“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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t;"RAcE…
- 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
c!;i.J&£~{ (fftiJl~.
EDWARD C. MISHLER
Historian
2…
- p. 114 …C,R1 .01·'~ c
INSTRUCTIONS SIG~ATU~ ~. i OAt ~CORe$ RC:V:>
Send original and…
- p. 127 …51 B-0614 BOLLING FLO
342-51 C-5071 BOLLING FLO
342-52-7089 1 OF8…
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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)
1. To…
- 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
C/3!_4
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
22
- 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…
- p. 287 …ltfttf} for •••
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- p. 299 …1675
Ms Ruth Fiornartto DSN 992-5781
c) Westinghouse Electronics History Museum, Baltimore MD
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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…
OF"F'1C£ 0~ THE SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000
MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION
1 March 1994
SUBJECf: GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with
Weather Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents (GAO
Code 701034)- ACTION MEMORANDUM
References: (a) 23 Feb 94 DoD/IG Memorandum, Subj, same as above
(b) 15 Feb 94 GAO Memorandum of Review Notification
The Department of Defense and other executive branch agencies are undergoing a
review by the GAO concerning whether the US government has "met its responsibility in
the handling, retention, and subsequent disposition of official records concerning the
investigation and reporting of air vehicle and other crash incidents similar to the reported
crash of a weather balloon near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947". To fulfill the Air
Force portion of this review, addressees, as applicable, are requested to:
(a) identify pertinent directives concerning records retention and disposition;
(b) identify pertinent directives concerning reporting air vehicle crashes,
investigations, and wreckage/debris retention and disposition;
(c) identify~ records (unclassified or classified) related to air vehicle (aircraft,
lighter-than-aircraft, rocket/missile, or other) impacts or crashes in New
Mexico from 20 June to 31 July 1947; identify record groups and/or other
indexes associated with these records for further review; and
(d) provide copies of pertinent directives (including any changes of policies on
retention and disposition) and records (i.e., item c above) to SAF/AAZ, 1720
Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1720.
Please provide your responses (interim or final) by 14 Mar 94. Contact Col
Weaver or Lt Col Butler at DSN 223-2013n or commercial (703) 693-2013n if there are
any questions.
2 Attachments:
1. 23 Feb 94 DoD/IG Memo w/encl
2. GAO Issue/Scope/Approach
DISTRIBUTION:
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SAF/AQL
AF/SE
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