Carey explains how Haut, a man of impeccable character and Blanchard's right-hand man, promised his commanding officer he would never speak publicly about the incident. Rather than cash in during his lifetime through books or television, Haut chose to preserve the truth in a sealed statement opened only upon his passing. The document represents the final chapter of Carey's new book, which had already gone to a second printing.
As the interview unfolds, news of Haut's affidavit begins breaking worldwide in outlets from Australia to Great Britain. Callers share their own encounters and reactions, while Art and Carey discuss the Air Force's four increasingly unconvincing cover stories. For Art, this testimony from a man with nothing to gain finally cinches the reality of Roswell.
Key Moments
Walter Haut's sealed deathbed affidavit revealed: Art reads the news.com.au breaking story: Lt. Walter Haut, the 1947 Roswell base PR officer, left a sworn affidavit to be opened only after his death claiming the weather balloon story was a cover-up and he saw the craft and alien bodies.
Haut describes the craft and alien bodies: Art reads Haut's account of being taken to Building 84 by Col. Blanchard and shown a 12-15 foot egg-shaped metallic craft, plus two small bodies with disproportionately large heads about 1.2 meters tall.
Tom Carey describes the alien occupants: Carey gives a detailed composite description from 10-20 witnesses: 3.5-4 feet tall, 40 pounds, large hairless inverted-pear heads, slightly slanted tear-shaped eyes, slit mouth, arms below the knees, grayish skin.
Telepathic message from a surviving alien: Carey relays a Roswell fireman's account that one alien survived the crash and communicated telepathically, telling him not to worry, that it accepted its fate and could not return home.
Art reads the Haut affidavit on air: Art reads the full December 26, 2002 sealed affidavit verbatim while Carey authenticates it word-for-word: two crash sites, the staff meeting with debris passed around, Hangar P-3, the bodies, and Marcel's switched weather balloon wreckage.