Brig. Gen. Thomas Jefferson Dubose and the Weather Balloon Cover Story

This document presents the testimony and affidavit of Brigadier General Thomas Jefferson Dubose regarding the 1947 Roswell incident. Dubose, who served as Chief of Staff to Major General Roger Ramey at Fort Worth Army Air Field, provides a detailed account of the events following the recovery of debris near Roswell, New Mexico. According to his affidavit dated September 16, 1991, Dubose received a phone call from Major General Clements McMullen of the Strategic Air Command inquiring about the recovered object. Dubose directed Colonel William Blanchard at Roswell to send the material to Fort Worth in a sealed container. Upon its arrival, Dubose ordered Colonel Al Clark to transport the material via B-26 to McMullen in Washington, D.C., who subsequently arranged for its shipment to Wright Field for analysis. Dubose explicitly states that the weather balloon shown in photographs taken in General Ramey's office was a cover story designed to divert the attention of the press. He asserts that the entire operation was conducted under the strictest secrecy and that he was never permitted to see the actual debris. The document also includes accounts from interviews with Clark McClelland, who claims that in a 1990 interview, Dubose admitted the incident involved a crashed alien spacecraft and the recovery of bodies. The text highlights the Air Force's 1995 Roswell report, which Dubose and other researchers criticize for omitting his testimony and misrepresenting the nature of the debris shipment. The document further discusses the role of other figures, such as weather officer Irving Newton and intelligence officer Jesse Marcel, and references FBI telegrams that suggest Wright Field did not concur with the weather balloon identification. The narrative emphasizes that Dubose felt he and other officers were excluded from the full details of the recovery due to high-level security orders originating from the Pentagon and potentially the White House.