- certainly had the needed "expertise" to analyze such things.
Battelle (like its think-tank cousin RAND Corporation) is an organization that is part of the "military industrial
complex" of which a former General, President Eisenhower warned we should make sure remains in check. With this
investigation, we have done what the General ordered.
BATTELLE AND ET SCIENCE
Battelle's historic involvement in applying our science to understanding extraterrestrial science is no longer hidden.
The truth is now revealed. Battelle Memorial Institute analyzed the materials of construction of a crashed craft from
another world.
played a significant role as a contractor to Project Blue Book and to other official govenment UFO studies.
· Battelle scientists -like Cross and Center- certainly had the needed "expertise" to analyze such things.
Battelle (like its think-tank cousin RAND Corporation) is an organization that is part of the "military industrial
complex" of which a former General, President Eisenhower warned we should make sure remains in check. With this
investigation, we have done what the General ordered.
BATTELLE AND ET SCIENCE
Battelle's historic involvement in applying our science to understanding extraterrestrial science is no longer hidden.
The truth is now revealed. Battelle Memorial Institute analyzed the materials of construction of a crashed craft from
another world.
