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Roger Ramey

1947-07-08Roswell Incident

Air Force Brigadier General who announced at a Fort Worth press conference that the Roswell debris was a weather balloon, effectively closing the story for decades; a close colleague of Curtis LeMay.

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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"already cited above

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…he July 9 edition of the paper noted that Brigadier General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, s…

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Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"

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announced the weather balloon explanation

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Brigadier General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon examination the debris recovered by Marcel was determined to be a weather balloon.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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Caveat The report is here quoting the Roswell Daily Record of 9 July 1947, not a service record. It is a 1994 government document reporting a 1947 newspaper. That is still a better source than the event citation this link carried, but it is not a primary record of the announcement itself.
→ Jesse Marcel

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his account contradicted Marcel's claim

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The first story reported that ... Major Jesse A. Marcel, had recovered a "flying disc" ... The July 9 edition of the paper noted that Brigadier General Roger Ramey ... stated that upon examination the debris recovered by Marcel was determined to be a weather balloon.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
printed p. 12 · read off the page footer
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← Irving Newton

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summoned to Gen. Ramey's office to identify the wreckage

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He was told that he was to report to General Ramey's office to view the material.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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→ Fort Worth AAF

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led the Eighth Air Force headquartered at Fort Worth AAF, where the debris was displayed and reidentified as a balloon/RAWIN target

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Brigadier General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon examination the debris recovered by Marcel was determined to be a weather balloon.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
printed p. 12 · read off the page footer
rendered and read by eye — the grade this project quotes from
← Curtis LeMay nothing behind it

Air Force colleagues, both tied to 1947 cases
← Gen. John A. Samford nothing behind it

co-presented the 1952 Pentagon press conference on the Washington sightings