Index
- A
- accelerometers, 21, 30
- Aero Medical Laboratory, USAF 20–21, 23, 32, 104–105, 107, 117, 121
- Aeromedical Field Laboratory, USAF 32
- AFM-143-1, Mortuary Affairs, 99
- agents, federal, 50
- agents, government, 78
- Air Force, 1–3, 5, 8–10, 13, 21, 26, 28, 31, 35, 37–38, 41–42, 44, 46, 48, 51–53, 55, 57, 61–62, 68, 75–76, 79, 86, 89–91, 95–101, 103, 105, 109, 111–113, 116–117, 121, 123, 125.
- See also U.S. Air Force
- Air Force Letter 35-3, 86
- Air Force, Secretary of the 1–2, 13
- Air Materiel Command (AMC), 19–20
- air samples, 42
- aircraft
- A-26, 112
- B-25, 96
- B-26, 112
- B-29, 93–94
- B-47, 93–94
- B-52, 115
- C-131, 105, 120
- C-47, 30, 64, 93–94
- F-4, 112, 121
- F-51, 96
- KB-29, 93–94
- KC-97, 3, 93–97
- KC-135, 93–94
- L-20, 30, 64, 124
- T-33, 93–94
- X-15, 32
- airman, 76, 86
- Alamogordo Army Airfield, N.M., 37
- Alamogordo, N.M., 32
- Alaska, 47
- Alderson Research Laboratories, Inc., 21, 34, 59–61
- alien(s), 1–3, 5, 11–12, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 28–29, 33, 36–39, 46–47, 55, 61, 75, 78, 96, 109, 113, 118, 123, 125
- ambulance, 76–78, 99, 105, 109, 113–116
- Anderson, Gerald, 14, 60–61, 67.
- See also interview in Appendix C
- Antarctica, 47
- APO (Air Post Office), 82
- Apollo, 32, 59
- Arizona, 47
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), 99
- arms, 62, 97
- Army Air Forces, 1, 13, 76, 81, 90, 96, 113.
- See also U.S. Army Air Forces
- Army Nurse Corps (ANC), 81
- Artesia, N.M., 67
- Ashland, Wisc., 105
- Atlantic Ocean, 112
- autopsies, preliminary, 77, 91, 98
- autopsy, alien, 1
- autopsy protocol, 96–97, 99
- autopsy; ies; ied, 1, 12, 77–78, 94–95, 97, 99
- Aztec (N.M.) Independent Review, 84
- Aztec, N.M., 83–85
- B
- Ball, Guy, 19
- Ballard Funeral Home, 76, 97
- ballast, 57
- Balloon Branch, 30, 37, 43–51, 57–58, 61, 65, 102–103, 105–107, 110, 113–115, 124
- balloon control package, 57, 64
- balloon controllers, 47, 57
- balloon drops, 28
- balloon failure, 58
- balloon, high altitude, 3, 9, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 28, 32, 36–38, 43, 45–49, 52–53, 55, 57–58, 61, 64, 66–67, 91, 96, 100–104, 109, 117, 125, 157
- balloon, polyethylene, 40–42, 58, 66, 106–107, 114–115
- balloon, tethered, 45–46
- balloon train, 5–6, 11–13
- balloon, “Vee”, 47
- balloon, weather, 5, 40
- balsa wood, 6
- bandages, 62, 64
- Barnett, Grady L. “Barney”, 58, 67
- base histories, 94
- Baylor University, 31
- Bean, Alan, 120
- Behind the Flying Saucers, 84
- Berliner, Don 8, 60
- Biodynamics of Space Flight, 102.
- See Man High
- “black sergeant”, 86
- Blankenship, Robert, 49
- Blauw, Alfred S., M.D., 99
- blimp, 60–61, 64, 67
- body bags, 35–36, 91, 96
- Bravest Man, The.
