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In 1947 at Roswell non-human bodies were recovered: four according to Elizondo (2024), with some of the occupants alive according to Stratton (2026).

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First attestation
Oct 1980 · Charles Berlitz and Bill Moore, Book “The Roswell Incident”. The first book on the Roswell conspiracy introduces alien bodies through the second-hand accounts attributed to Grady “Barney” Barnett, set in the Plains of San Agustin. First documented attestation, in the sources consulted, of bodies associated with Roswell; stories of alien bodies in New Mexico had already been circulating since the Aztec case (1949). The number “four” appears, in the sources consulted, only with Elizondo in 2024.
Who picked it up
  1. Aug 5, 1989 · Glenn Dennis: He tells Friedman of an alien autopsy at the base, relayed to him by a nurse, and of requests for small coffins; his account is supported by the main researchers of the case. Hearsay (source given: A nurse whose names, as provided, turned out to be nonexistent)
  2. 1992 · Stanton T. Friedman: In the book “Crash at Corona” the discs become two and the aliens eight, two of whom survived and were taken into custody by the government. Hearsay (source given: New witnesses presented by the authors)
  3. 1994 · Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt: In “The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell” a cargo plane allegedly delivered the bodies to Eisenhower; the crash site is moved on the basis of the accounts of Frank Kaufman and Jim Ragsdale. Hearsay (source given: Witnesses later contradicted by their service records or by their own later versions)
  4. 1997 · Philip J. Corso: Says he saw a non-human body linked to Roswell, kept in a crate at Fort Riley. Direct knowledge (source given: Personal experience)
  5. Aug 20, 2024 · Luis Elizondo: In the book “Imminent” he claims that four non-human bodies were recovered at Roswell. Hearsay (source given: No source indicated in the summaries consulted; at the hearing he will say that the collection of biological samples took place before he was born)
  6. Oct 13, 2026 · Jay Stratton: In the book “Out of the Shadows” he writes that at Roswell some occupants were recovered alive and died refusing food and contact. Hearsay (source given: An unnamed informant; he does not say he witnessed the events)
Analysis
The accounts of the Roswell bodies appear 33 years after the events and change in number and place from one version to another: bodies on the Plains of San Agustin in 1980, eight aliens with two survivors in 1992, delivery to Eisenhower in 1994, four bodies in 2024, some occupants alive in 2026. The witnesses of the 1980s and 1990s are different people, but they often report second-hand, were gathered by a few researchers in competition with one another and in part have been contradicted; Elizondo and Stratton, former colleagues and executive producers of “The Age of Disclosure” (edges jay-stratton → luis-elizondo “colleague”), do not indicate verifiable sources and Stratton cites an anonymous informant. This case predates the AAWSAP network, so AARO's reading of the group active since 2009 applies only to the recent revivals. The Twining letter of September 1947 (D-OC-15) notes the lack of crash-recovered exhibits, and the Air Force reports of 1994–1997 traced the accounts of bodies to dummies and to the accidents of 1956 and 1959; supporters hold that these explanations do not close the case. To verify it, period documents or remains with a chain of custody would be needed, so far not made public.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, “Roswell incident” (other)
  2. Wikipedia, “The Day After Roswell” (other)
  3. Wikipedia, “Luis Elizondo” (other)
  4. IBTimes UK, Stratton's account of the Roswell occupants (October 17, 2026) (press)

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