“Ç.”60+ pages
- p. 12 …Memo, with Attachments, Edward C. Mishler, HQ AFOSIIHO, for SAF/AAZ,
subj: GAO Review on Records…
- p. 14 …Spilhaus, C.S. Schneider, C.B. Moore, "Controlled-Altitude
Free Balloons," Journal of Meteorology, Vol. 5…
- p. 15 …Spilhaus and Col Marcellus Duffy
Capt Albert C. Trakowski and Dr. James Peoples
Charles B. Moore…
- p. 18 …Albert C. Trakowski, a young
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, followed Duffy in the leadership role…
- p. 27 …of their
efforts if they did; and
(c) the overall effort was the task and responsibility…
- p. 33 …AQL, Directorate of Electronics and Special Programs
(c) AF/SE, Air Force Safety
(d) AF/HO…
- p. 35 …Mexico alone, involving
A-26C, P-51N, C-82A, P-80A, and PQ-14B aircraft; however…
- p. 41 …Moore; and the military Project Officer, Colonel Albert C. Trakowski.
All of these persons were subsequently…
- p. 45 …actually procured was a 1953-manufactured model"C" as compared to
the Model B which was…
- p. 55 GAO UnitedStal:eS
General AecolllltiDC omce
WashiDgtoo., D.C; ZOMS
National Security and
Interaatiooal ..urairS Division…
- p. 59 …SEE DISTRIBUTION
Genoral Ac:c:ounti.nq Offic:a (GAO) Latter Dated
February 9, 1994, •aeccrds…
- p. 67 …investigations, and wreckage/debris retention and disposition;
(c) identify~ records (unclassified or classified) related to air…
- p. 71 …Ref para c above. Although we possess no official records related to the subject matter, we…
- p. 72 …OBSTE'TRI RTIUTY. ~·_._
Freedom of Information Act Request
(S O.S.C. 552}
Department of the…
- p. 82 AIRCRAFT DATE
A-26C 24 June 1947
P-51N 10 July 1947
C-82A 12 July…
- p. 94 …1 Atch \nExtracts from AF tV y
Records Schedules
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- p. 103 …Pursuant to CLuthorj.ty c.::.r.taincd in Hqs. 8th Air Forco 'f;.:x
num~.or…
- p. 104 …Colonel Lur.:c.s relieved. Lt Colonel William C. Kingsl-1~
who then assumed oommand of…
- p. 106 …Lewis c. Bohanan. former commanding o£ticer
of the 3rd Pho to Lab Unit, was trans…
- p. 107 …Spurgeon, to coordi-
nate with Adjutant; 's Section; Lt Colonel Ray- C. 16.ltcn, to
coordinate…
- p. 108 …Jr.,
Arrrr:r Air Forces, Washington, D. c., .arrived .for investi-
gation of the B-29…
- p. 113 …Copy of SF 135, 19 Dec 75
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EDWARD C. MISHLER
Historian
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- p. 114 …C,R1 .01·'~ c
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- p. 127 …51 B-0614 BOLLING FLO
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- p. 143 …unc ey !eels Gen C&.nnor. ~ not too sure o! hi.Jr.selt, as two Z…
- p. 144 …Frank Heckett 1 s aame on it. ·i;c are most
anxious to explode this thing…
- p. 168 …I said it was 700 C at
Bolling. I believe now that you mentioned Andrews, it…
- p. 193 …Graul
to Commanding General AMC;
Brig Gen Tom C. Rives to
Commanding General AAF
July 8…
- p. 195 …COITDllal'lding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D.C.
THRU& (AC/A5-4)
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- p. 196 …lS:~.-ll, priority
lA, include dcttarrd.nation of con:;n-oasional wa~ voloc.C..t.y…
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- p. 198 Btuic ltr WLAMC., 9 Sop 47, to CO Al!C, aubj: "Research Op:-s in Ala…
- p. 205 …NM
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I, Charles B Moore, hereby state that Jeffrey Buder, was identified as…
- p. 206 C/3.#/
model I think that flight #4 was the flight that was launched out of…
- p. 207 C B. ;vi.
