“Roswell”60+ pages
- p. 1 THE
ROSWELL
REPORT
Fact versus Fiction
in the
New Mexico Desert
Headquarters United States Air Force…
- p. 3 …to what is popularly known as the Roswell
Incident. The only information presented here that was…
- p. 9 …The Report of the Air Force Research Regarding
the "Roswell Incident" by Col. Richard L. Weaver…
- p. 11 …1
"Report of Air Force Research Regarding the 'Roswell Incident'," with
Memorandum for the Secretary of…
- p. 13 …1947
Appendices to the McAndrew Synopsis:
1. Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947
2. Interview, Col…
- p. 14 …Combined History, 509th Bomb Group and Roswell Army Airfield,
September 1-30, 1947
Attachment to Colonel…
- p. 17 …Popularly known as the Roswell Incident,
this event has become the most celebrated UFO encounter of…
- p. 19 …Additionally, many claims of a flying saucer crash at Roswell rest on the
description of debris…
- p. 21 …Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"
JUL 2 7 19S111
Attached is a…
- p. 23 REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH
REGARDING THE
"ROSWELL INCIDENT"
JULY 1994
- p. 25 REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING
THE ''ROSWELL INCIDENT"
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The "Roswell Incident" refers to…
- p. 26 INTRODUCTION
Air Force involvement in the alleged UFO-related incident popularly known as
the "Roswell Incident…
- p. 27 …THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT"-WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED IN 1947
The modem preoccupation with what ultimately came…
- p. 28 …Interestingly, the "Roswell Incident" was not considered one of these
1947 events until the 1978-1980…
- p. 29 …The overall thrust of these articles, books, and shows is that
the "Roswell Incident" was actually…
- p. 30 …Once back at Roswell Army Air Field, it is generally alleged that special measures
were taken…
- p. 31 …What is uniquely
lacking in the entire exploration and exploitation of the "Roswell Incident" is
official…
- p. 32 …of "over
two dozen" personnel stationed at Roswell in July, 1947, to the Veterans Adminis-
tration…
- p. 33 …program involving,
or relating to, the events at Roswell or the alleged technology that supposedly
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- p. 34 …they found that might
be related to Roswell. SAF/ AAZD conducted reviews at a number of…
- p. 35 …WHAT THE ROSWELL INCIDENT WAS NOT
Before discussing specific positive results that these efforts revealed, it…
- p. 36 …A Nuclear Accident
One of the areas considered was that whatever happened near Roswell may have…
- p. 37 …There is no
similar mention of his personal interest or involvement in Roswell events except
in…
- p. 38 …WHAT THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT" WAS
As previously discussed, what was originally reported to have been recovered…
- p. 39 …Porter (B-29 flight Engineer stationed at Roswell in 1947). Affidavit
dated June 7, 1991. " ... On…
- p. 40 …Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when
the Roswell…
- p. 43 …came to rest some miles northwest of Roswell, NM, became
shredded in the surface winds, and…
- p. 44 …had also discovered the possibility that the "Roswell Incident" may
have been generated by the recovery…
- p. 45 …appeared to be directly responsible for the "Roswell Incident," a
SAF I AAZD researcher prepared a…
- p. 46 …CONCLUSION
The Air Force research did not locate or develop any information that the
"Roswell Incident…
- p. 47 …alien bodies" make their living from the "Roswell Incident."
While having a commercial interest in something…
- p. 51 …Even though the "Roswell Incident" has been
repeatedly dismissed by the Defense Depart-
ment as nothing…
- p. 56 …reported crash of a weather balloon
near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
SCOPE:
Initial work…
- p. 59 …since the enclosed GAO notification letter did not mention
the Roswell incid~t or specifically site…
- p. 67 …reported
crash of a weather balloon near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947". To fulfill the…
- p. 71 …There is a second document called "Synopsis of Roswell Incident: (Atch 2). In its
recapitulation of…
- p. 73 …I have enclosed
for your review a brief synopsis of what occurred in and around
Roswell…
- p. 75 SYNOPSIS OF ROSWELL INCIDENT
I am writing to request a clarifica-
rion of the U.S…
- p. 76 SUMMARY OF HQ NAIC RESEARCH INTO THE ROSWELL INCIDENT,
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS, AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK…
- p. 77 …Concerted research has failed to turn up any evidence relating to the Roswell incident
or of…
- p. 78 …He found
nothing, apparently, about the Roswell incident.
The UFO Experience, J. Allen Hynek. Written by…
- p. 89 …archives of a weather balloon
crash near Roswell, New Mexico from 20 June to 31 July…
- p. 94 …We asked the National Personnel Records Center to see if they have
any files for Roswell…
- p. 98 REPORT
GAO INVESTIGATION OF "THE ROSWELL INCIDENT":
RELEVANT HOLDINGS AT THE AFHRA
8 March 1994
Preface…
- p. 99 …No
mention of Roswell incident found.
