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Brig. Gen. Donald N. Yates, Chief, Air Weather Service, 1947, and later, Deputy Director of Defense for Research and Engineering. Crashed saucer theorists contend Yates participated in a conspiracy by confirming the weather balloon explanation for the mysterious debris. They also contend that the debris recovered by the rancher was transported to Andrews AAF, MD (near Washington, DC), to be examined by high government officials including the President. In reality, Andrews AAF was the home of the Army Air Forces Air Weather Service and would be a probable location for debris, which contained components of weather equipment, to be identified. U.S. Air Force Photo.