Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don't Want You to Know

by Kal K. Korff

There is no doubt something occurred in that remote desert outpost near Roswell, New the question is what, and has our government been hiding the facts for half a century? Were alien bodies found and hidden? Should Roswell be a mecca for UFOlogists?UFO and paranormal investigator Kal K. Korff reveals information on the "Roswell incident" that has never before been published revelations powerful enough to change public opinion forever. After 16 years of research, he systematically examines all testimony from those who claimed to have been involved. Korff then assesses the claims of the "new" witnesses, the confusion over two "crash" sites, "alien" materials recovered, and the alleged coverup. His expert analysis concludes with a chapter that separates truth from fiction. Included in this groundbreaking volume is a complete report on the popular "alien autopsy."

Genres: Nonfiction

266 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1997

Reviews

[Anders · Rating 3 out of 5]

Contrary to what I instincively thought this book would be about, it's saying that the UFO-crash in Roswell was not a spaceship with a handful of aliens in it, nor was, or is, the American government involved with serious investigation into 'paranormal' activities (Project Blue Book has been closed). After a rather dry analysis resulting in the conclusion that there were only a handful of actual firsthand witnesses to the occurence in 1947, (the rest are going by hearsay) and that there is no actual physical remains presentable, he quite disdainfully goes to town, asking witnesses to come forth with actual evidence! With what seems to be thorough and stubborn research, Kal takes apart this case until he arrives at what he claims is the truth - a total hoax driven by uncritical mystical fairy tale minds with beliefs made popular in order for the town of Roswell and the UFO-believers/community to monetize...
His research has led him to arrive at the following;
the alien autopsy film is bogus, all books up to now on this topic have been non-scientific and the research involved incomplete and/or lousy, there wasn't nothing extraterrestrial going on whatsoever. The reason the government put out a 'waterballoon' explanation was that what actually crashed on that farm was a top secret military device tested in the desert near a base under the codename 'Project Mogul' to be used against the Russians...
Honestly I'm surprised I got through the book because it's dull, but I'm glad I did. I wonder what drives this man to write it...

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit dense, but it has a good play-by-play of what happened at Roswell; both what was known to have happened as well as the speculation.

[Roger L. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fine if you don't mind reading a book written by a pompous, arrogant douche bag.

