| Like most UFO incidents denied by the
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| | the crash site was something else, and
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| U.S. Government, the 1947 Roswell crash
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| | the buzz around base wasn't just about
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| refuses to go away quietly. Each time a
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| | strange metallic material.
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| government spokesperson invents a new
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| | Milton said that he heard talk about odd
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| explanation to contradict the theory that
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| | bodies found out at the crash scene. One
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| an alien spacecraft crashed near Roswell,
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| | of the men from his barracks was an
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| one or more new witnesses come forward to
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| | emergency room medic. He told Sprouse and
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| support the original Air Force statement.
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| | others that "humanoid" bodies were
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| That statement called the object a
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| | brought in after the crash. The medic's
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| 'flying disc' and left us with the
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| | story gave him the impression that one or
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| impression that the occupants weren't
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| | more of the creatures might have been
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| quite human.
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| | alive because he said, "We don't think
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| Milton Sprouse, age eighty-five, lives in
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| | the humanoid ate food." Milton also
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| Escondido, California. In 1947, he was an
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| | remembers how everything changed the day
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| engine mechanic and part of the 393rd
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| | after the original 'flying disc'
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| Bomb Group connected to the 509th
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| | statement was made.
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| Composite Group at Roswell. Milton
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| | Milton recalls, "The next day, it was
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| arrived in Roswell during 1945 after
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| | published in the Roswell Daily Record,
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| serving on the Pacific Island of Tinian
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| | and that night, all the generals said the
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| towards the end of World War Two. When
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| | story was untrue." He continued on to say
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| the aircraft he was servicing was moved
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| | that officers from the base were sent
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| to Roswell, he was sent there as well.
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| | into town to collect all the copies of
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| As the lead mechanic for Dave's Dream, he
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| | the press release and newspaper with the
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| didn't find the area especially exciting.
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| | original 'flying disc' story in it that
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| "There was nothing there but tumbleweeds
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| | they could find. The medic was
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| blowing for miles," Sprouse said in a
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| | transferred elsewhere along with the
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| recent interview. All that changed in
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| | doctors and nurses that saw the
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| July of 1947. After returning from a
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| | odd-looking creatures. What became of the
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| brief trip to Florida aboard Dave's
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| | humanoids? "They took the bodies to a
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| Dream, Milton found himself thrust into a
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| | hangar, and there were two guards at each
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| hurricane of activity. Back at the base
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| | door with machine guns," Milton said.
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| on the day when the original 'flying
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| | Sprouse was referring to Hangar 84.
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| disc' statement was released, he
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| | Milton Spouse left the base in 1956 and
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| remembered how hundreds of men from the
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| | says that the people serving there were
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| base were sent out to the crash site to
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| | still talking about the crash at the
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| pick up all the debris they could find.
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| | time. That was years after the rest of
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| Milton was needed at the base because of
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| | the world already accepted the first of
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| his position as lead mechanic. However,
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| | several official explanations which
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| five other members of his crew went to
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| | indicated the object was a weather
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| the crash site. After returning, they
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| | balloon with radar reflecting material
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| told Sprouse that what they saw looked
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| | attached. When he returns to Roswell for
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| "Out of this world." They were describing
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| | the annual 509th Reunions, Spouse says
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| the material which looked like aluminum
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| | "The Roswell incident comes up every
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| foil, but refused to crumple and seemed
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| | year, but there's nothing really new."
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| almost indestructible. The same
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| | He may not be an eyewitness to the 1947
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| description was used by Major Jesse
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| | crash, but Milton Sprouse is like so many
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| Marcel, the officer originally sent to
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| | others that were on the base or in
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| investigate the crash scene. Although
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| | Roswell at that time. They simply do not
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| Sprouse knew Marcel, he wasn't able to
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| | believe the official explanations. That's
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| speak to him after the crash. Milton
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| | because people they worked with, knew and
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| recalls, "I could never get close to
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| | trusted with their lives told them the
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| him."
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| | truth about what happened based on their
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| Most of the men knew about the radar
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| | own first-hand experiences. Even when
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| reflecting balloons and saw the material
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| | skeptics spin that information to say
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| that the Air Force tried to pass off as
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| | that crash test dummies, children or
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| what crashed in early July of 1947. It
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| | bloated bodies were responsible for the
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| wasn't the same. The radar balloons came
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| | humanoid body stories, the explanations
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| down everywhere in those days and most
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| | just don't seem to fit. As Spouse says,
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| everyone that lived in Roswell saw some
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| | "You can believe what you want, I know
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| at one time or another. What they saw at
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| | it's true.
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