unclassified materials at record depositories, archives, libraries and
research facilities throughout the nation. Of the millions of pages
of material reviewed, there was no mention of any activities that
even tangentially suggested such an event. Additionally, former
and retired Air Force members and civilian contract scientists
were located and released from any possible nondisclosure
agreements they may have entered into regarding past classified
activities. This release allowed them to freely discuss with Air
Force researchers, or any other persons, information related to
this issue. These releases were issued at the express written
direction of the Secretary of the Air Force. Interviews with
these persons yielded no information supporting extraterrestrial
claims or any other unusual activities.
b. The reports of bodies were not associated with Project
MoGUL. The MoGUL balloon train did not, was not designed to,
nor could it carry passengers. Neither did it carry hazardous
materials that would have caused injury, death, or mutilation
to persons who may have come in contact with any of its
components.
c. Actual events, if any, that inspired reports of bodies did not
occur in 1947. Based on extensive examinations of U.S. Army
Air Forces activities in 1947, no evidence was found to support
allegations that the Army Air Forces was involved in any
uncommon operations other than the retrieval of the MoGUL
balloon train in the Roswell area in July 1947. Examination
of research and development projects, aircraft crashes, errant
missiles and possible nuclear accidents yielded no information
to support a 1947 claim.
In light of these documented facts, the hundreds of anecdotal
accounts were reduced to a few. Eliminated were accounts that were
likely descriptions of materials known to be part of the Project MoGUL
balloon train and accounts describing transportation of these materials.
From the remaining testimony, Air Force researchers developed
the following set of working hypotheses to assist in identifying the actual
events, if any, matching those described by the witnesses.
a. Due to the number and great detail provided in some of the
accounts, it was likely that some event(s) actually did occur.
b. Due to the many similarities of the two crash site descriptions
and the considerable distance between them, it was likely that
more than one event with similar characteristics was the basis
for these accounts.
c. Since the account of bodies at the Roswell Army Air Field
hospital did not contain elements similar to reports of the two
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