The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert

USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by OCR, confidence 99%

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Col. William H. Blanchard, Commander 509th Bomb Group, 1947, and later, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, 1965-1966. As commander of Roswell Army Airfield and the 509th Bomb Group, Blanchard is alleged to have secretly directed the recovery of a flying saucer while pretending to be on leave. Records indicate that Blanchard was on leave, departing Roswell on July 8 and returning on July 23, 1947 (see Atch 11). U.S. Air Force Photo.

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