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September 8, 1997: Roswell - Richard C. Hoagland, Frances Barwood, Stephen Bassett, Linda Moulton Howe
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
Description
Art Bell assembles a panel to examine new evidence connecting Roswell to modern technology. Linda Moulton Howe reports on a former Bell Labs consultant who claims the transistor was not invented through normal research but was back-engineered from technology recovered at the 1947 Roswell crash site. The consultant asserts the Army delivered alien switching devices made of silicon and arsenic to Bell Labs in September 1947 and that a cover story was manufactured under President Truman's orders.
The consultant corroborates retired Army Colonel Philip Corso's account of extraterrestrial technology transfers to American defense contractors. He describes two delta-shaped craft retrieved near Roswell, one damaged and approximately 40 feet across, the other intact at 76 feet. A 1961 eyewitness named Devin Ryan reports seeing a similar wedge-shaped craft and three transparent-skinned beings with six fingers at Area 51.
Phoenix Councilwoman Frances Barwood discusses a photograph published in the Arizona Republic on July 9, 1947, showing a wedge-shaped craft over Phoenix taken by aircraft identifier William Rhodes. She reveals the FBI confiscated his negatives and never returned them. Barwood faces a recall election the next day for asking questions about the 1997 Phoenix Lights. UFO lobbyist Stephen Bassett and Richard C. Hoagland argue that her case represents a political turning point for the disclosure movement.
The consultant corroborates retired Army Colonel Philip Corso's account of extraterrestrial technology transfers to American defense contractors. He describes two delta-shaped craft retrieved near Roswell, one damaged and approximately 40 feet across, the other intact at 76 feet. A 1961 eyewitness named Devin Ryan reports seeing a similar wedge-shaped craft and three transparent-skinned beings with six fingers at Area 51.
Phoenix Councilwoman Frances Barwood discusses a photograph published in the Arizona Republic on July 9, 1947, showing a wedge-shaped craft over Phoenix taken by aircraft identifier William Rhodes. She reveals the FBI confiscated his negatives and never returned them. Barwood faces a recall election the next day for asking questions about the 1997 Phoenix Lights. UFO lobbyist Stephen Bassett and Richard C. Hoagland argue that her case represents a political turning point for the disclosure movement.