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Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit Summary

INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT F i l e r e f OO1947122-A-1206

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The. e x t r a o r d i n a r y r e c o v e r y of f a l l e n a i r b o r n e o b j e c t s

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t h e s t a t e of New Mexico, between 4 J u l y - 6 J u l y 1947: This Summary was p r e p a r e d b y H e a d q u a r t e r s I n t e r p l a n e t a r y Phenomenon U n i t , S c i e n t i f i c and

T e c h n i c a l Branch, C o u n t e r i n t e l l i g e n c e D i r e c t o r a t e , as r e q u e s t e d by A.C. of S . , G - 2 , a t the e x p r e s s e d o r d e r of Chief of S t a f f . 2. A t 2332 MST, 3 J u l y 47, r a d a r stations in e a s t Texas, and aircraft

White Sands Proving Ground, N.M., t r a c k e d two u n i d e n t i f i e d , until

b o t h dropped o f f r a d a r . Two c r a s h s i t e s have been l o c a t e d c l o s e

t o t h e WSPG. S i t e L Z - 1 was l o c a t e d a t a r a n c h n e a r Corona, a p p r o x . 75 m i l e s n o r t h w e s t of t h e town of R o s w e l l . S i t e LZ-2 was. l o c a t e d a p p r o x .

20 m i l e s s o u t h e a s t of t h e town of S o c o r r o , a t L a t .3 3 - 4 0 - 3 1 ,Long.106-28-29,w i t h

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The AST p e r s o n n e l were mainly i n t e r e s t e d in LZ-2 as craft's

t h i s s i t e c o n t a i n e d t h e m a j o r i t y of s t r u c t u r a l d e t a i l of t h e

a i r f r a m e , p r o p u l s i o n and n a v i g a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y . The r e c o v e r y of f i v e b o d i e s i n a damaged escape c y l i n d e r , p r e c l u d e d an i n v e s t i g a t i o n a t LZ-1. 4. On a r r i v a l a t LZ-2, p e r s o n n e l a s s e s s e d t h e f i n d s a s n o t

b e l o n g i n g t o any a i r c r a f t , r o c k e t , weapons, o r b a l l o o n t e s t t h a t a r e n o r m a l l y conducted from s u r r o u n d i n g b a s e s . F i r s t r e p o r t s i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e f i r s t c r a s h i n v e s t i g a t o r s , from R o s w e l l AAF t h a t LZ-1 was t h e remains of a AAF t o p s e c r e t MOGUL b a l l o o n p r o j e c t . When s c i e n t i s t s -2TOP SECRET ULTRA

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from t h e Los Alamos S c i e n t i f i c Laboratory a r r i v e * t o i n s p e c t

LZ-2, it

became apparent t o a l l concerned t h a t what had crashed in the d e s e r t was something o u t o f t h i s w o r l d . 5. S i g n a l Corps Interviews w i t h radar operators and o f f i c e r s from the Engineering Laboratories, Fort Monmouth, N.J., ??? were

tracking t h e s e objects o n - a n d - o f f s i n c e June 29 from S t a t i o n "A", a l l i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e s e t a r g e t s had p e r i o d i c a l l y remained s t a t i o n a r y f o r minutes a t a t i m e , then would resume t h e i r o r i g i n a l c o u r s e , f l y i n g from the s o u t h e a s t t o northwest, SCEL antennas had locked onto a f l i g h t o f three o b j e c t s on 3 J u l y and l o s t them around 2330 MST on 4 July (a V-2' was scheduled f o r launch which i s why SCEL S t a t i o n "A" was a b l e t o do a track) I t has been learned t h a t a t l e a s t s i x radar s t a t i o n s i n e a s t

