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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. 3 …The importance of attachment 32, Lieutenant McAndrew's synopsis, derives from his description of Project MOGUL…
  • p. 13 …Photographs, Project MOGUL Balloon Trains 27. Table No.7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights…
  • p. 14 …Crane as Project Officer for MOGUL and TORRID, June 18, 1946 9. Memo, Maj Gen Curtis…
  • p. 25 …Records were located and thoroughly explored concerning a then-Top Secret balloon project, designed to attempt…
  • p. 27 USAF in September, 1947, the USAF inherited equipment, personnel, records, policies, and procedures from the AAF…
  • p. 29 …EVOLUTION OF THE EVENT FROM 1947 TO THE PRESENT General Ramey's press conference and rancher…
  • p. 31 …This included directing searches at current offices where special or unusual projects might be carried out…
  • p. 35 …USAF records showed that between June 24, 1947, and July 28, 1947, there were five crashes…
  • p. 41 …Its name was Project MOGUL (Atch 19). Project MOGUL was a then-sensitive, classified project, whose…
  • p. 42 …These interviews confirmed that Project MOGUL was a compartmented, sensitive effort. The NYU group was responsible…
  • p. 43 …It is very probable that this Top Secret project balloon train (Flight 4), made up of…
  • p. 44 …Trakowski provided specific details on Project MOGUL and described how the security for the program was…
  • p. 45 In order to provide a more detailed discussion of the specifics of Project MOGUL and how…
  • p. 48 …Copy of Vandenberg's Appointment Book and Diary, July 7-9, 1947 16. July 9, 1947…
  • p. 51 …Schiff complaiiled then that the Defense Department had been "unresponsive" to his inquiries about the 1947…
  • p. 73 …of the physicians who participated in this project. I must respect his confidentially and anonymity. He…
  • p. 74 •Freedom of Information Act Request February 5, 1993 Paqe 3 of 3 PROJECT SIGMA The project…
  • p. 76 SUMMARY OF HQ NAIC RESEARCH INTO THE ROSWELL INCIDENT, UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS, AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK…
  • p. 78 …study project officer from 1951-1953 and he investigated a series of reports from 1947. He…
  • p. 104 …assWted command of Ro..;\vell .~rmy Air Field on e July 1947. Colo·nel i1. H…
  • p. 106 …Headqt~':'.!"ters, this station, datod 18 July 1947. 1st Lt. Lewis c. Bohanan. former commanding o…
  • p. 108 …Officer and AACS, regarding Headquarters AMC projects. 22 July- 1947 - Dr. E. M. Townsexrl, PBS, Ft…
  • p. 183 …There was a project run by New York University, out ofHoDoman at that time. It was…
  • p. 196 …Plans .for rasearoh on Project "t.t>cuJ. 1 " z. c. lS:~.-ll, priority lA, include…
  • p. 201 …On the December 1947 baUoon project reports the "service flights" probably refer to the then Top…
  • p. 205 …GeNII was the Project Engineer for the NYU balloon project during the 1947 time frame. I…
  • p. 206 …Dr Crazy and Dr Peoples were the advance people and scientific monitors for our project Dr…
  • p. 213 …I have also been contacted by several researchers and writers and discussed project Mogul and provided…
  • p. 217 Transcript from 8 June 94, Interview with Professor Charles Moore (A) Professor Charles Moore Project Engineer…
  • p. 218 …Is there any type of material from that project that you can think of that would…
  • p. 226 …so essentially you'd say there were no radar reflectors in New Mexico until 1947 until…
  • p. 246 …We got into an operation at Alamagordo in early June of 1947, in which we were…
  • p. 261 …It turns out that during this time frame, 1947, 1948, 1949, there were numerous aircraft accidents…
  • p. 275 …I remained project officer of Project MOGUL through our move of the laboratory from Watson Laboratories…
  • p. 281 …At some point in Project MOGUL did you utilize equipment based at Roswell Army Air Field…
