Description

Ramey Memo High Resolution Microfiche Scans
High Dynamic Range photography has been used to harness the range of tones present with negatives and in particular the "memo." The products of HDR imaging have been processed into working files in the form of image stacks where the interaction among layers has been influenced variously to:

reduce the visual interference of film grain within the emulsion impinging on the character forms (fonts)
separate out the tones of the paper base from the fonts used in the memo to suppress background interference
isolate and ('lift') tonal values of the fonts away from the background in order to render character forms more clearly.
Resulting files provide a range of image states ranging from low contrast grey tones to contrasty separated tones for interpretive evaluation.

A private individual is offering a $10,000 reward to the first person or group/lab that can provide a definitive read of the Ramey memo.

Link for the Scans and pictures:

https://library.uta.edu/roswell/ramey-memo

Robert Salas after seeing this computer recreation of the letter:

„A couple of facts speak to the validity of this. I think one of the addressees, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg was AAF Chief of Staff in 1947. Also, witnesses have said the main “disk” came to rest some distance from initial wreckage, which gels with ‘new’ wording.“