Roswell: Kent Jeffrey Concludes No Extraterrestrial Evidence
In June 1997, pilot and Roswell Declaration author Kent Jeffrey publicly announced his conclusion that no credible evidence supports an alien crash in 1947, attributing the debris to Project Mogul balloon experiments.
Background
Background
Kent Jeffrey, a commercial airline pilot and UFO researcher, had previously gained prominence through the Roswell Declaration, a petition requesting government transparency regarding UFO-related information. The declaration collected over 20,000 signatures from citizens demanding disclosure of documents pertaining to the 1947 Roswell incident.
Jeffrey's Reversal
In June 1997, Jeffrey announced a significant shift in his position. After extensive investigation, he concluded that insufficient evidence exists to support claims of an extraterrestrial crash near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Instead, he determined that the recovered debris most likely originated from Project Mogul, a classified U.S. military program involving balloon arrays equipped with acoustic monitoring equipment designed to detect Soviet nuclear tests.
Significance
Jeffrey's public reversal represented a notable moment in Roswell discourse, as a prominent UFO advocate acknowledged the conventional explanation. His findings aligned with conclusions reached by the U.S. Air Force investigation released in July 1994 and the General Accounting Office probe completed in 1995, both of which similarly attributed the debris to Project Mogul rather than extraterrestrial origins.
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