“US Air Force”60+ pages
- p. 5 …Jacob Neufeld shared with us their wide knowledge of Air Force history. Also,
Robert "Gus" Bell…
- p. 6 …very useful experiences and insights.
We are most grateful to the members of Air Force Publishing…
- p. 9 …The Report of the Air Force Research Regarding
the "Roswell Incident" by Col. Richard L. Weaver…
- p. 18 …balloons still widely used today. Col. Marcellus Duffy, a respected Air Force
pilot and scientific administrator…
- p. 19 …Air Force officers received the
intimate details that linked together these unrelated research projects. The use…
- p. 26 …that in July of 1947, the US Army Air Forces
(USAAF) recovered a flying saucer and…
- p. 28 …General Roger Ramey,
Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon…
- p. 30 …These locations
include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters;
possibly Sandia…
- p. 31 …Air Force exerted some degree of control.
Researchers did not, however, go to the US Army…
- p. 32 …of the
Air Force or the Senior Security Official of the Air Force that would officially…
- p. 35 …US Army, the subject has
also been very well documented over the years within Air Force…
- p. 36 …There were no ancillary records in Air Force files to
indicate the potential existence of such…
- p. 44 …She provided the
Air Force researchers with this material. It is discussed in more detail within…
- p. 46 …wooden materials used in the radar
target previously described.
CONCLUSION
The Air Force research did not…
- p. 67 OF"F'1C£ 0~ THE SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000
MEMORANDUM…
- p. 73 …Serious UFO researchers believe that the Air Force now wishes
the American public, to know the…
- p. 76 …An electronic search of the Air Force Historical Research Agency archives, again,
several million pages of…
- p. 81 …AFR 127-4, Investigating and Reporting US Air Force Mishaps (attached), provides
guidance for Air Force…
- p. 94 AFP 127-1 Volume 1, US Air Force Guide to Mishap Investiqation
(AFSA/SEP)
AFP 127…
- p. 101 …microfilm roll33,764 indicates that the Fourth Air Force and its A-2 intelligence
section apparently…
- p. 114 …These
records contain documents on investigative
policy and Air Force Office of Special
Investigation reports of…
- p. 147 …iz he can use as comin~
!rom him - not an Air Force or General Varxienberg
statement…
- p. 163 …Weaver and I am talking to Lt Col Sheridan Cavitt, US Air Force, Retired. Also present…
- p. 168 …something like, "I took it to 8th Air Force Headquarters, General Ramey was excited; they were…
- p. 169 …He use to be a mechanic at
one time, Rick did, in the Air Force; the…
- p. 184 …The Air Force having the .. .I
mean we were close knit and it seemed that there…
- p. 186 …Has anybody in the US Government, the Air Force, or anyone connected with the
Government, ever…
- p. 189 …commander of the Eight Air Force, but
be and Blanchard use to have some... (unintelligible). Oh…
- p. 195 …COITDllal'lding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D.C.
THRU& (AC/A5-4)
1. To…
- p. 201 …The Army Air Force had
seen what the Japanese had done with long range balloons; although…
- p. 202 …mathematically-therefore using it was natural. Ramey's press
conference-the Air Force position makes sense…
- p. 213 …I was provided a background on the Air Force efforts related to the GAO audit and…
- p. 221 …were assigned under
Colonel Duffy in the Air Force liaison office. Istvan's name
you'll…
- p. 224 …There was a great argume·n.t that went on between the Army Air
Force and…
- p. 227 …The
pressure from the Air Force was enormous. There was a similar
problem, of course, in…
- p. 229 …cord we used was
not strong enough at all to hold the forces that came, so…
- p. 235 …That caused the Army Air Force to
begin this research.
- p. 236 …These are subsequent documents of people in the Air
Force considering the desirability of it.
After…
- p. 244 …By and large, people thought we were flying balloons
for the Air Force.
Q: As far…
- p. 246 …reports from the
people at later Holloman Air Force Base, Mogul appears in things
that are…
- p. 254 …staff
of 8th Air Force said that the Air Force was now using radar
targets to…
- p. 255 …General Ramey, Commander, 8th Air Forces, cleared up the mystery.
