As I think about what happened at Roswell, more ideas pop into my head (not always good ones!). If a Project Mogul test balloon with measuring instruments were what really crashed, why would the military cordon off the area? The materials used (including measuring devices) were not classified and could of been brought in by a detail. Or the military could of asked the ranchers to bring in what they found as they found it. Most of the stuff would of been useless debris that the military would of scrapped. Since no one was hurt and since there was no immediate danger (except for livestock eating balloon materials), there would not of been a need for urgency.

Remember, this happened on the Fourth of July weekend, and many military people would of been on leave. While it still would of been dealt with, it would not of had a very high priority.

I state these facts as a former member of the military. I do know how they react when a jet crashes, but a balloon would be quite different.

ALBERT, the other incident you refer to is the Kecksburg PA crash of 1965. One of the best pieces of evidence was found by researcher Kevin Randle. He found out that Operation Moon Dust was activated. (Project Moon Dust was the name of the still active Air Force agency that picks up foreign objects at crash sites. After its discovery by use of the Freedom of Information Act, the name was changed to another still classified name.)

It is the small things that all add up to make the case for the big picture. One should act like Lt Columbo when it comes to all the small pieces of the puzzle. It just does not add up when one applies a little logic to the stories given us.

So it seems the government, via the military, does not show any interest and/or acknowledge by their presence, reports of sightings, unless some type of physical evidence is left behind.

If a report of a sighting is reported, and the only evidence is verbal documentation, the government/military find no need to get involved and show a physical presence and just let the report (individual) go through all the usual public speculations of just being "kooks", publicity seekers and so on.

But let there be physical evidence, as in the Pennsylvania case in 1965,
and then the military gets involved and swoops in to retriveve said evidence and start a disinfomation campaign.

Does anyone know, in order to test my above theory, of a person who made the claim of a sighting with physical evidence left behind, where the government showed up & demanded to see the evidence, and only discovered that the individual was propagating a hoax ?

The military claims it does not deal with UFOs since the closure of Project Blue Book. The CIA and other government alphabet agencies also state the same thing.

There are many incidents where the military and government has held back information or has been involved with sightings and other events. Much of the information is anecdotal, and can be found in many books and some other sites. Frank Warren had a military retiree from a missile base tell his story about what he saw. There was OSI and other government agencies telling people to keep their mouths shut.

http://www.theufochronicles.com/search?q=missile+base

The above blog is difficult to get individual articles. There are several interesting stories there.

Hi Everyone, I had a friend that was in the Military and said he worked with the balloon projects but never said anything of Project Mogul or Roswell. We talked to each other via Ham Radio every weekend. I don't know if he was not able to talk about it for some reason but I just nearly know he worked with Project Mogul. I'm just rambling but you never know. Good hunting all and be safe.

John Tomlinson,CET

Search Coil, Project Mogul itself was not classified. There are papers and notes with the name that have been found with no security classification. The balloons and instruments used were not classified either. The materials would of been treated just like any other crash debris that wasn't a jet or plane. Another words, it would not receive any special treatment. The rancher would of been told to bring it in, or if he was busy they would of sent a base detail out to collect it when they had the time. It would not of required any security if it was such items.

The base DCM would of dealt with the debris, and if something were salvageable, it would of been done so at the base. Other than that, the debris would of been ash canned or sent to DMRO so they could sell the scrap. This is a case that has many unanswered smaller questions such as this one. It is the small and tiny holes that create the most problems for the government's case it was a balloon.

BTW, if I had never been in the military, I would believe the balloon theory and think the Roswell crash people were all of the tin foil hat crowd. My experiences in the maintenance part of it allow me to look at these cases a little different than civilians do.

Hi Kid, actually I have never beleived that it was a balloon either. There is much more to it. I have never been in the military but have been around it due to friends and working with Air Force personnell. Ok I am going to sign out Dah Dit Dah.

John Tomlinson,CET

I do hope you one day get in contact with your friend and get some information about Roswell. This is one story that will not die, and with good reason: an extraterrestrial craft crashed in New Mexico and the government and military have covered it up.

Hi kid, that's a negative, unfortunately he has since passed on. He was a good man. Ok cu later kid and be safe.

John Tomlinson,CET

http://ufocon.blogspot.com/2009/05/roswell-debris-confirmed-as.html
if true has support and facts on how reverse engineering worked