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== Matilda O'Donnell MacElroy ==

'''Matilda O'Donnell MacElroy''' (ca. 1923 – ca. 2007), the alleged U.S. Army nurse who conducted the interviews with the extraterrestrial being, is said to have joined the Army during World War II. Most of what is known about her comes from Spencer; her story has never been independently verified, and the authenticity of the account is widely debated. According to Spencer, MacElroy was the source of the material presented in ''Alien Interview'', which claims to be a transcript of interviews she conducted with a surviving alien after the Roswell crash. MacElroy is portrayed as a key figure in translating the alien's telepathic communications with the U.S. military, making her an eyewitness to the alleged government cover-up. Some in UFO circles view her as a whistleblower exposing government secrets, while others consider her a fictional character within a hoax. Despite the book's following among some UFO enthusiasts, skeptics question MacElroy’s existence, the credibility of her account, and the credibility of Spencer.

=== Involvement in the Roswell incident ===
MacElroy was allegedly stationed at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_Army_Air_Field Roswell Army Air Field]] in 1947, shortly after the crash of an unidentified flying object. The book claims that she was one of the first military personnel to interact with a surviving extraterrestrial being, whose name became telepathically apparent to her and which she articulated in the transcripts as "Airl." MacElroy is depicted as having facilitated the exchange between the alien and the U.S. military, acting as a translator and recounting the alien's words to a stenographer for later dissemination. According to Spencer, MacElroy's personal accounts of her time working with the U.S. military during the Roswell incident and her subsequent interviews with the alien were passed to him before her death{{sfn|Spencer|2008}}.

=== Communication with Lawrence R. Spencer ===
Spencer's book claims that MacElroy reached out to him around 1997 when he wrote ''[[The Oz Factors]]'', when he had his first and only conversation with her over the phone, and again around ten years later in order to send him the transcripts.