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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. 5 …Jacob Neufeld shared with us their wide knowledge of Air Force history. Also, Robert "Gus" Bell…
  • p. 6 …very useful experiences and insights. We are most grateful to the members of Air Force Publishing…
  • p. 9 …The Report of the Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident" by Col. Richard L. Weaver…
  • p. 18 …balloons still widely used today. Col. Marcellus Duffy, a respected Air Force pilot and scientific administrator…
  • p. 19 …Air Force officers received the intimate details that linked together these unrelated research projects. The use…
  • p. 26 …that in July of 1947, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) recovered a flying saucer and…
  • p. 28 …General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon…
  • p. 30 …These locations include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia…
  • p. 31 …Air Force exerted some degree of control. Researchers did not, however, go to the US Army…
  • p. 32 …of the Air Force or the Senior Security Official of the Air Force that would officially…
  • p. 35 …US Army, the subject has also been very well documented over the years within Air Force…
  • p. 36 …There were no ancillary records in Air Force files to indicate the potential existence of such…
  • p. 44 …She provided the Air Force researchers with this material. It is discussed in more detail within…
  • p. 46 …wooden materials used in the radar target previously described. CONCLUSION The Air Force research did not…
  • p. 67 OF"F'1C£ 0~ THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000 MEMORANDUM…
  • p. 73 …Serious UFO researchers believe that the Air Force now wishes the American public, to know the…
  • p. 76 …An electronic search of the Air Force Historical Research Agency archives, again, several million pages of…
  • p. 81 …AFR 127-4, Investigating and Reporting US Air Force Mishaps (attached), provides guidance for Air Force…
  • p. 94 AFP 127-1 Volume 1, US Air Force Guide to Mishap Investiqation (AFSA/SEP) AFP 127…
  • p. 101 …microfilm roll33,764 indicates that the Fourth Air Force and its A-2 intelligence section apparently…
  • p. 114 …These records contain documents on investigative policy and Air Force Office of Special Investigation reports of…
  • p. 147 …iz he can use as comin~ !rom him - not an Air Force or General Varxienberg statement…
  • p. 163 …Weaver and I am talking to Lt Col Sheridan Cavitt, US Air Force, Retired. Also present…
  • p. 168 …something like, "I took it to 8th Air Force Headquarters, General Ramey was excited; they were…
  • p. 169 …He use to be a mechanic at one time, Rick did, in the Air Force; the…
  • p. 184 …The Air Force having the .. .I mean we were close knit and it seemed that there…
  • p. 186 …Has anybody in the US Government, the Air Force, or anyone connected with the Government, ever…
  • p. 189 …commander of the Eight Air Force, but be and Blanchard use to have some... (unintelligible). Oh…
  • p. 195 …COITDllal'lding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D.C. THRU& (AC/A5-4) 1. To…
  • p. 201 …The Army Air Force had seen what the Japanese had done with long range balloons; although…
  • p. 202 …mathematically-therefore using it was natural. Ramey's press conference-the Air Force position makes sense…
  • p. 213 …I was provided a background on the Air Force efforts related to the GAO audit and…
  • p. 221 …were assigned under Colonel Duffy in the Air Force liaison office. Istvan's name you'll…
  • p. 224 …There was a great argume·n.t that went on between the Army Air Force and…
  • p. 227 …The pressure from the Air Force was enormous. There was a similar problem, of course, in…
  • p. 229 …cord we used was not strong enough at all to hold the forces that came, so…
  • p. 235 …That caused the Army Air Force to begin this research.
