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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.

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“Sightings”11 pages

  • p. 3 …Interest in UFOs climaxed during the summer, when multiple sightings of such ·objects occurred. RICHARD P…
  • p. 27 …Although some pro-UFO researchers argue that sightings of UFOs go back to Biblical times, most…
  • p. 28 (although some researchers claim there were as many as 800 sightings during that period). Interestingly, the…
  • p. 51 …UFO sightings. That study, Schiff said, did not deal with the Roswell case. "I was getting…
  • p. 68 …related to sightings of unknown aerial objects/phenomena. To insure that we have searched all applicable…
  • p. 77 …not mention the Roswell incident, though many sightings from 1947 were investigated by this organization's…
  • p. 114 …Special Investigation reports of investigations on UFO sightings. SOURCE DOCUMENTS 1 File folders 24-185-1…
  • p. 329 …Additionally, some of the details discussed (balloon sighting in Colorado, tracking by B-17s, recovery of…
  • p. 430 …A high freq,1ency syatea, making use of line-or- sight transmission allows for accurate positioning…
  • p. 513 …150 miles, providing that the line-of-sight transmitter is high enough to preclude blocking by…
  • p. 987 …It is this variety of balloon that caused many UFO sightings due to their flat, spherical…
GAO UnitedStal:eS
General AecolllltiDC omce
WashiDgtoo., D.C; ZOMS
National Security and
Interaatiooal ..urairS Division
FEB 9 1994
The Honorable Will~am J. Perry
The Secretary of Defense
FEB I 5 1994
Attention: DOD Office of the Inspector General
Director for GAO Surveys and Reviews
Dear Mr. Secretary:
In response to a congressional request, the General
Accounting Office is initiating a review of DOD's policies
and procedures for acquiring, classifying, retaining, and
disposing of official government documents dealLng with
weather balloon, aircraft, and siudlar crash incidents.
The review will involve testing whether DOD, the military
services, specialized defense agencies, and others such as
the National Archives, have systematically followed the
proper procedures to ensure government accountability over
such records.
The work will be performed under GAO code 701034 by staff
from our National Security Analysis group in
washington, D.C. If you have any questions concerning
this assignment, please contact either Hr. Gary Weeter,
Assistant Director, at (202) 512-4603 or Mr. Jack Krietbe,
Evaluator-in-Charge at (202) 512-4567. This review has
been coordinated with Dan Chcmbers of the Inspector
General's Office.
Sincerely yours,
ichard Davis
!rector, National Security
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