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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.

  • p. 3 …balloon project, designed to attempt to monitor Soviet nuclear tests, known as Project MOGUL. Additionally, several…
  • p. 19 …Its name was Project MOGUL (Atch 19). Project MOGUL was a then-sensitive, classified project, whose…
  • p. 20 …These interviews confirmed that Project MOGUL was a compartmented, sensitive effort. The NYU group was responsible…
  • p. 21 …so because he was either aware of Project MOGUL and was trying to deflect interest from…
  • p. 22 …Trakowski provided specific details on Project MOGUL and described how the security for. the program was…
  • p. 23 In order to provide a more detailed discussion of the specifics of Project MOGUL d how…
  • p. 24 …First, the recovered wreckage was from a Project MOGUL balloon. There were no "alien" passengers therein…
  • p. 26 …illustration of Project MOGUL "Balloon Trains" 26. Two Photos of Project MOGUL "Balloon Trains" 27. Log…
  • p. 28 …Project MOGUL resulted from two important post-World War ll priorities set by the Commanding General…
  • p. 29 …However, too much activity was going on for the project to remain completely hidden. A MOGUL…
  • p. 30 …However, too much activity was going on for the project to remain completely hidden. A MOGUL…
  • p. 31 …of the components of a Project MOGUL balloon train. MOGUL reports and documents that contain descriptions…
who are said to have known all about MOGUL, apparently djd not compare the
descriptions of the suspect debris with that of the components of a Project MOGUL
balloon train. MOGUL reports and documents that contain descriptions, illustrations, and
photographs have been publicly available for at least twenty years. Had the researchers
completed even a cursory comparison, they ~ould have found that the materials were
suspiciously similar; detailed examination would have shown them to be one and the
- same. In the final analysis, it appears these individuals have pursued the convenient red
herring provided by Roswell Army Airfield, while the real explanation lay just over the
Sacramento Mountains at the MOGUL launch site in Alamogordo.
This report· explains the events that transpired in and near Roswell, New Mexico, in the
summer of 1947. It is based on written documentation and first-hand accounts of
participants, all of which are provided here in their entirety. While these answers are not
as titillating as tales of unearthly craft and creatures, it is a fascinating story nonetheless.
JAMES McANDREW, 1ST LT, USAFR
Declassification and Review Officer
SAFIAAZD
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