Lt. Walter Haut was an officer stationed at the Roswell Air Base during the alleged and now infamous UFO crash incident. Haut died last year, and left a sworn affidavit to be opened upon his death. This affidavit has now been opened and made public.

Affidavit

1. My name is Walter Haut.
2. My address is: [-------BLACKED OUT-------]
3. I am retired.
4. In July 1947, I was stationed at the Roswell Army Air base, serving as the base Public Information Officer. At approximately 9:30 AM on July 8, I received a call from Col. William Blanchard, the base commander, who said he had in his possession a flying saucer or parts thereof. He said it came from a ranch northwest of Roswell, and that the base Intelligence Officer, Major Jesse Marcel, was going to fly the material to Fort Worth.
5. Col. Blanchard told me to write a news release about the operation and to deliver it to both newspapers and the two radio stations in Roswell. He felt that he wanted the local media to have the first opportunity to have the story. I went first to KGFL, then to KSWS, then to the *Daily Record* and finally to the *Morning Dispatch*.
6. The next day, I read in the newspaper that General Roger Ramey in Fort Worth has said the object was a weather balloon.
7. I believe Col. Blanchard saw the material, because he sounded positive about what the material was. There is no chance that he would have mistaken it for a weather balloon. Neither is there any chance that Major Marcel would have been mistaken.
8. In 1980, Jesse Marcel told me that the material photographed in Gen. Ramey's office was not the material he had recovered.
9. I am convinced that the material recovered was some type of craft from outer space.
10. I have not been paid nor given anything of value to make this statement, and it is the truth to the best of my recollection.

/s/ Walter G. Haut
Signature witnessed by: 5-14-93 Max Littell. /s/ (Date)

Haut also says he not only saw the craft, but also the alien bodies. Let the speculation begin. More info over at RoswellFiles.com.