Reconstructed July 8, 1947 Gen. Ramey Roswell Message
Copyright © 2001 by David Rudiak, All Rights Reserved
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                                            ARMY CABLE BELL CBL
  17:13 CST
  A) URGENT                     
  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"
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 ARMYAMHC
    
5)   BY B29-ST OR C47. WRIGHT AF ASSESS AIRFOIL AT ROSWELL. ASSURE		
							ASSIST FLY-OUT
6)   THAT CIC/TEAM SAID THIS MISSTATE MEANING OF STORY AND THINK
                             
7)   LATE TODAY NEXT SENT OUT PR OF WEATHER BALLOONS WOULD FARE

8)   BETTER IF THEY ADD LAND DEMORAWIN CREWS.
                                       			stage
                                                         photos    
     yes 
9)    C                                     RAMEY 
                                    O 						      austin, Tex
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          Y    
        TOP SECRET    
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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
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 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 ARMYAMHC 	= Chief Medical Officer (A1) or Flight Surgeon of the 8th ARMY Aero-Medical Hospital Center (?), 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:  DEMORAWIN 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