390th Air Service Sqdn - No AFHRA files for June/July…
- p. 100 …No mention of the Roswell
incident was found in them.
Result of the Search - Card Catalog…
- p. 101 …records which
might provide details of the Roswell incident H such records survive today, they will…
- p. 102 …509mBoMB GRoUP ~--I ,A N D : . :: ;:;: ~: 1, . - .. .
ROSWELL ARMY AIRFiE-IAf-
1JutY 1947 THROUG!.t 31Jutv…
- p. 104 …Arner ?P.r Po.r~crnph 3, Special Order, #139, Eeadquartars,
Roswell Anny Air Field, dated…
- p. 106 …guasts of -the Kiwe.nis Club of Roswell at a luncheon, for which Colonel
:;.. H. Blanchard…
- p. 108 …Mabry' of New Mexico, and party, were the
guests o£ honor of Roswell Arrq Air Field…
- p. 159 …Shortly after arriving at Roswell , New Mexico in that time frame I had occasion to accompany…
- p. 163 …When did you get transferred to Roswell, Sir?
SC: I went to Roswell after going to…
- p. 166 …disc" in RosweU? That was actually the Roswell
paper, that was the first one. How about…
- p. 170 …I went through and pulled out wherever, in this book UFO Crash at Roswell by
Randle…
- p. 172 …been changed to a location closer to Roswell. And. that's where these bodies were
supposedly…
- p. 175 …that they weren't shooting them toward Roswell, anyway. Of course the sent up a few…
- p. 176 …Kirtland was just another Air Base as far as we were concerned down at Roswell.
They…
- p. 178 …On page 86, it said: "The counterintelligence people came into Roswell on a special
flight from…
- p. 179 …he described his normal
unclassified duties at Roswell, but according to him the crash and recovery…
accompanied Major Marcel to the ranch to recover the debris, sometimes along
with his Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) subordinate, Lewis Rickett, who, like
Marcel, is deceased. Although there does not appear to be much dispute that
Cavitt was involved in the material recovery, other claims about him prevail in
the popular literature. He is sometimes portrayed as a closed-mouth (or some-
times even sinister) conspirator who was one of the early individuals who kept
the "secret of Roswell" from getting out. Other things about him have been
alleged, including the claim that he wrote a report of the incident at the time that
has never surfaced.
Since Lt Col Cavitt, who had firsthand knowledge, was still alive, a decision was
made to interview him and get a signed sworn statement from him about his
version of the events. Prior to the interview, the Secretary of the Air Force
provided him with a written authorization and waiver to discuss classified
information with the interviewer and release him from any security oath he may
have taken. Subsequently, Cavitt was interviewed on May 24, 1994, at his home.
Cavitt provided a signed, sworn statement (Atch 17) of his recollections in this
matter. He also consented to having the interview tape-recorded. A transcript of
that recording is at Atch 18. In this interview, Cavitt related that he had been
contacted on numerous occasions by UFO researchers and had willingly talked
with many of them; however, he felt that he had oftentimes been misrepresented
or had his comments taken out of context so that their true meaning was changed.
He stated unequivocally, however, that the material he recovered consisted of a
reflective sort of material like aluminum foil, and some thin, bamboo-like sticks.
He thought at the time, and continued to do so today, that what he found was
a weather balloon and has told other private researchers that. He also remem-
bered finding a small "black box" type of instrument, which he thought at the
time was probably a radiosonde. Lt Col Cavitt also reviewed the famous
Ramey /Marcel photographs (Atch 16) of the wreckage taken to Fort Worth (often
claimed by UFO researchers to have been switched and the remnants of a balloon
substituted for it}, and he identified the materials depicted in those photos as
consistent with the materials that he recovered from the ranch. Lt Col Cavitt also
stated that he had never taken any oath or signed any agreement not to talk
about this incident and had never been threatened by anyone in the government
because of it. He did not even know the "incident" was claimed to be anything
unusual until he was interviewed in the early 1980's.
Similarly, Irving Newton, Major, USAF (Ret}, was located and interviewed.
Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when
the Roswell debris was sent there in July, 1947. He was told that he was to report
to General Ramey's office to view the material. In a signed, sworn statement
(Atch 30) Newton related that " ... I walked into the General's office where this
supposed flying saucer was lying all over the floor. As soon as I saw it, I giggled
and asked if that was the flying saucer .... I told them that this was a balloon
and a RAWIN target...."Newton also stated that"... while I was examining
the debris, Major Marcel was picking up pieces of the target sticks and trying to
convince me that some notations on the sticks were alien writings. There were
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