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June 24, 1997: Roswell Case Closed - USAF Press Conference
Published 2 years, 5 months ago
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Art Bell reacts to the Air Force''s noon press conference declaring the Roswell case officially closed. Lieutenant Colonel John Haynes presented a Pentagon-backed report attributing the 1947 incident to high-altitude balloon research and crash test dummies, but the evidence shown came from experiments conducted between 1953 and 1959, missing the Roswell date by six years. When pressed by reporters, Haynes offered the explanation of ''time compression,'' suggesting witnesses simply confused their dates.
Art reads a flood of listener faxes mocking the presentation, including commentary from researcher Linda Moulton Howe and author Jim Mars, who told CNN the only dummies involved were those who believed the explanation. Art imagines the behind-the-scenes meeting where a general assigned the hapless colonel his impossible mission, coaching him to invoke time compression when confronted about the six-year gap.
Richard C. Hoagland joins to argue the press conference was intentionally absurd, designed as a psychological operation to make Americans believe Roswell was real without an official admission. He notes the simultaneous presence of Colin Powell, George Bush, and Hillary Clinton in Phoenix, suggesting something larger is building toward a revelation.
Art reads a flood of listener faxes mocking the presentation, including commentary from researcher Linda Moulton Howe and author Jim Mars, who told CNN the only dummies involved were those who believed the explanation. Art imagines the behind-the-scenes meeting where a general assigned the hapless colonel his impossible mission, coaching him to invoke time compression when confronted about the six-year gap.
Richard C. Hoagland joins to argue the press conference was intentionally absurd, designed as a psychological operation to make Americans believe Roswell was real without an official admission. He notes the simultaneous presence of Colin Powell, George Bush, and Hillary Clinton in Phoenix, suggesting something larger is building toward a revelation.