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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. 3 …Prior to that, the incident was dismissed because the AAF originally identified the debris recovered as…
  • p. 6 …When the debris was gathered up the tinfoil, paper, tape, and sticks made a bundle about…
  • p. 7 …Marcel, claimed that he had recovered UFO debris near Roswell in 1947. Also in 1978, a…
  • p. 8 example, it was originally reported that there was o~y recovery of debris from one site…
  • p. 10 …the exact location(s) of the purported debris, and the extent of the wreckage. Such discrepancies…
  • p. 13 …forth as a possible explanation for the debris recovered near Roswell. Since much of this testing…
  • p. 16 …There were three categories of debris: a thick, foil like metallic gray substance; a brittle, brownish…
  • p. 17 …The debris looked like pieces of a large balloon which had burst. The pieces were small…
  • p. 18 …while I was examining the debris, Major Marcel was picking up pieces of the target sticks…
  • p. 21 …Lt Col Cavitt described a small area of debris which appeared, "to resemble bamboo type square…
  • p. 22 …Pflock concluded from his research that the Brazel Ranch debris originally reported as a "flying disc…
  • p. 24 …This organiza- tion was able to obtain measurements from the "sticks" visible in the debris after…
  • p. 26 …Photos of ML-307C/ AP Device, With Vintage Neoprene Balloon and Debris 32. Synopsis of Balloon…
  • p. 29 …Additionally, many claims of a flying saucer crash at Roswell rest on the description of debris…
  • p. 30 …Additionally, many claims of a flying saucer crash at Roswell rest on the description of debris…
  • p. 31 …not compare the descriptions of the suspect debris with that of the components of a Project…
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.