  • p. 299 …B-29 crashed on T/0 from Albuquerque in Jan 1947 and a B-29 crashed…
  • p. 300 …Archivist (202) 504-5416 "no records of Project Mogul; recommend checking with DOE historian or the…
  • p. 309 …However, I was familiar with them because we used them and their products on various projects…
  • p. 318 …1947.4 An examination of unclassified technical and progress reports prepared by the balloon project revealed…
  • p. 320 …in January 1947, is shown in Attachment 2. Over the course of the project, MOGUL had…
  • p. 321 Air Forces, in conjunction with Project MOGUL. 10 The NYU "balloon group" was to develop and…
  • p. 322 …June 1, 1947.19 Present Olll this flight was C.B. Moore, NYU Project Engineer, Charles…
  • p. 323 …Dr Peoples, Project Scientist, decided not to bring the radiosonde recorder (an AN IFMQ1 weighing approximately…
  • p. 326 …Over the course of Project MoGUL, several balloons had landed and been recovered from that area…
  • p. 328 …Additionally, in 1949, General Yates received a full briefing bf the projects, including constant-level balloons…
  • p. 329 …Pritchard, a Watson Laboratory Project Officer (not assigned to MOGUL) stationed at Alamogordo AAF. This article…
  • p. 330 …One instance, on April 7, 1947, Crary gave Pritchard a "progress report for MOGUL project to…
  • p. 418 …From September 1946 to Januar,r 1947, Colonel Dut!7 WRI in charge of apnlled nropagation…
  • p. 444 …was decided, during the autumn of 1947 to present the meteorological diagnoses in a different form…
  • p. 708 …20 March 1947 N. Y. Meeting No. 12 PROBLEM: 1. The Secretary of the Subcommittee presented…
  • p. 747 …1, 1947 to Ma7 31, 1947 §tqttoa II tt.aearch D1'fie ion, ProJect 1fo. 93…
  • p. 758 …January 1, 1947 to April 30, 1947 CONSTANT LEVEL BALLOON Research Division, Project No. 93 Preoared…
  • p. 776 …The project ~rsomlel !las been usiiU:; work bencl:.ea occ;.i.9ied by other projc:cts…
  • p. 790 …12. :20 l11arch 1947 PROBLEM: 1. The Secretary of t~e Subcommittee presented a request from…
  • p. 819 …June 1, 1947 to June 31, 19"7 Section II Research Division, ProJect No. 9S Prepared…
  • p. 975 …Army Air Forces, in 1947, and later Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, 1961-1965…
  • p. 979 …break during Project MOGUL operations at White Sands Proving Ground, NM, July 1947. Project MOGUL Field…
  • p. 982 …the NYU field trip in June 1947 prompted Project Engineer C.B. Moore to attach additional…
  • p. 983 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level Balloon Project Engineer. Moore pio- neered the use of polyethylene balloons for…
  • p. 984 …Sands Proving Ground, NM, in July 1947, by Project MOGUL balloon and ground-based sensors. Photo…
1946
\pril 2 ~ues D & I left caracas Pan Am bus 9 pm. Arri'led l:iami 10 pm on Pan Am.
throll{:h customs and caught 1 am rational Airlines plane for Ne1-1ark
1
.'.pril -; ·.led Arri ·.'ed J{ewark 730 am and took airline bus to l:YC:. D left for Providence
9 am. ~alled up ~win~ but he was in Chicago - due back tomorrow, Left on 1040 sleeper
for ~anton tonight.
April ?: Jat At home. OYer to Cgdensburg to see Steve thi::: pm
Anril 7 :::un. Left Canton on 805 sleeper. 3aH -:=ob Foster 1
J1, also on ;;ay to KYC
Anril 8 !-'on. Arrived NYC 730 am. Up to Columbia Ur!iversity to see Ewing 130 pm. ··:yckoff
3.nd Do?e on way to Los Angeles py plane this -pm. C:rane and !·:orrison in also from \vatson
labs. ·.-Jent back to Red Bank :-rith them in A'.·:1JS car to Cfficer 1 :::: Club near ~-latson lab.
:::rar.e, : orrison and I ~-Tent t:.p tonight to <;:ee ::einnegle at office. Vet Gifford ;.;ho has
0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at Cfficer 1
s C:lub tonight
Anril 9 ~t:es. At ~-'atson labs all day. '.Tent through all processes necessary for employ-
ment urder Gi vil Ser-:ice, ;-Tarrant Officer Gifford transferred to \ITERl-4 today, Jl:cCurdy
already in and started work. ':::'alked with _,Reinnagle and Gallo re Columbia contract.
