General Ramey
Brigadier General Roger M. Ramey was a senior United States Air Force officer who played a central role in the public suppression of the 1947 Roswell incident, appearing in photographs alongside debris the Air Force claimed was a weather balloon and issuing the official press release dismissing the initial "flying disc" report.
| Role | U.S. Air Force Brigadier General |
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Roswell Cover-Up
Ramey is best known for personally managing the public narrative following the initial Roswell Army Air Field press release in July 1947. He identified the recovered material as a weather balloon, held a press conference in Fort Worth, and was photographed holding what appeared to be foil and debris — widely believed by researchers to have been substituted for the actual material. A message held in his hand in one photograph has been partially analyzed and interpreted as referencing "victims of the wreck" and shipment to "Fort Worth."
December 6, 1950 UFO Alert
On December 6, 1950 — the same date cited in the alleged Majestic 12 Eisenhower Briefing Document for a UAP crash at El Indio, Texas — a nationwide US military alert was called at 10:30 AM Eastern Time, warning of a "large number of unidentified aircraft approaching northeastern US at high altitude." Ramey cancelled this alert at 1:16 PM. The coincidence of this alert with the reported crash date is noted by UAP Gerb as contextual evidence supporting the El Indio case.
1952 Washington DC UFO Sightings
Ramey co-issued a press release with General Samford following the major 1952 UFO sightings over Washington, DC, attributing the radar returns and visual sightings to atmospheric temperature inversions — an explanation widely criticized by pilots and radar operators who witnessed the events.