Au cours des sessions à Washington (D.C.), l'illustrateur professionnel qui était présent dessina une représentation très précise de ce dont Jesse, Jr. se souvenait ? le membre "comme un rayon en I" avec les symboles dessus. Après avoir appris what a good recollection of the symbols Newton had, I arranged for him to work with he same illustrator so that we might have side-by-side sketches from the same perspective for comparison.
As it turned out, la resemblance entre les 2 croquis était remarquable. Même l'artiste commenta que it sure seemed
like ces 2 hommes décrivaient la même chose
. Probably most amazing was the closeness of the color that the two men
remembered. Other than Newton's
color being more faded, the colors are nearly identical.
The most significant discrepancy was the way the slight ridges on the upper and lower edges gave Jesse's beam the
appearance of an I-beam-like cross section. This was probably due to a slight error in Jesse's recollection. His
father, for example, remembered the small members as having a rectangular cross section. Dans une interview de 1979
avec le journaliste Bob Pratt, Jesse Marcel, Sr., stated, ...it
was a solid member, rectangular members, just like you get with a square stick
. It is entirely possible,
however, that the particular member that Jesse, Jr., held, could have
had a ridge on its edges for some unknown reason.
The only other really significant discrepancy was in the color of the member. Jesse remembered it being about the same color as that of the foil-like material, while Irving Newton remembered it being almost white. Judging from the pictures taken in Ramey's office, however, the white that Newton recalled was probably accurate. According to Charles Moore, the project engineer for "Projet Mogul," the sticks were covered with glue or glue-like substance. This would probably have given them a different color than that of raw wood, as well as a different feel or texture ? probably to the degree that someone who didn't know what they were, might not recognize them as wood. The only other discrepancies were minor, such as differences in the size and spacing of the symbols.
Quiconque suspectant que Irving Newton participe à une dissimulation de 50 ans et fabrique l'histoire sur les symboles ou motifs de fleurs n'a qu'à vérifier le Roswell Daily Recorddu 9 juillet 1947. Le fermier Mac Brazel est cité parlant de baguettes, feuille et bande avec des motifs de fleurs dessus.