Posted on 12/18/2005 8:32:55 PM PST by Borges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Army Lt. Walter Haut, the man made famous for issuing a news release that said a flying saucer landed in Roswell, died there Thursday, his daughter, Julie Shuster, said. He was 83.
Haut, a former spokesman for the Roswell Army Air Field, listened closely on July 8, 1947, as base commander Col. William Blanchard dictated a news release about a recovered flying saucer and ordered Haut to issue it.
The Roswell Daily Record newspaper ran a bold headline on July 9, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region."
The same day, a statement was released saying it was only a weather balloon.
Haut said he never was told exactly where the flying disc reported in his news release was found nor did he ever see a UFO. But he remained a believer.
Haut and two other men founded The International UFO Museum, where more than 2 1/2 million people have visited since its opening in 1992, Shuster said.
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I think Art Bell will be using a seance to speak with him tonight to see what he can say now.
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