reply to post by Jack Jouett
I just watched the 1st volume. It's strange that they would call this 'Roswell Mystery' as it would appear, at least to the Air Force, that the
"mystery" has been solved. It's essentially a propaganda film of low quality, reminded me of the old documentary films from elementary school days.
It uses archival footage which is interesting only because of it's novelty. The film was put out by the Pentagon. I think this volume is an overview.
Much of the archival footage appears to be where the Air Force got the material for the still shots presented in the two books I mentioned in my first
post.
Opening shots talk about UFO interests and shows several books by researchers of the Roswell incident mostly authored by Kevin Randle. A few seconds
from the Fox TV alien autopsy broadcast footage are shown, pics of the Roswell UFO museum, etc. The film goes into why the Roswell Report was put
together, at the behest of Congressman Steven Schiff of New Mexico. Still shots of declassified documents pertaining to Roswell, footage of archive
workers retrieving documents, etc. Goes into the history of military operations in southern New Mexico. Talks about weather balloons and basically
says that the Roswell incident is nothing more than regular classified and unclassified Air Force operations in and around southern New Mexico
witnessed by civilians who did not know what they were actually witnessing because they were unfamiliar with Air Force operations.
It goes into a long history of the high altitude parachute jumps and has a biography of Captain Joseph Kittinger who still holds the record for a high
altitude jump at 102,000 feet.
The film also hints that the Roswell UFO theories are a disservice to dead US Air Force personnel killed in the line of duty around Roswell as several
theories, so the Air Force says, involve misidentification of the dead personnel taken to the Roswell AAF base hospital were the bodies mistaken as
aliens. The Air Force claims the UFO theories somehow scar their memories.
The end of the film has nothing to do with Roswell but is almost a recruiting plug for the Air Force describing it's rich history and listing
legendary air force personnel such as Billy Mitchell, Jimmy Doolittle, etc.
All in all, it really doesn't add much to the discussion that most people don't already know about the US Air Force position on the Roswell incident
but adds another layer of government involvement in the alleged cover up / disinformation / investigation / disclosure - (take your pick) . I found it
interesting only from the viewpoint that it's the US government / US military actually talking about UFOs and aliens and that is rather fascinating
to me regardless of what they are actually presenting. The motives behind creating such a film is what researchers and enthusiasts really seek.
The 'Roswell Mystery v.1' film is 24 minutes 32 seconds long
The film was:
Produced by Secretary of the Air Force Declassification and Review Team (SAF/AAZD);
Written by Capt. James Mcandrews and CMSgt Owen Costello
Edited by Peter Hatzakos
Narrated by Don Hukle
Researched by Capt. James McAndrews
HQ USAF Television Center - II CS/SCUT Pentagon Washington DC. Written by
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