( Con'td. CUFOS Timeline, unless otherwise noted.)
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   Warrant Officer Irving Newton is ordered from the weather office at
Ft. Worth to Gen. Ramey's office. Newton, in front of a small number of
reporters & officers, identifies the wreckage on the floor as a weather
balloon. ( Marcel is present, but not allowed to speak.). Newton is
photographed & sent back to his regular duties. ( Randle & Schmitt,
1991, 1994.)
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 6:17 PM. The FBI sends a teletype message to Director Hoover, telling
him a balloon is responsible for the reports.
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 7:30 PM. The AP breaks into its last message with a bulletein telling
the world that the Roswell flying disc is nothing more than a balloon.
( Randle & Schmitt, 1994. p. 168 )
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  Gen. Ramey announces to the world that the officers at Roswell have
been fooled by a weather balloon. The general also appears on Ft
worth-Dallas radio station WBAP. ( Ibid.)
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  An unscheduled flight arrives at Roswell from Bolling Field (
Washington, DC.). Lewis Rickett meets it and gives the crew a sealed
box with samples of the wreckage in it. Rickett must get a signature
before he can surrender the package. ( Ibid.)
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  Wednesday, July 9, 1947.
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  Morning Newspapers inform the world of the identification of the
Roswell object as a weather balloon.
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   Clean-up at the various sites resumes at sunrise. The military is
trying to get everything picked up before more civilians stumble onto
the field. ( Ibid, p. 169.)
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   8:00 AM Members of the First Air Transport Unit begin loading crates
into C-54s. They load 3 or 4 aircraft with an intermediate destination
of Kirtland. From there, some are taken to Los Alamos. Armed guards are
present at the aircraft loading. ( Ibid.)
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   Jud Roberts & Walt Whitmore, Sr. attempt to drive out to the debris
field but run into the cordon & are turned back. ( Ibid.)
  To Continue.
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