I can think of no other explanation for Roswell than one of our…
- p. 208 …saw one of these targets more than
20 years ago . )
c.a. Moore
August 28, 1992
- p. 211 Statement
Albert C. Trakowski
June 29, 1994
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- p. 213 …VA
I, i\lbert C. Trakowski, hereby state that Jeffrey Butler, was identified as a Colonel…
- p. 224 …I think this was a C-45. We did, indeed, have B-17's
attached to…
- p. 228 …we still carried
microphones aloft and a C-54 orbited overhead and followed the
balloons out…
- p. 230 …June 1st, "C-47 with Moore, Schneider and others from NYU,
also Irewin, Minton, Olson, NYU…
- p. 247 …Trakowski went over in a c-54 and
picked them up. Also radiosonde receivers set up…
- p. 249 …It looks like
Maryalls' "C-54, located on Tulerosa Range by air. Out PM with
several…
- p. 258 …HT SST, whatever that is."
July 8th. "C-54 off about 10:30 with 23 people…
- p. 263 …I had forgotten, but he reminded
me that he had gone on the C-54 to…
- p. 264 …what sticks in my mind as either c-s or an M-5
radar. I knew…
- p. 266 …A~ I say, these c~me out right at the end
of the war. The warrant…
- p. 268 …This is the c Model. It doesn't show the
reinforcements.
Q: The young lady I…
- p. 269 …I thought the B Model was a 1947 vintage and assumed,
wrongly so, that the C…
- p. 271 24
Interview
Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James
McAndrew with Col Albert C.
Trakowski, USAF…
- p. 278 …balloon
launch-Maj. W. D. Pritchard, Maj. C. W. Mangum, Lieutenant Siegal, and a Capt. L…
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- p. 299 …1675
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- p. 307 …other· icial, non-judicial, or administrative
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- p. 308 …70 U.S C BOis. 44 U.S.C 3101. and EO 9397
PRINCIPAL PURPOSES: usea…
- p. 320 …Crane, spring
1946-July 1946; Col Marcellus Duffy, August 1946-January, 1947; and Capt Albert
C…
Not surprisingly, the research team found the usual number of problems in many
of the records centers (particularly St. Louis) with misfiling, lost or misplaced
documents, mismarking of documents, or the breaking up of record groups over
the years and refiling in different systems. This included, for example, a small
amount of missing "decimal files" from the 509th Bomb Group at Roswell that
covered the years 1945-1949, that were marked on the index as "destroyed." The
researchers noted that there was no pattern to any anomalies found and that most
discrepancies were minor and consistent with what they had found in the past on
similar projects.
WHAT THE ROSWELL INCIDENT WAS NOT
Before discussing specific positive results that these efforts revealed, it is first
appropriate to discuss those things, as indicated by information available to the
Air Force, that the "Roswell Incident" was not:
An Airplane Crash
Of all the things that are documented and tracked within the Air Force, among
the most detailed and scrupulous are airplane crashes. In fact, records of air
crashes go back to the first years of military flight. Safety records and reports are
available for all crashes that involved serious damage, injury, death, or a
combination of these factors. These records also include incidents involving
experimental or classified aircraft. USAF records showed that between June 24,
1947, and July 28, 1947, there were five crashes in New Mexico alone, involving
A-26C, P-51N, C-82A, P-80A, and PQ-14B aircraft; however, none of these
occurred on the date(s) in question nor in the area(s) in question.
One of the additional areas specifically set forth by GAO in its efforts was to deal
with how the Air Force (and others) specifically documented" ... weather balloon
... and other crash incidents." In this area, the search efforts revealed that there
are no air safety records pertaining to weather balloon crashes (all weather
balloons "crash" sooner or later); however, there are provisions for generating
reports of "crashes" as ground safety incidents in the unlikely chance that a
balloon injures someone or causes damage. Such records are only maintained for
five years.
A Missile Crash
A crashed or errant missile, usually described as a captured German V-2 or one
of its variants, is sometimes set forth as a possible explanation for the debris
recovered near Roswell. Since much of this testing done at nearby White Sands
was secret at the time, it would be logical to assume that the government would
handle any missile mishap under tight security, particularly if the mishap
occurred on private land. From the records reviewed by the Air Force, however,
there was nothing located to suggest that this was the case. Although the bulk of
remaining testing records are under the control of the US Army, the subject has
also been very well documented over the years within Air Force records. There
would be no reason to keep such information classified today. The USAF found
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