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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…
PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: The service flights were which ones?
A: The ones carrying the microphones.
Q: so specifically that term was used for the microphone
flights from .•.
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A: That's right. You'll notice when you look at this,
that the flights out in the Pacific don't even get mentioned.
There's just no report on the flights in the Pacific, and the
flights in 1 48 that we made for Sandstone, there are some flight
numbers recorded, but there are no details at all provided.
Q: That was Grab Bag?
A: No, Grab Bag was to grab stratospheric air to measure
the krypton 85 ..•
Q: Essentially particulate detection and gaseous •••
A: That was gaseous. The particulate was, I think we were
less involved in grabbing particulates. There have been
thousands of flights made, and certain people did carry cascade
impactors and other things, but that was a minor part of what we
did, whereas Grab Bag was a very measure effort.
Q: That was in '48?
A: That was more •so odd.
Q: Was that Fitzwilliam?
A: No, Fitzwilliam was entirely acoustic detection. Again,
very long range detection. Fitzwilliam was spring of 1 48. There
were various code names, and thanks to our friend Todd, I've
learned about the code name got termed Black Heart and a whole
bunch of odd names ••.
Q: Black Heart, Rock Fish. He may be wrong on that part.
He may be right, but ...
A: I heard Mogul got converted into Rock Fish. But I
heard the detection part of Fitzwilliam ended up being called
Black Heart.
Q: He may be in error on that.
A: As I say, I'd been much more concerned with the
technical aspects than the military operations.
Q: This is one of the technical reports and it's talking
about the various flights, and this is the report that lists all
of the numbered flights and it talks about, it says, "Excluded
are the flights made to test," it's technical report number one,

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