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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. 2 …SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328 ISBN 0-16-048023-X
  • p. 5 …Jim Bruns acquainted himself with the numerous research facilities available in the Washington, DC, area, and…
  • p. 6 …At the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, it was a pleasure to collaborate…
  • p. 11 …s Report of Air Force Research: 1. Washington Post, "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in Probe…
  • p. 21 …OF THE SECF>PARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000 :MEMORANDUM FOR THE…
  • p. 26 …the result of a January 14, 1994, Washington Post article (Atch 1) which announced Congressman Steven…
  • p. 34 …SAF/ AAZD conducted reviews at a number of locations, including the National Archives in Washington, DC…
  • p. 37 …involved Ellington Field, Texas and the Spokane (Washington) Depot. After much discussion and information gathering on…
  • p. 47 …GAO, or any other inquiries. Attachments 1. Washington Post Article, "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in…
  • p. 51 …Disappeared in 19 47 By William Claiborne Washington Poat Staff Writer Where television's "Unsolved Mysteries…
  • p. 55 …from our National Security Analysis group in washington, D.C. If you have any questions concerning…
  • p. 63 …SAF/FMPF DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON OC _A_AF/INR _A_AF/SPO X…
  • p. 67 OF"F'1C£ 0~ THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000 MEMORANDUM…
  • p. 68 OFF'ICE OF" TME SECRETA~Y DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000 MEMORANDUM…
  • p. 72 …552} Department of the Air Force HQ OSAF/DADF Washington, DC 20380 RE: ALIEN BUMANOIDS/OFO…
  • p. 75 …of its license by government officials in Washington, DC, if it broadcast the story about the…
  • p. 81 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC MEMORANDUM FOR SAF/AAZ…
  • p. 85 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC MEMORANDUM FOR SAF/AA…
  • p. 89 …HQ USAF/XOWP 1490 Air Force Pentagon Washington DC 20330-1490 SUBJECT: GAO Review on Records…
  • p. 93 OF"F"ICE OF" THE SECRETARY SAF/AAIQ 1610 Air Force Washington, DC MEMORANDUM FOR DEPARTMENT…
  • p. 101 …and Records Administration (NARA), either at the Washington National Records Center (WNRq or the Southwest Regional…
  • p. 108 …Hartzop, Jr., Arrrr:r Air Forces, Washington, D. c., .arrived .for investi- gation of the B…
  • p. 133 HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES WASHINGTON SUBJECT: Iuuance o! Ordera !01 Couaa8.1ng General .A.1r Materiel…
  • p. 159 …24 May 94 Place: ,Washington :..p.f'/ I Sheridan W.Cavitt, hereby state that Richard L…
  • p. 168 …I don't remember anybody from Washington coming there. It's possible that somebody came over…
  • p. 169 …maybe somewhere to an Air Force Base up here in Washington. MC: Fort Lewis, I think…
  • p. 170 …It's in the Washington DC area. I forget since I was there in the Washington…
  • p. 178 …Yeah, but you said you would have known if anybody from Washington had come into your…
  • p. 179 normal course of his duty was sent to Washington not 8th Air Force in Fort Worth…
  • p. 195 …COITDllal'lding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D.C. THRU& (AC/A5-4) 1. To…
  • p. 241 …Not ever in Washington?
  • p. 242 …I visited people in Washington. Q: Just for the record, ·Major Marcel later worked at AFOAT…
  • p. 300 …Center for Military History, 14th St NW Washington DC Dr Bennett, Curator DrDrea Ms Hannah Zeidlik…
  • p. 317 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON OC 20330-1000 OFFICt: OF THE ~ECRETARY JUL 2 7…
  • p. 709 …of Phase II be presented to the Washington Subcommittee for clearance with all other Regional Airspace…
  • p. 712 …coordination was effected with the Washington Airspace SUbcommittee tmmediately subsequent to our Meeting #12. It "WaS…
  • p. 723 …on representative preaeurea and temperatures taken from Washington, Albuquerque, Pittsburgh and Lakehurst soundings. Individual variations from…
  • p. 731 …538, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, D. c. September, 1935. 8. Timoshenko, MacCullough, Elements of…
  • p. 791 …of Phase II be presented to the Washington Subcommittee for clearance with all other Hegional Airspace…
  • p. 792 …That the Washington Airspace Subcommittee present the Phase II operation to other Regional Airspace Subcommittees for…
  • p. 807 …Peoples in Washington regarding balloon ascention in June, Made plans for flight 20 which was made…
  • p. 809 …At 0930 went up J.o Math DQ&rtment at NYU - Washington Square. Met Mr Bennett…
  • p. 978 …was transported to Andrews AAF, MD (near Washington, DC), to be examined by high government officials…
  • p. 992 Eiffel Tower PARIS 1056ft Washington Monument WASHINGTON, D.C. 555ft Statue of Liberty NEW YORK HARBOR…
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Jan 30 Thurs, Plotted up angle of azimuth against angle of descent for ··-2 recordings.
Set aside this work for bombing rlins, ',.J'orked on Flight 18 with '.7i vi an. Started Eileen
on calculations uith Aug 8 and 9 data, reworking calculations doe before. C:hecked picks
on Flight 18 - they appear to be sky waves though angle of descent is not regular.