- See Stapp, John P., Col. (MC), USAF (Ret)
- Britain, 41
- Brooke General Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., 83
- Buck Rogers, 111
- Bush, George H. W., President, 32
- C
- Cahn, J. P., 85
- Cambridge, England, 83
- camera(s), 30–31
- canoe, 76, 78, 91, 113, 115
- cargo trailer, 1½-ton, 65
- Carlsbad, N.M., 67
- Carswell AFB, Tex., 81
- caskets, 35, 76
- Chavez, Dennis, Sen. (N.M.), 87
- Cheney Award, 31–32
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 118
- Clouthier, Charles E., 83.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- cold soaking, 64
- Collier’s, 26–27
- Coltman, Charles A., Jr., Col. (MC), USAF (Ret).
- See Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- commissary, 95, 98
- community relations, 58
- con-men, 85
- Contributions of Balloon Operations to Research and Development at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, N.Mex., 1947–1958, 41
- cooperating witnesses, 6
- Corona, 43
- cosmic ray particles, 42
- cover-up, 8–9, 26, 83, 110, 123, 125
- Crash at Corona, 8
- D
- debris, 1, 6, 57
- debris field, 11–12
- Dennis, W. Glenn, 75–78, 81–86, 88–90, 96–97, 99, 110, 114, 197
- Denver, Colo., 44
- Department of Defense, 46
- Discoverer XI, 43
- Discoverer XII, 43
- Discoverer XIII, 43–44
- dispensary, 114–116
- doctor(s), 76–78, 91, 96, 98–99, 110
- dog food, 77
- doll(s), 16, 61
- dolls, plastic, 14, 60–61
- “Dr. Gee”, 85
- drones, remotely-piloted, 15
- drug smuggling, 50
- drug store supervisor, 97
- dummies, anthropomorphic, 3, 9, 14, 16–17, 19–21, 23–26, 28, 32, 34–36, 38–39, 41, 47, 55–62, 64–65, 67–68, 91, 101, 103, 109, 112, 123, 156
- dummies, crash test, 17
- dummies, parachute drop, 19–20
- dummy drop, 23, 28, 35, 57, 157
- “Dummy Joe”, 19
- E
- ear, 61
- Earth, 5, 41, 44, 46, 102
- Edwards AFB, Calif., 21, 31
- Eisenhower, Dwight D., President, 112
- ejection, 32
- ejection seat, 20, 21
- El Centro, Calif., 120
- El Paso, Texas, 106
- Elder Statesman of Aviation, 112
- England, 82
- entry vehicles, atmospheric, 42
- escape pods, 78, 113
- Excelsior, 23, 25–26, 32, 38, 55–56, 59, 67–68, 101–105, 107, 109–110, 112, 124
- Executive Order 11652, 1
- eyes, 77
- F
- Fanton, Eileen M., 1st Lt., USAF, 82–83, 91
- Farmington Drug, 83
- Farmington, N.M., 78, 83–84, 90
- Ferrell, Lee F., Col., USAF, 87, 91, 98
- finger(s), 15, 33, 55, 59–61, 97
- flight surgeon, 31, 107, 116
- flightsuit, 28–29, 63
- flying disc, 5–6, 78.
- See also flying saucer
- flying saucer, 1–3, 5, 29, 36–37, 41, 44, 47, 56, 58–59, 64, 67, 78, 85, 96, 123, 125
- flying saucer wave [of 1947], 5
- Foster Ranch, 11
- Four Corners [region], 83
- Franklin, Ky., 96
- Frederick, S.D., 102
- Friedman, Stanton T., 8, 60, 76
- Ft. George Wright, Wash., 88
- Ft. Worth AAF, Tex., 81
- Fulgham, Dan D., Col., USAF (Ret), 106–107, 116, 121.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- Fund for UFO Research, The, 58, 60, 187, 213, 215
- funeral home, 77, 95, 97.
- See also Ballard Funeral Home
- G
- Galileo, 44
- gamma rays, 46
- GAO, 1.
