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You're comparing last a declassified balloon crashing last June to an extremely classified balloon, used as part of the Cold War in 1947.
Of course the reaction would be much more militarised and secretive in 47.
Originally posted by debrisfield
My main comment here is that many of these readings would be invalidated by lack of proper letter counts. E.g., the words that follow the "disc" word at the start of the second paragraph are of lengths, 4, 4, 4, 3, not 6, 7, 2, 13.
My second comment is that for a reading to be considered possibly valid, it has to make sense. It should be grammatical and has to work with the words, phrases and sentences before and after it and in the context of the historical circumstances under which the message was written. Thus I wouldn't expect to see "UFO" in the memo since the term hadn't be invented yet and the same for "MJ-12", as some have done. Such anachronisms are good indications of bad readings.
Originally posted by annella
Originally posted by The Shrike
I learned about Roswell in 1957 while stationed at Sidi Slimane AFB, Morocco.
I touched the Roswell debris.
So you say you touched some ' debris'.
Would you agree that if you touched anything, it was what the Military WANTED you to touch? ( or at least had no problem with?)
And would you also agree that you have no way of proving it WAS the actual pieces collected from the Ranch?
Originally posted by The Shrike
Originally posted by debrisfield
(snip)
Your expertise at killing the messenger is to be admired. I simply copied and pasted and added a few comments but as John Lennon sang "The way things are going. They're gonna crucify me." Don't crucify me, Roswell isn't worth dying for!
For your information, I'd rather side with a serious research like Karl T. Pflock than side with you as you don't have his credentials and your comments reflect no credentials whatsoever.
I learned about Roswell in 1957 while stationed at Sidi Slimane AFB, Morocco.
I went to the National Archives and Records Administration complex in College Park, Maryland, in 2003 accompanying my brother-in-law who was the photographer of the photos appeaging in Popular Mechanics, June 2003.
The cover article was "Roswell Declassified".
books.google.com... 9jrECeZrsKpJIhG8VLVCo&hl=en&ei=AXgZTfnsN4Wclgfl2-mcDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=popular%20mechanics%20roswell %20declassified%20june%202003&f=false
"We even found the remains of the infamous balloon reflector, which UFO buffs claim the government planted a the crash site in place of the pieces of flying disc."
"The material shown in the photographs taken in Maj. Gen. Ramey's office was a weather balloon. The weather balloon explanation for the material was a cover story to divert the attention of the press." [affidavit]
I touched the Roswell debris.
What are you bringing to the table? Inane comments?
Originally posted by roughycannon
A few years ago i spent about 2 days with a high res copy of the letter and got completely different words from what was in that doc I'll try and find the file if I can and post it later
Originally posted by Gazrok
I touched the Roswell debris.
I remember seeing the special on this, where they showed it on television, and the debris looked pretty pristine to me (especially for being in the desert for a bit, if actually Mogul 4). If you got to examine the debris CLAIMED as being recovered there, did it seem like it was weathered enough to you?
Did you see the balsa wood frame and any example of the flowery toy company tape Moore claimed was used, and mistaken for I-beams?
Did the foil paper have any kind of property that you feel could have been mistaken for a memory-metal type effect?
How did you get the permission and opportunity to see/touch the material?
Many thanks in advance if you're able to answer. I've always known you as a straight-shooter on this board, so certainly giving you the benefit of the doubt. (so I'm just really curious...thanks).
The official report says if it happened it was a better security system than the one used to protect the atomic secrets. That begs the question, why wouldn't the US use the best security system they had to protect atomic secrets? So it seems to me like Weaver and the official USAF report are asking pretty much the same question.
Originally posted by XtraTL
It turns out I missed a line when I wrote up. There's the line that goes:
"~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ parts for further analysis" (or something similar)
However, you may be right that my letter counts for the following line are incorrect. I find it quite hard to tell how many letters each word has. That seems to be something other people express more certainty on.
I think I count 6, 7, 2, 7+, 5/6, which is fine for ".... appear covered up ~~~~~~~ negate", but I'm not so certain I am reading that correctly now.
I'm relatively convinced the first line says "and the ~~~~~~~ of the wreck you collected to the". Some words that might fit are: pictures, viewers, victims, vessels, remains, jetsams, persons, sensors. Some make sense in context, others don't.
I would love to have the time to really analyse this message properly and come to a conclusion as to how much of it can actually be read with any confidence. I think a surprising amount.
