Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters -- New Mexico -- Roswell
Even though the name of the nurse is incorrect, it appears that a nurse
assigned to the Roswell AAF Station Hospital in 1947 may have been the
basis for the claims. Eileen Mae Fanton was the only nurse of the five
assigned to Roswell AAF in July 1947, whose personal circumstances and
physical attributes not only resembled those of the missing nurse, but
appeared to be nearly an exact match.
The “Missing Nurse?”
[Illustration: Fig. 2. Eileen M. Fanton (_U.S. Air Force photo_)]
1st Lt. Eileen M. Fanton was assigned to the Roswell Army Air
Field Station Hospital from December 26, 1946 until September 4,
1947.[46] Fanton, who is deceased, was retired from the U.S. Air
Force at the rank of Captain on April 30, 1955, for a physical
disability.[47]
In this account, the missing nurse is described as single, “real
cute, like a small Audrey Hepburn, with short black hair, dark
eyes and olive skin.”[48] Lieutenant Fanton was single in 1947,
5′1″ tall, weighed 100 pounds, had black hair, dark eyes, and was
of Italian descent.[49] Dennis also stated that the nurse was of
the Catholic faith, and had been “strictly raised” according to
Catholic beliefs.[50] Fanton’s personnel record listed her as Roman
Catholic, a graduate of St. Catherine’s Academy in Springfield,
Ky. and as having received her nursing certification from St. Mary
Elizabeth’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky.[51]
The witness also recalled that the “missing nurse” was a
lieutenant, was a general nurse at the hospital, and had sent him
correspondence at a later date which stated she was in London,
England with a New York, N.Y. APO number (military overseas mailing
address) as the return address.[52] Records revealed that Fanton
was a First Lieutenant (promoted from Second Lieutenant to First
Lieutenant in June 1947), and she was classified as a “nurse,
general duty.”[53] Records also indicated that of the five nurses
assigned to the Roswell AAF Station Hospital in July 1947, she
was the only one that later served a tour of duty in England.
Furthermore, she was assigned to the 7510th USAF Hospital, APO
240, New York, N.Y., where she served from June 1952 until April
1955.[54] The 7510th USAF Hospital was located approximately 45
miles north of London at Wimpole Park, Cambridge, England.
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