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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. 1 …Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident" JUL 2 7 19~·M Attached is…
  • p. 2 REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT" . JULY 1994
  • p. 3 REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING THE 11ROSWELL INCIDENT" EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The "Roswell Incident" refers to…
  • p. 4 INTRODUCTION Air Force involvement in the alleged UFO-related incident popularly known as the "Roswell Incident…
  • p. 5 …THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT"-WHATWAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED IN 1947 The modem preoccupation with what ultimately came to…
  • p. 6 …Interestingly, the "Roswell Incident" was not considered one of these 1947 events until the 1978-1980…
  • p. 7 …The overall thrust of these articles, books, and shows is that the "Roswell Incident" was actually…
  • p. 8 …Once back at Roswell Army Air Field, it is generally alleged that special measures were taken…
  • p. 9 …What is uniquely lacking in the entire exploration and exploitation of the "Roswell Incident" is official…
  • p. 10 …of "over two dozen" personnel stationed at Roswell in July, 1947, to the Veterans Adminis- tration…
  • p. 11 …program involving, or relating to, the events at Roswell or the alleged technology that supposedly 17
  • p. 12 …they found that might be related to Roswell. SAF/ AAZD conducted reviews at a number of…
  • p. 13 …WHAT THE ROSWELL INCIDENT WAS NOT Before discussing specific positive results that these efforts revealed, it…
  • p. 14 …A Nuclear Accident One of the areas considered was that whatever happened near Roswell may have…
  • p. 15 …There is no similar mention of his personal interest or involvement in Roswell events except in…
  • p. 16 …WHAT THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT" WAS As previously discussed, what was originally reported to have been recovered…
  • p. 17 …Porter (B-29 flight Engineer stationed at Roswell in 1947). Affidavit dated June 7, 1991. " ... On…
  • p. 18 …Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when the Roswell…
  • p. 21 …came to rest some miles northwest of Roswell, NM, became shredded in the surface winds, and…
  • p. 22 …had also discovered the possibility that the "Roswell Incident" may have been generated by the recovery…
  • p. 23 …appeared to be directly responsible for the "Roswell Incident," a ;~ 1AAZD researcher_ prepared a more detail…
  • p. 24 …CONCLUSION The Air Force research did not locate or develop any information that the "Roswell Incident…
  • p. 25 …alien bodies" make their living _from the "Roswell Incident." While having a commercial interest in something…
  • p. 27 …Popularly known as the Roswell Incident, this event has become the most celebrated UFO encounter of…
  • 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 …This report· explains the events that transpired in and near Roswell, New Mexico, in the summer…
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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