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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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“Project Identification”5 pages

  • p. 19 …However, too much activity was going on for the project to remain completely hidden. A MOGUL…
  • p. 43 …It is very probable that this Top Secret project balloon train (Flight 4), made up of…
  • p. 46 …Although that project was Top Secret at the time, there was also no specific indication found…
  • p. 327 weather officer, Warrant Officer Irving Newton, to make an identification. Newton positively identified the debris as…
  • p. 982 MOGUL Project Scientist Dr. James Peoples. Peoples's deci- sion not to bring the radiosonde tracking…
Col. William H. Blanchard, Commander 509th Bomb Group, 1947, and
later, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, 1965-1966. As
commander of Roswell Army Airfield and the 509th Bomb Group,
Blanchard is alleged to have secretly directed the recovery of a flying
saucer while pretending to be on leave. Records indicate that Blanchard
was on leave, departing Roswell on July 8 and returning on July 23, 1947
(see Atch II). U.S. Air Force Photo.

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