  • p. 236 …These are subsequent documents of people in the Air Force considering the desirability of it. After…
  • p. 244 …By and large, people thought we were flying balloons for the Air Force. Q: As far…
  • p. 246 …reports from the people at later Holloman Air Force Base, Mogul appears in things that are…
  • p. 254 …staff of 8th Air Force said that the Air Force was now using radar targets to…
  • p. 255 …General Ramey, Commander, 8th Air Forces, cleared up the mystery. A: In these pictures here, don…
  • p. 260 …We were strongly encouraged not to mix in the Air Force with what we did. Everything…
  • p. 265 …Alamagordo people or anyone else around 8th Air Force. A: There were some fancy orders that…
  • p. 266 …These are the pictures taken in General Ramey's office, 8th Air Force Headquarters by a…
  • p. 273 …The Air Force position on that is that it was a misidentified balloon. The balloon was…
  • p. 274 …using devices that I had developed in the Signal Corps. I was an Air Force officer…
  • p. 277 …Signal Corps and Army Air Force? A: All the officers that I had on my staff…
  • p. 278 …potential problem that might warrant scrutiny by Air Force intelligence or security people? A: We were…
  • p. 280 …Did you have any interaction with the people at Eighth Air Force such as General Ramey…
  • p. 282 …Baltimore, I spent four years at the Air Force Research and Development Command Office in Brussels…
  • p. 309 …the behest of the Secretary of the Air Force, for the GAO, to leok into facts…
  • p. 317 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON OC 20330-1000 OFFICt: OF THE ~ECRETARY JUL 2 7…
  • p. 318 …classified payloads for a Top Secret US Army Air Forces project. The project's classified code…
  • p. 319 …research agency of the US Army Air Forces (USAAF), the Air Materiel Command (AMC), early in…
  • p. 320 …USAAF, as the Army Air Forces Liaison Officer to the US Army Signal Corps, with primary…
  • p. 327 …Andrews AAF was headquarters of the Army Air Forces Weather Service. It is also interesting to…
  • p. 425 …completed to the sponsoring agency for use of Air Force scientific personnel. On 27 February 1948…
  • p. 426 …systems was to be submitted to the Air Force. Modification #9 revised the delivery address for…
  • p. 434 …It was also employed to give tpformation on Neutron intensities 1h another Air Force project(5…
example, it was originally reported that there was only recovery of debris from
one site. This has since grown from a minimal amount of debris recovered from
a small area to airplane loads of debris from multiple huge "debris fields."
Likewise, the relatively simple description of sticks, paper, tape and tinfoil has
since grown to exotic metals with hieroglyphics and fiber optic-like materials.
Most versions now claim that there were two crash sites where debris was
recovered, and at the second site, alleged bodies of extraterrestrial aliens were
supposedly retrieved. The number of these "alien bodies" recovered also varied.
These claims are further complicated by the fact that UFO researchers are not in
agreement among themselves as to exactly where these recovery sites were
located or even the dates of the alleged crash(es). Consistently, however, the AAF
was accused of securing these sites, recovering all the material therefrom, keeping
locals away, and returning the recovered wreckage (and bodies) to Roswell under
extremely tight security for further processing and later exploitation.
Once back at Roswell Army Air Field, it is generally alleged that special measures
were taken to notify higher headquarters and arrangements made to have
recovered materials shipped to other locations for analysis. These locations
include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters;
possibly Sandia Base (now Kirtland AFB), New Mexico; possibly Andrews Army
Air Field, Maryland; and always to Wright Field, now known as Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio. The latter location was the home of "T-2" which later became known
as the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and the Air Materiel Command
(AMC), and would, in fact, be a logical location to study unknown materials from
whatever origin. Most of the Roswell stories that contain the recovery of alien
bodies also show them being shipped to Wright Field. Once the material and
bodies were dispersed for further analysis and/ or exploitation, the government
in general, and the Army Air Forces in particular, engaged in covering up all
information relating to the alleged crash and recovery, including the use of
security oaths to military persons and the use of coercion (including alleged death
threats) to others. This, as theorized by some UFO researchers, has allowed the
government to keep the fact that there is intelligent extraterrestrial life from the
American public for 47 years. It also supposedly allowed the US Government to
exploit recovered extraterrestrial materials by reverse engineering them, ultimately
providing such things as fiber optic and stealth technology. The "death threats,"
oaths, and other forms of coercion alleged to have been meted out by the AAF
personnel to keep people from talking have apparently not been very effective,
as several hundred people are claimed to have come forward (without harm) with
some knowledge of the "Roswell Incident" during interviews with nongovern-
ment researchers and the media.
Adding some measure of credibility to the claims that have arisen since 1978 is
the apparent depth of research of some of the authors and the extent of their
efforts. Their claims are lessened somewhat, however, by the fact that almost all
their information came from verbal reports many years after the alleged incident
occurred. Many of the persons interviewed were, in fact, stationed at, or lived
near Roswell during the time in question, and a number of them claim military
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