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Lewis Rickett

1947-07-08Roswell Incident

MSgt Lewis 'Bill' Rickett, the CIC NCOIC (senior enlisted agent) at Roswell Army Air Field under Sheridan Cavitt. Took part in the July 1947 debris recovery; his later account diverged from Cavitt's on site details such as whether guards were posted.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "roswell". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident" 1994-07-27

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Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"

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CIC agent who took part in recovering the debris

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Cavitt is credited in all claims of having accompanied Major Marcel to the ranch to recover the debris, sometimes along with his Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) subordinate, Lewis Rickett, who, like Marcel, is deceased.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
printed p. 24 · read off the page footer
rendered and read by eye — the grade this project quotes from

Caveat NOTE THE HEDGE, TWICE OVER. The document says "is credited in all claims of" - it is reporting what the literature says, not making the finding - and it says "sometimes" of Rickett's presence. The relation is supported as a report of the claim, not as a finding of fact.
← Sheridan Cavitt names a source we do not hold

CIC detachment head; his and Rickett's later accounts of the recovery diverged on site details (posted guards/MPs)

Kevin Randle, Sheridan Cavitt and the Roswell Crash (2007); NICAP Rodeghier interview of Bill Rickett