Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters -- New Mexico -- Roswell
These accounts were related by Mr. Vern Maltais and Ms. Alice Knight,
who were acquainted with the alleged original eyewitness, Mr. Grady
L. Barnett, who is deceased. Unless otherwise noted, the following
statements appeared on footage used to prepare a video, _Recollections
of Roswell Part II_, by The Fund for UFO Research (see Appendix C).
Alice Knight
“_I don’t recall the date_”[119]
“I don’t remember whether it was before my husband and I were married
or after, I don’t recall the date. But he [the eyewitness] saw a UFO
fall ... and he got nearly to the site ... but they got nearly up to
the UFO but it was close enough that you could see some creatures.
He said they didn’t look like human beings out there. And along came
government cars and trucks. I guess it was government. You know it was
a long time ago ... and they told him to go on back and forget that
they ever saw anything, and that’s all I recall.”
Assessment
This brief testimony suggests that the witness did not know the date
of this event. It also appears that the “creatures” were seen from a
distance, as evidenced by the statement, “They got nearly up to the
UFO but it was close enough that you could see some creatures.” The
testimony also seems consistent with a description of anthropomorphic
dummies as the witness stated they “didn’t look like human beings.”
Vern Maltais
“_Their heads were hairless ... no eyebrows, no eyelashes, no
hair_”[120]
This secondhand witness alleged that the eyewitness told him he
observed “beings” from a “flying saucer that had burst open” that were
“about three and a half to four feet tall, very slim ... their heads
were hairless, with no eyebrows, no eyelashes, no hair” with “sort of
a pear-shaped head.” He also related that “the beings were ... not
exactly like human beings ... similar but not exactly.” He described
that the hands of the beings “were not covered” ... and [they] only had
“four fingers.” He also related that the clothing of the beings was
“one-piece and gray in color”.[121] The witness concluded that “As they
[the witnesses] were just starting to look things over really closely,
the military moved in and gave them a briefing to not say anything
about it.”
[Illustration: Fig. 72. “Their heads were hairless ... no
eyebrows, no eyelashes, no hair,” a likely description of Alderson
Laboratories type anthropomorphic dummy. These Alderson dummies, of
the same type used for Projects HIGH DIVE/EXCELSIOR, were used to
test NASA’s APOLLO spacecraft three-man couch at Holloman AFB, N.M.
in 1965. (_U.S. Air Force photo_)]
Assessment
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