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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. 6 …Kathy Spilhaus, Charles and Wilma Moore, Col. Albert and Jean Trakowski, Lt. Col. Sheridan and Mary…
  • p. 12 …Statement, Albert C. Trakowski, June 29, 1994 23. Interview, Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James…
  • p. 14 …Personal Journal of Albert P. Crary 18. New York University, Progress Report No. 7, Constant Level…
  • p. 15 …Yates Albert P. Crary and Phil Chantz Dr. W. Maurice Ewing and Albert P. Crary Dr…
  • p. 18 …editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research; Albert P. Crary, also a civilian Air Force scientist…
  • p. 41 …Moore; and the military Project Officer, Colonel Albert C. Trakowski. All of these persons were subsequently…
  • p. 42 …An advance ground team, led by Albert P. Crary, preceded the NYU group to Alamogordo Army…
  • p. 211 Statement Albert C. Trakowski June 29, 1994 22
  • p. 219 …You, perhaps, have talked to Albert Trakowski ••.
  • p. 220 …Anyway, Albert Trakowski was the Watson Laboratory project officer on this. When I raised this question…
  • p. 224 …Only what Albert Trakowski told me, that our friend John Peterson, the procurement man, was just…
  • p. 230 …The reason I have it identified is I have Albert Crary's diary. The scientific end…
  • p. 247 …V-2 firings? A: Those went independently. Albert Crary was monitoring the V-2 firings. Q…
  • p. 271 24 Interview Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with Col Albert C. Trakowski, USAF…
  • p. 273 Colonel Albert Trakowski 29 June 1994 Q: We have concluded) independently from several other researchers the…
  • p. 320 …Crane, spring 1946-July 1946; Col Marcellus Duffy, August 1946-January, 1947; and Capt Albert C…
  • p. 322 …Personal journal of Albert P. Crary, p. 13. 20. Ibid., pp. 4-16. 21. Ibid., p…
  • p. 327 …Intvw, Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with Col Albert C. Trakowski, USAF (Ret…
  • p. 330 …79; Untr~scribed journal of Albert P. Crary, p. 64.
  • p. 408 …personnel were as follows: BAllOON TEAM: Dr. Albert P. Crary Mr. Charles S. Schneider Mr. John…
  • p. 770 …Co. Inc. R:ye, N. Y. Capt. Albert C. T;r.-akowski Watson Laboratories Red Bank…
  • p. 799 Journal Transcriptions Albert P. Crary 17 April 2, 1946-May 8, 1946, and December 2, 1946…
  • p. 807 …3-25 cre•r:lt Yosher, Lt Alberts, Sgt ? Oliva arrived Alamo. by train this ~ Feb…
  • p. 843 22 Interview Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with Col Albert Trakowski, USAF (Ret…
  • p. 979 Albert P. Crary (left) and technician Phil Chantz taking a break during Project MOGUL operations at…
  • p. 980 The distinguished scientists Albert P. Crary (left) and Dr. W. Maurice Ewing collaborated at various scien…
  • p. 982 …be part of a flying saucer. Capt. Albert C. Trakowski who succeeded Colonel Duffy as MOGUL…
  • p. 984 …Photo Collection of Albert P. Crary. This modified PT boat that was assigned to Project MOGUL…
  • p. 985 …Photo Collection of Albert P. Crary. Standard 350-gram meteorological weather balloons in the North Hangar…
PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 44
A: I think not, because they say, the whole article is
this was a demonstration. I would have thought, since Crary was
a senior person and he and Peoples, Peoples was our contact with
the base. But other than Oyvad, we had no real contact with
anyone I remember. I do remember being very disappointed with
the radar.
Q: If this were a demonstration sometime on the 9th or
lOth of July, prior to this being published, they talk in terms
here of these radar reflectors. These particular radar
reflectors, as having labels on them. The radar reflectors you
were using, did they have any type of labels talking about being
property of u.s. Army, or Watson Laboratories?
A: None that I know of. We were strongly encouraged not
to mix in the Air Force with what we did. Everything we did had
an NYU label. I may be able to dig back in my file somewhere •..
Q: so they may have had an NYU label on it. Even the
service ones.
A: On service, but on radar test flights, there's no way
we would have put a label on.
Q: Those were just shakedown flights. You were just
saying hey, what's going to work best to get the data, so let's
use some of the equipment we have and see what works, so you'd
have someone on the radar and say yeah, this configuration works,
this one doesn't. That's what you were doing. Then later on you
refined your technique •••
A: What we would do is we would put up things and they'd
come back and say it didn't work. So we'd scratch our heads and
do something else. But we were running that end of t~e balloon
end of the operation. Nobody else was flying balloons around us.
There may have been a radiosonde operation out over White Sands,
but there was not one,. as .far as I know, at either-Roswell or
Alamagordo. If there had, I would have used them because we were
using standard AMQ-1 •.•
Q: But you did coordinate with Big Spring, Texas.
A: Did we?
Q: It's in the report, saying you guys, when you came back
to New Jersey, you were sending thank you letters to various
organizations that helped you while you were in the field. Big
Springs, Texas; some other places that you had coordinated with.
A: Thank you .••

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