A: In these pictures here, don…
- p. 260 …We were strongly encouraged not
to mix in the Air Force with what we did. Everything…
- p. 265 …Alamagordo people or anyone else around 8th
Air Force.
A: There were some fancy orders that…
- p. 266 …These are the pictures taken in General Ramey's office,
8th Air Force Headquarters by a…
- p. 273 …The Air Force position on that is that it was
a misidentified balloon. The balloon was…
- p. 274 …using devices that I had developed in the Signal Corps. I was an Air Force officer…
- p. 277 …Signal Corps and Army Air Force?
A: All the officers that I had on my staff…
- p. 278 …potential problem that might
warrant scrutiny by Air Force intelligence or security people?
A: We were…
- p. 280 …Did you have any interaction with the people at Eighth Air Force such as General Ramey…
- p. 282 …Baltimore, I spent four years at the Air Force Research and Development Command Office in Brussels…
- p. 309 …the behest of the Secretary of the
Air Force, for the GAO, to leok into facts…
- p. 317 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON OC 20330-1000
OFFICt: OF THE ~ECRETARY
JUL 2 7…
- p. 318 …classified payloads for a Top Secret US
Army Air Forces project. The project's classified code…
- p. 319 …research agency of the US Army Air Forces (USAAF), the Air
Materiel Command (AMC), early in…
- p. 320 …USAAF, as the Army Air Forces Liaison Officer to the US
Army Signal Corps, with primary…
- p. 327 …Andrews AAF was headquarters
of the Army Air Forces Weather Service. It is also interesting to…
- p. 425 …completed to the sponsoring
agency for use of Air Force scientific personnel.
On 27 February 1948…
- p. 426 …systems
was to be submitted to the Air Force. Modification #9 revised
the delivery address for…
- p. 434 …It was also employed to give tpformation on Neutron intensities
1h another Air Force project(5…
INTRODUCTION
Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century the subject of Unidentified Flying
Objects (UFOs) has evoked strong opinions and emotions. For some, the belief in or study
of UFOs has assumed the dimensions of a religious quest. Others remain nonbelievers or
at least skeptical of the existence of alien beings and elusive vehicles which never quite
seem to manifest themselves. Regardless of one's conviction, nowhere has the debate
about UFOs been more spirited than over the events that unfolded near the small New
Mexico city of Roswell in the summer of 1947. Popularly known as the Roswell Incident,
this event has become the most celebrated UFO encounter of all time and has stimulated
enthusiasts like none other. Numerous witnesses, including former military personnel and
respectable members of the local community, have come forward with tales of humanoid
beings, alien technologies, and government cover-ups that have caused even the most
skeptical observer to pause and take notice. Inevitably these stories coming from the
desert have spawned countless articles, books, films, and even museums claiming to have
proof that visitors had come from outer space.
In February 1994, the Air Force was informed that the General Accounting Office (GAO),
an investigative agency of Congress, planned a formal audit to ascertain "the facts
regarding the reported crash of an UFO in 1949 [1947] at Roswell, New Mexico." 1 This
task was delegated to numerous agencies, but the focus was on the U.S. Air Force, the
agency most often accused of hiding information and records on Roswell. The Presidential
Science Advisor had also expressed an interest in the investigation. Thereupon, the
Secretary of the Air Force directed that a complete records search identify, locate, and
examine any and all information available on this subject. From the outset there was no
predisposition to refute or overlook any information. Moreover, if any of the information
discovered was under security classification, it was to be declassified, and if active or
former Air Force officials had been sworn to a secrecy oath, they were to be freed from
it. In short, the objective was to tell the Congress, and the American people, everything
the Air Force knew about the Roswell claims.
Subsequently, researchers conducted an extensive search of Air Force archives, record
centers, and scientific facilities. Seeking information that might help to explain peculiar
tales of odd wreckage and alien bodies, the researchers reviewed a monumental number
1. Memo, Marcia J. Van Note, DOD/IG, for Distribution, subj: General Accounting Office (GAO)
Letter Dated February 9, 1944 ..., Feb 23, 1994.
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