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- NAME: Walter Haut
- OCCUPATION: Military Leader
- BIRTH DATE: June 03, 1922
- DEATH DATE: December 15, 2005
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
- PLACE OF DEATH: Roswell, New Mexico
- Full Name: Walter G. Haut
- AKA: Walter Haut
- AKA: First Lieutenant Walter Haut
- AKA: First Lieutenant Haut
Best Known For
Walter Haut is best known for drafting a 1947 press release for the U.S. Army that claimed a "flying disc" had landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
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Over the years, Haut became more public with what he believed happened in 1947. "I think it was an extremely well-planned cover-up," he told the press in 1997.
Walter Haut died on December 15, 2005, at the age of 83, in Roswell, New Mexico.
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