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SUBJECT: Roswell Testimony FILE: UFO116
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PART 12
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5.6 Robert Porter
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[M/Sgt Robert Porter was a B-29 flight engineer with the
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830th Bomb Squadron. He happens to be Loretta Proctor's
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brother. He was interviewed by Stanton Friedman.]
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We flew these pieces. [Some officers in the crew] told us
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it was parts of a flying saucer. The packages were in
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wrapping paper, one triangle-shaped about two and a half
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feet across the bottom, the rest in smaller, shoebox-sized
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packages. [They were in] brown paper with tape. It was
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just like I picked up an empty package, very light. The
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loaded triangle-shaped package and three shoebox-sized
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packages would have fit into the trunk of a car.
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On board were Lieutenant Colonel Payne Jennings [deputy
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commander of Roswell] and Major Marcel. Captain Anderson
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said it was from a flying saucer. We got to Fort Worth,
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they transferred [the packages] to a B-25 and took them to
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Wright [Field]. When we landed at [Fort Worth], Colonel
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Jennings told us to take care of maintenance, and after a
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guard was posted, we could eat lunch. We came back, they
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told us they had transferred the material to a B-25. They
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told us it was a weather balloon. It WASN'T a weather
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balloon.
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5.7 Robert Shirkey
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[First Lieutenant Robert Shirkey was assistant operations
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officer of the 509th Bomb Group. He was interviewed by
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Stanton Friedman.]
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A call came in to have a B-29 ready to go as soon as
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possible. Where to? Forth Worth, on Colonel Blanchard's
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directive. [I was] in the Operations Office when Colonel
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Blanchard arrived and asked if the airplane was ready. When
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told it was, Blanchard waved to somebody, and approximately
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five people came in the front door, down the hallway, and
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onto the ramp to climb into the airplane, carrying parts of
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the crashed flying saucer. I got a very short glimpse,
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asked Blanchard to turn sideways so [I] could see too. Saw
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them carrying pieces of metal. They had one piece that was
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eighteen by twenty-four inches, brushed stainless steel in
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color.
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5.8 Robert Slusher
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[S/Sgt Robert Slusher was assigned to the 393rd Bomb
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Squadron. On or about July 9, 1947, he was on board a B-29
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that carried a single crate from Roswell AAF to Fort Worth
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AAF. Also on board were were four armed MPs. He said the
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crate was twelve feet long, five feet wide, and four feet
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high. Upon arrival at Fort Worth, the crate was loaded onto
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a flatbed weapons carrier and hauled off, accompanied by the
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MPs, who later rejoined the crew for the return flight.
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Robert Slusher was interviewed in 1991.]
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[There was an implication that the contents of the crate was
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sensitive to air pressure, which suggests that the crate
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contained something other than pieces of metal. The plane
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flew at the unusually low altitude of four to five thousand
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feet. Usually on such a trip a B-29 flies at twenty-five
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thousand feet, as its cabin is pressurized and the B-29
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flies better at high alititude. However, the bomb bay where
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the crate was stowed cannot be pressurized.]
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The return flight was above twenty thousand feet, and the
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cabin was pressurized. The round trip took approximately
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three hours, fifteen minutes. The flight was unusual in
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that we flew there, dropped the cargo, and returned
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immediately. It was a hurried flight; normally we knew the
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day before there would be a flight.
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There was a rumor that the crate had debris from the crash.
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Whether there were any bodies, I don't know. The crate had
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been specially made; it had no markings.
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End of part 12
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