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- 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
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- 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…
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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
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- 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.
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- 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…
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USAF in September, 1947, the USAF inherited equipment, personnel, records,
policies, and procedures from the AAF. In this particular case, the Air Force also
inherited the allegation that it had "covered up" the "Roswell Incident" and has
continued to do so for the next 47 years.
Within the Air Force, the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary
of the Air Force (SAF I AA) is responsible both for information management
procedures (SAF I AAI) and security policy and oversight (SAF I AAZ). Because of
this organization, SAF I AA was the logical entity to assist the GAO in its audit,
and SAF I AAZ was officially named a~ the Central Point of Contact for this
endeavor (Atch 4). Subsequently, the then-Administrative Assistant, Mr. Robert
J. McCormick, issued a tasking memorandum dated March 1, 1994 (Atch 5), to a
number of current Air Staff and Secretariat offices that might possibly have
records related to such an incident if, indeed, something had actually occurred.
This search for records was purposely limited to· Air Force records and systems
since:
(a) The Air Force had no authority to compel other agencies to review their
records;
(b) The Air Force would have no way to monitor the completeness of their
efforts if they did; and
(c) the overall effort was the task and responsibility of the GAO-not the Air
Force.
During the in-briefing process with GAO, it was learned that this audit was,
indeed, generated at the specific request of Congressman Steven Schiff of New
Mexico. Earlier, Congressman Schiff had written to the Department of Defense
Legislative Liaison Office for information on the "Roswell Incident" and had been
advised that it was part of the former UFO "Project Bluebook" that had previ-
ously been turned over to NARA by the Air Force. Congressman Schiff subse-
quently learned from NARA that, although they did, indeed, have the "Bluebook"
materials, the "Roswell Incident" was not part of that report. Congressman Schiff,
apparently perceiving that he had been "stonewalled" by the DoD, then generated
the request for the aforementioned audit.
It is within this context that the following research and assistance efforts were
conducted in support of the GAO. This report is intended to stand as the final
official Air Force response regarding this matter.
THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT"-WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED IN 1947
The modem preoccupation with what ultimately came to be called Unidentified
Flying Objects (UFOs) actually began in June, 1947. Although some pro-UFO
researchers argue that sightings of UFOs go back to Biblical times, most research-
ers will not dispute that anything in UFO history can compare with the phenome-
non that began in 1947. What was later characterized as "the UFO Wave of 1947"
began with 16 alleged sightings that occurred between May 17 and July 12, 1947
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