Roger Ramey
Identified the recovered material as a weather balloon with a radar reflector and displayed it to press photographers at Fort Worth.
On July 8–9, 1947, as commander of the Eighth Air Force, identified the material flown in from Roswell as a weather balloon carrying a radar-tracking reflector and displayed the debris for press photographers in his Fort Worth office — the statement that withdrew the previous day's "flying disc" announcement.
- Role
- Brigadier General, commander, Eighth Air Force
- Institution
- U.S. Army Air Forces
- Country
- United States
- Knowledge
- Second-hand / official
- Exposure
- Career military; official statements to press, 1947
- Claims
- 0