The press release was retracted the next day, and a press conference was held in which it was revealed that the object was a rawin sonde, a device used to calibrate radar. 30 years later, AF intelligence officer Major Jessie Marcel, who had been one of the officers that investigated the crash site, claimed that the object was not of this earth and that the press conference was a sham. ...

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