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HANGAR 18 21 that appeared to be gross exaggerations or simple fabrications. Under the deluge of the new claims, I felt perhaps I had been closing my mind unwisely to the possibility of such crashes. So 1 went through my files to do an assessment of the cases that I had allowed to accumulate without analysis or investigation on my part. The results of this survey surprised me. Consider the following catalogue which, I repeat, is composed of raw data that I had not verified myself. 1. Aurora, Texas. April 17,1897. A mysterious airship is said to have crashed in this town, exploding into many small fragments. Reportedly, the occupant was a Martian and the craft contained papers covered with hieroglyphics. The pilot's body is supposed to be buried in the local cemetery. Although the case was widely regarded as a hoax, new investi- gation brought to light a peculiar alloy that was eventually analyzed by the McDonnell Aircraft Company. 2. Ubatuba, Brazil. 1933 or 1934. Witnesses on a beach are said to have seen a disk dive and explode, showering the area with silvery fragments of highly pure magnesium. 3. Spitzbergen, Norway. May 1947. A report by journalist Dorothy Kilgallen stated that British scientists and airmen were examining the wreckage of a mysterious flying ship. They were convinced, she added, that it originated on another planet and that the saucers were staffed by small men, probably under four feet tall. 4. Roswell, New Mexico. July 2, 1947. A bright disk was seen to fly over Roswell in a northwesterly course, and an object, possibly the same one, crashed on a ranch seventy-five miles northwest of the city. Its wreckage was discovered by ranch manager "Mac" Brazel and two of his children. Brazel did not report the event until several days later when he was able to go into town. On July 7 Major Jesse Marcel, intelligence officer for the Army Air Force at the local base, recovered Part of the wreckage with another officer named "Cav" Cavitt. A statement was issued to the press by a public relations officer, Lieuten- ant Walter Haut, announcing the recovery of a crashed flying disk. Marcel was ordered to load the debris on a B-29 and it was flown to