Eyewitness Accounts: Robert Slusher
Sergeant Robert Slusher was assigned to the [classified]Bomb Squadron. On or about July 9, 1947, he was on board a B-29 that carried a single crate from Roswell AAF to Fort Worth AAF. Sgt. Slusher claims the crate was 12-feet long, 5-feet wide, and 4-feet high.
According to Sgt. Slusher, the plane flew at an unusually low altitude of 4,000-5,000 feet. Since the cabin is pressurized, a B-29 will typically fly at 25,000 feet. However, the bomb bay where the crate was stowed cannot be pressurized. Sgt. Slusher implied that the content of the crate was sensitive to air pressure, suggesting that the crate contained something other than pieces of metal. Upon arrival in Fort Worth, Sgt. Slusher recalled the crate being loaded onto a flatbed weapons carrier and hauled off.