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Volume 12: Number 1: Article 6
Critique of "Roswell — Anatomy of a Myth"
Robert M. Wood, McDonnell Douglas (Ret.), 1727 Candlestick Lane,
Newport Beach, California 92660
Kent Jeffrey, an airline pilot by profession, has focused considerable
energy in the last four years on UFO issues. He was, for instance, the
prime mover in the creation of "The Roswell Declaration," a document
that the leaders of three UFO organizations agreed to, signed and circulated
(CUFOS, 1994; Jeffrey 1994.) This document argues for a release from
security oaths for those who may have been involved in prior Government
UFO activities and secrecy. The Roswell Declaration has been signed
by many persons, including this writer. Jeffrey has continued to be
active, speaking and exploring certain aspects of some of the Roswell
reports. He decided to initiate such innovative things as finding some
retired Air Corps and Air Force witnesses, and hypnotizing one witness,
Dr. Jesse Marcel, Jr., who reportedly handled some of the wreckage as
an 11-year old in the very early morning of July 8, 1947. These two
activities, together with his exposure to some newer Freedom of Information
Act documents, appear to be the principal basis for his preceding report.
After reading Jeffrey's denunciation of Roswell, one must be wondering
how any persons of normal intelligence and psychology could possibily
take the Roswell Incident seriously. The arguments he urges are many,
and must be bewildering and overwhelming to the non-specialist. Luckily,
we can deal with several specific central issues to illustrate how far
he has drifted from logic, and reasonable interpretation of the available
data.
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Critique of ''Roswell-Anatomy of a Myth''
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