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Searching For The Truth 7 7 Searching For The Truth Searching for the Truth while the Aztec craft appeared to make a forced various locations within the city of Aztec and Searching for the Truth crash east of Aztec in Hart Canyon with slight again this past March a sold-out crowd was (Always Telling the Truth damage, and measured about 99 feet in present. Not a bad problem to have. (Always Telling the Truth Means Never Having to Means Never Having to diameter. Roswell's craft supposedly had 3-5 Be on the lookout for a new book by Remember Anything) Remember Anything) bodies, while Aztec's had 13. Both crafts are Scott Ramsey shortly that will be the most believed to have been recovered by the military comprehensive account of the Aztec crash to with Roswell using the 509th bomb wing from date. Doing research on the Aztec crash, Scott the Roswell Army Airfield, and the Aztec crash has traveled to 31 states, interviewed over 73 being recovered by a military unit from first and second-hand witnesses, and archived Colorado. over 3476 Atomic Energy Commission, United in his book "Behind the Flying Saucers" States Air Force, F.B.I. and C.I.A. documents. published around 1950. In 1986 William He has also uncovered three secret radar bases, Steinman and Wendell Stevens published "The with possible connections to the Aztec crash. UFO Crash at Aztec". Similar to the The Aztec crash like the Roswell crash descriptions of the "metal" in the Roswell craft, back in the late 1940's are both cases that will the Aztec craft "metal" could also not be burned, require further research to finally determine the cut or damaged when attempted. Neither craft truth, since we obviously have not been given showed any signs of rivets, bolts, screws or that truth for over 60 years. signs of welding. After 60 years no physical traces have been discovered at the Roswell ABOUT DENNIS BALTHASER By Dennis Balthaser By Dennis Balthaser crash site yet, while the Aztec site has a road leading to the site that wasn't shown on older As a young man, Dennis Balthaser maps, and a small concrete slab exists that could Much has been written about the have possibly been used as a support for a crane would look into the night sky and wonder at the Roswell Incident of July, 1947 over the past 60 outrigger. It has been established that the secrets it held. Some years later Dennis bought years, and while some researchers have written concrete slab is not a well cap and no other a book about UFOs and his wonder turned to it off as a crashed balloon with crash test reason for its existence at the crash site exists. investigation. Today he has a library with over dummies, some of us continue to look for other Although I had read both of the books 90 books in reference to ufology. explanations of what really happened, not mentioned, I too didn't put much confidence in Dennis served 3 years ('59-62) with the believing the four excuses given by the military the account of the Aztec crash for several years, United States Army in the 815th Engineering during those 60 years. New witnesses and until the Friends of the Aztec Public Library Battalion. information continues to be found about the decided to conduct an annual symposium After some 33 years in Civil Incident and that appears to be worth starting in 1997 to celebrate the 1948 crash, and Engineering, Dennis retired from the Texas investigating, to determine what actually to help generate interest in obtaining a new Department of Transportation in 1996. Having happened. library for Aztec. (That goal was accomplished been keenly interested in the Roswell Incident The annual celebration of the Roswell a few years ago with the dedication of a new of 1947, Dennis decided to move to Roswell, Incident each July since 1995 has attracted state-of-the art library in Aztec.) There are not New Mexico, to pursue his avocation: Ufology. many visitors to this southeast New Mexico enough words to be said about the many Initially Dennis worked as an town generating revenue for the city of Roswell, volunteers who have diligently worked at Engineering Consultant in Roswell, and exposing the incident to the world with the accomplishing this over the years, for the volunteering his time at the International UFO media coverage it has received. Many however, benefit of the library and the city of Aztec, not Museum and Research Center on weekends. view the annual Roswell event as a carnival to mention the UFO enthusiasts who attend each Nine months later he resigned from the rather than as a serious study of what happened year. A few of the volunteers that have been engineering firm, assuming the duties of here 60 years ago, even though some well actively involved all these years include, Scott IUFOMRC Operations Manager, served on the known researchers are usually present each year and Suzanne Ramsey, Katee McClure, Donna Board of Directors and became the UFO to share their research. When the city of Chadwick, Randy and Suzanne Barnes, to Investigator for the Museum, as a full time Roswell took over the annual event last year, the mention only a few. volunteer. attendance figures once again increased I was involved with the Roswell Festival Due to his love of ufology, his compared to the previous few years when the as a speaker on several occasions during the dedication and his exhaustive work, Dennis is UFO Museum was in charge of the Festival. past 11 years, but consider myself extremely regarded as a leading investigator and ufologist It was the city's desire to make the fortunate to have been involved with Aztec's by his peers, communicating regularly with annual celebration a family event. The UFO symposium every year for the past 11 years as a such well known researchers as Stanton Museum and city were not been able to work speaker or Master of Ceremonies. The annual Friedman, Donald R. Schmitt, Wendy together, thus 2 separate events were held Aztec symposium had a few speakers during the Connors, and others in their quests to find the during last years Festival, and it appears that it early years that were less than credible, and they truth. will be the same again this year for the have decided to be more cautious about who is Currently, in that Dennis is no longer upcoming July 2008 Roswell Festival. invited to speak at the annual event, thus affiliated with the Museum, he is able to devote On the opposite end of the state near providing a symposium for those interested in his full time as an independent Farmington, New Mexico in the four-corners serious UFO research, without any of the researcher/investigator to the Roswell Incident, region of the state, another crash supposedly carnival or "woo-woo"atmosphere. Area 51 and underground bases research, and happened only 10 months after the Roswell The recently held Aztec Symposium in frequently lectures on these and other topics, Incident in March 1948, known as the Aztec March 2008 was a good example of the type related to ufology. Crash. The Aztec crash has also been riddled researchers Aztec is attracting, and the Dennis is a Certified Mutual UFO with skepticism and beliefs of it being a hoax, increased crowd attendance verified the Network Field Investigator, a member of Great however in recent years much more information importance and interest of those attending. As Pyramid of Giza Research Association, and has come forward primarily through the emcee this year I had the honor of introducing; belongs to several ufology organizations. research of Scott and Suzanne Ramsey, Stanton Friedman, Mike Forston, Duane requiring a much closer look at that event. Other Tudahl, Ron Storch, Timothy Good, Ted Dennis G. Balthaser than the fact that both crashes occurred in New Phillips, Scott and Suzanne Ramsey, and Dr. Website: www.truthseekeratroswell.com Mexico within 10 months of each other, there Jesse Marcel, Jr. Email: truthskr@roswell.net are many differences in the two events. The One problem that the Aztec symposium All photo credits: Dennis Balthaser Roswell craft was discovered in many small is encountering is the fact that a facility is pieces scattered over the Foster Ranch, and was needed to accommodate the ever-increasing estimated to be about 30-40 feet in diameter, crowds. The annual symposium has been held in To see the Story Photos, please go to Page 9