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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. 12 …Memo, with Attachments, Edward C. Mishler, HQ AFOSIIHO, for SAF/AAZ, subj: GAO Review on Records…
  • p. 14 …Spilhaus, C.S. Schneider, C.B. Moore, "Controlled-Altitude Free Balloons," Journal of Meteorology, Vol. 5…
  • p. 15 …Spilhaus and Col Marcellus Duffy Capt Albert C. Trakowski and Dr. James Peoples Charles B. Moore…
  • p. 18 …Albert C. Trakowski, a young Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, followed Duffy in the leadership role…
  • p. 27 …of their efforts if they did; and (c) the overall effort was the task and responsibility…
  • p. 33 …AQL, Directorate of Electronics and Special Programs (c) AF/SE, Air Force Safety (d) AF/HO…
  • p. 35 …Mexico alone, involving A-26C, P-51N, C-82A, P-80A, and PQ-14B aircraft; however…
  • p. 41 …Moore; and the military Project Officer, Colonel Albert C. Trakowski. All of these persons were subsequently…
  • p. 45 …actually procured was a 1953-manufactured model"C" as compared to the Model B which was…
  • p. 55 GAO UnitedStal:eS General AecolllltiDC omce WashiDgtoo., D.C; ZOMS National Security and Interaatiooal ..urairS Division…
  • p. 59 …SEE DISTRIBUTION Genoral Ac:c:ounti.nq Offic:a (GAO) Latter Dated February 9, 1994, •aeccrds…
  • p. 67 …investigations, and wreckage/debris retention and disposition; (c) identify~ records (unclassified or classified) related to air…
  • p. 71 …Ref para c above. Although we possess no official records related to the subject matter, we…
  • p. 72 …OBSTE'TRI RTIUTY. ~·_._ Freedom of Information Act Request (S O.S.C. 552} Department of the…
  • p. 82 AIRCRAFT DATE A-26C 24 June 1947 P-51N 10 July 1947 C-82A 12 July…
  • p. 94 …1 Atch \nExtracts from AF tV y Records Schedules ~ . ~ c.L- T {(av.r- t;"RAcE…
  • p. 103 …Pursuant to CLuthorj.ty c.::.r.taincd in Hqs. 8th Air Forco 'f;.:x num~.or…
  • p. 104 …Colonel Lur.:c.s relieved. Lt Colonel William C. Kingsl-1~ who then assumed oommand of…
  • p. 106 …Lewis c. Bohanan. former commanding o£ticer of the 3rd Pho to Lab Unit, was trans…
  • p. 107 …Spurgeon, to coordi- nate with Adjutant; 's Section; Lt Colonel Ray- C. 16.ltcn, to coordinate…
  • p. 108 …Jr., Arrrr:r Air Forces, Washington, D. c., .arrived .for investi- gation of the B-29…
  • p. 113 …Copy of SF 135, 19 Dec 75 c!;i.J&£~{ (fftiJl~. EDWARD C. MISHLER Historian 2…
  • p. 114 …C,R1 .01·'~ c INSTRUCTIONS SIG~ATU~ ~. i OAt ~CORe$ RC:V:> Send original and…
  • p. 127 …51 B-0614 BOLLING FLO 342-51 C-5071 BOLLING FLO 342-52-7089 1 OF8…
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  • p. 140 …5:30 AI/Z r/J,.;c51/ C?PP.·~?:2/.? _f/' ..50.4/ t ~ rs <,--:.. () fl…
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  • p. 143 …unc ey !eels Gen C&.nnor. ~ not too sure o! hi.Jr.selt, as two Z…
  • p. 144 …Frank Heckett 1 s aame on it. ·i;c are most anxious to explode this thing…
  • p. 168 …I said it was 700 C at Bolling. I believe now that you mentioned Andrews, it…
  • p. 193 …Graul to Commanding General AMC; Brig Gen Tom C. Rives to Commanding General AAF July 8…
  • p. 195 …COITDllal'lding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D.C. THRU& (AC/A5-4) 1. To…
  • p. 196 …lS:~.-ll, priority lA, include dcttarrd.nation of con:;n-oasional wa~ voloc.C..t.y…
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  • p. 198 Btuic ltr WLAMC., 9 Sop 47, to CO Al!C, aubj: "Research Op:-s in Ala…
  • p. 205 …NM C/3!_4 I, Charles B Moore, hereby state that Jeffrey Buder, was identified as…
  • p. 206 C/3.#/ model I think that flight #4 was the flight that was launched out of…
  • p. 207 C B. ;vi. I can think of no other explanation for Roswell than one of our…
