“Roswell”60+ pages
- p. 1 THE
ROSWELL
REPORT
Fact versus Fiction
in the
New Mexico Desert
Headquarters United States Air Force…
- p. 3 …to what is popularly known as the Roswell
Incident. The only information presented here that was…
- p. 9 …The Report of the Air Force Research Regarding
the "Roswell Incident" by Col. Richard L. Weaver…
- p. 11 …1
"Report of Air Force Research Regarding the 'Roswell Incident'," with
Memorandum for the Secretary of…
- p. 13 …1947
Appendices to the McAndrew Synopsis:
1. Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947
2. Interview, Col…
- p. 14 …Combined History, 509th Bomb Group and Roswell Army Airfield,
September 1-30, 1947
Attachment to Colonel…
- p. 17 …Popularly known as the Roswell Incident,
this event has become the most celebrated UFO encounter of…
- p. 19 …Additionally, many claims of a flying saucer crash at Roswell rest on the
description of debris…
- p. 21 …Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"
JUL 2 7 19S111
Attached is a…
- p. 23 REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH
REGARDING THE
"ROSWELL INCIDENT"
JULY 1994
- p. 25 REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING
THE ''ROSWELL INCIDENT"
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The "Roswell Incident" refers to…
- p. 26 INTRODUCTION
Air Force involvement in the alleged UFO-related incident popularly known as
the "Roswell Incident…
- p. 27 …THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT"-WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED IN 1947
The modem preoccupation with what ultimately came…
- p. 28 …Interestingly, the "Roswell Incident" was not considered one of these
1947 events until the 1978-1980…
- p. 29 …The overall thrust of these articles, books, and shows is that
the "Roswell Incident" was actually…
- p. 30 …Once back at Roswell Army Air Field, it is generally alleged that special measures
were taken…
- p. 31 …What is uniquely
lacking in the entire exploration and exploitation of the "Roswell Incident" is
official…
- p. 32 …of "over
two dozen" personnel stationed at Roswell in July, 1947, to the Veterans Adminis-
tration…
- p. 33 …program involving,
or relating to, the events at Roswell or the alleged technology that supposedly
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- p. 34 …they found that might
be related to Roswell. SAF/ AAZD conducted reviews at a number of…
- p. 35 …WHAT THE ROSWELL INCIDENT WAS NOT
Before discussing specific positive results that these efforts revealed, it…
- p. 36 …A Nuclear Accident
One of the areas considered was that whatever happened near Roswell may have…
- p. 37 …There is no
similar mention of his personal interest or involvement in Roswell events except
in…
- p. 38 …WHAT THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT" WAS
As previously discussed, what was originally reported to have been recovered…
- p. 39 …Porter (B-29 flight Engineer stationed at Roswell in 1947). Affidavit
dated June 7, 1991. " ... On…
- p. 40 …Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when
the Roswell…
- p. 43 …came to rest some miles northwest of Roswell, NM, became
shredded in the surface winds, and…
- p. 44 …had also discovered the possibility that the "Roswell Incident" may
have been generated by the recovery…
- p. 45 …appeared to be directly responsible for the "Roswell Incident," a
SAF I AAZD researcher prepared a…
- p. 46 …CONCLUSION
The Air Force research did not locate or develop any information that the
"Roswell Incident…
- p. 47 …alien bodies" make their living from the "Roswell Incident."
While having a commercial interest in something…
- p. 51 …Even though the "Roswell Incident" has been
repeatedly dismissed by the Defense Depart-
ment as nothing…
- p. 56 …reported crash of a weather balloon
near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
SCOPE:
Initial work…
- p. 59 …since the enclosed GAO notification letter did not mention
the Roswell incid~t or specifically site…
- p. 67 …reported
crash of a weather balloon near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947". To fulfill the…
- p. 71 …There is a second document called "Synopsis of Roswell Incident: (Atch 2). In its
recapitulation of…
- p. 73 …I have enclosed
for your review a brief synopsis of what occurred in and around
Roswell…
- p. 75 SYNOPSIS OF ROSWELL INCIDENT
I am writing to request a clarifica-
rion of the U.S…
- p. 76 SUMMARY OF HQ NAIC RESEARCH INTO THE ROSWELL INCIDENT,
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS, AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK…
- p. 77 …Concerted research has failed to turn up any evidence relating to the Roswell incident
or of…
- p. 78 …He found
nothing, apparently, about the Roswell incident.
