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— The Alien Autopsy Film: Facts vs Armchair Research — Unfortunately, Strozzi passed away years craft was a ‘fireball’ when it crashed in the late hours of 31st May 1947. ago, so we couldn't ask him for details. An Air Accident Report, allegedly writ- But the same 'meteorite’ had also been Did the local newspapers cover the ten by General Nathan Twining of the Air seen by a group of Native American chil- ‘meteorite’ sighting? Ted Loman tried to Materiel Command at Wright Field and dren of the Acoma tribe who went to find out, and visited the office of the published by the late Len Stringfield, men- school in Gallup, New Mexico. That day, Socorro Chieftain. He was told that in the tions a "Flying Disc Aircraft found near 31st May—which one of them remembered late 1960s a fire destroyed some of the White Sands Proving Grounds" at some quite clearly because it was just before her papers and that, in fact, some were miss- time before 16th July 1947, the date of the birthday—was a very hot day, so they ing—those between 10th May and 15th report. Since the report covers the full played in the evening when it had cooled June 1947. At the suggestion of the editor- technical evaluation of the craft, we can down. "Suddenly the whole sky was lit up ial assistant he spoke to, Ted tried at the assume the crash happened at least one as if it was daytime,” one of them recalled. library of the local mining university, month beforehand, if not more.” “In less than four seconds, a big ball of fire where he found microfilms of all the issues Stringfield quoted another witness, glided silently over our heads from left to of the paper—with the exception of those Major V. A. Postleweith of US Army _ right, i.e., northwest to southeast"—which between 10th May and 1Sth June 1947. Intelligence, who had seen a classified is the direction of Socorro. “The light was His attempt to find them in the Rio Grande telex mentioning a disc crash "in the vicini- so bright that we kids held our hands Collection of the New Mexico State ty of the White Sands Proving Grounds".* _ before our faces to protect our eyes."* University at Las Cruces, New Mexico, Two days later, most of the children had _ was also unsuccessful. CRASH AND RETRIEVAL WITNESSES _ blisters on their hands and arms—"itchies" Bob Shell tried at the neighbouring town We located several witnesses to a ‘crash’ as they called them. We received a letter of Magdalena. Again, all papers from that that very day in question: 31st May 1947, from the daughter of one of the witnesses period were missing. He was told, "You in the evening hours. Fred Strozzi,a local and interviewed two others, one on the won't find them. I have been looking for rancher who Jived just a few miles away phone, the other on camera.” A meteorite them for years and nobody has them." He from the crash site, claimed to have seena wouldn't cause blistering like this.. also tried at the Zimmerman Library of meteorite "bigger than a basketball" falling According to the cameraman, when he New Mexico, without success. during that time and in the area in question, moved in about 24 hours later, the crashed According to the cameraman, the craft according to Betty and Smoky Pound, disc was still hot and there was the danger _ was delivered on the back of a flatbed truck another local rancher couple.* ofa fire, so we can indeed assume that the to Wright Field, Ohio, by the middle of An Air Accident Report, allegedly writ- ten by General Nathan Twining of the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field and published by the late Len Stringfield, men- tions a “Flying Disc Aircraft found near White Sands Proving Grounds" at some time before 16th July 1947, the date of the report. Since the report covers the full technical evaluation of the craft, we can assume the crash happened at least one month beforehand, if not more.” Stringfield quoted another witness, Major V. A. Postleweith of US Army Intelligence, who had seen a classified telex mentioning a disc crash "in the vicini- ty of the White Sands Proving Grounds".* CRASH AND RETRIEVAL WITNESSES We located several witnesses to a ‘crash’ that very day in question: 31st May 1947, in the evening hours. Fred Strozzi, a local rancher who Jived just a few miles away from the crash site, claimed to have seen a meteorite "bigger than a basketball" falling during that time and in the area in question, according to Betty and Smoky Pound, another local rancher couple.** 90 ¢ NEXUS De ——————————————— eee OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1996