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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. 42 …The "payload equipment" was expendable, and some carried no "Reward" or "Return to ... " tags because there…
  • p. 43 …the balloon material and radar target material would be scattered after returning to earth depending on…
  • p. 205 …The balloon material and radar target material would be scattered after returning to the earth depending…
  • p. 206 …These and the radar test flights had no tags-we did not want these to be…
  • p. 213 …Concerning a cover story for the project Mogul, there was no planned cover story. I do…
  • p. 220 …returned our calls. We'~e left messages on his answering machine, and there's been no…
  • p. 231 …radar reflectors, that would have been with a neoprene type balloon. A: There were no plastic…
  • p. 259 …And no one mentioned it to you. No one said hey, look, we had to do…
  • p. 323 …Moore and his technicians conducted test flights, attempting to obtain a better radar return by attaching…
  • p. 324 …returns were received by the radar. This procedure, according to Moore, was employe~ on flight nos…
  • p. 325 …This eliminated the need for radar "comer reflectors" on the balloon train since radar was not…
  • p. 326 …It now appears that the debris from MOGUL flight no. 4 had come ·to earth on…
  • p. 327 …Rawin is short for radar wind, a technique in which a single comer reflector is towed…
  • p. 330 …In fad, when the NYU I AMC group returned to Alamogordo in September, their first tdp…
  • p. 841 …On 19 July, a 130 toot balloon carrying no radar reflector was tracked. Radar contact was…
  • p. 842 …During this time, no target was visible at any time and no further radar contact was…
  • p. 986 …to enhance radar returns, contributed to the confusion when Mogul Flight No. 4 returned to earth…
Clinical Investigations and Life Sciences Division, Headquarters Air Force Medical
Operating Agency, Bolling AFB, DC; John Jenkins, Freedom of Information Act
Manager, USAF Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM; George Hom, Technical
Publications Editor, Air Force Environmental Technical Applications Centers, Scott AFB,
IL; Steve Dean, Computer Specialist, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon;
George Cully, Historian, 81st Training Wing, Keesler AFB, MS; Gene Schreiner,
Technical Publications Editor, USAF Rome Laboratory, Griffiss AFB, NY; MSgt. AI
Mack, Historian, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM; Lois Walker, Historian, Air
Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; TSgt. Donald Valentine,
Administrative Specialist, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD; Maj. David Thurston,
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Office; Dr. Sax.son and Betsy Hudon of the
University of Texas at Arlington Library; Col. Joseph Fletcher, USAF (Ret); Robert Todd;
Frank Press; Vance Mitchell; Lt. Col. Joseph Rogan; Maj. Kevin Stubbs; SRA Donald
Crissman; Francis Whedon; Richard Hassard; Joseph Worzel; John Peterson; Martin
Koenig; Eileen Ulrich Famochi; and the late Vivian Bushnell. To all, we extend our
sincerest gratitude.
RICHARD L. WEAVER, COL, USAF
Director of Security and Special Program Oversight
SAF/AAZ
JAMES McANDREW, 1ST LT, USAFR
Declassification and Review Officer
SAF/AAZD
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 993 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.