Brief
Don Schmitt
The claims the writer was given for Don Schmitt, in the order they were given.
1
Sceptics charged that Walter Haut might not have been in full possession of his faculties so close to his own death and that the authors of Witness to Roswell, Don Schmitt and Thomas Carey, actually wrote his dramatic affidavit.
“Sceptics charged that Haut might not have been in full possession of his faculties so close to his own death and that the authors of Witness to Roswell, Don Schmitt and Thomas Carey, actually wrote the dramatic affidavit.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:18414-18627 opinion second hand
2
Don Schmitt told the author of In Plain Sight that nobody worked on Walter Haut or spent more time with him than Schmitt and Thomas Carey did, trying to get him to open up.
“‘Nobody worked on Walter Haut, spent more time with Walter Haut than we did, trying to get him to open up,’ Schmitt told me.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:18639-18759 testimony second hand
3
Don Schmitt acknowledged that he and Thomas Carey drafted what Walter Haut told them into an affidavit, but said Haut was very clearly of sound mind and approved every word.
“He acknowledged they did draft what Walter told them into an affidavit, but Haut was very clearly of sound mind, approving every word.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:18765-18894 testimony second hand
4
Don Schmitt said they prepared Walter Haut's statement based on all the information Haut had provided them through the years, and that Haut read through it with his daughter, a notary, and another witness present.
“‘We prepared the statement based on all the information that Walter had provided us through the years. And he read through it; his daughter was present. There was a notary present, there was another witness present.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:18901-19107 testimony second hand
5
Don Schmitt said that, as Walter Haut's daughter wrote in a statement, if Haut had disagreed with a word of the affidavit, he would never have signed it.
“And, as his daughter wrote in a statement, if Walter would have disagreed with a word of it, he would never have signed.’”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:19116-19229 testimony second hand
6
Don Schmitt trained as an investigator under J. Allen Hynek.
“having trained as an investigator with the late celebrated 'UFO investigator' Dr J. Allen Hynek”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:20739-20829 administrative
7
Don Schmitt considers the suggestion that Julie Shuster and Walter Haut fabricated a UFO story for financial gain unfounded, saying Julie Shuster was paid a nominal salary not much above minimum wage to run the Roswell UFO Museum.
“laughed at that suggestion, saying that Julie ... was paid a nominal salary, not much higher than the minimum wage, to keep the museum going. 'It was hardly a financial incentive for her and her dad to concoct a UFO story,' he said.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:20836-21106 opinion first hand
8
Don Schmitt considers Walter Haut sincere and truthful in his affidavit about the Roswell incident.
“'No one was in any doubt that Haut was sincere and truthful in what he said in his affidavit.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:21113-21195 opinion first hand
9
In UFO Crash at Roswell, Don Schmidt and Kevin Randle report that former 509th Bomb Wing flight engineer Sergeant William Ennis stated the recovered craft "didn't have a single moving part on it."
“Don Schmidt and Kevin Randle report in UFO Crash at Roswell that “we finally got the former 509th Bomb Wing flight engineer Sgt. William Ennis to admit specific items about the craft … He said, ‘It didn’t have a single moving part on it.’””
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:16983-17217 testimony third hand