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  • Walter Haut, spokesman who announced wreckage of flying saucer in Roswell, died at 83

    12/18/2005 2:13:27 PM PST · by lunarbicep · 55 replies · 1,280+ views
    ALBUQUERQUE - The man made famous for issuing a news release that said a flying saucer landed in Roswell has died. Army Lt. Walter Haut, a former spokesman for the Roswell Army Air Field, died Thursday in Roswell, his daughter, Julie Shuster, said. He was 83. Haut 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 July 9, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region." The same day, a statement...