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Did the FCC threaten to shutdown a radio station for talking about the "Roswell Incident"?

 
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Did the FCC threaten to shutdown a radio station for talking about the "Roswell Incident"?
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I heard this on a certain radio program broadcasting old episodes of a certain show, and it intrigued me.

I heard that after the saucer crashed back in the late 1940's, the FCC told some radio stations "don't you dare go on the air about this"...

Anyone know anything about this?

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Re: Did the FCC threaten to shutdown a radio station for talking about the "Roswell Incident"?
TELL ME WUT U KNOW OR REMAIN SILENT FOREVER.
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Re: Did the FCC threaten to shutdown a radio station for talking about the "Roswell Incident"?
Here is the story:


[link to en.wikipedia.org]

George "Jud" Roberts was manager of radio station KGFL in Roswell. He signed an affidavit where he claimed to have been threatened if he ran an interview his station had done with Brazel (the rancher who found the UFO ). "I got a call from someone in Washington, D.C.

It may have been someone in the office of [New Mexico Senators] Clinton Anderson or Dennis Chavez. This person said, 'We understand that you have some information, and we want to assure you that if you release it, it's very possible that your station's license will be in jeopardy, so we suggest that you not to do it.'

The person indicated that we might lose our license in as quickly as three days. I made the decision not to release the story."

Walt Whitmore Jr., son of the KGFL station owner, also recalled how his father had hidden Brazel at their home and done a recorded interview. Whitmore Sr. was unable to get the story through on the Mutual wire and instead began broadcasting a preliminary release locally over KGFL.

At this point, a long distance phone call came to the station from a man named Slowie, saying he was with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington. Slowie informed Whitmore that the story involved national security and that if he valued his station license he should cease transmitting it and forget about it.

Immediately afterwards, another call from Washington came from Senator Dennis Chavez, who suggested he had better do what Slowie advised.
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Re: Did the FCC threaten to shutdown a radio station for talking about the "Roswell Incident"?
The FCC in my opinion

Is one of the most evil government agencies
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Re: Did the FCC threaten to shutdown a radio station for talking about the "Roswell Incident"?
Probably the mother of all Roswell docs

Thank me later

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Re: Did the FCC threaten to shutdown a radio station for talking about the "Roswell Incident"?
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