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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.

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  • p. 27 …It is within this context that the following research and assistance efforts were conducted in support…
  • p. 38 …the object found resem- bles a high altitude weather balloon with a radar reflector.... disc and…
  • p. 51 …The crash o( a mysterous object 75 miles northwest of Roswell, which the Air Force lat…
  • p. 98 …In addition, the following rubrics were identified for insertion into the Agency's finding aids: Roswell…
  • p. 99 related to unidentified flying objects and/ or the crash of a weather balloon near the base…
  • p. 100 …The following key words or phases were entered: ROSWELL UFO UFOS UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING…
  • p. 115 HO Input tor 8 Peb 89 Statt Meetin& The following are two old Uems from the…
  • p. 325 …The objective during this trip was to experiment with the newly developed polyethylene balloons which replaced…
  • p. 512 …The primary objective of such telemetering was to collect data to evaluate the altitude controls applied…
  • p. 596 …the valve stuck and a constant flow at 1800 grams per hour followed. The rising ceiling…
OFFICC: OF THE SECF>PARY
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000
:MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
FROM: SAF/AAZ
1720 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330-1720
SUBJECT: Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"
JUL 2 7 19S111
Attached is a report prepared in support of a General Accounting Office (GAO) audit that
is seeking to identify information concerning the "Roswell Incident." The report documents the
considerable effort expended by numerous Air Force offices and personnel in this matter.
The Air Force efforts did not identify any indication that the "Roswell Incident" was any
type of extraterrestrial event or that the Air Force has engaged in a 47 year conspiracy or "cover-
up" of information relating to it. Therefore, it is assumed that pro-UFO groups will strongly
object to the attached report and denounce it as either shortsighted or a continuation of the
"cover-up" conspiracy. Nevertheless, the attached report is a good faith effort and the first time
any agency of the government has positively responded officially to the ever-escalating claims
surrounding the Roswell matter.
Attachment:
Report of Research Regarding
the "Roswell Incident", 27 Jul94
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