“The Roswell case is the most important UFO case of all time because it is from here that all decisions were made. It was the first of the cover-ups, the first attempt at misdirection, and one of the most important events in human history. It is where creatures from another world were first seen by creatures from Earth. That we still argue about the reality of this case today is simply unbelievable.” —Kevin D. Randle, Ph.D., coauthor of UFO Crash At Roswell and The Truth About the UFO Crash AtRoswell “No two men have done more to drag the truth about Roswell out of the shadows and to expose the outrageous cover-up which has been droning on for 60 years now than Tom Carey and Don Schmitt. If the cover-up is ever going to have a stake driven through it and the Roswell case resolved once and for all, it will most likely be Tom and Don who will do it. Their prolific contributions to Ufology constitute not only a bedrock of truth we can all be proud of, but demon- strate what dedication and sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty can pro- duce. Their new book is another milestone in the deconstruction of the Roswell cover-up.” —Jeff Rense, nationally syndicated talk show host “The mystery surrounding this crash has never been adequately explained— not by the independent investigators, and not by the U.S. government.” —Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico, in the foreword to The Roswell Dig Diaries, a Sci Fi Channel Book “Truly, something extraordinary crashed outside of Roswell, N.M. in July 1947.” —CBS News/48 Hours “I am almost completely convinced that the object that crashed near Roswell was composed of materials not common on Earth.” —Major General Kenner F. Herford, USAF (retired) “Roswell has long been a point of great interest to me.... When I asked General [Curtis] LeMay for permission to see it [the Roswell wreckage stored at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio] he hit the ceiling and admonished me, Not only no, but hell no!! And if you ask again,I’ll have you court-martialed! ” —U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater, Major General U.S. Air Force (deceased) “...something big did happen at Roswell.” —Unnamed GAO investigator, as told to investigative columnist Jack Anderson, in “The Air Force Tried to Lead Everyone Astray on the Roswell Incident” with Michael Binstein, the Albuquerque Journal, June 1, 1995 WITNESS TO ROSWELL Unmasking the 60-Year Cover-Up Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt New Page Books A division of The Career Press, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ Copyright © 2007 by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press. WITNESSTO ROSWELL EDITEDAND TYPESETBY KARA REYNOLDS Cover design by Lu Rossman/Digi Dog Design Printed in the U.S.A. by Book-mart Press To order this title, please call toll-free 1-800-CAREER-1 (NJ and Canada: 201-848- 0310) to order using VISA or MasterCard, or for further information on books from Career Press. The Career Press, Inc., 3 Tice Road, PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.careerpress.com www.newpagebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carey, Thomas J., 1940- Witness to Roswell : unmasking the 60-year cover-up / by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-56414-943-5 ISBN-10: 1-56414-943-9 1. Unidentified flying objects—Sightings and encounters—New Mexico—Roswell. 2. Government information—United States. 3. Conspiracies—United States. I. Schmitt, Donald R. II. Title. TL789.5.N6C37 2007 001.94209789’43--dc22 2006103001 We just want the facts, ma’am. —Sgt. Joe Friday, Detective Division, L.A.P.D. Record enough facts, and the answer will fall to you like a ripe fruit. —Franz Boaz, American anthropologist This page intentionally left blank Dedication To my beloved wife of 39 years, Doreen, not only for coming up with the title of this book, but also for her emotional support and encourage- ment in allowing me to pursue my “hobby” all these years. —TJC To my loving wife, Marie, who inspires me to go beyond the second star to the right, and then straight on ’til morning. —DRS This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgements This work is intended to inform those among you, the interested pub- lic, who desire to know the truth behind a truly extraordinary event that occurred 60 years ago, as of this writing. A cover-up of the true nature of this event by elements of the United States Military was immediately insti- tuted, and still survives, leaking but essentially intact, to this very day. The dedicated, proactive Roswell investigative team of Tom Carey and Don Schmitt remains committed to ferreting out and reporting to you the ultimate truth of the so-called Roswell Incident by developing and follow- ing every clue, lead, or hint, no matter how small or where it may take us. To that end, this work represents the first major publication of the Carey/ Schmitt investigative team—a down-payment to history—since it was formed in 1998, and will offer up new information and interpretations regarding the Roswell events stemming from our still-continuing, inten- sive investigation into this remarkable case of apparent alien visitation. We would like to thank all of the witnesses, as well as others with source information who have come forward, many with great reluctance and some with fear for their own well-being, and agreed to talk to us “on the record” about those long-ago events. Regrettably, because Father Time waits for no one, many of these have since passed away. Without their courage and cooperation, we could not have moved this case forward beyond previous works on the subject, and this publication would not have been possible. Special thanks must go to Julie Shuster, herself the daughter of a key player in the 1947 Roswell events, and her staff at the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico for their enduring assistance and support. The IUFOM&RC has truly be- come our base of operations when we are in Roswell. Thanks must also go to Nathan Twining, Jr. (whose father, the late Air Force General Nathan Twining,
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