Roswell 1947: The Army Said "Flying Saucer", Then Changed Its Story

On 8 July 1947, the U.S. Army announced it had recovered a "flying disc" near Roswell, New Mexico. A day later it called the debris a weather balloon. That was not the end. This file walks through Roswell in order, date by date: the debris in 1947, the witnesses who came forward from 1978, the missing records and the Air Force reports of 1994 to 1997, and the 2002 statement attributed to Walter Haut that appeared in the Pentagon's UFO file release of October 2026. Claims are attributed to the people who made them. Photos from 1947 are archival press and U.S. Air Force images; present-day photos of Roswell and Corona are labelled as such; the 3D globe is a visualization. CHAPTERS 0:00 The headline 1:00 June 1947: the debris 2:15 8 July 1947: flying disc, then weather balloon 3:32 1978 to 1991: the witnesses 4:46 1993 to 1995: missing records and Project Mogul 6:12 1997: Case Closed? 7:36 2002 to 2026: the newest file 8:57 The timeline, stripped down SOURCES - GAO report GAO/NSIAD-95-187 (28 Jul 1995): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187.htm - U.S. Air Force, The Roswell Report: Case Closed (1997), full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63659 - National Archives, The Unwritten Record: The Roswell Reports: https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/?p=3681 - IBTimes UK on the 2002 affidavit in the PURSUE release (28 Oct 2026): https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/roswell-affidavit-alien-bodies-us-defence-files-1828528 - Department of War UFO files: https://www.war.gov/UFO/ - Wikipedia, Roswell incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident - Wikipedia, Walter Haut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Haut IMAGES (Wikimedia Commons; each file at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: + title) Public domain / CC0: "Roswell Daily Record. July 8, 1947. RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region. Top of front page.jpg"; "General Ramey with Roswell Memo.png"; "The Roswell Report - Case Closed.jpg"; "Marcel-roswell-debris 0.jpg"; "Roswell AAF sign - 1946.jpg"; "B-29-509-walker.jpg"; "Roswell International Air Center NM 2006 USGS.jpg"; "Ramey-dubose-debris.jpg"; "The Roswell Report - front.jpg"; "Mogul balloon train USAF 1995.png"; "Mogul height Weaver 1995 USAF.png"; "Mogul corner reflectors USAF 1995.png"; "Beginning the ascent in the Excelsior III gondola.png"; "Roswell Report 1997 McAndrew USAF Gurney.jpg"; "Roswell Report 1997 McAndrew USAF Body Bag.jpg". With attribution: - "Outside Corona (4623026287).jpg", timlewisnm, CC BY-SA 2.0 - "The Pentagon January 2008.jpg", David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL, CC BY-SA 2.0 - "Below the Caprock - panoramio.jpg", Ryan Leon, CC BY-SA 3.0 - "ESO - Milky Way.jpg", ESO/S. Brunier, CC BY 4.0 - "Downtown Roswell.jpg", Graphmaster, CC BY-SA 4.0 - "Roswell Sign 01.jpg", Blurz, CC BY-SA 4.0 - "Roswell Alien Streetlight 4889004723.jpg", CGP Grey, CC BY 2.0 - "US National Archives Building.jpg", David Samuel, User:Hellodavey1902, CC BY-SA 3.0 - "Alien Autopsy - 21 (4470867097).jpg", Jim Trottier from Kenosha, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 - "Roswell (6080173411).jpg", mr_t_77 from WV, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 Music: original score made for this channel. The Enigma Room: real cases that history, science and the police still haven't closed. A new case every day. #Roswell #UFO #UAP