- See also General Accounting Office
- gauges, strain, 21
- Gemini, 32
- General Accounting Office (GAO), 1, 125
- General Philosophy and Techniques of Balloon Control, 48
- generator, MB-19, 65
- Gila Mountains, 124
- Gildenberg, Bernard D. “Duke”, 8–9, 48, 102.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- glass, broken, 76, 114
- Goddard, Joyce, Capt., USAF, 88–89
- Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Championship, 112
- gowns, surgical, 99
- gurneys, hospital, 35
- gyros, rate, 21
- H
- hands, 15, 33, 59–60, 97
- Harmon Trophy, 112
- Hawaii, 43
- head(s), 15, 59, 61, 77, 97, 100, 107, 118–120
- helicopter, 107, 110, 116–117
- helmet, 107
- helmets, pith, 60, 63
- hematoma, 119
- Hepburn, Audrey, 82
- hieroglyphics, 113–114
- Higgins, J.J., 19
- High Dive, 23, 26, 29–30, 34, 38, 55–56, 59, 63, 67–68, 103
- high-speed track, 17, 21, 38
- hoax, 96, 123
- Hodiak, John, 38
- Holloman AFB, N.M., 8–10, 16–17, 26–27, 30–32, 35, 37–38, 41, 43–44, 46–47, 49, 52–53, 59, 63–65, 102–103, 105–107, 111, 113–114, 118–120, 124
- Hollywood, 38
- horseback, 30
- human remains pouches, 96.
- See also body bags
- Hynek, J. Allan, 117–118
- I
- identification specialist, 95, 98–99
- instrumentation kit, 30
- insulation bags, 35–36
- intimidation, 61
- irregular [research] methods, 8
- J
- Jagger, Dean, 38–39
- jeep, 15, 56, 65
- Johns Hopkins University, The, 53
- Jorgeson, Ole, A2C, USAF, 107, 113–114.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- Jornada Test Range, 67
- Jupiter, 44
- K
- Kaufman, William C., Capt., USAF, 105–107, 116, 119.
- See also statement in Appendix B
- Kelso, Wash., 96
- Kentucky Air National Guard, 96
- Kittinger, Joseph W., Jr., Capt., USAF, 25–26, 48, 101–107, 109–112, 117–120, 124.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- Knight, Alice, 15, 58, 67, 213.
- See also interview in Appendix C
- Korea, 88, 121
- Kovatch-Scott, Ethel, Col., USAF (Ret), 89
- L
- Las Vegas AFB, Nev., 111
- legal claims, 58
- Life magazine, 26–27
- lights, strobe, 41
- “little men”, 84–85
- livestock, 58
- London, England, 41, 78, 82
- Long, Lonely Leap, The, 26, 110
- Lordsburg, N.M., 104
- Lovell, Jim, 120
- Luftwaffe, 20
- Lutz, Roland H. “Hap”, SSgt., USAF, 117.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- M
- M-342 5-ton wrecker, 29, 58.
- See also wrecker
- M-35 2½-ton cargo truck, 30, 58.
- See also six by six
- M-37 ¾-ton utility truck, 30, 58, 65, 113.
- See also weapons carrier
- M-43 ¾-ton ambulance, 65, 113.
- See also ambulance
- MAD [magazine], 26
- Madison, Guy, 38–39
- Madson, Raymond A., 1st Lt., USAF, 29–30, 63.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- Maltais, Vern, 15, 58–59, 67, 214.
- See also interview in Appendix C
- Man High, 26, 32, 48, 101–104, 110–112
- Man in Space Soonest (MISS), 103
- Marcel, Jesse, Maj., USAF, 6
- Mars, 44
- Martin Marietta Corporation, 44
- masks, surgical, 99
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 103
- McClure, Clifton. 1st Lt., USAF, 102, 104
- McCook Field, Ohio, 19
- Mercury, 32, 103–104
- “Mercury Seven”, 32
- meteorological data, 42
- Mexico, 96
- MiG-21, 112
- Military Police, 76
- Milner, Martin, 38
- Minnesota, University of, 31
- missile, ballistic, 5
- missile, intercontinental ballistic (ICBM), Atlas F, 17
- missiles, 5, 13, 16
- missing nurse, 78, 81–83, 87–90, 96–98, 121.
