"Could Not Be the Reason for all the "flying discs" (1947)

It was the two-day wonder of July 1947. On July 8th wire services carried the press released authorized by local base commander in Roswell, New Mexico that one of the "flying discs" making headlines and radio shows across the country had been found.    A flight of debris to Ft. Worth, and the next day, headlines chimed out with "Saucer Emptied", "Disc Excitement Sizzles - then Fizzles."  Most newspapers carried the photos of General Ramey by the shiny weather array debris or the one of a Major Marcel holding a piece with an odd and uncomfortable looking visage. Others, although fewer, showed a very young Warrant Officer, JG, Irving N, Newton holding the familiar kite shaped reflector from a weather balloon array. The photo, via NEA photo wire, includes some text and that includes a statement that "These balloons travel with wind currents and therefore could not be the reason for all the "flying discs". 

Remember the explanation that these were "weather balloons" and then later part of a highly classified "Project Mogul" (which strangely was very little classified and records carelessly tossed and lost). An Air Force retired officer known for his de-bunking skills, according to some sources, headed up the 'final answer' to the subject in the 1990's.

One of the chief problems with the weather balloon and reflector answer was that these were common objects; this photo was in the paper just days before the press release. Any military base would send these up almost daily. If varied in style or accessories, the basic purpose and identity would remain. Even the claims that anew "secret" plasticized balloon construction would not have changed the recognition factor that much.

AS these images show the objects spread across the office at Ft. Worth were different than the object described by Major Marcel and other witnesses from Roswell. Indeed, the final sentence under the photo of Warrant Officer Newton, quoted in the blog entry title, is very telling. It indicates an awareness by someone that the answer did not answer all the questions.

A weather balloon launch from the period of the Roswell event; a common site on numerous military bases and nothing unusual.

Charles Moore, the man doing the launces of Project Mogul shown with one of the units. Moore himself reported seeing something strange when he was working in New Mexivo.