The UFO Experience, J. Allen Hynek. Written by…
- p. 89 …archives of a weather balloon
crash near Roswell, New Mexico from 20 June to 31 July…
- p. 94 …We asked the National Personnel Records Center to see if they have
any files for Roswell…
- p. 98 REPORT
GAO INVESTIGATION OF "THE ROSWELL INCIDENT":
RELEVANT HOLDINGS AT THE AFHRA
8 March 1994
Preface…
- p. 99 …No
mention of Roswell incident found.
390th Air Service Sqdn - No AFHRA files for June/July…
- p. 100 …No mention of the Roswell
incident was found in them.
Result of the Search - Card Catalog…
- p. 101 …records which
might provide details of the Roswell incident H such records survive today, they will…
- p. 102 …509mBoMB GRoUP ~--I ,A N D : . :: ;:;: ~: 1, . - .. .
ROSWELL ARMY AIRFiE-IAf-
1JutY 1947 THROUG!.t 31Jutv…
- p. 104 …Arner ?P.r Po.r~crnph 3, Special Order, #139, Eeadquartars,
Roswell Anny Air Field, dated…
- p. 106 …guasts of -the Kiwe.nis Club of Roswell at a luncheon, for which Colonel
:;.. H. Blanchard…
- p. 108 …Mabry' of New Mexico, and party, were the
guests o£ honor of Roswell Arrq Air Field…
- p. 159 …Shortly after arriving at Roswell , New Mexico in that time frame I had occasion to accompany…
- p. 163 …When did you get transferred to Roswell, Sir?
SC: I went to Roswell after going to…
- p. 166 …disc" in RosweU? That was actually the Roswell
paper, that was the first one. How about…
- p. 170 …I went through and pulled out wherever, in this book UFO Crash at Roswell by
Randle…
- p. 172 …been changed to a location closer to Roswell. And. that's where these bodies were
supposedly…
- p. 175 …that they weren't shooting them toward Roswell, anyway. Of course the sent up a few…
- p. 176 …Kirtland was just another Air Base as far as we were concerned down at Roswell.
They…
- p. 178 …On page 86, it said: "The counterintelligence people came into Roswell on a special
flight from…
- p. 179 …he described his normal
unclassified duties at Roswell, but according to him the crash and recovery…
INTRODUCTION
Air Force involvement in the alleged UFO-related incident popularly known as
the "Roswell Incident" began as the result of a January 14, 1994, Washington Post
article (Atch 1) which announced Congressman Steven Schiff's intent to initiate
a GAO effort to resolve this controversial matter. Having previously been
involved in numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Congressional
requests on "unusual aircraft," to include Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), The
Director, Security and Special Program Oversight, Office of the Secretary of the
Air Force (SAF I AAZ), believed the Air Force would become involved in any
GAO effort involving this subject.
Thus, in late January, 1994, SAF I AAZ directed its research/ declassification team,
SAF I AAZD, to attempt to locate any official records relative to this matter. These
initial research efforts focused on records at the Air Force Historical Research
Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), AL, the Air Force Safety
Agency (AFSA) at Kirtland AFB, NM, and the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
On February 15, 1994, the GAO officially notified Secretary of Defense William
J. Perry that it was initiating an audit of the Department of Defense (DoD)
policies and procedures for acquiring, classifying, retaining, and disposing of
official government documents dealing with weather balloon, aircraft, and similar
crash incidents (Atch 2). This notification was subsequently passed to the
Department of Defense Inspector General who in tum officially notified the
Secretaries of the Services and other affected parties of the audit in a February 23,
1994, memo (Atch 3). This memorandum indicated that the IIGAO is anxious to
respond to Representative Schiff's request and to dispel any concerns that the
DoD is being unresponsive." These were the first official US Government
documents that indicated that the purpose of the GAO was to review "crash
incidents involving weather balloons and unknown aircraft, such as UFOs and
foreign aircraft, and (2) the facts involving the reported crash of an UFO in 1949
[sic, 1947] at Roswell, New Mexico ... [and an] alleged DoD cover-up."
An entrance meeting of potentially concerned parties was held in the offices of
the DoD Inspector General on February 28, 1994. During this meeting it was
learned that, while the audit officially would be reviewing the records of a
number of DoD (and possibly other Executive Branch entities), the bulk of the
effort would be focused on Air Force records and systems. The audit was
officially given the GAO code 701034 and entitled "Records Management
Procedures Dealing With Weather Balloon, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash
Incidents." Although this official title appeared rather broad, there was no
misunderstanding that the real purpose was to attempt to locate records and/or
information on the "Roswell Incident." This incident, explained later in more
detail, generally dealt with the claim that in July of 1947, the US Army Air Forces
(USAAF) recovered a flying saucer and I or its alien occupants which supposedly
crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. When the USAAF ultimately became the
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