(Blogger’s Note: While I fully expect there to be more push back on this, a close examination will show that the mummy in the top picture is the same as that in the second. Clearly it had been moved from one display to the next, but the documentation available shows that it is the same mummy. I know the argument will continue, but I would hope that rational thought and a dispassionate examination will resolve the issue for most.
It should also be noted that the original information was developed by Jose Caravaca and published on his web site. Tony supplied the following article, based on that research and I found the information included in it to be of value for those who wished to see another view of the mummy. Some of the commentators on this blog thought that too little credit had been given to Caravaca and the Roswell Slides Research Group for their work in locating the new photograph. For those who would like to see the original, it can be found here:
http://caravaca.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/diapositivas-de-roswell-fin-de-la.htm.
Ahh, will the updates never end… According to several, including Tony, the person who found this is is Jorge Peredo. As Tony wrote, “That is right, Jose posted it, but the individual who actually found the image is a man named Jorge Peredo.”
And to keep this going, here is the original post about finding the mummy.
It should also be noted that the original information was developed by Jose Caravaca and published on his web site. Tony supplied the following article, based on that research and I found the information included in it to be of value for those who wished to see another view of the mummy. Some of the commentators on this blog thought that too little credit had been given to Caravaca and the Roswell Slides Research Group for their work in locating the new photograph. For those who would like to see the original, it can be found here:
http://caravaca.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/diapositivas-de-roswell-fin-de-la.htm.
Ahh, will the updates never end… According to several, including Tony, the person who found this is is Jorge Peredo. As Tony wrote, “That is right, Jose posted it, but the individual who actually found the image is a man named Jorge Peredo.”
And to keep this going, here is the original post about finding the mummy.
http://weekinweird.com/2015/06/10/case-closed-mummy-maussan/
As Rich Reynolds said, this is where this all began… and see the post to learn what Jaime Maussan had to say about it. Those over at The Anomalist ((http://www.anomalist.com/)) also provided a link to the original article.)
THE “ROSWELL SLIDES” MUMMY FOUND
By Anthony Bragalia
Photographic proof that the infamous “Roswell Slides” body is not extraterrestrial has finally been found. The above photo of a child mummy, once speculated to be related to the UFO crash at Roswell, conclusively matches a photo taken at a National Park Service- operated museum in the American Southwest. In the above photo, the similarity of features between this known photo of a child mummy and the one shown at a May 5th presentation and promoted as unearthly, is undeniable. They are photos of the same child. The photo even has another placard behind the mummy that reads “From S.L. Palmer Collection.” S.L. Palmer was the person who donated the child mummy to the Mesa Verde Museum in 1938.
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| Mummy as seen in the Roswell Slides seen here for comparison. |
National Park Service archives indicate that the mummy was transferred on June 7th, 1947 from the Mesa Verde Museum, Colorado to the Yavapai Culture Center at Montezuma Castle, Arizona. The reference to this transfer can be found here:
Kindermumie/SouthwesternMonumentsMonthlyReports.htm
Southwestern Monuments Monthly Report
The entry under “Montezuma Castle National Monument Camp Verde, AZ, June 24,1947” reads “Museum Exhibits: In 1896 the mummy of a two year old boy was found buried on the ledge just outside of Montezuma Castle. The discovery was made by S.L. Palmer Jr. who in 1936 loaned his collection of artifacts to the Mesa Verde National Park with the stipulation that they be kept intact. After several years of intermittent negotiations it was agreed that the mummy could be returned to the Montezuma Castel museum where it was delivered on June 7 by Messrs. Steen and Grant.”
According to an Orlando Sentinel news article found from December 11, 1988 by reporter Vera Foss Bradshaw, a travel reporter, of her visit there, “Of particular interest in the mummified body of a two year old child. It was found under the floor of a room in Montezuma Castle.”
The photo has another placard behind the mummy that reads “From S.L. Palmer Collection.”
Another photograph the comes from a private Palmer collection shows another child mummy. Palmer excavated eight mummies in the Mesa Verde and surrounds. Here is a picture found of one of them. It’s similarity to the “Roswell Slides” mummy features a mouth in an open position that duplicates that of the slides’ mummy. The compressed small nose is also very similar as is the very high forehead.
Thanks to Jose Caravaca from Spain for the mummy photo, thanks to “Ralf” from Germany for the Orlando Sentinel lead, and David Rudiak for the NPS archive information on timelines.
For Jose Caravaca’s original posting see:
http://caravaca.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/diapositivas-de-roswell-fin-de-la.htm
For Jose Caravaca’s original posting see:
http://caravaca.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/diapositivas-de-roswell-fin-de-la.htm
