The Roswell Report: Case Closed

was injured and Kaufman and I raised the gondola. Fulgham had heen struck in the head
bx the edge ofthe gondola and I could see the blood rapidly accumuIating under his scalp
in the forehead area. \Ve treated him for shock and soon the recovery vehicles and the
ehaschelicopter arrived. I dwided to transport Fulgham hy hcUcopter to the hospital at
nearby Stalker .%FB.
\J,.henvve arrived at \VaIker I remember that security was tight. as it was at all Strategic Air
Command bases.and we were closely swutinized hy seeuritv personnel due to the unusual
eireumstancesand early hour of our arrival, I had two coneems once we arrived at the
hospital. tirst to get treatment for Fulgham and second to leave as soon as Possible. .Uitx I
was assuredthat Fulgham’s injuries vvem not setious I wanted to quieklv leave the base
before the W’alker XI3 Flying Safev OtIicer arrived to fill out an accident report. I didn’t
want a report tiled becausean a&dent investigation would bring unwanted serutinv to the
project. Even though the project was un&ssiIied I did not want any pubUciR or
Premature releasesof- information.
.klthough Fulgham’s injuries were not serious. his head had swollen considerably-- twth
eyes wrc black and his face had swollen so much you eouid barely see his nose. I believe
that if someone savvyhim while we were at !Valker they would have been starned. V+.henhis
treatment vvascompleted vvc all three returned to IIoUoman on the helicopter. ;\t
I~IoUoman.Fulgham was admitted to the hospital and I made preparations for bin to return
to his duty station at Wtight-Pattetson APB. flue to his grotesque appearance.I did not
want Fulgham to 11~on a commercial airline. I made arrangements for all of us lo tly lo
\Vright-Patterson on a C-1 3 I a fe~v days later. NIten we atrived at Q-right-Patterson. I
assistedFulgham down the steps of the aimraft becausehis eweswere swollen shut and he
could not see. His wite was waiting at the bottom of the steps ot. the aimraft and she asked
me where her husband vvas. I replied Wis is your hushand and she wearned and began
IO cly.
\!hiIe I was at the \4ralker AFB hospital. I do not recall any Gontactwith a male civilian. I
certainly did not call anyone an 3M3’~ or speak to anyone in a disrespccttul manner. I did
not make am threats or instruct anyone else to make threats. I recall nurses in the hospital
but I am not certain if they participated in the treatment of Capt Fulgham. I was not
accompanied hv a black YCO at the hospital, but there may have been a black XC0 on the
balloon recovery team, I recall no body hags in the hospital and I am sure there were no
aliens” at the hospital. just Dan l%tlgham with a vep odd looking head inju~.
I was also involved in the joint Air Force%Xavy, and TvfassachusettsInstitute o~~‘l’e&twlo~
astronomical obsewation projeei. Project Stargazer. The ob.jeetof this pro.ject vvasto
make obsetwtions via a stabilized telescope mounted atop ot-a gondola suspended from a
high altitude baUoon. I was the I.T.4F project ofhcer and Dr J. .XUenHynek was the
scientific advisor. I worked very eloselv with Dr IQnek over a petiod of five years from
1958 to 1963. ET Hvnek vvouid tyicaUy spend a half day working on Stargazer and then
the rest of the day participating as one of the eons&ants on the I.TO study. Project
Bluebook. that was also conducted at LVright-Patterson AI%. Dr Hvnck. as the s&ttitie
advisor to Stargaxr. wts vety familiar with the techniques and capabiiities of the ;ti Force
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