- See also Fanton, Eileen M., 1st Lt., USAF
- Mitchell, Cameron, 39
- ML-307B/AP.
- See radar targets
- Mogul, 1–2, 5–6, 9, 11–13, 40, 42, 78
- monkeys, 16
- Moon, 44
- Moore, Charles B., 8–9, 40
- morgue, 97
- morning reports, 81, 88, 89
- mortician, 76, 98–99
- mortuary, 76
- MPs, 77, 116.
- See also Military Police
- Muroc AAF, Calif., 21, 31.
- See also Edwards AFB, Calif.
- museum, 3, 75
- mystery witness, 75
- N
- NASA, 37, 41, 44–46, 59, 103, 111, 120
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 19
- National Aeronautics Association, 112
- National Archives and Record Administration, 81
- National Aviation Hall of Fame, 32
- National Geographic, 26
- National Medal of Technology, 32
- National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), 81
- NATO, 111
- NCO [Non-Commissioned Officer], 86
- Nenninger, Richard L., Maj., USAF, 124
- New Brighton, Minn., 102
- New Mexico, 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 14–15, 17, 19, 23, 30, 34, 36–37, 41–42, 46–48, 55, 58, 60, 64, 67, 84, 91, 95, 109
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 9
- New York, N.Y., 21, 82
- New York University, 9, 40
- newspaper accounts, 41, 94
- newspaper announcements, 8
- newspapers, 31
- Newton, Silas M., 85
- Nixon, Richard M., President, 1
- nondisclosure agreements, 13
- Nordstrom, Frank B., Capt. (MC), USAF, 83, 89.
- See also Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
- nosecone, 43
- nuclear accidents, 13
- nuclear weapon, 5
- O
- oscillograph, 30
- odor, 77, 91, 95–97
- officers’ club, 77.
- See also Roswell AAF Officers’ Club
- oil field worker, 97.
- See also Dennis, W. Glenn
- Omni magazine, 83
- On the Threshold of Space, 26, 38–39, 63
- Orlando, Fla., 112
- “Oscar Eightball”, 21
- P
- Panama, 47
- paper, 5, 8
- paper, aluminized, 6
- parachute, 19, 23, 25–26, 28, 31, 49, 57, 62, 64, 103, 124
- pathologist, 95, 98–99
- pay load, 17, 40–44, 46–48, 53, 57, 61, 64, 66–67, 91
- Pease AFB, N.H., 115
- pediatrician, 76, 78, 81, 83–84, 86, 89–91, 99, 121
- pharmacist, 83
- phone directories, 97
- Pioneer, 44
- police, 49
- polyethylene, 40.
- See also balloon, polyethylene
- polygraph examination, 60
- Popular Mechanics Magazine, 26–27
- POW, 112.
- See also Prisoner of War
- Pre-Astronauts, The, 110
- predatory animals, 97
- preparation room, 97
- Prisoner of War, 110
- Project 119L, 42
- Project Bluebook, 117
- Project Gemini, 120
- Project Mercury, 111
- Project Mogul.
- See Mogul
- property damage, 58, 66
- R
- radar, 6, 41
- radar guided missiles, 42
- radar targets, 6
- radio stations, 31
- Ragsdale, James, 14, 56, 67, 214.
- See also interview in Appendix C
- ramp, 114, 120
- rancher, 5, 37
- Ray, Hilary, 120
- Recollections of Roswell, Part II, 58, 60, 187, 213, 215
- reconnaissance, photographic, 42
- redheaded captain, 60, 77, 91, 100, 109–110, 117
- redheaded colonel, 77, 87, 91, 96, 98
- redheaded officer, 77–78, 86
- remote control, 56–57
- research methodology, 11
- reward, 66
- rocket sled, 32, 39
- Rosie O’Grady’s Flying Circus, 112
- Roswell AAF, 6, 12, 15, 37, 45, 75–78, 81–83, 88–91, 116, 121, 197
- Roswell AAF hospital, 12–13, 75–78, 81–83, 86–90, 97, 109
- Roswell AAF Officers’ Club, 81, 87
- Roswell Army Air Field, 3, 5, 12–13, 45, 68.