However, to me there does not appear to be anything particularly striking on the paper. Admittedly, if it said "victims of the wreck" that would be mildly interesting. Unfortunately it is not at all clear to me that this is what it says.
Even if it could be read, it's not going to be held out for a newspaper camera to photograph if it is top secret. My best guess is it is a memo that says something along the lines that the parts should be collected and sent off for analysis and that if anyone from the media or public asks about it that it should be referred to as a weather balloon and that its best not to contradict what has been said.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
Here's one they claim is the c version of disc, but I'm not sure it's all that legible:
Originally posted by Monts
It is "disc" in the memo... I guess the youtube member doesn't know how to spell "disc" the right way. I'll post a few pics of the memo to clear things up.
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But assuming it says disc, you all know that's not referring to a flying saucer but the balloon wreckage, right? Note they even put it in quotation marks showing that's what everyone was calling it but they knew that's not what it really was.
From "The Roswell Report", (1995) page 22, the FBI memo is mentioned that describes the "disc" resembles a weather balloon:
So it's interesting to see the way they say it resembles a balloon with a radar reflector, yet still calling it a disc "suspended from a balloon".
the telegram from
the Dallas FBI office of July 8,1947. This document quoted in part states: “. . The disc is hexagonal in shape and was suspended from a balloon by a cable, which balloon was approximately twenty feet in diameter... the object found resembles a high altitude weather balloon with a radar reflector... disc and balloon being transported...”
edit on 25-12-2010 by Arbitrageur because: clarification
Originally posted by The Shrike
I learned about Roswell in 1957 while stationed at Sidi Slimane AFB, Morocco.
I touched the Roswell debris.
What I touched was "rotting" away in an archive that no one visits so why would the "Military" bother to store useless material?
"An actual device was also obtained for study with the assistance of Professor [Charles] Moore. (The example actually procured was a 1953-manufactured model "C" as compared to the Model B which was in use in 1947."
If it was useless when first stored it will be always useless. I didn't follow the chain of command of the debris, but it is housed with all of the other documents which you may get to see if you can provide rhyme and reason for being allowed to do so. I don't think that the "Military" is involved with what's stored since Popular Mechanics was allowed to access, handle, and photograph it.
No, I can not prove that what I saw and handled were the actual pieces collected from the Ranch although one way could be to test the dirt and dust that is still found on some of the aluminum foil, "beams", etc., and see if it matches dirt from the Foster Ranch.
But while I have no faith, I do take it on faith that what is stored, what I handled, is what was collected in 1947 from the Foster Ranch.
You can say I'm gullible also.
PROFILE:
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Vice Chief of Staff, U.S.A.F., Director of Central Intelligence
…The President was given a limited briefing at the Pentagon by AC/S AAF General Hoyt Vandenberg on 10 July. FBI interest was curtailed and access to stored craft at Los Alamos was denied upon request of Deputy COSLt. General Collins. Inquiries to bases involved was restricted by General Vandenberg during the duration of recovery efforts. All teletype, telephone and radio transmissions were monitored for any disclosures of the finds. To maintain secrecy of site LZ-2 , the CO of Roswell AAF was authorised to give abrief press release to local paper in which 8th AF Hdqrs. promptly denied rumors that the Army had flying saucers in their possession which…
Originally posted by roughycannon
I highlighted the VICTIMS and DISC part here also some other things I can see...
highlighted memo
Originally posted by Gazrok
Your theory should include WHY you think these advanced humans would keep such technology secretive for so long, and not profit by it, or use it to advance whatever agenda they wish to advance. I personally disagree with the theory, but just pointing out the need to explain this.edit on 28-12-2010 by Gazrok because: (no reason given)
A why would be simple actually. WE aren't part of their civilization. Lets say we survive the next million years on Earth and by that time chimps have evolved into creatures that are humanoidal and intelligent. With our advanced knowledge and tech we live underground or a different dimension but on the same planet. How do you believe we would handle the chimps?
What made me think of this theory is I witnessed a bigfoot while stationed in Alaska, so I KNOW they're real. I reported it to the Alaskan Fish and Wildlife and surprise, surprise, they didn't laugh at me, they asked for the location so they could go search for evidence. The guy told me that they've known about the bigfoot for a while, that they're peaceful and are called "Wildman".
Now having seen a bigfoot no further than 20 feet away, I can tell you that it isn't a animal, but some type of person. I wouldn't be surprised if the things can speak English. Going on a bit of a diversion; imagine the things these BF can tell us about our own history! What if it's things that we REALLY don't want to hear?