My own Roswell Theory - C. T. Fluhr

I claim the somewhat dubious credit for this theory.  Get your tin foil hat ready.

It's a variation on the classic Roswell UFO conspiracy theory, but without aliens or UFOs.

The Roswell UFO Incident claims an object crashed in the general vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico, in June or July 1947.  Furthermore it claims a body was recovered and stored at a local morgue.

My theory is based on the following foundations:

1. Roswell was an air force training and experimental air base.

2.  This was at the beginning of the Cold War and the race for high altitude aircraft.

3.  In 1994 the Air Force announced it had been using "crash test" dummies as part of "Project Mogul" to study the effects of high-altitudes on pilots.   The published report concluded that Mogul Flight #4, launched from Alamogordo, New Mexico, on June 4, 1947, was what crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, and formed the source of the debris which sparked the Roswell UFO Incident.

Now consider these points:

• Camp Roswell POW Camp was located14 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico and housed POWs from 1942-1947.  In addition to the airfield, the Roswell POW camp was built for up to 4800 Prisoners of War.  The POWs were actually used as construction laborers on local projects and many of Roswell's parks were built by POWs. The Spring River, which passes through downtown Roswell, was lined with concrete and stones using POW labor. Most of the POWs were German and Italian soldiers captured during the North African campaign but there were also Japanese POWs.  The actual number of Japanese POW's is unrecorded due to the large number who refused to identify themselves until repatriated to Japan in 1947.

• The US government was at this time testing the effects of radiation on its own troops in numerous bomb tests.  Testing on US soldiers also included incidents such as the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment.

Conclusion:

• There was no UFO or alien crash at Roswell.
• The US government did not use "crash test dummies" for the high altitude tests.  They used undocumented Japanese POWs.

Consider the general descriptions of the "alien" bodies: Small stature, hairless, bluish or pale skin, oval eyes.  How would a Japanese POW appear after dying of high-altitude exposure, especially if the subject's body had been shaved in anticipation of the post mortem examination?

This is the kind of secret people keep.   If revealed, all concerned would face War Crimes trials similar to the 23 Nazi doctors and scientists were put on trial for the unethical treatment of concentration camp inmates, often used as research subjects with fatal consequences.  Such damage would also harm current US world standing particularly with Japan and other Pacific Rim nations.

Relevant links: 

Csicop article on Project Mogul and Roswell 

US radiation tests on US soldiers 

Project Mogul and Roswell