- See also Roswell AAF
- Roswell Daily Record, 8
- Roswell Incident, 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11–12, 16–17, 21, 37–38, 42, 44–45, 60, 75, 78, 84–85, 88, 90, 116, 118, 121, 125
- Roswell Industrial Air Center, 37, 44
- Roswell, N.M., 1, 3, 5–6, 8–13, 15, 23, 30, 33–34, 36–37, 44, 47, 49, 51, 56, 58, 61, 65, 67–68, 76, 78, 83, 95, 97–102, 106, 109, 113, 187, 215
- Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert, 2
- rubber, 5, 8
- Ruidoso, N.M., 124
- S
- SAC.
- See Strategic Air Command
- Sacramento Mountains, 106, 124
- safety belts, 19, 32
- San Agustin Mountains, 67
- San Agustin Pass, 67
- San Agustin Peak, 67
- San Agustin Plains, 11–12, 58, 67, 109
- San Francisco Chronicle, 85
- satellite, 41–44
- saucer, 30.
- See also flying saucer
- Schiff, Steven, Rep. (N.M.), 1
- Schmitt, Donald, 56, 214
- Schock, Grover, Capt., USAF, 105
- Schwaderer, George, 98
- Schwartz, Eugene M., 1st Lt., USAF, 29
- scientists, civilian contract, 13
- Scully, Frank, 84–85
- Selff, Naomi Maria, 81, 88, 90
- sensors, 1
- sensors, acoustical, 5
- sheriff, 5, 49–50
- Sierra Engineering Company, 21, 60
- Sierra Madre, Calif., 21
- “Sierra Sam”, 21, 29
- Sightings, 96
- Silver City, N.M., 50
- Simons, David G., Lt. Col. (MC), USAF (Ret), 26, 48, 101–102, 104
- six-by-six, 15, 30, 55–56, 58, 65.
- See also M-35 2½ ton cargo truck
- Slattery, Lucille C., Capt., USAF, 88–89
- Smithsonian Institution, 103
- Society of Automotive Engineers, 32
- Socorro (N.M.) Defensor Chieftain, 6, 9
- Socorro, N.M., 8
- Sonic Wind Nᵒ 1, 31
- Southeast Asia, 110, 112
- Soviet, 5
- Soviet Union, 43
- space, 42–44, 46, 102–104, 121
- Space and Missile Command, Test and Evaluation Unit, 46
- space probe, 37, 42, 44
- Galileo, 44
- Pioneer, 44
- Surveyor, 44
- Viking, 37, 44
- Voyager-Mars, 45
- spacecraft, 44, 47
- spaceship, 6, 12, 38, 46, 67
- Sputnik I, 43
- St. Catherine’s Academy, Springfield, Ky., 82
- St. Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital, Louisville, Ky., 82
- Stack, Robert, 38
- Stafford, Ariz., 124
- Stapp Car Crash Conferences, 32
- Stapp, John P., Col. (MC), USAF (Ret), 20–21, 31–32, 38–39, 104–105, 107, 109, 111–112, 117, 120
- star witness, 75
- Stargazer, 49, 101–105, 109–110, 112, 117–118
- statement, signed sworn, 56, 84
- sticks, 5, 8
- Strategic Air Command (SAC), 94, 115–116
- stretcher, military, 35
- sunglasses, 96
- Surveyor, 44
- symbols, 76
- T
- tanker, 95
- tape, 5, 8, 62
- tape, red [duct-type], 29, 62
- targets, missile, 42
- Ted Smith Company, 20–21
- Texas, University of, 31
- Texas, West, 47
- threats, 61
- Time, 26–27, 32
- tinfoil, 5, 8
- transducers, 21
- transducers, pressure, 30
- transmitters, radio, 41
- transponders, 41
- truck, pickup, 56, 58
- True magazine, 84–85
- Tularosa Valley [N.M.], 23
- Twentieth Century Fox, 26, 38
