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Black Vault compilation, pp. 91-93

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This Black Vault compilation contains a September 1997 reply from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense to John Greenewald's FOIA request, enclosing its UFO records. The enclosures include a Navy information sheet dismissing the Philadelphia Experiment and an Air Force UFO fact sheet listing 12,618 Project Blue Book sightings, 701 of them unidentified. They also include the National Academy of Sciences review endorsing the University of Colorado report and the concluding pages of a 1994 Air Force Roswell report attributing the wreckage to Project MOGUL.

  • p. 3 …The frequency of these queries predict- ably intensifies each time the experiment is mentioned by the…
  • p. 5 P ~ rsonnel a~ the Fourth Naval District believe that the ouestions -surrounding the so-called -Philadelphia…
  • p. 7 …Such timely review of the situation rv ~rjv~t~ g~~ups i~s~res t~at…
  • p. 11 …At the same time it is emphasized in the Report that (c) is an opinion based…
  • p. 18 …Some examples are the omission of the duration of the sighting, date, time, location, position in…
  • p. 19 …At other times, they appear to be saucer- Shaped and to have Ucbts mounted inside the…
  • p. 22 …the sun, planets, comets, meteorites, the universe, stars, constellations and planes; telescopes, the computation of time…
  • p. 24 …such timely review of the situation by private groups insures that sound evidence will not be…
  • p. 30 …According to The New York Times. ·unidentified !lying objeCts should be mvestigated further. a majority of…
  • p. 31 …The scans support the skeptical "Condon Comminee- conclusion that the photo could in fact be of…
  • p. 34 …At the time_of tne initial voice . report personnel at· 1-!a.lmstrom AFB and SAC…
  • p. 35 …of the incidents described above. They . had not received any information prior to this time. . • 6…
  • p. 36 …Such timely review or the situation by private groups insures that sound evidence will not be…
  • p. 42 …Give the date, hour and minute when the meteor appeared; also kind of time used. (4…
  • p. 63 …Give the date, hour and minute when the meteor appeared; also kind of time used. {4…
  • p. 72 …kt 290300 ~ST C~t 75, the ·..; r;iu ent:!. fied helico-:=ter ·.,;as siqhted ever…
  • p. 86 …PRCON showed several aircraft at the time, one near the l·:S}. (there was . no hovering…
  • p. 100 …Carter may have viewed the Planet Venus which, at certain times, may appear many times brighter…
  • p. 102 …AccorcMg :o The New York Times . ·unidentified flying ob jects should be •nvestigated further. a ma…
  • p. 105 …the Roswell Incident, this event has become the most celebrated UFO encounter of all time and…
  • p. 107 …collected at the Foster ranch site. UFO researchers, including those 2. New York Times. "Balloon Staggers…
  • p. 109 …Nevertheless, the attached report is a good faith effort and the fint time any agency of…
  • p. 111 …until the 1978-1980 time frame. Prior to that, the incident was dismissed because the AAF…
  • p. 113 …times, most research- ers will not dispute that anything in UFO history can compare with the…
  • p. 114 …the "Roswell Incident" was not considered one of these 1947 events until the 197Pr-1980 time…
  • p. 115 …weather balloons on the ranch, but _that what he found this time did not in any…
  • p. 116 …the persons interviewed were, in fact, stationed at, or lived near Roswell during the time in…
  • p. 117 …Collectively, the above represent the "pro" UFO writers who allege that the government is engaged in…
  • p. 120 …at Roswell Army Air Field during the period of time in question. It is anticipated that…
  • p. 121 …Since much of this testing done at nearby White Sands was secret at the time, it…
  • p. 122 …the 509th Bomb Group was the only military unit in the world at the time that…
  • p. 123 …U such a system had been in effect at the time, it would 21 l
  • p. 124 …Marcel, MD (son of the late Major Jesse Marcel; 11 years old at the time of…
  • p. 125 …Brazel; 14 years old at the time of the incident). Affidavit dated September 22, 1993. " ... The…
  • p. 126 …He thought at the time, and continued to do so today, that what he found was…
  • p. 128 …of the project, but they did not know of the project nickname at the time. They…
  • p. 129 …Additionally, a copy of a professional journal maintained at the time by A.P. Crary, provided…
  • p. 131 …first generation) prints of the photographs taken at the time by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram…
  • p. 132 …Although that project was Top Secret at the time, there was also no specific indication found…
  • p. 133 …faith but in the "fog of time," misinterpr.eted past events. The review of Air Force…
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shown to have died, disappeared, or otherwise suffered at the hands of the
ovemment during the last 47 years). Fourth, many of the persoru; making the
figgest claims of "alien bodies" make their living from the "Roswell Incident."
While having a commercial interest in something does not automatically make it
suspect, it does raise interesting questions related to authenticity. Such persons
should be encouraged to present their evidence (not speculation) directly to the
government and provide all pertinent details and evidence to support their claims
if honest fact-finding is what is wanted. Lastly, persons who have come forward
and provided their names and made claims may have, in good faith but in the
"fog of time," misinterpr.eted past events. The review of Air Force rec~rds did not
· locate even one piece of evidence to indicate that the Air Force has had any part
in an "alien" body recovery operation or continuing cover-up.
During the course of this effort, the Air Force has kept in dose touch with the
GAO and responded to their various queries and requests for assistance. This
report was generated as an official response to the GAO, and to document the
considerable effort expended by the Air Force on their behalf. It is anticipated that
that the GAO will request a copy of this report to help formulate the formal
report of their efforts. It is recommended that this document serve as the final Air
Force report related to the Roswell matter, for the GAO, or any other inquiries.
HARD L. VER, COL, USAF
CTOR, SECURITY AND SPECIAL
RAM OVERSIGHT
Attachments .
1. Washington Post Article, "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in New Probe,"
January 14, 1994
2. GAO Memo, February 15, 1994
3. DoD/IG Memo, February 23, 1994
4. SAF/ FM Memo, February 24, 1994, w /Indorsement
5. SAFI AA Memo, March 1, 1994, w I March 16, 1994 Addendum
6. AF/IN Memo, March 14, 1994
7. AF/SE Memo, March 14, 1994
8. SAF/ AQL Memo, March 22, 1994
9. AF/XOWP Memo, March 9, 1994
10. SAF/ AAI Memo, March 10, 1994
11. AFHRA!CC Memo, March 8, 1994
12. AFOSI!HO Memo, May 11, 1994
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