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112 tion of one or more of these flights. Wright is a logical destina- tion, as it housed much of the Army Air Forces’ scientific laboratories and was staffed by some of the top technical peo- ple in the USAAF. But the details simply have not been un- earthed. There is reason to believe, however, that at least one airplane was sent down from Wright Field to either Roswell AAF or Fort Worth AAF to collect materials for return to Wright Field. The son of a man who was reportedly on such a flight told Stanton Friedman that it is his understanding that the crew actually played with some of the debris during the flight home. It is known that not long after Marcel and Cavitt returned from the Foster ranch with their supply of fascinating debris, a much larger military force was sent to the ranch to collect every scrap. Residents have testified that Military Police set up roadblocks around the ranch and kept them away from the scene. They also kept the press out, as stated by Jud Roberts, then manager of radio station KGFL, in a 1990 interview: "I wanted to go out to the crash site. [Station owner W C] Whitmore had been out there, but he couldn't get any closer than I did. I thought we could do it with back roads (of which the area is well supplied) but we didn't get close." They en- countered Military Police who told them, "Sorry, but the road's closed. This is a restricted area." "It wasn't such a big deal, as we'd had these experiences before, when [airplane] accidents had happened. They just kind of blocked off the whole area. It was perfectly reasonable, as far as I was concerned. I'll bet I wasn't within fifteen miles [of the Foster ranch crash site]." Even the limited evidence from the Corona area strongly suggests there were three separate crash sites: the so-called debris field on the Foster ranch, where so much scrap was found by Brazel and then collected by Marcel and Cavitt; a site several miles away, where the main body of the craft lay; and a site within a mile or two of that, where the bodies were found in or near what Glenn Dennis has described as "escape cap- sules." Apparently the Roswell AAF mortuary officer had been CRASH AT CORONA