Guy in charge of public relations after the Roswell crash leaves note, "Yep they were aliens all right." I am going to file this one under "cool".

Lieutenant Walter Haut was the public relations officer at the base in 1947 and was the man who issued the original and subsequent press releases after the crash on the orders of the base commander, Colonel William Blanchard.

Haut died last year but left a sworn affidavit to be opened only after his death.

Last week, the text was released and asserts that the weather balloon claim was a cover story and that the real object had been recovered by the military and stored in a hangar.

He described seeing not just the craft, but alien bodies.

He saw two bodies on the floor, partially covered by a tarpaulin.

They are described in his statement as about 1.2m tall, with disproportionately large heads.

Towards the end of the affidavit, Haut concludes: "I am convinced that what I personally observed was some kind of craft and its crew from outer space".

Now I have a small confession to make, I love the idea of visitors from outer space!

I think perhaps one of the best things that could happen to our planet, and its occupants, would be to discover that we are not alone in the universe. It would make us re-examine everything that we accept about ourselves, and open the doors to some amazing self discovery.

Religions would crumble, politics would be altered forever, our minds would be expanded overnight. We would all finally realize that there is more to our reality then this beautiful rock that we call home.

My only fear is that we would act like assholes to the first visitors and forever make them fear or dislike us. In fact that may have already happened and we just don't know it.

But just imagine the possibilities.