Texas ( s e e d e t a i l e d r e p o r t i n attchment A ) , and radar s t a t i o n s a t Alamogordo AAF and Kirtland AAF, had a l s o picked up t h e s e o b j e c t s on the 4th a s well. Using t o p o g r a p h i c a l maps and t r i a n g u l a r i z a t i o n , a

l a s t known p o s i t i o n and bearing was c a l c u l a t e d which helped search p a r t i e s to l o c a t e the general area. Detachment 3 of the 9393rd Technical S e r v i c e s U n i t , a s s i g n e d t o Alamogordo AAF, was r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the l o c a t i n g and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o f the l a r g e s e c t i o n s of the craft. 6. A s p e c i a l r a d i o b i o l o g i c a l team accompanied by a SED

and s e c u r i t y d e t a i l from Sandia Base under orders from Colonel S . V. Hasbrouck, USA, Armed Forces S p e c i a l Weapons P r o j e c t , secured the

immediate area surrounding the crash s i t e . S e l e c t s c i e n t i s t s from 3**"

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ULTRA The G e n e r a l A d v i s o r y Committee of t h e Atomic E n e r g y Commission, most n o t a b l y D R . J . ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, was identified at LZ-2 as w e l l as o t h e r members. Among PAPERCLIP s p e c i a l i s t i d e n t i f i e d a t L Z - 2 were DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN ( F o r t B l i s s ) ; DR. ERNEST STEINHOFF ( A M C ) ; and DR. HUBERTUS STRUGHOLD (AEROMEDICAL LAB, RANDOLPH FIELD).

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Because of the s t r i n g e n t s e c u r i t y measures t h a t were i n

place a t both crash s i t e s , the team was not able t o gain access to the s e v e r a l locations where wreckage and bodies are being h e l d . CIC member of the team was able to l e a r n t h a t several bodies were taken t o the h o s p i t a l a t Roswell AAF and others t o e i t h e r Los Alamos, Wright Field Patterson AAF, and Randolph Field for s e c u r i t y r e a s o n s . I t i s believed t h a t t h i s dispersion was on the orders of General Thomas Handy, Fourth Army Hdqrs. Remains of the powerplant were taken to Alamogordo AAF and Kirtland AAF. Structural d e b r i s and assorted parts were taken to AMC, Wright F i e l d . Other remains, were transported across theWSPG t o the

storage f a c i l i t i e s of the NRL. All t h i s was accomplished by 1730 MST 7 July. 8. On 7 J u l y , L t . General Nathan Twining arrived a t

Alamogordo AAF for a s e c r e t meeting with AAF Chief of Staff Spaatz and t o view recovered remains of c r a f t from L Z - 2 . On 8 J u l y , Twining v i s i t e d Kirtland AAF t o inspect p a r t s recovered from powerplant. On

9 July, Twining and staff flewtoWSPGto inspect pieces of craft

being stored there and on 10 J u l y , made inspection of R D f a c i l i t i e s & a t Alamogordo and then returned t o Wright Field. I t i s believed t h a t Twining and s t a f f i s preparing a d e t a i l e d r e p o r t of both incidents and briefings l a t e r t o follow. It is also the b e l i e f of CIC t h a t General Eisenhower w i l l see a showing of recoveries sometime i n l a t e August t h i s year. The President was given a limited b r i e f i n g

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a t t h e Pentagon by AC/S AAF G e n e r a l Hoyt Vandenberg on10July.FBI i n t e r e s t was c u r t a i l e d and a c c e s s t o s t o r e d c r a f t a t Los Alamos was d e n i e d upon r e q u e s t of Deputy COS L t . G e n e r a l C o l l i n s . I n q u i r i e s t o b a s e s i n v o l v e d was r e s t r i c t e d by G e n e r a l Vandenberg d u r i n g t h e d u r a t i o n of r e c o v e r y e f f o r t s . A l l t e l e t y p e , t e l e p h o n e and r a d i o t r a n s m i s s i o n s were monitored f o r any d i s c l o s u r e s of t h e f i n d s . To m a i n t a i n s e c r e c y of s i t e L Z - 2 , t h e CO of R o s w e l l AAF was a u t h o r i s e d t o g i v e a b r i e f p r e s s r e l e a s e t o l o c a l p a p e r i n which 8th AF Hdqrs. promptly denied rumors t h a t t h e Army had f l y i n g s a u c e r s i n t h e i r p o s s e s s i o n which