Jan 31 Fri Oakhurst. ~orked with Eileen on Aug 8 calculations. Finished up for both direct
and reflected possibilities. :vent over Flight 19 records. ?ound that all of these are sky
Ha•:es.
feb 1 Sat. Left A.P. for Philly on 940 bus, arrived at ~1arions apt about 1. :\ayne back from
Hork about 5. After dinner we 'Went out to Newtown and stayed overnight.
Feb 2 Sun. Drove up to Sparta NJ with !~arion and Wayne. Saw Dorothy, Joe and family. Nelson
Steenland & family living there with them. Saw >Iorzels pm. Ed Douglas in tonight for few
n:inutes. Joe took me over to Dover & caught 9.58 train, then 1120 out of Penn Station,
~7ewark. Arrived AP about 1230
Feb 3 Mon Oakhurst. Peoples in Washington regarding balloon ascention in June, Made plans
for flight 20 which was made this pm 1)00 to 1320 in conjunction with instruments in blimp.
Route just south of east, no results. ~orked on sky waves from Flights 18-19.
Feb 4-5-6, Tues, Wed, Thurs. Oakhurst. Checked over all sky wave picks on Flights 19 - 19.
Went over Loran data and plotted up to get accurate plane speed, Plotted T - X curve using
these figures. Worked up Oakhurst corrcetions for elevations and replotted all values for
velocity - Flights 18 - 19. Received Gutenberg letter in which he had worked out Aug 8,9
data. Went over this method and worked over thae data again. Unique solution not obtainable.
Went over possible experiments in 'Hellos' balloon ~une with Peoples.
Feb 7 Fri Oakhurst • .-Worked on 23, 24 Jan T-X curves. V files 2),24 Jan forms, started on
NYU data. Eileen worked on least squares-Va , then on Gutenberg's method applied to Aug 9
data.
Feb 8 Sat Oakhurst. Worked on V-2 rocket information 23 Jan. Used meteorological informatior
for 2 explosions. Tried to get V at height of eiplosions but seems too low.
Feb 9 Sun Asbury Park - worked on calculations of flights, setup? and calculations for
rockets.
Feb 10 Y.on Oakhurst. Worked over Alamogordo Radar Hueco stations for 23 Jan 1947 records
and made plot of V-2 rocket D - H using all radar data. 1'1'ent over all equipment to go to
Alamogordo. Made plans for departure Thurs. Set up 8 sec galv in T-9. Vivian checked
velocity from caps with temperatures and continued on Oct 22-23, Flights 12-lJ, Cruises,
NYU data. Eileen in pm - worked on formulas ofc.seismib refraction using straight line for
line - Aug 8 - 9. Finished this and went back to least square solutions of Jan 23 -24 data.
Feb 11 Tues Cakhurst. Flight 21 scheduled for 8 tonight postponed until tomorrow. Worked on
Oct 22 data with sky waves to Highland Lights. Went over all records. Have 2? consecutive
shots to H. L. Oliva left by train tonight for Alamogordo. ~" · · 1 ' t ·.
Feb 12 Wed Oakhurst. Vivian & Eileen worked on temperatures and winds Oct 22 & 23 and worked
up ray paths f9r sky waves to Highland Lights. All equipment for Alamogordo asseabled and
loaded on trucks for Watson Labs this pm. Flight 21 at midnight tonight. McCurdy, Chantz,
Woodruff, Ball, Hom?, Rigny present. Dropped 20 bombs 1200 to 1237. No signals received,
either sky or direct waves.
Feb 13 Thurs. Got special instruments for 1 cycle from McCurdy this ~. Drove up to Newark
in staff car- Chantz & myself. Loaded B-25 this pm but could not get all equiprrent on.-left
5 reels and box of equipment ? • Left Newark about JJO, stopped in r-:iddletown, Pa -
Olmsted Field for 1 1/2 hrs to eat and gas plane, then left and landed at Godman Field out- ,,
side Fort Knox, Louisville, Ky. Stayed at Officers Club tonight.
~eb 14 ~ri Left Louisvilleabout 930 am. Stopped at Tinker Field, Ok City for eats and refuel
then to Alamogordo, Arrived Alamogordo 4)0 pm - contacted Watson Lab and got truck. Unloaded
all equipment from B-25 & took part of it to North hanger. 3-25 cre•r:lt Yosher, Lt Alberts,
Sgt ? Oliva arrived Alamo. by train this ~
Feb 15 Sat. Moved eqpt from north hanger across runway to stowage building. Checked T-21s on
GR ~. Checked galvanometers, etc
?eb 16 Sun Alamogordo.Out to Tower and Dona sites & surveyed in instrument locations - 5 to
be station(ed) in shape. Ran out field wire at Dona station.
Feb 17 Mon Alamogordo. Went out to Tower site and set up Springnether and GRJ equipment.
Rubicon 500 ft from GR3. Took trial recordings on both equipments
Feb 18 Tues Alamogordo. Went out to Dona Site this morning. Set up GR8 then Phil took truck
and went over to GR1 Tower tsite. WACtcornoral shot offtabou~ 215 but with little slipstream.
Recorded at vona out Ph1~ a Tower si e naver saw rocKe • Walted at Dona until 6 pm. Phil hae

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