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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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  • 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…
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:
SAF/AAI
SAF/AQL
AF/SE
AF/HO
AF/IN
AF/XOW
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