[Read1000books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Update: It has now been 15 years since I posted below my "20 Questions For Kal Korff" and I have yet to receive a response. Surely SOME reader would have alerted him by now. The silence just seems rather odd... (book review follows)
The correct title for this book should be "(Trying To Debunk) The Roswell UFO Crash". It would probably be hard to find anyone who doesn't think that SOMETHING happened at Roswell in the summer of 1947. The question upon which everyone disagrees is exactly WHAT. Korff's explanation is pretty unconvincing, to the extent that I made a list of "20 Questions For Kal Korff" (which I include below) citing some of the numerous errors, double standards, and misleading statements found in the text. In short, if you want to find an explanation for the events at Roswell, you should look elsewhere. And now...
20 Questions For Kal Korff:
(note: all page numbers refer to the hardcover 1st edition)
1. Is the reader really expected to believe that all the pro-UFO explanation [hereafter, proU] witnesses (old and new) in chapters 2 & 3 are ALL either lying or have faulty memories?
2. Meanwhile, why is the reader expected to believe that the memory of pro-balloon explanation [hereafter proB] witnesses are exactly accurate 43 or more years after the events? (see for example interview with Dubose on p.129 & 130 and Cavitt, p. 134-136)
3. Why does Korff question the memory of proU witnesses (like Jesse Marcel, see p.39 & 40 under the heading “…Flawed Memories”), while allowing a proB witness (Dubose) to make statements such as ”as best I can recall” (p.130)?
4. Why does Korff condemn the testimony of a civilian who can’t remember a serviceman’s rank (proU witness Glenn Dennis; colonel or captain, p. 89), while at the same time accepting the statement of a former military man who also cannot remember someone’s rank (proB witness Irving Newton; Lt. colonel or colonel, p.131)?
5. Why does Korff castigate proU authors for not naming individuals who supplied them with information (see first full paragraph on p. 134), while he himself repeatedly does not name his own sources of information? (see examples on p.106, footnote 14; p.107, footnote 54; and p.108, footnotes 76 and 86).
6. Would Korff allow proU authors to omit the date an interview took place, as he does on p.108, footnote 92?
7. Why is no documentation given for the claim that ”a reward has been posted for the arrest and prosecution of those behind the alien autopsy hoax”? (see Figure 24 opposite p.129).
8. Would Korff extend the courtesy of accepting the testimony of a proU witness who “was very specific about what his recollections were” 47 years after the events, as he expects the reader to do regarding proB witness Sheridan Cavitt on p.134?
9. Regarding Figure 13 (Marcel’s Efficiency Report), what justification does Korff have for changing “an inclination to magnify problems” as stated in the report (Section B, Comments of Rating Officer) to a “tendency to exaggerate things” (Korff’s comment below Figure 13) when, despite Cavitt’s 47 year old remembrance on p.136, in the context of the book these statements do not mean the same thing?
10. In regard to the bottom question and answer on p.145, would Korff ever allow a proU author to use second- or third-hand information like this?
11. How accurate can modern government investigations of the incident be when they can’t even get the year it occurred correct? (The first full paragraph on p.232 dates it as “1949”! The footnote for this on p.251 is also misdated.)
12. Isn’t it a little far-fetched to expect the reader to believe that a project (i.e. the Rawin targets) classified by the government as “Top Secret A-1” (p.137) was made by a toy company (p.143)?
13. On p.133 Korff points out the “awkward look” on Jesse Marcel’s face (Figure 2). And what exactly is Gen. Roger Ramey saying to someone off camera in Figure 4 and why is he obviously trying to hide it with his hand?
14. How is it that Korff doesn’t seem to know (or to have taken the time to find out) the capability of U.S. radar in 1947 when on p.98 he disputes Kaufman’s claim that a strange craft was being tracked on radar sets at three locations (Albuquerque, Roswell, and White Sands) at the time by stating that the “ability to track aerial objects hundreds of miles away in all directions [which wasn’t necessary in this case] simply did not exist” and that “radar units at White Sands, for example, did not have the range to track any object hovering [who said it was hovering?] near or over Roswell because it was too far away”, this despite the fact that (A) both the British and the Germans had a type of this technology to detect each others bombers heading toward them back in WW2, and (B) the distances are not “hundreds of miles away”? (see distances below)
London to Berlin = 475 miles
Roswell to Albuquerque = 169 miles
Albuquerque to White Sands (Alamogordo) = 156 miles
White Sands (Alamogordo) to Roswell = 90 miles
15. According to “weather forecaster” Irving Newton on p. 131, “the base weather covered only the base [while] the flight service center covered most of the southwest states”. How was this possible without radar, since p.98 is emphatic that 1947 radar technology couldn’t track anything “hundreds of miles away”?
16. Korff doesn’t deny that a B-29 carried the “wreckage” from Roswell to Carswell A.F.B. in Dallas (p.124, 129-130). Since when is a B-29 (bomb load capacity = 20,000 lbs!) necessary to transport only a “sealed canvas mail pouch” full of debris (p.129)? One would think the Air Force would have plenty of smaller planes available!
17. ProU witnesses say they saw wreckage AND alien bodies. On p.118 Korff, speaking hypothetically, says that if an object did crash at Roswell, it was “an ordinary man-made object”. How can a man-made object contain aliens?
18. Charles B. Moore, in charge of the balloon project, states on p.140 “To my knowledge, the NYU group were the only ones using balloons in New Mexico during this time” and “All of the balloons were accounted for”. From whence, then, came the “balloon” in the Ramey office photos? (see also Question 20 below).
19. There is a glaring discrepancy regarding the size of the area where the initial debris were found. Brazel, quoted on p.18, stated an area about a “quarter mile long or so, and several hundred feet wide” was where a large quantity of debris was scattered, while Cavitt, on p.135, said “The area of this debris was very small, about 20 feet square” This issue was discussed but still not resolved on pp.146-147. Which witness is correct? And who should the reader believe, Brazel’s testimony from the time or Cavitt’s remembrance from 47 years later?
20. How does Korff explain the fact that two eyewitnesses of the material in Gen. Ramey’s office (i.e. the stuff shown in Figures 2-6) DISAGREE about what it was?
Gen. Thomas Dubose (p.123): “That’s no damn weather balloon! There wasn't one there".
Also, on p.130, when asked if a weather balloon was substituted for the real debris for display to the press, Dubose responded “Nah”.
Compare this to the statements of
Warrant Officer Irving Newton (p.131): “this was a balloon and a Rawin target”.
And again on p. 132 Newton stated: “the material I saw in General Ramey’s office was the remains of a balloon and a Rawin target”.