- U
- U.S. Air Force, 1, 3, 14, 17, 19, 23, 37, 41, 43, 45–49, 55, 64, 67, 76, 82, 85–86, 90, 102–105, 111, 123, 125
- U.S. Army, 53, 86, 112
- U.S. Army Air Forces, 1, 5, 8–9, 12, 20, 31, 40, 75–76, 86, 120, 123
- U.S. Army Special Forces, 112
- U.S. Government, 1, 14, 42, 67
- U.S. Government Printing Office, 2
- U.S. Navy, 43, 103–104
- U.S. Navy Aerospace Recovery Facility, 120
- Ubon Air Base, Thailand, 121
- Udorn Air Base, Thailand, 112
- UFO, 2, 5, 9, 12, 37, 41, 44, 47–48, 58–59, 96, 117–118
- UFO Crash at Roswell, The Truth About the, 46–47
- UFO enthusiasts, 60
- UFO Museum and Research Center, The International, 3, 75
- UFO organizations, 60
- UFO proponents, 123
- UFO researchers, 81
- UFO theorists, 11, 47–48, 60, 67, 75, 78, 82–83, 85, 96, 113–116, 120, 123
- unidentified flying object, 41
- Units
- 1st Air Commando Wing, 111
- 6th Bombardment Wing, 94, 115–116
- 47th Air Division, 115
- 427th Army Air Forces Base Unit, 81
- Squadron “M”, 81
- 509th Aerial Refueling Squadron, 94
- 509th Bombardment Wing, 94, 115–116
- 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron (“Triple Nickel”), 112, 121
- 579th Strategic Missile Squadron, 17
- 4036th USAF hospital, 95
- 7510th USAF Hospital, 82
- unrecorded interviews, 8
- Unsolved Mysteries, 38, 60
- Upper Darby, Pa., 20
- USS Haiti Victory, 43
- V
- Vandenberg AFB, Calif., 43
- Variety, 84
- Venus, 44
- Vietnam, Hanoi, 112
- Vietnam, North, 112
- Vietnam, Republic of, 111, 121
- Vietnamese, North, 110
- Viking, 37, 45
- “Vince and Larry”, 19
- Voyager-Mars, 44
- W
- Walker AFB, N.M., 15, 17, 45, 83, 86–89, 91, 93–95, 97–102, 107, 109–110, 113–117, 120–121
- Walker, Chalma, 89
- Walt Disney World, 112
- Walter, John. SSgt., USAF, 98
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 99
- Wasem, Martha, 89
- Washington, D.C., 99
- weapons carrier, 15, 30, 55–56, 58, 65, 113–114.
- See also M-37 ¾-ton utility truck
- weather equipment, 5
- Whenry, Jack, 1st Lt., USAF, 98
- White House, The, 32
- White Sands Missile Range, N.M., 16, 42–43, 45, 67.
- See also White Sands Proving Ground, N.M.
- White Sands National Monument, N.M., 29
- White Sands Proving Ground, N.M., 23, 25, 42, 106, 124
- White, William C., 103–104
- Wickenburg, Ariz., 50
- Williams, Carol, 89
- Wilson, Capt., 77–78, 87, 89
- Wilson, Idabelle M., Maj., USAF (Ret), 90
- Wilson, “Slatts”, 77–78, 87–91
- Wimpole Park, Cambridge, England, 83
- Winzen, Otto C., 101, 105
- Winzen Research International, 102
- World War I, 19
- World War II, 19–20
- wreckage, 76–77, 91, 99, 109, 113–114
- wreckage, bluish-purplish, 76, 78, 91, 113, 115
- wrecker, 15, 29–30, 55–56, 58, 65.
- See also M-342 5-ton wrecker
- Wright Field, Ohio, 19, 21, 77
- Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 12, 77–78, 91, 95, 98, 100, 104–105, 107, 117, 119–120