Government / Military

Roger Ramey

1947

Air Force Brigadier General who announced at a Fort Worth press conference that the Roswell debris was a weather balloon, effectively closing the story for decades; a close colleague of Curtis LeMay.

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Connections (6)

confirmedRoswell Incident

announced the weather balloon explanation

Source: Fort Worth press conference, Jul 1947

confirmedIrving Newton

summoned to Gen. Ramey's office to identify the wreckage

Source: USAF Project Mogul report

confirmedFort Worth AAF

led the Eighth Air Force headquartered at Fort Worth AAF, where the debris was displayed and reidentified as a balloon/RAWIN target

Source: USAF Project Mogul report

confirmedGen. John A. Samford

co-presented the 1952 Pentagon press conference on the Washington sightings

confirmedCurtis LeMay

Air Force colleagues, both tied to 1947 cases

disputedJesse Marcel

his account contradicted Marcel's claim

Source: USAF Roswell Report, 1994/95

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