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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…
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to return. Receiver at plane did not work at all. Ground receiver worked for a short
time but did not receive explosions. B-17 and most of personnel out to Ros·well - recovered
equipment some 25 mi east of Roswell. Out at 10 this morning, got T1~ and went out to
range. Fired shots 12 to 18 every hour. Last of bombing tests this week.
June 6 Fri. NYU personnel getting ready for flight tomorrow. Conference about noon, Hackman
with radiosonde, Olsen and Godbee with receiver to Roswell - also Smith on theodolite.
Regular equipment in plane.Edmundson and Reynolds to operate equipment at labs - receiver
with GR8. Worked on adopting GR8 this pm and this evening. Fired some shots pm at site #4
but no transmitter for sonobuoy. This pm put McCurdy low frequency amplifier in circuit
before GR8 and have plenty of signal.
Jmne 7 Sat. Balloon flight off about 530. Dribbler? broken on takeoff. Balloon was to
60,000':, broke left balloons then train came down somewhere in mountains. Recordings at
north hanger, and at Roswell but plane did not receive. Shot at 6, 630, 7, 730, 8 and 830
at site #4. Plane out to find balloons but no luck. All NYU personnel and John Aaden off
on B-17 - Lewis, Gallagher. Went over to Alamogordo with Ireland, Minton, Olsen and Mears
but no train today - making reservations for tomorrow.
June 8, Sun. Rancher, Sid West, found balloon train 25 mi south of High Rolls in mountains.
Contacted him and made arragements to recover equipment Monday. Got all recordings of
balloon flights. Took Treland, Mears, Winton, Olsen to Alamogordo to catch train this pm
June 9 Mon. Bill Godbee and Don Reynolds went out to Sid West's ranch south of High Rolls
and broughtback recovered balloons- clock, 2 radiosondes, sonobuoy and microphone and lower
part of dribbler. Bill Edmondson cleaning up hanger and sorting out equipment of NYU. Worked
today on balloon records (GR8) from north hanger. No definite signals obtained. Took inv-
entory MRs.
June 10 Tues. Bill G , Bill E and Don worked on equipment, repairing GR8, T21 mikes, etc.
Getting ready for rocket Thursday. Worked on GR8 recordings from Hagerman, Tests 3,4,5,6.
No signals obtained. Worked on balloon tests from Roswell - no signals. V on Gila R tests
3,4,5,6, Eileen on V2 amplitudes.
June 11 Wed. Bill Godbee and I went out to Tulerasa Range and located Site ~5 for bombing,
24 mi N of Site #3 - roads bad. Laid ~ut wire for shooting, Don and Bill E getting ready
for rocket. Checked Rubicon records, all 3 sites.
June 12 Thurs. All rockets postponed Until July 3 rocket of S.C.E.L. Bill E, Don, Bill G
went down to El Paso and then SE along Rio Grande. LocatedLlistenine site south of Clint,
Texas and layed out wires and dug holes. Worked on bombing flights from Oakhurst.
June 13 Fri. Men off today. '.' worked on tests 3,4,5,6 Tularosa bombing. E orr.V-2 rocket
amplitudes. I plotted T-X all sky waves and started reviewing March 11 and 17 records.
June 14 Sat. BillE and family, Don Rand family, V, E and I to Carlsbad.
June 15 Sun. Through Carlsbad Caverns and back to Alamogordo.
June 16 Mon. Men off today. Worked on eastern shore cruises, plotting T-X corrected to 68
kms & worked on apparent velocit~es and differences in azimuth.
June 17 Tues. Men left for Silver City and Febrero? near El Paso for bombing tests. Worked
on Cruises.
June 18 Wed. Test 7 of Tularosa Bombing Program, Shots at 7, 930 and 12)0. Men called in
from field to aheck clocks. Weather poor - raining at all sites. E on V2 rockets, V Cruises.
June 19 Thurs. Test 8 of Tularosa bombing program, shots at 1600, 1830, 2100 , 2400.
'lleather poor - rainy at Alamogordo.
June 20 Fri Finish of Test 8. Shots at 0000 and 02)0, Sites 1,3,5. Men back today. Godbee,
Reynolds at Silver City got all shots, Edmondson at El Paso @ot 1 possibly 2. Looked over
all Fabens records today. Eon weather data, rocket firings,V on Tests 3,4,7 and Flights.
June 21 Sat Worked on GR8 records from Fabens - calculated azimuth and elevation angles -
Fabens recordings and some of Silver City.
June 22 Sun. On trip with V & E - San Cruzes, Hot Springs, Carizzo
Week of Jan 23-28 Alamogordo Air Base. Men worked on~equipment for sound ranging Monday
and made arrangements for off base transportation, had to get some from Base Motor Pool;
Bill G, Don R left am for Gila Valley and Bill E went to Fabens. Tests 9, 10 Wednesday 25
and Thurs, Fri 26-27. Test 9: 7-10-13-16-18 Sites 1-3-5-)-1. Wen~ out with Sgt Rand.
Contacted by telephone Wed night and Thursday. Shot 10 Thurs, Fri at 18-21-00-03-05. Out
with Sgt Rand again. Men in Fri pm. Good results from west, but poor or nothing from Fabers.
Looked over some of Fabens records Sat. V worked on Tests 7-8 getting all data, including
amplitudes, then worked on Flights 1-27. Got met data for all flights up to 18 kms except
Oct ones. Found one whole minute error in timing on 24A flight which now checks with others

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