Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Exon

This document serves as a compilation of statements and interviews regarding Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Exon and his claims concerning the 1947 Roswell UFO incident. Exon, a high-ranking military officer, asserted that the Roswell crash involved an extraterrestrial spacecraft and the recovery of alien bodies. According to Exon, the incident was known to be an alien spacecraft by the White House and military leadership within 24 hours of its discovery. He described the debris as having unusual physical properties, noting it was flexible yet strong and could not be easily dented or ripped. Exon claimed that the material was transported to Wright-Patterson AFB for testing in material evaluation labs. He further alleged that a top-secret oversight committee, which he referred to as 'The Unholy Thirteen,' was established to manage the data, control access to the wreckage, and exploit the technology. Exon identified several high-ranking government and military officials as members of this committee, including President Truman, Secretary of War James Forrestal, and General Carl Spaatz. Exon maintained that the official 'weather balloon' explanation was a deliberate cover-up orchestrated by military leadership, including General Roger Ramey, to manage the situation while the government formulated its response. The document highlights that Exon's knowledge was primarily second-hand, based on information from trusted colleagues and his own observations of crash site gouges and tire tracks during a later fly-over. In his later years, particularly during the 1994-95 GAO investigation, Exon became increasingly guarded and expressed fear that he was being monitored. The document also includes critical commentary from researchers like Stanton Friedman, who noted that Exon's claims were often attributed more authoritatively by authors than Exon himself had intended, and that Exon had no direct, first-hand involvement with the Roswell wreckage.