Occams Razor.
The government has said the debris was part of a balloon that was being used to test detection technology. It was made of radar deflecting metal. That sounds more plausible than a flying saucer.
Then years later, the government said that bodies seen were test dummies parachuted from planes. Why change the story if the original was true?
The government has said the debris was part of a balloon that was being used to test detection technology. It was made of radar deflecting metal. That sounds more plausible than a flying saucer.
Either that or they were testing pilot escape systems for supersonic aircraft. I say this because:
1. Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 in an experimental rocket plane (so no operational supersonic jets yet existed, but they were in development).
2. The reports mention "crash victims". Parachute dummy?
3. Air Force reports a downed high altitude balloon. Platform for testing the ejection/survival gear, since few high altitude aircraft would have been available, and in any case a balloon is cheaper.
4. The whole supersonic aircraft program, including Yeagers flight, was classified, and so the newly created USAF decides to admit to only bits 'n pieces and allow the public to fill-in the blanks.
BTW, if Bill Richardson wants to flack for the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, he should resign as governor and apply for the job.
Now Appy,
in that same Govgt report, the govt also claimed that the so called ET's were really dummies used with the experiment.
But the fact has been proven that those dummies were not at all used until about 5 years later!
The government lied.
Big surprise.