Tom Carey

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Tom Carey
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TypePerson
Also known asCarey
On the Timeline3 events, 1947–1999

Tom Carey is an American researcher who has spent decades studying the 1947 Roswell incident. He began working on the case in the early 1990s and has interviewed hundreds of people with links to the events, including family members of former Roswell Army Air Field personnel.

Books

Walter Haut: 1st Lt. Walter G. Haut in 1947
Walter Haut: 1st Lt. Walter G. Haut in 1947 Photo: US Govt (Roswell Army Air Field staff) · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

With Don Schmitt he wrote Witness to Roswell (2007), which published the sealed affidavit of former press officer Walter Haut claiming he had seen a craft and bodies, and Inside the Real Area 51 (2013). They also co-wrote UFO Secrets – Inside Wright-Patterson (2019).

Controversy

Skyline of Roswell, New Mexico, looking south along Main St
Skyline of Roswell, New Mexico, looking south along Main St Photo: Vasiliymeshko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

In 2015 Carey and Schmitt were involved in promoting the "Roswell Slides", photographs said to show an alien, which were shown to depict a mummified child. Carey continues to argue that the Roswell debris and bodies were not of this world.

On the UAP Timeline

Roswell incident: Roswell Daily Record . July 8, 1947. Top of front page. Article titled: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region". The flying saucer…
Roswell incident: Roswell Daily Record . July 8, 1947. Top of front page. Article titled: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region". The flying saucer… Photo: Roswell Daily Record. · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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