Editing Stanton Friedman and Roswell -- Complete Timeline

== Stanton Friedman and Roswell -- Complete Timeline ==

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! Date !! Event !! Category
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| July 29, 1934 || Stanton Terry Friedman born in Elizabeth, New Jersey; raised in Linden, NJ || Friedman biography
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| 1951 || Friedman graduates from Linden High School; enrolls at Rutgers University before transferring to University of Chicago || Friedman education
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| 1955 || Friedman earns B.S. in Physics, University of Chicago || Friedman education
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| 1956 || Friedman earns M.S. in Nuclear Physics, University of Chicago; begins nuclear physics career at General Electric || Friedman career
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| 1956-1970 || Friedman works as nuclear physicist for GE (1956-1959), Aerojet General Nucleonics (1959-1963), GM (1963-1966), Westinghouse (1966-1968), TRW Systems (1969-1970), and McDonnell Douglas; works on classified nuclear aircraft, rockets, and space powerplants || Nuclear career
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| 1958 || Friedman becomes interested in UFOs while working as a nuclear physicist || UFO interest begins
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| July 2-3, 1947 || Dan and Ethel Wilmot observe an oval-shaped object over Roswell at approximately 9:50 PM on July 2; Mac Brazel and others hear an explosion during a thunderstorm || Roswell incident
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| July 3-4, 1947 || Mac Brazel discovers extensive debris field on the Foster Ranch near Corona, New Mexico; the debris is unlike anything he has seen || Roswell incident
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| July 5, 1947 || Brazel travels to Corona and hears about the $3,000 reward for flying disc debris || Roswell incident
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| July 6, 1947 || Brazel reports to Sheriff George Wilcox in Roswell; Wilcox telephones Roswell AAF; Major Jesse Marcel responds; Marcel reports to Col. Blanchard who orders recovery || Roswell incident
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| July 7, 1947 || Marcel and CIC agent Lt. Col. Sheridan Cavitt travel to the Foster Ranch; examine debris field; Marcel fills his vehicle; in early morning hours shows debris to wife and son Jesse Jr. || Roswell incident
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| July 8, 1947 (morning) || Col. Blanchard orders Lt. Walter Haut to issue press release; at approximately 4:26 PM the AP distributes the press release announcing recovery of a "flying disc" -- the only official U.S. government acknowledgment of a recovered flying disc in history || Roswell press release
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| July 8, 1947 (afternoon) || Marcel ordered to fly debris to Fort Worth, Texas, to Gen. Roger Ramey; Marcel later claims actual debris was substituted with weather balloon material before photographs || Roswell cover story
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| July 9, 1947 || Gen. Ramey holds press conference; announces "flying disc" was a weather balloon and radar reflector; Brazel gives revised statement to Roswell Daily Record; story effectively disappears from public attention || Cover story
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| July-September 1947 || Military conducts classified recovery and analysis operations; President Truman allegedly signs executive order establishing Majestic 12 committee on September 24, 1947 (document surfaced 1984; authenticity disputed) || Cover-up alleged
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| 1947-1977 || Roswell story largely dormant; the 1947 events are known only to a small UFO research community; Jesse Marcel maintains silence || Dormant period
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| 1967 || Friedman gives his first public UFO lecture; begins building a career as a public speaker on flying saucers while still working as a nuclear physicist || Friedman ufology begins
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| 1970 || Friedman leaves his nuclear physics career to become a full-time professional ufologist -- a decision that had almost no precedent among credentialed scientists || Full-time ufology
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| 1978 || Friedman, while in Louisiana on a lecture tour, interviews retired Major Jesse Marcel in Houma, Louisiana -- the interview that "rediscovered" the Roswell Incident for the modern era || Roswell rediscovery
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| 1980 || "The Roswell Incident" published by Charles Berlitz and William Moore -- the first book-length treatment of Roswell, drawing substantially on Friedman's initial research with Marcel || First Roswell book
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| December 1984 || Film researcher Jaime Shandera receives anonymous film package containing alleged Majestic 12 briefing document; shares with Friedman and Moore || MJ-12 documents emerge
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| 1986 || Jesse Marcel Sr. dies in Louisiana; Friedman's primary Roswell source is gone || Marcel dies
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| 1990s || Extensive wave of Roswell witness interviews by Friedman, Kevin Randle, Donald Schmitt, and others; more than 200 individuals eventually interviewed; the modern Roswell mythology crystallizes || Witness research
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| 1992 || "Crash at Corona: The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident" published by Friedman and Don Berliner -- Friedman's primary Roswell book || Publication
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| 1993-1994 || Congressman Steven Schiff requests GAO investigation of Roswell records; Air Force publishes "The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction" identifying debris as Project Mogul balloon || Government investigation
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| 1994 || GAO reports that Roswell AAF outgoing messages from July 1947 were destroyed without proper authorization -- a significant archival gap || Records destruction found
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| 1996 || Friedman publishes "Top Secret/Majic" -- his comprehensive treatment of Majestic 12 || MJ-12 book
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| 1997 || Air Force publishes "The Roswell Report: Case Closed" -- attributes alien body reports to crash test dummies from 1953-56 programs; 50th anniversary of Roswell generates massive media coverage || Second government report
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| 2002 || Friedman receives Lifetime UFO Achievement Award from UFO Magazine (UK) in Leeds, England || Recognition
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| 2007 || "Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience" published by Friedman and Kathleen Marden; City of Fredericton declares August 27, 2007 Stanton Friedman Day; Walter Haut's posthumous affidavit released || Key year
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| 2008 || "Flying Saucers and Science" published by Friedman; Jesse Marcel Jr. publishes "The Roswell Legacy" || Publications
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| May 13, 2019 || Stanton Friedman dies in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, while travelling, age 84 || Death
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| 2019-2023 || In the years after Friedman's death, the U.S. government dramatically shifts its public position on UAP: Navy officially releases three UAP videos; DoD establishes AARO; 2023 Congressional hearings feature military whistleblowers testifying under oath about alleged non-human craft || UAP disclosure era
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| Present || The Roswell Incident remains the most investigated UFO case in history; the debate between ET explanation and Project Mogul explanation continues; Friedman's archives are held at the Fredericton Region Museum; the question he spent 41 years investigating remains officially unresolved || Current status
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