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SUBJECT: MYSTERY OF ROSWELL HOT TOPIC AT UFO GATHERING FILE: UFO2178
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Daily News, Ft. Walton Beach, Fl-July 8, 1990 Cr: R. Reid
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By Kris Wheeler
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Daily News Staff Writer
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PENSACOLA-Unraveling the mysteries of unidentified flying objects drew more
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than 1,000 UFO enthusiasts to the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday for
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day two of the Mutual UFO Network's 21st annual International Symposium.
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Among other topics Saturday, they heard about one of the long-debated UFO
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mysteries, a supposed crash landing of an alien craft in Roswell,N.M., in
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July 1947.
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Donald R. Schmitt, MUFON's state director in Wisconsin, has long been on a
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trail to expose what he and many others believe is a government coverup of
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epic proportions regarding the recovery of the bodies of four aliens and a
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UFO wreck at Roswell.
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"Roswell appears to be the target of a disinformation program," Schmitt
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said.
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That accusation is nothing new among those who have made it their business
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to investigate UFO sightings.
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St the time of the crash near the Roswell Army Air Force Base, military
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officials initially idnetified the object that crashed as a UFO. But later
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the military changed its official version of what the object actually was,
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identifying it as a miguided weather research balloon.
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Schmitt and many of his colleagues say there is overwhelming evidence
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proving otherwise.
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Schmitt and other UFO investigators have relied on testimony over the years
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from military intelligence officers who were at the crash site, their
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family members, and relatives of a rench hand who discovered the crash
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site, to peice together their version of the Roswell UFO mystery.
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Schmitt said he and a colleague recently interviewed two men who were once
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stationed at RAAFB and who were involved in the recovery operation at the
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crash site.
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Most of the military personnel who had first-hand knowledge of the crash
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are now dead, Schmitt said.
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The men interviewed, the chief of security at the crash site, and a
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military intelligence officer, are two of the few crash-site witnesses
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still alive, he said.
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Schmitt said the former chief of security refused to comment about the
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matter, saying he was sworn to secrecy.
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Schmitt questioned why information on a crashed weather balloon would be
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kept secret.
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"Why the need to conceal the recovery of a weather balloon?" Schmitt asked.
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The other man interviewed was an intelligence agent who was also involved
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in the recovery. Schmitt said the man would only say that, "Something came
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down and was recovered."
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MUFON officials selected Pensacola as the sight of their annual
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international UFO symposium because of the magnitude of reported UFO
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sightings in nearby Gulf Breeze-more specifically, those photographed by
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Gulf Breeze residents Ed and Francis Walters in November 1987.
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The Walters have written a book about their experiences called "The Gulf
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Breeze Sightings."
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The photographs and the Walters' stories have been challanged recently by
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some critics and UFO investigators who say it is a hoax.
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One Gulf Breeze man has said publicly that he was shown by Ed Walters how
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the UFO photos were faked.
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Walters has denied all of the allegations.
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MUFON has reopened its investigation into Walters' matter. MUFON
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officials, however, say they believe Walters' photographs are authentic
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until proven otherwise.
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The Walters were scheduled to speak to the MUFON delegation and hundreds of
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its guests about the matter late Saturday night.
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The three-day MUFON symposium began Friday and will conclude with an open
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forum slated for 4 p.m. today.
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