Chase Brandon's Roswell box
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Contents 7
| Date | 8 July 2012 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic) |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 176 |
| Year | 2012 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2012 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
In July 2012 Chase Brandon, a retired CIA officer who had served as the agency's liaison to the entertainment industry, said that he had once seen a box labelled "Roswell" in a restricted CIA collection containing documents and photographs that convinced him the 1947 crash involved an alien craft and bodies. The claim is unverified.[1][2]
Brandon
Brandon said he worked for the CIA for 35 years, until 2006, including in the clandestine service, and that from 1996 he was the agency's first liaison to Hollywood, influencing how the CIA was portrayed. He claimed consulting credits on spy films including The Recruit (2003). Former CIA director Robert Gates said he knew Brandon as a martial-arts instructor at the agency and respected him.[1]
The claim
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In an interview with Lee Speigel of the Huffington Post published on 8 July 2012, Brandon said he had found the box in the "Historical Intelligence Collection", a restricted room at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and that what he saw made him think, "My God, it was true." He declined to describe the contents in detail, saying he would never say more. He made the claim while promoting his espionage and science-fiction novel The Cryptos Conundrum, which features contact with extraterrestrials.[1][2]
Reception
The claim drew attention because of Brandon's CIA career, but critics noted that he was promoting a novel and produced no documents. Gates said he had never heard the claim and had never found evidence of a recovered craft or bodies. The CIA did not comment, Brandon's planned second book did not appear, and his account remains unverified.[1][3]
People and topics
- Central Intelligence Agency — The U.S. foreign intelligence agency, which has followed UFO reports since the 1940s.
- Roswell — The New Mexico town at the center of the 1947 crash story.
- Coast to Coast AM — The late-night radio show known for paranormal topics.
- Roswell incident — The July 1947 recovery of debris near Roswell, New Mexico, announced as a "flying disc" and then explained as a weather balloon.
On the Timeline
- Daniel Brad MacBolen III (8 July 2012) — A man claiming to be a former Air Force sergeant describes 'jump room' technology.
- Fergus County sheriff's log sightings (2012) (19 September 2012) — A sheriff's log records a report of two silent V-shaped UAP near a Montana missile site.
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References
- Patrick Gross, "Chase Brandon", Roswell witness page, UFOs at close sight · ufologie.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- "Ex-CIA agent: it was a UFO at Roswell", Newser (Jul 2012) · amp.newser.com · archived copy
- Roswell incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- huffpost.com · huffpost.com · archived copy
- not-devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com · not-devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Roswell incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- UFOs and the Air Force: records — National Archives · archives.gov · archived copy
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · archived copy
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