Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-up of a UFO

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Cosimo, Inc., May 1, 2004 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 227 pages
Aviation /science writer Don Berliner and nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, the original civilian investigator of the so-called Roswell incident, have delved into the controversy to find the truth. They sifted through once-classified government documents, interviewed military and civilian witnesses, pieced together evidence, considered alternative theories, and concluded that a UFO crashed near Corona -- and the U.S. government knew it and covered it up.
 

Contents

A History of Modern Sightings
1
The Search for Evidence Begins
8
The Government and UFOS
20
The Search Intensifies
41
The Canadian Connection
47
Majestic12
57
Civilians Find the Wreckage
71
The Military Takes Over
98
Retrieval and Shipment
110
The Great Coverup
130
Alternative Explanations for the Wreckage
141
Keeping the Secret
148
After the Crash
157
The Crash Site Today
167
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