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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.

  • p. 28 …at Roswell Army Air Field, Major Jesse A. Marcel, had recovered a "flying disc" from the…
  • p. 38 …Marcel, MD (son of the late Major Jesse Marcel; 11 years old at the time of…
  • p. 39 …and Maj Jesse Marcel. Capt. William E. Anderson said it was from a flying saucer. After…
  • p. 75 …The base Intelligence Officer, Jesse A. Marcel. and a Counter Intelligence Corps Officer, Sheridan Cavitt, went…
  • p. 159 …I did know both Jesse Marcel and Bill Rickett very well (both are now deceased). I…
  • p. 163 …Did you know a Major Jesse Marcel who was the Intelligence Officer during Roswell at that…
  • p. 167 …The first picture is actually with Jesse Marcel and that's General Blanchard and ... SC: I…
  • p. 172 …Jesse Marcel was one. "The intelligence and the CIC responded to the phone call. Jesse Marcel…
  • p. 173 …I remember we were at the Marcel's house and I can remember Jesse had something…
  • p. 185 …Neol (Marcel's wife) apparently was not able to give any infonnation after Jesse died.
  • p. 188 …He wouldn't have known anything with Jesse? SC: No. No. Jesse didn't trust Don…
  • p. 217 …Army Airfield who actuall} went out with Jesse Marcel to recover some material that has b…
  • p. 219 …and had a few beers and that Jesse Marcel just took a piece and stuck it…
  • p. 379 …originally gave tbe'<information of Jesse_. A. Mateel and a m~n In up the tinfoil…
  • p. 990 …Jesse Marcel. Crashed saucer theorists allege that the debris depicted with Major Marcel is not the…
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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