“GAO”35 pages
- p. 3 …Force and to the General Accounting Office (GAO). It was written
as a result of Colonel…
- p. 11 …Washington Post, "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in Probe," January 14, 1994
2. Letter and GAO…
- p. 12 …Jr., AF/SE, for SAF/AAZ, subj: GAO Review
on Records Management Procedures with Weather Balloons…
- p. 17 …In February 1994, the Air Force was informed that the General Accounting Office (GAO),
an investigative…
- p. 21 …in support of a General Accounting Office (GAO) audit that
is seeking to identify information concerning…
- p. 25 …In February, 1994, the General Account-
ing Office (GAO), acting on the request of a New…
- p. 26 …On February 15, 1994, the GAO officially notified Secretary of Defense William
J. Perry that it…
- p. 27 …Because of
this organization, SAF I AA was the logical entity to assist the GAO in…
- p. 31 …To do so would have encroached on GAO's charter in this matter. What Air Force…
- p. 35 …One of the additional areas specifically set forth by GAO in its efforts was to deal…
- p. 41 …target."
Balloon Research
The original tasking from GAO noted that the search for information included
"weather…
- p. 47 …Washington Post Article, "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in New Probe,"
January 14, 1994
2. GAO…
- p. 51 A22 FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1994
GAO Turns to Alien Turf in Probe
Bodies of Space Voyagers…
- p. 55 …DOD Office of the Inspector General
Director for GAO Surveys and Reviews
Dear Mr. Secretary:
In…
- p. 56 ISSUE:
GAO ENTRANCE CONFERENCE FOR
ASSIGNMENT CODE 701034
Has the Government met its responsibility in the…
- p. 59 …SEE DISTRIBUTION
Genoral Ac:c:ounti.nq Offic:a (GAO) Latter Dated
February 9, 1994, •aeccrds…
- p. 60 2
We have scheduled an entrance meetinq with the GAO for·
February 28, 1994, 10:00…
- p. 63 …GAO Review Letter Dated February 15, 1994, wRecords
Management Procedures Dealing With Weather Balloon,
Unknown Aircraft…
- p. 64 …Central Point of Contact., GAO Code 701034
l. CPC Richard L. Weaver Co 1 ,SAF/AAZ…
- p. 67 …GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with
Weather Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents…
- p. 68 …GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with
Weather Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents…
- p. 71 …FORCE
MEMORANDUM FOR
FROM: AFiiN
SUBJECT:
References:
GAO Inquiry into Records Management Procedures Dealing with Weather…
- p. 77 …Because the GAO will have searched the records of many federal agencies, HQ NAIC
suggests that…
- p. 81 …GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with Weather Balloons,
Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents…
- p. 85 …GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with
Weather Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents…
- p. 89 …GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with Weather
Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents…
- p. 93 …GAO Review of Records Manaqement Procedures Dealinq with
Weather Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash
Incidents…
- p. 97 …AL 36112-6424
8 Mar 94
SUBJECT: GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with
Weather…
- p. 98 REPORT
GAO INVESTIGATION OF "THE ROSWELL INCIDENT":
RELEVANT HOLDINGS AT THE AFHRA
8 March 1994
Preface…
- p. 113 …DC 20332-0001
11 May 1994
SUBJECT: GAO Review on Records Management Procedures (Your memo 16…
- p. 181 …Asking the GAO to look at
this. Karl pt}ock...
SC: You know, you can look…
- p. 213 …I was provided a background on the Air Force efforts related to the GAO audit and…
- p. 309 …Secretary of the
Air Force, for the GAO, to leok into facts concerning what has become…
- p. 317 …in support of the General Accounting Office (GAO) audit that
focused on obtaining infonnation relative to…
- p. 594 …Assuming gao-
strophic tlaw, members or a graduate class in meteorology at New York
REPORT
GAO INVESTIGATION OF "THE ROSWELL INCIDENT":
RELEVANT HOLDINGS AT THE AFHRA
8 March 1994
Preface
On 1 March 1994 a facsimile transmission from the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of
Administrative Assistant (SAF/ AA) directed the Historical Research Agency to support
the General Accounting Office's investigation of "the Roswell incident" Specifically, the
Agency was directed to identify any records in its possession concerning the
investigation and reporting of air vehicle and other crash incidents similar to the
reported crash of a weather balloon near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947 ("the
Roswell incident"). This report presents the search procedure and results and indicates
some possible additional locations for Air Force files on the Roswell incident
Definition of a Search Strategy
The AFHRA/RSQ (Inquiries Branch) was assigned the task of responding to the
SAF/ AAZ directive. On 2 March 1994, Inquiries Branch staff developed a list of possible
file locations which might contain relevant documents. Primary items on this list were
Roswell AAFld installation histories, together with unit histories of the Air Force
organizations stationed at Roswell in June-July 1947. In addition, the following rubrics
were identified for insertion into the Agency's finding aids:
Roswell
Roswell Army Air Field
Unidentified Flying Objects
UFO(s)
Weather Balloon(s)
Results of the Search - Unit Histories
In June/July 1947, the principal Air Force unit stationed at Roswell was the 509th Bomb
Group (H). This group, its constituent squadrons, and support organizations were
therefore indicated as the most likely locations for any reporting about the Roswell
incident in Agency files. On 3. March 1994, the unit histories of Air Force organizations
stationed at Roswell AAFld were retrieved and examined page-by-page for any entries