Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters -- New Mexico -- Roswell
Q: Now this wasn’t a gash that could have been caused by the thing
coming in for the ground? It wasn’t at the leading edge of the vehicle?
A: No, no. This was in the side like—it almost appeared it was
elliptical. It almost appeared as if something the same shape as the
disk we were looking at had hit that same—you know, like it hit the
disk and left an imprint that pretty closely approximated the outside
diameter of the disk itself. And it appeared to be caved in looking,
kind of like it hit them like this and it just crumpled and caved in
and ripped it open.
Q: Okay, so you’re there, you take all this in, everybody is mystified.
What were the circumstances outside? Hot, cold?
A: Very, very hot. Incredible to me, being the first time in New Mexico
and coming from back east. I had dry heaves. It was like the inside of
an oven. It was unbelievable to me. You know, the odd part about this
was that the closer you got to it, the cooler it was. And standing
under it in the shade there next to these creatures’ bodies, it was
like refrigerated air conditioning. And...
Q: Did you feel air coming out of this thing?
A: No, it was just like it was (inaudible).
And I remember reaching up and putting my hand on the side of it but I
think I was afraid I was going to hit my head because there was enough
room for me as small child, you know, I was approximately the same size
as these creatures, to walk up under there and stand there but I kind
of did like that, put my hand up against this thing.
Q: What did it feel like?
A: It was ice cold. It felt like it just came out of a freezer.
Q: Was it smooth? Was it rough?
A: It was very smooth. It had a very smooth texture to it. It was
obviously made out of metal. It was very solid and it was very cold,
ice cold.
And there was a smell in the area. It smelled volatile, acrid, like
acetone. And that seemed to be coming out of that gash, that smell. But
the closer you got to this thing, the cooler it was so, you know, I
kind of remained there.
And I guess that while they were over here, my father and my uncle Ted
and my brother. Uncle Ted was trying to talk to this thing in Spanish
and of course it didn’t understand a word he said. And dad tried to
talk to it and then they tried, you know, sign language and that didn’t
work.
And I don’t know, for some reason, I just—I reached down and touched
it, this one that was laying next to me. When I touched it I realized
and I jumped back. It scared me. It startled me because I suddenly
realized that these weren’t dolls. I thought they were plastic dolls.
And I—you know, it was still in my mind that these were dolls until I
touched it and then I realized, you know, this was a dead thing.
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