[Darth Jader · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an interesting book that essentially collates all the information from the Roswell incident books and tries to disprove the theory that a UFO crashed there in the late 40s. The author does a good job in scientifically analyzing the evidence and disproving multiple claims from all these books about the incident. He also mentions Project Mogul which was a top secret governmental program that is more than likely the reason for the Roswell incident. Despite all this, I believe that the book could have been about a hundred pages shorter as the author repeats and debunks a lot of the same evidence over and over again. I also did not like the tone of the author in some places of the books as he came off with the attitude of I'm right, and all these other people are idiots. I also don't like the fact that he attacked a lot of the author's of the Roswell books character's MULTIPLE times throughout the book. I get that these people are likely frauds, but you don't need to constantly attack them throughout your book (it kind of shows who you are as a person). Just give us the evidence and have your audience make their own decision about the incident without all the personal BS included. I don't need to know about you confronting a specific author on some media show and how you successfully won the debate (which we don't really know if the author actually won as he's so high up on his own horse). I just wanted basic facts about the evidence for the Roswell UFO incident actually being a UFO that is alien in nature or the evidence against that. This book does provide that, but you need to get through a lot of other unnecessary crap about the author himself and the author settling his various beefs with others (both those involved directly in the incident that provided witness testimony and the authors of the book containing those statements). If you can get through all of that, you might learn a thing or two about the Roswell incident and how (one way or another) when the government is involved, there is always a cover up of some sorts.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is hard to read a book written by someone as arrogant and self-aggrandizing as this author. I don't know if a thing he said is true because he spent so much time telling me how true it was, that I started to doubt the authenticity. Only a liar needs to say "to tell you the truth..." I did not know about Project Mogul, so the book garners two stars for providing some new knowledge, however poorly it was written.

[George Kanakaris · Rating 1 out of 5]

The writer thought he should write a book to ridicule the witnesses to the incident plus other investigators.
According to Mr. Korff everybody involved in the incident is either as liar, exaggerator, mentally deficient, forgetful, or senile, or a combination of some or all of the above.
This is why the word debunker was invented.

[Zachary Donnelly]

The Roswell UFO Crash
what they don't want you to know

Kal k. Korff book The Roswell UFO Crash grabs you by the neck and shoves so much information down your throat. This non fiction book is for all ages interested in the truth.

Kal wrote this book to inform everybody that wants more evidence to the "UFO" crash in Roswell NM. Kal starts the book off about every 911 call of the NM crash 911 calls from to Arizona all the way to Roswell every call so very similar describing every detail just as if it was the same person calling. Do we really know what happened at the UFO crash well Kal explains it very well in Great detail and facts that will make you believe in the real truth that the crash was real and it was a out of this world craft.

this book covers one item that seemed to be the most unique one between all eye witnesses. All eye witnesses that were close to the crash such as a national park outside of Roswell the couple had several foil metallic pieces fall from the sky after seeing a burning object in the night sky. The foil was perfectly flat no even a bend but when applied force it would crinkle up but straighten out flat again by itself. Another report of the crash was the constant similar detail of a purple tint of the Flames of the object in the sky and that the sky was as calm as usual no crashing sound. The government tried to hide the evidence that it was just a weather balloon but the evidence and eyewitnesses contradict the governments "weather balloon."
The government most likely told the public a lie to keep the secret and the fear away to control and keep the people calm.

The Roswell UFO crash was a book that not only cleared up questions I had about the UFO crash but helped me understand that I am lied to as a citizen of the United States of America the book very well described what really happened I am not only a believer now I don't trust the government as much. The government needs to become more connected with the people and get its reputation back. This book is a non fiction books for the youth that are living in our desperate world that doesn't answer enough question with real answers.

[Nick P · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Roswell Ufo Crash, What they don't want you to know?By Kal K. Korff.
For all the scientific lovers and mysteries, this would be a book for you. To understand what happened on that night of 1947 when scientist from the Mexico desert found this and brought it back. Did they find anything? Did they have a secret autopsy?
This book Concludes that not all peoples facts about this could be true. Some sightings were only peoples hear abouts and not real. But there wasn't any strong evidence or anthing that gave enough proof to it. I beleve that people who love mysteries and scientific non fition would like this book. I personally enjoyed this book myself and I recomend it to anyone.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

This seemingly angry author, who seems to think quite highly of himself by the way, seemed determined from the onset to discredit and disprove any and all eyewitness accounts and events having to do with the possible Roswell incident in July 1947, as if the very thought of any of it actually being real was just too much for him to handle or process. This arrogant author has deemed himself to be the only one worthy enough to know what's real and what's not. Would not recommend.

[Candace]

Blasphemy.