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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. 2 …SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328 ISBN 0-16-048023-X
  • p. 5 …Jim Bruns acquainted himself with the numerous research facilities available in the Washington, DC, area, and…
  • p. 6 …At the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, it was a pleasure to collaborate…
  • p. 11 …s Report of Air Force Research: 1. Washington Post, "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in Probe…
  • p. 21 …OF THE SECF>PARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000 :MEMORANDUM FOR THE…
  • p. 26 …the result of a January 14, 1994, Washington Post article (Atch 1) which announced Congressman Steven…
  • p. 34 …SAF/ AAZD conducted reviews at a number of locations, including the National Archives in Washington, DC…
  • p. 37 …involved Ellington Field, Texas and the Spokane (Washington) Depot. After much discussion and information gathering on…
  • p. 47 …GAO, or any other inquiries. Attachments 1. Washington Post Article, "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in…
  • p. 51 …Disappeared in 19 47 By William Claiborne Washington Poat Staff Writer Where television's "Unsolved Mysteries…
  • p. 55 …from our National Security Analysis group in washington, D.C. If you have any questions concerning…
  • p. 63 …SAF/FMPF DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON OC _A_AF/INR _A_AF/SPO X…
  • p. 67 OF"F'1C£ 0~ THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000 MEMORANDUM…
  • p. 68 OFF'ICE OF" TME SECRETA~Y DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000 MEMORANDUM…
  • p. 72 …552} Department of the Air Force HQ OSAF/DADF Washington, DC 20380 RE: ALIEN BUMANOIDS/OFO…
  • p. 75 …of its license by government officials in Washington, DC, if it broadcast the story about the…
  • p. 81 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC MEMORANDUM FOR SAF/AAZ…
  • p. 85 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC MEMORANDUM FOR SAF/AA…
  • p. 89 …HQ USAF/XOWP 1490 Air Force Pentagon Washington DC 20330-1490 SUBJECT: GAO Review on Records…
  • p. 93 OF"F"ICE OF" THE SECRETARY SAF/AAIQ 1610 Air Force Washington, DC MEMORANDUM FOR DEPARTMENT…
  • p. 101 …and Records Administration (NARA), either at the Washington National Records Center (WNRq or the Southwest Regional…
  • p. 108 …Hartzop, Jr., Arrrr:r Air Forces, Washington, D. c., .arrived .for investi- gation of the B…
  • p. 133 HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES WASHINGTON SUBJECT: Iuuance o! Ordera !01 Couaa8.1ng General .A.1r Materiel…
  • p. 159 …24 May 94 Place: ,Washington :..p.f'/ I Sheridan W.Cavitt, hereby state that Richard L…
  • p. 168 …I don't remember anybody from Washington coming there. It's possible that somebody came over…
  • p. 169 …maybe somewhere to an Air Force Base up here in Washington. MC: Fort Lewis, I think…
  • p. 170 …It's in the Washington DC area. I forget since I was there in the Washington…
  • p. 178 …Yeah, but you said you would have known if anybody from Washington had come into your…
  • p. 179 normal course of his duty was sent to Washington not 8th Air Force in Fort Worth…
  • p. 195 …COITDllal'lding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D.C. THRU& (AC/A5-4) 1. To…
  • p. 241 …Not ever in Washington?
  • p. 242 …I visited people in Washington. Q: Just for the record, ·Major Marcel later worked at AFOAT…
  • p. 300 …Center for Military History, 14th St NW Washington DC Dr Bennett, Curator DrDrea Ms Hannah Zeidlik…
  • p. 317 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON OC 20330-1000 OFFICt: OF THE ~ECRETARY JUL 2 7…
  • p. 709 …of Phase II be presented to the Washington Subcommittee for clearance with all other Regional Airspace…
  • p. 712 …coordination was effected with the Washington Airspace SUbcommittee tmmediately subsequent to our Meeting #12. It "WaS…
  • p. 723 …on representative preaeurea and temperatures taken from Washington, Albuquerque, Pittsburgh and Lakehurst soundings. Individual variations from…
  • p. 731 …538, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, D. c. September, 1935. 8. Timoshenko, MacCullough, Elements of…
  • p. 791 …of Phase II be presented to the Washington Subcommittee for clearance with all other Hegional Airspace…
  • p. 792 …That the Washington Airspace Subcommittee present the Phase II operation to other Regional Airspace Subcommittees for…
  • p. 807 …Peoples in Washington regarding balloon ascention in June, Made plans for flight 20 which was made…
  • p. 809 …At 0930 went up J.o Math DQ&rtment at NYU - Washington Square. Met Mr Bennett…
  • p. 978 …was transported to Andrews AAF, MD (near Washington, DC), to be examined by high government officials…
  • p. 992 Eiffel Tower PARIS 1056ft Washington Monument WASHINGTON, D.C. 555ft Statue of Liberty NEW YORK HARBOR…
PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
A: There's a gray area here. I was certainly aware that
what we were doing in Alamagordo was highly classified and was
well aware, and I guess had been perhaps encouraged to have a
suitable cover story to explain what we were doing.
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Q: So you were encouraged by whom to have a cover story?
A: Probably by James Peoples, who was our scientific
monitoring ••• As you may be aware, there is a former colonel,
later General DuBose, who makes a statement that something was a
cover story. When I read this, I was not at all surprised. I
interpreted that as saying someone was covering up on Mogul.
That was my interpretation when I read what was attributable to
General DuBose. So from his point of view, there were certainly
no threats, but we were aware we weren't supposed to be talking.
Q: so was it Dr. Peoples then who actually actively said
use meteorology as a cover story, or •••
A: I don't remember the details, to be truthful •••
Q: But it was kind of a natural thing to think of in terms
of meteorology?
A: We were careful around NYU with the various technicians
we hired. We kept our knowledge of what we were doing to
ourselves. It's certainly my memory that we were aware that this
was classified, but we weren't threatened. We were just
instructed that this sort of information was not to be passed
out, even though the technical aspects we understood. So the
answer is yes, we very well understood this was classified; and
second, there was no physical threat or anything like that. We
were instructed not to talk about it, and until Todd told me that
Mogul had been declassified I was very reluctant to say anything
about it.
Q: Anywhere. in the early days were you ever aware of
involvement by General LeMay?
A: Not at all.
Q:
group? Not at your level. How about the [AFOAT-1] study
A: I became involved with them later on Project Grab Bag
and others, and I knew a bunch of people in [AFOAT-1] -- Doyle
Northrop ••• I knew that, but later ballooning got even more
heavily involved in various classified things.
Q: Where were your duty locations involved with [AFOAT-1]?
A: Probably at General Mills.
Q: Not ever in Washington?

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