Roswell; Worthy of Risking All The Evidence?
David P Kuhlman
October 20, 2009
For years now many people that regularly research and dabble in the mysteries involving UFOs and possible alien contact with humans have been vividly focused mainly on a single event that some say started it all, the Roswell Incident of July 1947. Proclaimed ufologist as well as weekend thrill seekers interested in the subject of extraterrestrials all seem to have their own opinions about this legendary event. More times than not UFO researchers and enthusiast all end up commenting on Roswell no matter what their lecture begins with. It seems Roswell is the "Holy Grail" of ufology, as many now claim.
The study of possible extraterrestrials in our universe and having allegedly already visited our planet has a broad spectrum of information indeed. The uncovering and extraction of the pertinent information regarding this issue out of all of the manufactured information and reported lies is indeed a painstaking project in its own right. Since the July 1947 alleged crash of an alien craft in Roswell, New Mexico there have been numerous stories told. We have in fact been able to uncover legitimate and solid evidence through much research and interviews of some of the actual witnesses of the event, but to date we still do not have the complete truth.
We as intelligent humans are able to sort through the evident lies and misinformation to a degree, but it still leaves us with many unanswered questions that we are so desperately seeking. No matter the outlook regarding the UFO phenomenon, the topics covered, or the willingness or unwillingness to take part in its research, it seems when Roswell surfaces everyone wants to put in their two cents worth, believers and skeptics alike. The debate usually ends in a spit flying fiasco, every ones face is red, and the original topics surrounding legitimate UFO discussions are destroyed and no positive ground is gained. This type of serious debate, where everyone loses their cool and acts like a child does when his prized toy is taken away, must be put to rest. Why do we go to these kind of extremes over an incident that yes, may possibly hold water for the validity of an extraterrestrial presence for serious UFO researchers such as myself, but by the same token could possibly be totally unrelated in any way with extraterrestrials? The Roswell Incident has become, in my opinion, a huge stumbling block for ufology itself, and how we have become accustomed to think of Roswell as being the greatest single incident for the absolute proof of the validity of extraterrestrials could turn out to be the front-runner for total decimation and a total disregard of all the other hard and valid evidence we do have regarding the true nature of UFOs if we continue to allow Roswell to be the backbone of ufology itself. Lets look at the facts, until Roswell is proven exactly and without a shadow of a doubt to be related to an extraterrestrial presence we stand to discredit or tarnish all of our progressive research regarding UFOs as a whole if we allow Roswell to continues to be our "Holy Grail" and the forefront of alien proof, if in fact it is proven otherwise.
If so much stock wasnīt put in the Roswell event of 1947, then I feel that if it did turn out to be unrelated to an alien presence we would be able to say o.k. and move on to the next area of research within the field without consequence. We could accept that this event proved to be other than what we had originally thought in the early stages of research and would also be without the risk of a major setback in our past or future research. The point is we need to continue to focus on UFOs and all that this phenomenon involves over a broad spectrum and not use one particular event as our sole source or "role model" for information and the basis for all of our research. If in fact Roswell turned out to be of terrestrial origin all of the past and present critics and skeptics would sound in accord, "Told You So", and since this event was our major playing card overshadowing all of our other "smaller cases" so to speak, they would certainly be dismissed as well. It would be a devastating blow from the standpoint of ufology in that people are really not going to believe or assist in the research of such UFO related cases in the future. We all know how difficult it is now to even mention this phenomenon to certain groups or individuals. I have read many books pertaining to Roswell and the events that transpired in 1947. I have read and listened to countless recorded and written transcripts from witnesses and family members of witnesses, I feel most are credible and I have no reason to believe otherwise. I do however feel that some parts of the Roswell Crash Story has possibly been misconstrued over time, something that is nearly impossible to avoid. I also know that the incident itself has been investigated with a fine tooth comb. Researchers and ufologist such as Stanton T. Friedman, Dennis Balthaser, William L. Moore, Thomas Carey, Donald Schmitt, and Charles Berlitz have done amazing work regarding the overall collection of the evidence related to this now famous case. I commend each of them for their painstaking work in bringing out some of the truth to all of us regarding the issues of this monumental event. I hope as well that continued investigative work continues for the search for the evidence regarding all aspects of the validity of this case.
It has been sixty-two years; over six decades since the first reports were made that a rancher had found a strange debris field of unknown materials on the ground located at the ranch in which he worked. Soon it was released in the Roswell News Paper that what had been recovered by the RAAF was in fact a Flying Disk. Since that time there have been stories told, stories to cover other stories told, down right lies, hoaxes, misconstrued reports, forgotten dates and times, threats made, books written, movies made, interviews conducted, extensive researches done, and military cover-ups. It is evident that the real truth whatever it may be has been engulfed in a sea of politics and propaganda, we must continue to search for these truths that lie somewhere near what seems to be oblivion, but we must not allow The Roswell Incident to continue to be our "container" in which we place all of our knowledge and basisīs regarding ufology as a whole. For that container is lined with multitudes of impurities and the smell of a possible rat or two, and it is not the type of container you would want to place anything of great value that might get tainted or tarnished. The Roswell Incident may one day just simply prove not to hold water, and with that we will simply have nothing at all to contain the other evidence impure or not.
