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This July 1994 Department of the Air Force package, from SAF/AAZ to the Secretary of the Air Force, covers a report written to support a General Accounting Office audit requested by Congressman Steven Schiff. The Air Force searched its offices, archives and records centers and interviewed witnesses, including Sheridan Cavitt. It found no evidence of an extraterrestrial event, alien bodies or a cover-up. It concludes that the debris recovered near Roswell in 1947 most likely came from a Project MOGUL balloon.

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  • p. 4 …that in July of 1947, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) recovered a flying saucer and…
  • p. 6 …General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon…
  • p. 8 …These locations include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia…
  • p. 9 …Air Force exerted some degree of control. Researchers did not, however, go to the US Army…
  • p. 10 …of the Air Force or the Senior Security Official of the Air Force that would officially…
  • p. 13 …US Army, the subject has also been very well documented over the years within Air Force…
  • p. 14 …There were no ancillary records in Air Force files to indicate the potential existence of such…
  • p. 24 …wooden materials used in the radar target previously described. CONCLUSION The Air Force research did not…
  • p. 28 …balloons still widely used today. Col. Marcellus Duffy, a respected Air Force pilot and scientific administrator…
  • p. 29 …Air Force officers received the intimate details that linked together these unrelated research projects. The use…
  • p. 30 …Air Force officers received the intimate details that linked together these unrelated research projects. The use…
13. List of Locations and Records Searched
14. HQ AAF "Issuance of Orders," June 5, 1947
15. Copy of Vandenberg's Appointment Book and Diary, July 7-9, 1947
16. July 9, 1947 Photos of Balloon Wreckage, Ft Worth Star Th_legram
17. Signed Sworn Statement of Cavitt, May 24, 1994
18. Transcript of Cavitt Interview, May-24, 1994
19. Letter, July 8, 1946, Project MOGUL
20. Signed Sworn Statement of Spilhaus, June 3, 1994
21. Signed Sworn Statement of Moore, June 8, 1994
22. Signed Sworn Statement of Trakowski, June 29, 1994
23. Transcript of Interview with Moore, June 8, 1994
24. Transcript of Interview with Trakowski, June 29, 1994
25. illustration of Project MOGUL "Balloon Trains"
26. Two Photos of Project MOGUL "Balloon Trains"
27. Log Summary, NYU Constant Level Balloon Flights
28. List of Museums Contacted
29. Copy of Blueprint for "Pilot Balloon Target, ML-307C/ AP Assembly"
30. Signed Sworn Statement of Newton, July 21, 1994
31. Photos of ML-307C/ AP Device, With Vintage Neoprene Balloon and Debris
32. Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings by 1st Lt James McAndrew
33. "Mensuration Working Paper," With Drawing and Photo
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 31 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.