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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. 75 …For e:wnple:. • According to his son arid neighbors, Brazel was held incommunicado by officials at…
  • p. 77 …period of time, then retired or destroyed according to a general schedule established by regulation. One…
  • p. 106 …called on all crash calls in accordance with AAF Regulation. In the past, the F.I…
  • p. 172 …vehicle with a rear box." So, apparently, according to Marcel's version of the story (and…
  • p. 177 …page 61. "According to Lewis Rickett, one of the CIC Agents, he, with the commander of…
  • p. 179 …his normal unclassified duties at Roswell, but according to him the crash and recovery had never…
  • p. 217 …done with the Constant Altitude balloon projects. According to Dr. Spilhaus, he said you would be…
  • p. 225 …anything like that in this area. A: According to Tibbetts, the A Model had bit aerodynamic…
  • p. 226 …These, according to Tibbetts, weren't distributed until something like November of 1945. As far as…
  • p. 268 …Initially we had sonobouy, according to Crary. We initially were flying radar targets on the balloons…
  • p. 307 …me that I have the following rights according to the Sth Amendment of the US Constit…
  • p. 322 New York University, in accordance with contractual requirements, produced monthly progress reports, technical reports, and final…
  • p. 324 …This procedure, according to Moore, was employe~ on flight nos. 3 and 4, but it was…
  • p. 325 …the pressure cutoff switch (Atch 3). 2. According to Brazel's July 8 statement, the debris…
  • p. 326 …the vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico."36 According to the sole :living participant in the recovery…
  • p. 327 …make an identification, which he apparently did. According to Captain (now Colonel) Trakowski, the officer who…
  • p. 421 …Balloon Project New York University Prepared in Accordance with provisions of Contract W28-099-ac-241…
  • p. 430 …voltage of a self•excited oscillator in accordance with the audio signal. This provides the freq…
  • p. 453 …Balloon Project New.York University Prepared in accordance with provisions of contract W28-099-ac-241…
  • p. 528 …the lower ring {G) before each flight according to the weights of the ballast assembly and…
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  • p. 922 …or at the pressure values corresponding to regular height intervals according to the standard at- mosphere…
SUMMARY OF HQ NAIC RESEARCH INTO THE ROSWELL INCIDENT,
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS, AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK
PURPOSE. To summarize sources of information used in the HQ NAIC study of the 1947
Roswell incident. Allegations are that a flying saucer(s) and/or alien(s) were found at the crash
site and transported to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
BACKGROUND. In 1993, Congressman Steven Schifffrom New Mexico began an investigation
of the Roswell incident. Pursuant to that, a General Accounting Office auditor visited the HQ
NAIC History Office to see what records were available within the center. Also, a local
television station picked up the story. In addition to HQ NAIC records, the Historian visited
other base archives to search for material.
FINDINGS.
I. A review of the HQ NAIC History Office and CIRC holdings, plus other base and
USAF Museum archives, encompassing several million pages of documents, did not turn up any
reference to the Roswell incident or the presence of flying saucer(s) and/or alien(s) at the base.
2. An electronic search of the Air Force Historical Research Agency archives, again,
several million pages of documents, did not tum up any reference to the Roswell incident or the
presence of flying saucer(s) and/or alien(s) at Wright-Patterson AFB.
3. A review of the Dayton Daily News for July 1947, all of the UFO-related material
available in the Dayton, Centerville, and Woodbourne Public Libraries, as well as information
in the Wright State University holdings and material in the AFIT, Base Technical Library, and
Base Library did not turn up any conclusive evidence that flying saucer(s) and/or alien(s) had
ever been at Wright-Patterson.
4. Conversations with a dozen people who had worked in the Project Blue Book office
or with Blue Book materials did not tum up any evidence that there had ever been a flying
saucer(s) and/or alien(s) at Wright-Patterson.
5. Over the years, there have been several congressional investigations of this
organizations study of UFO reports. None has ever turned up evidence of a flying saucer(s)
and/or alien(s) at Wright-Patterson.
6. All of this organization's UFO study files were transferred to the National Archives
and made available to the public.

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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.