But back to the spread of the initial information from the military. Lieutenant Walter Haut
was the public relations officer at Roswell base and it was he happened to talk to the press the discovery of the disc steering wheel. But who really put forth the relationship and how Haut announced to the media? It was a written notice in person or over the phone? The question is not of secondary importance as we shall see later. Roswell
then had two newspapers, the Roswell Daily Record , who had evening newspapers, the morning newspaper Roswell Morning Dispatch and two local radio stations, the KGFL and KSWS .
Walter Haut during an interview with the researchers Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt in April 1989 declared that between 11 am and 12 noon (Roswell) on 8 July 1947 he went to a press release on the news of the recovery of a flying saucer from the 509th first in the offices of radio KGFL , then went to the KSWS , later joined the newspaper Roswell Daily Record and finally delivered a copy to Roswell Morning Dispatch. After completing the tour went home. In a video interview Haut states that the order to prepare the press release he was given by the then Colonel William Blanchard commander of the 509th, who then became a four-star general. The following is the transcript of the statements in Haut video: received a call from Colonel Blanchard, which gave me not just words but the salient points of the discovery of the flying saucer, that probably were possession of some parts of the hull, who had gone to see and what would be done. I wrote the press release on the basis of what I had said Blanchard the phone.
Johannes von Buttlar, researcher Germany, July 5, 1995 interview Walter Haut, which adds some details about how the statement was written: Haut was called by the master in his office around 9 am. Blanchard told him - and handed him a text already drafted before - on the future discovery of the disc. I returned to my office continued Haut redassi the press and word for word by inserting different words used by Blanchard, who was thus particularly anxious that. Around 11 I went on the radio KGFL KGWS and finally to local newspapers and Roswell Daily Record Roswell Morning Dispatch .
Chicago, June 2, 1922 - † Roswell, December 15, 2005
Researchers skeptical that those who reject the hypothesis that near Roswell may have crashed alien spaceship, they tend to refute the scenario recently proposed by the statements made by investigators Haut Randle and Schmitt and statements in the same video Haut. The German researcher Uli Thieme for example in his book 50 Jahre Ein Roswell UFO Mythos stürzt ab puts into question that Walter Haut has gone in person at the two stations and two radio newspapers with a press release - that is, with a script - endorsed by the commander William Blanchard.
fact Thieme quotes first communication by telex between United Press Denver, Colorado and Santa Fe, New Mexico: Denver notify the agency of 15:17 hours to Roswell to Santa Fe that there is no text but only an oral communication. Uli always Thieme cites an affidavit dated 13 September 1993 George Walsh, director of radio programming KSWS which confirms the above agencies: received a phone call around noon from Walter Haut ... It was his custom to tell the news by telephone. He read the statement and I wrote down everything .
Karl T. Pflock, skeptical vein belonging to another researcher interviewed Walter Haut in relation to the now famous press releases: Haut claimed to be relatively safe to have them physically delivered to the media. Unfortunately they were never found copies of press. In the book of
Karl T. Plock Roswell in Perspective is also mentioned Arthur R. McQuiddy former editor of the newspaper Roswell Morning Dispatch , who said initially that Walter Haut brought him personally dispatch. In a second time, more McQuiddy would tell Pflock: you may have received such a publication but not sure .
Frank Joyce, a reporter of radio station KGFL argue that Haut went in his studies and gave a copy of the press, going immediately. telephoned him at the base and said it would be better that the news that you are in possession of a flying saucer or a plate wheel was not published. He answers me: no it's all right, I have the OK of the master (Blanchard).
On May 14, 1993 Walter Haut made a sworn statement (Affidavit) supporting the following: the July 8, 1947 at 9:30 am, I received a call from the base commander William Blanchard, who told me to have a flying saucer or parts thereof in its possession which Major Jesse Marcel fly to Fort Worth with the material. He told me also to prepare a press release to local media, who were entitled to be informed as early ........ It is impossible that the Blanchard has mistaken for a weather balloon.
I believe the commander saw the material, as He seemed very sure about the origin of 'object.