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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. 13 …Alamogordo News, "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is Exlained Here: News Men Watch Army Radar Crew Launch…
  • p. 25 …AAF) allegedly recovered remains of a crashed "flying disc" near Roswell, New Mexico. In February, 1994…
  • p. 28 …Marcel, had recovered a "flying disc" from the range lands of an unidentified rancher in the…
  • p. 36 …during the month answering inquiries on the 'flying disc,' which was reported to be in possession…
  • p. 37 …July 7, he was busy with a "flying disc" incident; however this particular incident involved Ellington…
  • p. 38 …and sticks." Additionally, the description of the "flying disc" was consistent with a document routinely used…
  • p. 43 …balloon." Concerning the initial announcement, "RAAF Captures Flying Disc," research failed to locate any documented evidence…
  • p. 44 …Pflock concluded from his research that the Brazel Ranch debris originally reported as a "flying disc…
  • p. 46 …Major Marcel in originally reporting that a "flying disc" had been recovered when, at that time…
  • p. 75 …material recovered near Corona was from a "flying disc," a weather balloon, or something else. Please…
  • p. 99 …mentioning the Office of Public Affairs and "flying disc" activities in GP-509-Hl, July 1947…
  • p. 100 …search produced no documents concerned with a flying disc and/or weather balloon crash at Roswell…
  • p. 105 …kept quite busy during the monti1 answering inquiries on the "flying disc", which.was reported to…
  • p. 144 …fro~ the Houston Chronicle saying that a flying disc had landed there v:ith his (Colonel…
  • p. 166 …now famous newspaper says they found a "flying disc" in RosweU? That was actually the Roswell…
  • p. 254 …Here's the morning paper, "Report flying disc found." Down here is about Colonel J.D…
  • p. 318 …this debris may be part of a "flying disc."1 The sheriff conta<;ted Roswell (Army…
  • p. 325 …rancher and was subsequently identified as a "flying disc" by personnel from Roswell AAF was, with…
  • p. 326 …It should also be understood that the term "flying disc" was not at this time synonymous…
  • p. 329 …floor of the office was a crashed "flying disc." Newton, having seen many weather balloons and…
  • p. 331 …subsequent rumors that the "capture" of a "flying disc" occurred, ultimately left many people with unanswered…
  • p. 373 11 Alamogordo News "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is Explained Here: News Men Watch Army Raqar Crew…
RW: 700 CIC was the Headquarters?
SC: Yes, I don't think I even made a report to them, which I normally would if there was
anything at all unusual.
RW: Do you remember the newspaper? It actually was, I think, July 7, 194 7, where this now
famous newspaper says they found a "flying disc" in RosweU? That was actually the Roswell
paper, that was the first one. How about you, Mary, do you remember that at all?
SC: I don't remember it. We took the local paper to get some weather reports.
MC: We were so new there. In fact, I think I had just been there just maybe just a few days
because I bad been up to my sister's wedding and I don't think at that time we might not even
been taking the paper. We heard no ...
SC: I don't remember anything in the paper.
MC: We heard nothing. Of course, we didn't associate with people on the base, either.
RW: Yeah, I understand.
MC: We were brand new. Jesse and Salazar were best mends. At that ... starting about the first
of July on.
RW: After you found this, Sir, do you remember any sort unusual activity occurring? Like a big
military alert, or people going out to the base and large numbers of high security?
SC: No. The reason I wouldn't have been involved in anything like that, ifthere was any activity
like that, I was Counter Intelligence Corps, this didn't have anything to do with counter-
intelligence. It looked to me, somebody lost a weather balloon. I couldn't care less... tough luck.
RW: But when you went out and saw this material, there was no doubt in your mind that it was
some sort of man made material? And, you though at the time was a weather baBoon, some sort
of balloon?
SC: When I first saw it.
RW: When you said the wreckage wasn't very much, could you, was it as long as your house
here, or just a small little clump?
SC: Maybe as long as this room is wide.
RW: So, twenty feet maybe?

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