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Dennis G. Balthaser
UFO Investigator, Researcher and Lecturer
After retiring from the Texas Department of Transportation Dennis moved to Roswell, NM in 1996, to pursue his 25-year
interest in Ufology and particularly the Roswell Incident. Today he is an independent researcher,
investigator and lecturer and is a member of MUFON, and recently joined the advisory board
of the Great Pyramid of Giza Research Association. Dennis Balthaser can be contacted at (505) 625 8402, or email at truthskr@roswell.net. His web site is http://www.truthseekeratroswell.com.
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Searching for the Truth
(Always Telling the Truth Means Never Having to Remember Anything)
 Photo Credit: Wendy Connors
Biased Documentaries by the Media
Last summer I filmed with them here in Roswell for about 6 hours and not once during that time was I told by the film crew that the National Geographic special would obviously have an agenda that would be extremely biased by the time the one hour show ended after the editing was completed. I was also contacted several times by email and telephone requesting additional factual information about the Roswell Incident while the documentary was being prepared. I had a lot of airtime on the show and those that responded to me after viewing the show indicated that I came across honestly and sincerely in my comments that were used. I was thankful for that, but very disappointed with the overall show and factual information unfairly presented.
As examples, at one point in the show they referred to General Roger Ramey, the head of 8th Air Force in Ft Worth as the base commander at Roswell Army Airfield in 1947, when in fact the base commander was Col Blanchard. The Mogul balloon theory, particularly Flight 4, which researcher David Rudiak has proven could not have possibly landed on the ranch was the final word for the documentary, totally ignoring the fact that Russia did no nuclear testing until 1949 (2 years after the Roswell Incident), which was what the Mogul balloon was supposed to detect from high altitude. Major Jesse Marcel's recollection of the event was linked to Sci-Fi books and movies, not based on his work as the top Intelligence Officer in the military in 1947. Finally most of the witnesses' testimony shown was taken completely out of context.
The National Geographic channel in the preparation of this documentary did obviously very little homework. Some of the witnesses like Walter Haut, Frank Joyce, George Newling, Major Marcel and his son Jesse Marcel Jr., deserved better than National Geographic afforded them. The same is true for researchers Stanton Friedman, Don Schmitt and myself who gave freely and openly to what we thought would be a non-biased documentary about Roswell, only to be disappointed again.
The debunkers on the show added nothing new and in fact in the case of Michael Shermer, his responses are now predictable, since it's always the same ---that it's all a myth. Perhaps he's the myth with help from the National Geographic channel and other UFO documentary producers. The narrator in fact ended the show with the statement that, "Science now sees Roswell as little more than myth making".
Of course no Roswell documentary would be complete without the comments from Dr. Seth Shostak of SETI, who continues to live in the stone age hoping to get a "radio signal" from out there, and B.D Glidenberg, both of whom I would question as to their credentials on actually doing research on the subject of UFOs.
I suggest in the future, documentary film producers omit the words like the "Real" Roswell or the "Truth" about Roswell, unless they intend to present it as real or true.
National Geographic---your credibility is at stake and you have a lot of room for improvement. You owe it to your audience to be fair and unbiased.
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