In
a two-hour special edition of the radio version of A Different Perspective, I talked with James Carrion, author of The Roswell Deception. This is the
theory that the “Saucer Summer of 1947,” as he calls it, was a deception
created by American military forces as a way of convincing the Soviets that we
had a spectacular aircraft that could deliver atomic weapons deep into the Soviet
Union. You can listen to the first hour of the discussion here:
And
the second hour here:
In
the course of the discussion, we covered the events at Maury Island, a well-known
hoax that Carrion believed to be part of the deception, the Arnold sighting, a
key component of the deception, and the Roswell crash, which was designed to
keep flying saucers in the public arena. We might have gotten a little deep
into the weeds on some of this, but I believe the information is interesting.
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| James Carrion. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle. |
One
thing I do want to say is that Carrion’s comments about a fellow named David
Johnson are quite interesting and put Arnold’s involvement in the beginning of
the US saucers sightings into, dare I say it, a different perspective. As you
listen to the program, or as you read the book, look and listen for his name to
appear…
And
if you need to understand the Roswell case in greater detail, take a look at Roswell in the 21st Century. I
believe I distilled all that has come and gone about Roswell in the book, and
it provides the best look at what happened there. As they say, “A little
self-promotion never hurts.”
I
won’t go into great detail here simply because you can listen to the whole
discussion yourself. I believe his aerial deception to be an interesting theory
but fails because of a lack of supporting documentation that outlines and
confirms the deception. Carrion’s book, however, provides loads of circumstantial
evidence, biographies of some of the key players, and an insight into the paranoia
that gripped the post-Second World War world. You can read the book, for free
here:
For
those interested, I will be posting a longer review of the book in the next few
days. Before I posted it, I wanted the opportunity to raise some of the points
with Carrion and to clarify some of the points that I didn’t fully understand.
That should spark some interesting commentary.
As a published author myself, I'm curious what James Carrion thinks of your posting a free PDF of his book....
ReplyDeleteBryan -
ReplyDeleteIf you had listened to the show or read anything that James provided on his website, you'd know that he made it available for free. I believe he appreciates the fact that I have helped promote his work... but that's just my guess.