no hair,” with “hands that were not covered” and “had only four fingers,”
is a likely description of an Alderson Research Laboratories model
anthropomorphic dummy. The head of the Alder-son dummy was “bald”
and the area of the eyebrows protruded but had no “hair” (see figure 72).
Also, a distinguishing feature of the Alderson dummy, unlike the Sierra
dummy, was that it had individual fingers not covered by gloves that were
often damaged during the tests resulting in the loss of fingers (see figures
35,13,75).
Due to the secondhand nature of these accounts, even UFO
theorists were not convinced that this “incident” actually occurred.
Corroborating testimony of a firsthand witness was necessary to verify
these claims. The firsthand testimony is examined next.
The Firsthand Account
This testimony became part of the Roswell Incident in 1990
following an episode of the television program Unsolved My.~ten’es.‘*~
Following a dramatized re-creation on the program, persons with information
concerning this event were encouraged to call a special toll free telephone
number.
From the outset, some UFO theorists were skeptical of this
testimony due to the amount of detail provided from the witness who
was only five years old in 1947. In fact, UFO organizations sponsored a
conference in February 1992 to evaluate the testimony for authenticity.“’
The witness was asked to take a polygraph examination, which he passed.rz4
Many UFO enthusiasts remained skeptical of the claims and denounced this
testimony as “no more than a fabrication.“‘25
Unless otherwise noted, two sources of testimony attributed to the
witness have been used in this examination; interviews used to prepare the
video Recollections ofRoswell Parr II by the Fund for UFO Research (see
Appendix C) and Crush at Corona by Don Berliner and Stanton Friedman
(passagesfrom this book were used only when exact quotations of the
witness were indicated).
Gerald Anderson
Anderson related that as a five-year-old boy on an outing with his
family in west central New Mexico, they stumbled upon the crash of
some type of aerial vehicle. t2’ When he first saw the craft he thought
it was a “blimp.“t2” According to Anderson he “didn’t really get very
close,“‘2’ but thought he saw four bandaged crewmembers and at first
he “thought they were plastic dolls.“‘3” He also described attempts by
persons in his party to communicate with one of the “crewmembers.“‘3’
Soon after, other civilians arrived (some wearing pith helmets) followed
by military personnel in an assortment of vehicles and aircraft
commanded by a “redheaded captain.“ri2 The military personnel, after
“screaming and hollering” at the civilians “this is a military secret,”
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