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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. 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 _A_AF/INR _A_AF/SPO X…
  • 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…
  • p. 72 …552} 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 .A.1r Materiel…
  • 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. THRU& (AC/A5-4) 1. To…
  • 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…
  • p. 992 Eiffel Tower PARIS 1056ft Washington Monument WASHINGTON, D.C. 555ft Statue of Liberty NEW YORK HARBOR…
an attempt to locate various records thought to have been in the custody of the
deceased.
Even though Air Force research originally started in January, 1994, the first official
Air Force-wide tasking was directed by the March 1, 1994, memorandum from
SAF I AA (Atch 5) and was addressed to those current Air Staff elements that
would be the likely repository for any records, particularly if there was anything
of an extraordinary nature involved. This meant that the search was not limited
to unclassified materials, but also would include records of the highest classifica-
tion and compartmentation.
The specific Air Staff/Secretariat offices queried included the following:
(a) SAF I AAI, Directorate of Information Management
(b) SAF I AQL, Directorate of Electronics and Special Programs
(c) AF/SE, Air Force Safety
(d) AF/HO, Air Force Historian
(e) AF/IN, Air Force Intelligence [including the Air Force Intelligence Agency
(AFIA) and the National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC)]
(f) AF /XOW, Directorate of Weather
(g) [added later] The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
In addition to the above Air Staff and Secretariat offices, SAF I AAZ also reviewed
appropriate classified records for any tie-in to this matter. With regards to highly
classified records, it should be noted that any programs that employ enhanced
security measures or controls are known as a Special Access Programs (SAPs).
The authority for such programs comes from Executive Order 12356 and flows
from the Department of Defense to the Services via DoD Directive 5205.7. These
programs are implemented in the Air Force by Policy Directive 16-7 and Air
Force Instruction 16-701. These directives contain detailed requirements for
controlling and reporting, in a very strict manner, all SAPs. This includes a report
from the Secretary of the Air Force to the Secretary of Defense (and ultimately to
Congress) on all SAPs submitted for approval, and a certification that there are
no "SAP-like" programs being operated. These reporting requirements are
stipulated in public law.
It followed that if the Air Force had recovered some type of extraterrestrial
spacecraft and/ or bodies and was exploiting this for scientific and technology
purposes, then such a program would be operated as a Special Access Program
(SAP). SAF I AAZ, the Central Office for all Air Force SAPs, has knowledge of,
and security oversight over, all SAPs. SAF I AAZ categorically stated that no such
SAP or SAPs exist that pertain to extraterrestrial spacecraft/ aliens.
Likewise, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff, who head the
Special Program Oversight Committee which oversees all sensitive programs in
the Air Force, had no knowledge of the existence of any such program involving,
or relating to, the events at Roswell or the alleged technology that supposedly
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