ROSWELL METAL SCIENTIST: The Curious Dr. Cross

U.S. NAVAL COMMANDER SUMMONED CROSS TO INVESTIGATE FALLEN DEBRIS DURING THE 1952 UFO "FLAP"

According to news articles and further research by the late Todd Zechel, U.S. Naval Commander Alvin Moore had recovered an unusual "broken-off" cylinder object from his property in suburban DC during the famous 1952 UFO flap. Moore told Zechel that he took the material to associates at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS.) He said that those scientists and CIA scientists, as well as a scientist from Battelle, examined the debris piece. That scientist was none other than Dr. Howard Cross. Moore said, "Only Howard Cross of Battelle for the USAF, said that he thought it could be a piece from an open hearth furnace- which made no sense since it had come crashing from the sky." The piece was later determined to be terrestrial, but of indeterminate manufacture. Cross was a Battelle expert in both metals and UFOs. He had gained unique metallurgical expertise (due to his exposure to the Roswell debris) that the government felt was valuable in applying to other possible UFO crashes.

CROSS MANAGED THE VERY SCIENTIST WHO AUTHORED BATTELLE'S "MISSING" PROGRESS REPORTS ON MEMORY METAL IN THE LATE 1940s

Perhaps the most telling item about Dr. Cross is that it has been confirmed that he worked closely -and co-authored with- Battelle scientist L.W. Eastwood. Copies of papers that Dr. Cross and L.W. Eastwood wrote together are on file and available for review. Incredibly, it is L.W. Eastwood that is one of the authors (along with Craighead and Fawn) of Battelle's missing reports to Wright Patterson in the late 1940s on the Nickel Titanium memory metal (Nitinol.) Information available on Dr. Cross is very scarce, but in one metals study located, Cross is referred to by the title "Research Director." Given this -and all that we now know about him- it may be that Dr. Cross was the manager of the memory metal scientists.

N.B. Dr. Howard Cross died in 1992. Through his legacy, we further the connection between Battelle and Roswell. But Battelle has demonstrated a troubling pattern. When it comes to Battelle's reports relating to both the UFO subject and to their early memory metals work - they are "missing."

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strange intrepretation of the pentacle memo

Where in the pentacle memo does it suggest "staging" a UFO siting to see what the public makes of it? I just read the thing and after seeing this author's interpretation, had to go back and re-read it to see if I missed something. The way it read to me was: we need better data on sitings, so let's go to a high siting area and set up all manner of recording equipment so we can get that quality siting.

#2 - Vandelay Industries - 06/09/2009 - 00:53

Where oh where is the proof ...

I've been following this UFO phenomena since the mid 60's and I've come to the conclusion that if we haven't any hard evidence by now we probably never will. After all this time these so called government cover-ups are beginning to sound a little paranoid and can anyone please get a close up,in focus video or photograph,I mean 40 years of sightings and not one indisputable image!!

#1 - Bob F - 06/01/2009 - 21:00

American Shaman

This story reminded of a couple of examples of mystery metal, one recovered after a UFO encounter by Bob White who runs an exhibit out of a converted RV in the Branson, Missouri, area; and another which was an ancient Tibetan prayer bell set brought to a foundry where I worked many years ago in Seattle. Both articles have unexplained properties and have been tested by reputable labs, and are said to exhibit hardness and strength beyond that expected of the alloy results. I don't know what happened to the bells but the other chunk of space debris is usually on the road in The Museum of the Unexplained, Bob White's retirement vehicle.

#0 - Jimmy - 06/01/2009 - 18:48


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