The study of possible extraterrestrials in our universe and having allegedly already visited our planet has a broad spectrum of information indeed. The uncovering and extraction of the pertinent information regarding this issue out of all of the manufactured information and reported lies is indeed a painstaking project in its own right. Since the July 1947 alleged crash of an alien craft in Roswell, New Mexico there have been numerous stories told. We have in fact been able to uncover legitimate and solid evidence through much research and interviews of some of the actual witnesses of the event, but to date we still do not have the complete truth.
We as intelligent humans are able to sort through the evident lies and misinformation to a degree, but it still leaves us with many unanswered questions that we are so desperately seeking. No matter the outlook regarding the UFO phenomenon, the topics covered, or the willingness or unwillingness to take part in its research, it seems when Roswell surfaces everyone wants to put in their two cents worth, believers and skeptics alike. The debate usually ends in a spit flying fiasco, every ones face is red, and the original topics surrounding legitimate UFO discussions are destroyed and no positive ground is gained. This type of serious debate, where everyone loses their cool and acts like a child does when his prized toy is taken away, must be put to rest. Why do we go to these kind of extremes over an incident that yes, may possibly hold water for the validity of an extraterrestrial presence for serious UFO researchers such as myself, but by the same token could possibly be totally unrelated in any way with extraterrestrials? The Roswell Incident has become, in my opinion, a huge stumbling block for ufology itself, and how we have become accustomed to think of Roswell as being the greatest single incident for the absolute proof of the validity of extraterrestrials could turn out to be the front-runner for total decimation and a total disregard of all the other hard and valid evidence we do have regarding the true nature of UFOs if we continue to allow Roswell to be the backbone of ufology itself. Lets look at the facts, until Roswell is proven exactly and without a shadow of a doubt to be related to an extraterrestrial presence we stand to discredit or tarnish all of our progressive research regarding UFOs as a whole if we allow Roswell to continues to be our "Holy Grail" and the forefront of alien proof, if in fact it is proven otherwise.
If so much stock wasnīt put in the Roswell event of 1947, then I feel that if it did turn out to be unrelated to an alien presence we would be able to say o.k. and move on to the next area of research within the field without consequence. We could accept that this event proved to be other than what we had originally thought in the early stages of research and would also be without the risk of a major setback in our past or future research. The point is we need to continue to focus on UFOs and all that this phenomenon involves over a broad spectrum and not use one particular event as our sole source or "role model" for information and the basis for all of our research. If in fact Roswell turned out to be of terrestrial origin all of the past and present critics and skeptics would sound in accord, "Told You So", and since this event was our major playing card overshadowing all of our other "smaller cases" so to speak, they would certainly be dismissed as well. It would be a devastating blow from the standpoint of ufology in that people are really not going to believe or assist in the research of such UFO related cases in the future. We all know how difficult it is now to even mention this phenomenon to certain groups or individuals. I have read many books pertaining to Roswell and the events that transpired in 1947. I have read and listened to countless recorded and written transcripts from witnesses and family members of witnesses, I feel most are credible and I have no reason to believe otherwise. I do however feel that some parts of the Roswell Crash Story has possibly been misconstrued over time, something that is nearly impossible to avoid. I also know that the incident itself has been investigated with a fine tooth comb. Researchers and ufologist such as Stanton T. Friedman, Dennis Balthaser, William L. Moore, Thomas Carey, Donald Schmitt, and Charles Berlitz have done amazing work regarding the overall collection of the evidence related to this now famous case. I commend each of them for their painstaking work in bringing out some of the truth to all of us regarding the issues of this monumental event. I hope as well that continued investigative work continues for the search for the evidence regarding all aspects of the validity of this case.
It has been sixty-two years; over six decades since the first reports were made that a rancher had found a strange debris field of unknown materials on the ground located at the ranch in which he worked. Soon it was released in the Roswell News Paper that what had been recovered by the RAAF was in fact a Flying Disk. Since that time there have been stories told, stories to cover other stories told, down right lies, hoaxes, misconstrued reports, forgotten dates and times, threats made, books written, movies made, interviews conducted, extensive researches done, and military cover-ups. It is evident that the real truth whatever it may be has been engulfed in a sea of politics and propaganda, we must continue to search for these truths that lie somewhere near what seems to be oblivion, but we must not allow The Roswell Incident to continue to be our "container" in which we place all of our knowledge and basisīs regarding ufology as a whole. For that container is lined with multitudes of impurities and the smell of a possible rat or two, and it is not the type of container you would want to place anything of great value that might get tainted or tarnished. The Roswell Incident may one day just simply prove not to hold water, and with that we will simply have nothing at all to contain the other evidence impure or not.
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