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Were bodies recovered in 1947?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·4 answers·0·0 following
Answered: The body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a…Passed its tests and review.

Where it stands

Four answers have been proposed. The body accounts are inventions, encouraged by books, television and the local industry, with no real event… leads, with evidence 2 for: supported by its tests. Three are still possible.

Why it matters

The body stories made Roswell what it is. They first appear in 1980 and multiply in the 1990s⁠[1]; the Air Force's 1997 report is devoted to them⁠[2].

Answers 4

Evidence: 2 for
Most likely
Evidence: 2 for, 1 against
Most likely
Non-human bodies were recovered and concealed.
Failed a test; not refuted outright
Evidence: 1 against
Disputed
None of these.
Failed a test; not refuted outright
Evidence: none yet
Disputed

History

  1. United States General Accounting Office: neither the GAO's search nor the Air Force's found any 1947 record of bodies.For: The body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a…
  2. McAndrew puts forward: the body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a…
  3. McAndrew: the dummy drops began seven years after 1947, so the match requires large errors of date by several witnesses.Against: The body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a…
  4. McAndrew: anderson, Ragsdale and Kaufmann themselves used the words dolls and dummies; the dummies had damaged…For: The body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a…
  5. McAndrew: the accounts rest on witnesses first recorded in 1980 or later, several since discredited.Against: Non-human bodies were recovered and concealed.
  6. Wikipedia contributors puts forward: the body accounts are inventions, encouraged by books, television and the local industry, with no real event…
  7. Wikipedia contributors puts forward: non-human bodies were recovered and concealed.
  8. Wikipedia contributors: dennis admitted inventing the nurse's name; Kaufmann's documents were forged; the autopsy film was staged;…For: The body accounts are inventions, encouraged by books, television and the local industry, with no real event…
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