Reconstructed July 8, 1947 Gen. Ramey Roswell Message
Copyright © 2009 by David Rudiak, All Rights Reserved
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                       (Unreadable lettering    ARMY CABLE ROSWELL
                         --heavy curvature, shadow)  
  17:13 CST (?? Stamp: faint, 
            vertical, in left margin)
  A) URGENT                                 (Unreadable lettering)       
  B) HQAAF
  C) WASHINGTON 
  D) 8 JUL 1947
  E) VANDENBERG                           
  F)   FROM: HQ 8TH AAF 
  G)   SUB: ROSWELL

0)   FWAAF ACKNOWLEDGES THAT A "DISK" IS NEXT NEW FIND WEST OF
     
1)   THE CORDON. AT LOCATION WAS A WRECK NEAR OPERATION AT THE
                 IN ADDITION       "POD"
                                 AIRFOIL
2)   "RANCH" AND THE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK YOU FORWARDED TO THE
     
3)   ??TEAM AT FORT WORTH, TEX.
     
4)   AVIATORS IN THE "DISC" THEY WILL SHIP FOR A1-8TH ARMYAMU,
                                                      AAF-
5)   BY B29-ST OR C47. WRIGHT AF ASSESS AIRFOIL AT ROSWELL. ASSURE		
							ASSIST FLY-OUT             ABOUT
6)   THAT CIC/TEAM SAID THIS MISSTATE MEANING OF STORY AND THINK
     NOON                                                  SAID
7)   LATE TODAY NEXT SENT OUT PR OF WEATHER BALLOONS WOULD TAKE/WORK
												 FARE
8)	IF PHOTOS USED AND LAND DEM/RAWIN CREWS.
     BETTER IF THEY ADD       stage

     					  photos    
    yes	    
                                 
9)    C                                     RAMEY 
                    O 						      austin, Tex
         P				  (slanted up right, across end of RAMEY)                                                       
            Y  (??) 
        TOP SECRET   (stamp??—faint, heavy curvature & shadow) 
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KEY to lettering:

Black letters  			= Certain or higher confidence words/letters
Violet/Dark gray letters = Difficult to see or partially obscured -- lower confidence; usually filled in from context.
Aqua/Light gray letters  = Totally hidden -- Unknown or filled in from context or by educated guessing.

KEY to names, jargon, and abbreviations in message:

Lines A-G (Margin) 17:13 CST	=    (Time Stamp??) 17:13 Central Standard Time
	      or 5:13 p.m.	
Line B:  HQAAF	   = HeadQuarters Army Air Force (Washington D.C.)
Line E:  VANDENBERG	   = Lt. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Deputy Chief of Staff   
                                                             of the Army Air Force
Line F:  HQ 8TH AAF	   = HeadQuarters 8TH Army Air Force, Fort Worth, Tex.

Line 0:  FWAAF	   = Fort Worth Army Air Field
Line 0 & 4:  “DISK”/“DISC”	   = Flying Disk/Disc
Line 1:  “POD”			   = Escape pod (?)
Line 1 & 5: AIRFOIL                         = Shape of an aircraft like a flying wing or saucer
                                                              lacking normal fuselage & control surfaces
Line 2:  “RANCH”			 	   = Foster or Brazel Ranch, site of debris field
Line 2:  WRECK			    = Wreckage recovered from debris field previously
			      forwarded to Fort Worth?
Line 4:  A1-8TH ARMY(AAF-)AMU 	= Chief Medical Officer (A1) or Flight Surgeon of 8th 
					   ARMY Air Force Aero-Medical Unit (?), Fort Worth
Line 5:  B29-ST			    = B29 Bomber Special Transport plane
Line 5:  C47			    = C47 Cargo plane 
Line 5:  WRIGHT AF				    = Wright Air Field, Dayton, Ohio, home of the AAF Air   
 						   Materiel Command and aeronautical labs
Line 6:  CIC/TEAM					= Army Counter-Intelligence Corp special team
Line 7:  PR					= Press Release
           Line 8:  DEM/RAWIN CREWS		   = DEMonstration  RAdar WINd target weather
				      balloon launch crews
Line 9:  RAMEY					= Brig. Gen. Roger Ramey, commanding officer of  
				      the 8th Army Air Force, Fort Worth