Part 16 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR Balloon-and-reflector equipment fits contemporary debris descriptions; Mogul Flight 4 is a further inference. GAO documented destroyed records, not their motive. Later events are possible sources for body stories, not established explanations for every witness. Failed later claims do not resolve the retained material-and-secrecy testimony. Earlier in the series: Part 1 — Before the Saucers: How Cap...

Part 16 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR Balloon-and-reflector equipment is a strong comparison for the contemporary debris descriptions; the identification of Mogul Flight 4 requires further inference. GAO documented missing files without establishing why they were destroyed. The later-event explanation for bodies needs witness-by-witness testing. Randle’s interviews preserve unusual-material and secrecy claims that the official inquiry...

Consider also that this isn't all that long after Bob Lazar's revelations about S4 and the goings-on out there. Lazar's talk of crash-retrieved craft being stored out at the papoose dry lakebed, underground. These revelations by Lazar served to give some support to the notion that yes, perhaps the government is hiding something out there under the desert sands. I mean, they certainly have some prior form for not being entirely candid on many matters of this ilk. And so there was some pressure...

Consider also that this isn't all that long after Bob Lazar's revelations about S4 and the goings-on out there. Lazar's talk of crash-retrieved craft being stored out at the papoose dry lakebed, underground. These revelations by Lazar served to give some support to the notion that yes, perhaps the government is hiding something out there under the desert sands. I mean, they certainly have some prior form for not being entirely candid on many matters of this ilk. And so there was some pressure...