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Lt. Walter Haut, the Public Information Officer at Roswell Army Air Field, who issued the press release that told of the Army’s recovery of a crashed flying disc in 1947 (photo courtesy of Walter Haut). Col. William “Butch” Blanchard, commanding officer of the 509th Bomb Group at Roswell Army Air Field, who ordered Lt. Haut to issue the press release (photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institute).