Gifford left pm for '.fashington, Hajor Crane for Camp :iJix and Jl:orrison for NYC. Reinnagle
and I went down to CO this pm to meet.group from Cornell extension at Buffalo- Aeronaut-
ical research wantil'!g to get contracts. Stayed at Kelly Pitcher Hotel in Red ~ank tonight
Anril 10 ··'ed ~hecked out of !'ally Fi tcher Eotel and caught 7JO am train out of Red Bank to
liYC, Checked in at Hotel ;.rebster and then up to Ewings at Columbia University. Mr Gallo
of '·ratson labs in at 10 am and we went over contract questions regarding Watson Lab contract
with C:olumbia until 1 PM, \-lent over all parts of work with Doc from 2 to 5JO pm. John
Swing in from Missouri.
April 11 Thurs. ~orked on rough outline of ~lin Field and SOFAR project Am. Up to see
Swing at Columbia PM. Doc and I went over contract with '·Jatson Lab & Columbia tonight.
•:::aught 1205 sleeper to Boston.
April 12 Fri. Arrived Woods Hole about 11. Joe Worzel went over all sound transmission
work at NHOI this pm.
April 1'3 Sat. Talked with Columbus Iselin this Am regarding ;-Iatson Lab work and needs.
Crane and Gifford up pm and Joe and I went up to lab with them.
April 14 Sun. Down to lab this am with Joe looking for G9A files. Jim Peoples over about
noon for awhile. Joe. and I went golfing pm. Took 600 pm train to Boston and 1230 sleeper
to NYC. Up to Boston with Lt Frank Ryder with Navy and \.JHOI
April 15 Mon. Contacted Doc Ewing in NYC and rode down to Red Bank with him. Talked over
instrumentation of upper atmosphere investigations. Out to Oakhurst this pm. Conference
with Col. Cole and Col. Grough re Project 188-5 and regarding microseisms. Doc and I went
back to ~olly Pitcher Hotel in Red Bank tonight.
April 16 Tues. Rode out to Watson Labs with Ewing. Went over to Evans Lahs with Harry Davis
':latson Lab navigation man, and saw newly developed ranging apparatus and talked to Lt
Rydetor? re Spherics, location of lightning and thunderstorm data collected during past
few years. Saw Col. Duffy of ~eteorological Division AAF and back to 'ilatson labs, Doc ilent
on through to NYC. '·Tent over program with Dove and Crane this pm, Back to lab tonight with
Crane and Gifford, discussing Project 185-7-1. Back to Y.yrtle Hotel at 1045 pm.
April 17 '·led, Rode out to Hats on Labs with McCurdy. Worked with f1ajor Crane on report
regarding underwater work, Eglin Field and deep water. Took this in to 8olonal Cole this
pm. Acceptance probable, Got room in private house in Red Bank. i·oved out of '·:olly Pitcher
Hotel.
April 18 Th~. Caught bus out to ~·Tatson Lab. Col Cole up this am and advised writing new
~ost Exnenditure for and revising the R. & R. ~ajor Crane left about noon for trip
Phila and '!Toads Hole. 1-'ade arrangements to meet him in 1TYC r-:onday. ~l'rote. out new R & R
and 8ost Expenditure ready to take to Col Cole. up 2nd EO covering all ocean work.
to see Col Cole and then wrote up
EO and A for P processed this pm
April 19, Fri. Talked o·..-er work with Dove and we wrote
~alked to Ewing on phone this am. Dove and I went down
~ew SO for deep water work. Saw Hincke? regarding this
and ready to p;o out to '·lright Field.
April 20 <:!at. Caught 710 train to NYC, cashed check at Chase Natl Bank, talked to :!!:wing on
phone. Back to Red Bank about 4 pm.
April 22 r-•on. At 'Hatson labs this am. Got final physical exams. Down to Supply to see Jl!ajor
!!,orris with Reinnagle re getting equipment out that came from 'llHCI without paper coverage.
Got tra'lel order back and authority to use it. Caught )42 pm out of Red Bank and arr1 ved

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