  • p. 208 …saw one of these targets more than 20 years ago . ) c.a. Moore August 28, 1992
  • p. 211 Statement Albert C. Trakowski June 29, 1994 22
  • p. 213 …VA I, i\lbert C. Trakowski, hereby state that Jeffrey Butler, was identified as a Colonel…
  • p. 224 …I think this was a C-45. We did, indeed, have B-17's attached to…
  • p. 228 …we still carried microphones aloft and a C-54 orbited overhead and followed the balloons out…
  • p. 230 …June 1st, "C-47 with Moore, Schneider and others from NYU, also Irewin, Minton, Olson, NYU…
  • p. 247 …Trakowski went over in a c-54 and picked them up. Also radiosonde receivers set up…
  • p. 249 …It looks like Maryalls' "C-54, located on Tulerosa Range by air. Out PM with several…
  • p. 258 …HT SST, whatever that is." July 8th. "C-54 off about 10:30 with 23 people…
  • p. 263 …I had forgotten, but he reminded me that he had gone on the C-54 to…
  • p. 264 …what sticks in my mind as either c-s or an M-5 radar. I knew…
  • p. 266 …A~ I say, these c~me out right at the end of the war. The warrant…
  • p. 268 …This is the c Model. It doesn't show the reinforcements. Q: The young lady I…
  • p. 269 …I thought the B Model was a 1947 vintage and assumed, wrongly so, that the C…
  • p. 271 24 Interview Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with Col Albert C. Trakowski, USAF…
  • p. 278 …balloon launch-Maj. W. D. Pritchard, Maj. C. W. Mangum, Lieutenant Siegal, and a Capt. L…
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  • p. 299 …1675 Ms Ruth Fiornartto DSN 992-5781 c) Westinghouse Electronics History Museum, Baltimore MD Mr Robert…
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  • p. 307 …other· icial, non-judicial, or administrative proceedings. __ c. I have the right to consult with a…
  • p. 308 …70 U.S C BOis. 44 U.S.C 3101. and EO 9397 PRINCIPAL PURPOSES: usea…
  • p. 320 …Crane, spring 1946-July 1946; Col Marcellus Duffy, August 1946-January, 1947; and Capt Albert C…
PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/~/94 32
from north hangar and from Cloudcroft for awhile. Nothing from
Roswell.
"On Thursday morning, July Jrd, a cluster of GM plastic
balloons sent up for v-2 recording, but V-2 not fired. No shots
fired. Balloons up for some time."
Q:
A:
Q:
too?
A:
Q:
I •m going
What is a shot?
Explosive on the ground.
You were doing explosives on the ground in New Mexico
crary.
so Crary would give you the signal, he'd say at 0400
to launch a balloon, and at 0500 I'm going to •••
A: No, he wouldn't launch a balloon. I'd launch a
balloon. What Peoples would do is say I want a flight up
tomorrow morning. So the NYU group would get ready to make a
flight, and then Crary would go out with his crew and fire
explosives up and down the Tulerosa Basin while our balloons were
in the air.
Q: so you had multiple explosions on the ground, the V-
2 •••
A: And explosions on the East Coast.
Q: On the East Coast, caribbean, and you had those timed
so you knew when those were going to take place and you were
simply waiting for •••
A: They had them timed and we balloon types just fit into
the schedule. But th~~~ster, the timin~, bringin~.all this
together, we knew nothing about. We were just scheduled to fly
balloons.
Q:
winds. But you did want to launch early morning for the light
A: We did want to launch early in the morning for light
wind. We had freedom to tell them what we could do and what we
couldn't do. We actually on this, in addition to everything
else, we actually flew blocks of TNT on free balloons and fired
them while we had other balloons in the air.
Q: Did those have radar targets on them also?
A: Probably.
Q: Were those detonated by •••

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