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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. 7 …Joseph Fletcher, USAF (Ret); Robert Todd; Frank Press; Vance Mitchell; Lt. Col. Joseph Rogan; Maj. Kevin…
  • p. 31 …Klass, who writes The Skeptic's UFO Newsletter, and Robert Todd, a private researcher. The concerns…
  • p. 34 …by serious private researchers such as Robert Todd, who had independently obtained almost encyclopedic knowledge of…
  • p. 44 …Moore, Robert Todd, and coincidentally, Karl Pflock, a researcher who is married to a staffer who…
  • p. 213 …Robert Todd, rm not sw-e whether he was a believer or not. Charles Ziegler was…
  • p. 219 …Robert Todd, who has been a person very interested in trying to get to the truth…
  • p. 221 …And by Todd and by me. Q: So it appears as though you, yourself, have done…
  • p. 228 …I didn't know the name Mogul until Robert Todd told me two years ago. I…
  • p. 236 …you come in possession of it? A: Todd. Todd does everything. Q: Did he say where…
  • p. 239 …nice paper that came through courtesy of Todd. In '48 there was a big operation in…
  • p. 241 …We were instructed not to talk about it, and until Todd told me that Mogul had…
  • p. 245 …There were various code names, and thanks to our friend Todd, I've learned about the…
  • p. 246 …surprises me, because in various reports that Todd has sent me, such as the monthly progress…
  • p. 264 …There was a motor pool, because in the stuff Todd has dug up, there were a…
  • p. 266 …Joe Fletcher has written your friend Todd, and said there's no question that's a…
  • p. 268 …Here's a letter Todd got having to do with chasing down modern targets, the people…
  • p. 269 …While I'm finding that, here is a communication between Todd and a Warrant Officer Newton…
  • p. 273 …They were at first a Charles Robert) Todd, from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, who was writing a story…
  • p. 282 …people such as Mr. Pflock and Mr. Todd, and we do appreciate your spending some time…
COL TRAKOWSKI - 6/29/94 8
Q: The Sea Girt Inn?
A: Exactly. That's where John had his office, and I was there for a time doing work on
developing the operational procedures of the SCR-658, the radio direction of wind- meteorological data.
Rawinsonde-1 did most all the work on developing how to use that instrument, and it was done there
at the Sea Girt Inn.
Q: Do you recall any other physical attributes about the radar reflectors, the balsa wood?
Charlie Moore indicated that the material had been coated in something like Elmer's glue which made it
much more durable. Do you recall anything like that?
A: No, I don't. I didn't concern myself with that except as an observation to the side. The
radar targets were geometrically elementary. There were three intersecting planes: X, Y, and Z. Their
geometry was such, as you well know, that any incident wave would be reflected exactly, precisely, in
the direction from which it came. So they were simple. I don't recall any of the details of how they were
made, what what the materials were, what coatings were used, or anything. At the time it wasn't within
the range of my job.
Q: Did Colonel Duffy inform you officially? When he said he called you, was this like an
official ...
A: No. It was just an informative call. There wasn't any official transmission of knowledge
nor expected action to result from it.
Q: Did Colonel Duffy consider this to be some sort of security violation?
A: No. Not to my knowledge, no. It was part of doing business.
Q: So he wasn't particularly upset, and he didn't require a formal explanation.
A: No.
Q: So that's the first you were aware, when he called you. None of your technicians had
mentioned it to you?
A: No. Not to my knowledge.
Q: Did you have any interaction with the people at Eighth Air Force such as General Ramey
or anyone else who may have been at Roswell Army Air Field?
A: No. I don't recall any interaction with them, no.
Q: What about Dr. Crary or Dr. Peoples? Do you know if they had interaction with the
[Eighth Air Force] folks?
A: I don't recall any, no.

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