July 31, 1995: 1947 Roswell Crash, Waco - Rep. Steven Schiff
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
April 13, 20232h 2m
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Show Notes
New Mexico Congressman Steven Schiff joins Art Bell for an extraordinary two-hour interview covering both the Roswell GAO report and the ongoing Waco hearings.
Schiff recounts how a routine constituent inquiry to the Department of Defense about the 1947 Roswell incident led to a bureaucratic runaround, with the military redirecting him to the National Archives, which had no records. Frustrated, he enlisted the General Accounting Office to search for documents. The GAO found that all outgoing messages from Roswell Army Airfield for 1946 through 1949 were destroyed without proper authorization. Schiff confirms he viewed the Santilli autopsy film, calling it elaborately done if a hoax. The conversation shifts to Waco, where Schiff serves on both investigating subcommittees. He questions why Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen sat on a warning memo four days before the final assault and criticizes the strategy of bringing a child abuse witness to dominate media coverage and distract from testimony about the government's tactical failures. He expresses concern about what information the FBI presented to Attorney General Janet Reno before she approved the CS gas insertion.
A rare, candid congressional perspective on two of the decade's most controversial government actions.
Schiff recounts how a routine constituent inquiry to the Department of Defense about the 1947 Roswell incident led to a bureaucratic runaround, with the military redirecting him to the National Archives, which had no records. Frustrated, he enlisted the General Accounting Office to search for documents. The GAO found that all outgoing messages from Roswell Army Airfield for 1946 through 1949 were destroyed without proper authorization. Schiff confirms he viewed the Santilli autopsy film, calling it elaborately done if a hoax. The conversation shifts to Waco, where Schiff serves on both investigating subcommittees. He questions why Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen sat on a warning memo four days before the final assault and criticizes the strategy of bringing a child abuse witness to dominate media coverage and distract from testimony about the government's tactical failures. He expresses concern about what information the FBI presented to Attorney General Janet Reno before she approved the CS gas insertion.
A rare, candid congressional perspective on two of the decade's most controversial government actions.