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The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert was published in 1995 by Headquarters United States Air Force. It was written in response to Representative Steven H. Schiff's request and a General Accounting Office audit, and it contains Col. Richard L. Weaver's report and 1st Lt. James McAndrew's synopsis, along with attachments, appendices and photographs. The report says researchers found no evidence of an extraterrestrial craft or crew. It concludes that the 1947 debris came from a Project MOGUL balloon train.

  • p. 5 …Also, Robert "Gus" Bell contributed with his attractive art work; Richard Wolf provided invaluable computer expertise…
  • p. 6 …Select) Robert Hunter, the 913th Logistics Group Commander, for providing end-of-year assistance. And we…
  • p. 7 …Joseph Fletcher, USAF (Ret); Robert Todd; Frank Press; Vance Mitchell; Lt. Col. Joseph Rogan; Maj. Kevin…
  • p. 11 …Memo with Addendum, Robert J. McCormick, SAF/AA, for Distribution, subj: GAO Review on Records Management…
  • p. 27 …4). Subsequently, the then-Administrative Assistant, Mr. Robert J. McCormick, issued a tasking memorandum dated March…
  • p. 29 …Additionally, the Robert Stack-hosted television show "Unsolved Mysteries" devoted a large portion of one show…
  • p. 31 …Klass, who writes The Skeptic's UFO Newsletter, and Robert Todd, a private researcher. The concerns…
  • p. 34 …recommended by serious private researchers such as Robert Todd, who had independently obtained almost encyclopedic knowledge…
  • p. 39 …I do not remember it having any design or embossing on it ...." Robert R. Porter (B…
  • p. 44 …Moore, Robert Todd, and coincidentally, Karl Pflock, a researcher who is married to a staffer who…
  • p. 51 …In 1989, NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries" inves- tigated the controversy, which the program's host, Robert…
  • p. 75 …manager of KGFL Radio in Roswell, Jud Roberts, says the station was threatened with loss of…
  • p. 143 …permanent structure. 11:05 A.Y.. llr. Robert Gross ar.d 't!r. Jlaher of Lockheed…
  • p. 213 …provided some documents to some of them. Robert Todd, rm not sw-e whether he was…
  • p. 219 …No, we did not see that. A: Robert Todd, who has been a person very interested…
  • p. 228 …I didn't know the name Mogul until Robert Todd told me two years ago. I…
  • p. 273 …They were at first a Charles Robert) Todd, from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, who was writing a story…
  • p. 278 …I never met Richard Robert Crane. I knew him only by the path of debris he…
  • p. 299 …Westinghouse Electronics History Museum, Baltimore MD Mr Robert Dwitzbe, President "no balloon activity or balloon-borne…
  • p. 320 …Maj Robert T. Crane, spring 1946-July 1946; Col Marcellus Duffy, August 1946-January, 1947; and…
  • p. 761 …1!.!.!! Robert 't:isnieff Robert Ferris Fred :&.rker Duties Qualifications Equipment Construction Undergraduat~ P~sicist Student…
  • p. 964 …s Office and Lt. Colonel John A. Roberts, Assistant Chief of St.ll'i', arrh-ed…
26. Photographs, Project MOGUL Balloon Trains
27. Table No.7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights, November 20,
1946-July 5, 1947
28. Museums Contacted
29. Blueprint, Comer Reflector, ML-307C/AP Assembly
30. Statement, Irving Newton, July 21,1994
31. Photographs, ML-307C/AP Device with Vintage Neoprene Balloons and Debris
32. Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings, with Memorandum
for SAF/AAZ, Att: Colonel Richard~. Weaver, by
James McAndrew, 1st Lt, USAFR
Attachments to the McAndrew Synopsis:
1. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, [July 9, 1947]
2. Organizational Chart, Watson Laboratories, January 20, 1947
3. Drawing, NYU Cluster Flight No. 2
4. Illustrations, AN/CRT-1 Sonabuoy
5. Blueprint, Comer Reflector, ML-307C/AP Assembly
6. Table No. 7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights, November
20, 1946-September 9, 1947
7. Map of New Mexico
8. Illustration, Weather Balloon and Comer Reflector
9. Letter, Brig GenE. O'Donnell to Commanding General AAF, July 8, 1946
10. Hieroglyphic Drawing, Charles B. Moore, August 28, 1992
11. Alamogordo News, "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is Exlained Here: News Men
Watch Army Radar Crew Launch 'Disc'," July 10, 1947
Appendices to the McAndrew Synopsis:
1. Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947
2. Interview, Col Richard L. Weaver with Lt Col Sheridan D. Cavitt, USAF
(Ret), [May 24, 1994]
3. Statement, Irving Newton, July 21, 1994
4. Letter, Lt Col Edward A. Doty to Mr David Bushnell, March 3, 1959
5. Letter, Brig GenE. O'Donnell to Commanding General AAF, July 8, 1946
6. Report, Maurice Ewing for General Carl Spaatz, "Long Range Sound
Transmission in the Atmosphere," n.d. ·
7. Report, HQ Fitzwilliam Fwd, "Sonic Balloon Test Kwajalein," May 17,
1948
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 993 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.