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by Michael Corbin
ParaNet Administrator

ParaNet (Denver, CO)--October 11, 1989--July 2, 1947 could
be a day that will go down in infamy in the history of UFOlogy.
The place--Roswell, New Mexico. The event--A crash of an
intelligent, biological entity controlled, highly sophisticated
machine from literally out of this world. So says the team of
Don Schmitt, Regional Director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for
UFO Studies (CUFOS) of Chicago, Illinois, and Kevin Randle, a
former Captain in Air Force intelligence who began researching
this highly controversial report from July, 1947.
According to the reports, a UFO crashed during a violent
thunderstorm in a very remote area of the Brazel ranch northeast
of Corona, New Mexico around July 2, 1947. As has been
previously reported, the crash site was quickly cleaned up by
personnel from Roswell Army Air Force Base in Roswell, New
Mexico. Jesse Marcel was quoted as stating that the material
that he found in the desert was not of this world and was ordered
to fly the remains to Carswell AFB in Texas where a press
conference was held to tell the nation that the material found
was that of a crashed weather balloon. Further, unconfirmed
reports, claimed that alien bodies were also recovered and all
remains were taken to the infamous 'Hangar 18' at Wright-
Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio where a tight security lid was
clamped down on the study of the find. To date, virtually none
of this material has ever been substantiated. According to Don
Schmitt, a coverup of major proportions has ensued for over 42
years as to the true nature of the Roswell crash.
When Schmitt attempted to reconstruct a time line of the
incident, he found too many pieces missing and began an
investigation in September, 1987 to determine what those missing
pieces really were. He enlisted the aid of former Air Force
Intelligence Captain Kevin Randle, whom Schmitt stated, was
totally a skeptic. He was friends of Phil Klass, and Schmitt
wanted such a skeptic involved in the investigation. According
to Schmitt, Randle 'has total conviction' in UFOs now.
During the investigation, a definitive time line was
established from July 2, 1947 to July 10, 1947, and it was found
that there were numerous witnesses to the incident that had never
been found nor had been interviewed. From this point onward,
Schmitt and Randle made four trips to New Mexico and other parts
of the country interviewing the witnesses to this incident.
Locating the exact location of the crash, with the help of Bill
Brazel, the son of the rancher that originally made the awesome
discovery, Schmitt and Randle and some scientists conducted a
survey and excavation of the crash site. Jerome Clark, editor
for the CUFOS bi-monthly publication IUR, stated that the crash
site was in an extremely remote area. The findings of the
excavation of that area will be detailed in an upcoming
publication of IUR.
William Moore and Charles Berlitz drew national public
attention to this incident with the publication of 'The Roswell
Incident' in 1980. During the investigation, Schmitt found that
the material in the book was "highly inaccurate, and had much
paraphrasing and many misquotes with very misleading information
which really surprised us." The CUFOS investigation has turned
up some very interesting facts and is "specifically attacking the
military involvement with Roswell," Schmitt stated.
"There is clear evidence of a coverup. More evidence, in
fact, of a coverup than ever before. In fact we can pinpoint
where it originated, the time line, the manner and degree with
which it took place," Schmitt said. "And, where the specific
orders were coming from. Originally, Moore talked about one
flight in the book with Jesse Marcel. We have found two other
flights with other people and have tracked down those crewmen.
So far, I have tracked down a dozen former military people who
were involved who have never been interviewed."
When asked about why this material was never brought to
light with Ruppelt or Keyhoe in their previous writings, Schmitt
states, "The coverup was so effective at that time. If you think
back to July, 1947, the intelligence network was at its peak just
coming off the war. Everything was still in place and in high
gear. They so quickly removed it from the intelligence office in
Roswell. The Pentagon became involved immediately. All orders
were going through counterintelligence and we have pinned down
those people involved. They still deny involvement, but we have
other people that testify to their involvement. So, the coverup
is still ongoing. That surprised us too. That 42 years after
the fact, we still have these people that confidentially tell us
'that we still cannot talk about it.'"
When asked how the MJ-12 material is affected by this,
Schmitt states, "It is the reason behind our initial investigation. That if the purpose behind the MJ-12 document was disinformation, it was to strike a death blow to Roswell we had
to make a distinction and make it in a hurry." However, although
some details about Roswell that have surfaced from this
investigation that confirm such a group, there is no firm link to
them. Stan Friedman has been encouraged by Don Schmitt to
continue seeking the truth about MJ-12. It is noted here that
Stan Friedman is conducting a cooperative investigation in light
of these new facts about Roswell. There is corroboration between
Friedman and CUFOS. According to Schmitt, the focus of their
investigation is Roswell and the details behind the crash.
It appears that some very interesting things are surfacing
on this. According to Jerome Clark, "The Roswell Incident is the
most important known UFO event in history. By the time that this
investigation is over it will shape our future understanding of
the UFO phenomenon. This investigation gets to the very core of
all issues."
In closing, Clark stated that such questions as "Are UFOs
real? Are they physical and intelligently controlled? Are they
piloted by Biological Entities that originate outside of this
world?" The answers could be a resounding, YES!!
The full story will be released in upcoming issues of IUR,
the official bi-monthly publication for the J. Allen Hynek Center
for UFO Studies (CUFOS). For information on getting a
subscription of this publication, write to:
J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies
2457 West Peterson Avenue
Chicago, IL 60659
Subscriptions are $25.00 per year.
ParaNet will continue its coverage of this event.

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