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ANOTHER ALLEGED ROSWELL WITNESS TELLS HIS STORY researcher confirmed that the name given by this witness is a name that can be posi- tively linked to Roswell Army Air Field at the time of the Roswell incident. The witness gave this account to George Filer: and armed guards rode in that bomb-bay with the crate. When I removed the down lock, I saw a Major and a Technical Sergeant in the bomb-bay and some others in there. They rode the whole trip in the bomb-bay and did not return with us. We flew unpressurized at about 8,000 feet. Our bombardier made a safety check of the shackles which held the platform secure. Those shackles were rigged so that the cargo could not be jettisoned. The Corporal tail gunner and I saw the crate when we removed the down locks from the bomb doors. The crate was cov- ered with a tarp when unloaded and taken away on a trailer at Carswell. I would guess the crate was about 12 x 6 x 6 feet. The engineer and I talked about weight and balance. They evidently had not given him a firm figure on the weight. He said with a laugh, "As long as it isn't more than five thousand pounds, our center of gravity should be okay." We knew that Fort Worth was to be our landing point... Someone made a remark about carrying "the General's furniture". There had also been rumors for a couple of days about a spaceship crash, but we were only told it was classified cargo and to stay back. On the way home, I went forward to chat with Warrant Officer Landry about [a] minor problem with a prop. We had the Curtiss Electrics [people there] and there The following item comes via CNI News, with thanks to George Filer (Majorstar@ aol.com), editor and publisher of Filer's Files (www. filersfiles.com), for permission to reproduce this eyewitness testimony. The item was first published in Filer's Files #14, dated April 10, 2000. There had also been rumors for a couple of days about a spaceship crash, but we were only told it was classified cargo and to stay back. George Filer explained that he had recently received an unsolicited e-mail from a Filer's Files reader, giving the name and e-mail address of a man allegedly involved in the Roswell UFO incident of 1947. Filer contacted the man—who wishes to remain anonymous, but whose name is known to CNI News—and exchanged sev- eral e-mails, from which the following account was assembled. To date, the wit- ness has declined to discuss these matters with Filer by phone. CNI News and several well-known Roswell researchers have requested direct contact with this man, but as of April 16 that request remains unanswered. Filer, an Air Force veteran, told CNI News that, while he cannot vouch for the authenticity of this witness, the man does sound as if he is genuinely familiar with details of B-29 aircraft and flight proce- dures. In addition, a well-known Roswell I answer to an inquiry from CNI News, was at Roswell in 1947 to early 1950. I was at the time a gunner in the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Group, and a member of Captain Frederick Ewing's B-29 combat crew, with tail number 44-7301 (Straight Flush). On Wednesday, July 9, 1947, our crew transported a crate to Carswell Army Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas, in 1:55 minutes [from Roswell, a distance of about 425 miles in one hour, 55 minutes]. The mission and cargo were classified. The crate was hauled into the front bomb-bay, JUNE — JULY 2000 NEXUS - 67 There had also been rumors for a couple of cargo and to stay back.