h a n d l e d some of t h e w r e c k a g e , o r v i e w e d b o d i e s were d e t a i n e d under t h e McNab law u n t i l a l l remaining evidence was s e c u r e d i n r e s t r i c t e d b a s e s . W i t n e s s e s were d e b r i e f e d by CIC and warned of the c o n s e q u e n c e s of t a l k i n g t o t h e p r e s s . So f a r , s e c r e c y seems t o be w o r k i n g . 9. A l l c i v i l i a n and m i l i t a r y p e r s o n n e l i n v o l v e d w i t h the

r e c o v e r y o p e r a t i o n s had "need t o know"' a c c e s s w i t h p r o p e r s e c u r i t y c l e a r a n c e s . Though s e v e r a l MPs s u f f e r e d nervous breakdowns r e s u l t i n g i n one committing s u i c i d e , MP d e t a i l s from Alamogordo and K i r t l a n d s e c u r i t y f u n c t i o n s v e r y w e l l . Ground p e r s o n n e l from Sandia performed experienced

The s t a t u s of the f o u r t h t e c h n i c i a n i s unknown. A u t o p s i e s a r e s c h e d u l e d t o determine cause of d e a t h . CIC has made a p p r o p r i a t e s e c u r i t y f i l e entries into dossiers with cross references for future reviews. 10. With t h e pending a p p r o v a l of JAMES FORRESTAL as new

S e c r e t a r y of D e f e n s e , i t i s c e r t a i n t h a t he w i l l be b r i e f e d on c e r t a i n a s p e c t s of t h e d i s c o v e r i e s . The only C a b i n e t member t o d a t e t h a t may know of t h e d e t a i l s i s S e c r e t a r y of S t a t e M a r s h a l l . I t has become known t o CIC t h a t some of t h e r e c o v e r y o p e r a t i o n was s h a r e d w i t h R e p r e s e n t a t i v e

JOHN F. KENNEDY, M a s s a c h u s e t t s Democrat e l e c t e d to c o n g r e s s i n 46. Son of JOSEPH P . KENNEDY, Commission on O r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e E x e c u t i v e Branch of t h e Government. KENNEDY had l i m i t e d d u t y as n a v a l o f f i c e r a s s i g n e d t o Naval Intelligence during war. It is believed that information was obtained from source in Congress who is close to Secretary for Air Force. 11. As to the bodies recovered at LZ-2, it appeared that none

of the five crew members survived entry into our atmosphere due to unknown causes.DR.DETLEV BRONK has been asked to assist in the autopsy of one well preserved cadaver to be done by MAJOR. CHARLES K. REA. From what descriptions the team was able to learn and from photographs taken by intelligence photographers, the occupants appear in most respects human with/some anatomical differences/in the head, eyes, hands and feet They have a slight build about five feet tall, with grayish-pink skin color. They have no hair on their bodies and clothed with a tight fitting flight suit that appears to be fire proof (some of the bodies looked as if they had been burned on head and and h a n d ) . Their overall stature reminds, one of young children. It is believed that there were male and female genders present, but was hard to distinguish. 12. The most disturbing aspect of this investigation was-

there were other bodies found not far from LZ-1 that looked as if they had been disected as you would A frog. It is not known if army field surgeons had performed exploratory surgery on these bodies. Animal parts were reportedly discovered inside the craft at LZ-2 but this cannot be confirmed. The team has reserved judgement on this issue. 13. Our assessment of this investigation rests on two

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beings from another planet. 14. Until more data can be acquired from other intelligence

sources, it is the opinion of the team, that the investigation be e x p a n d e d to include sources that might elucidate other possibilities not found by contemporary science. It is also recommended that appropriate budgets be allocated to facilitate future assignments that the unit may be called upon to perform. Until further orders, this investigation will continue.

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