personnel, transfers, routine administrative actions, etc.). No mention of the Roswell incident was found in them.
Result of the Search - Card Catalog and IRIS
On 3 March 1994 appropriate rubrics in the Agency's card catalog such as "Roswell," "Roswell AAFld," "UFO(s)," "Unidentified Flying Objects," "Weather Balloon(s)," were examined. No entries were found which identified information remotely related to the Roswell incident.
The Agency's IRIS electronic data base was also queried for potential entries. The following key words or phrases were entered:
- ROSWELL
- UFO
- UFOS
- UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
- UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
- WEATHER BALLOON
- WEATHER BALLOONS
The IRIS search produced no documents concerned with a flying disc and/or weather balloon crash at Roswell AAFld. The IRIS search, however, did reveal a sub-stantial file in AFHRA microfilm roll 33,764, beginning frame 562, which is concerned with flying disk reports in the western United States during the summer and fall of 1947. This file was apparently maintained by the Air Force Missile Development Command. It reveals contemporary investigative agencies, methods, and personalities both Air Force and civilian, thus it provides archival clues for further investigation of the Roswell incident. Extracts from microfilm roll 33,764 are attached as Appendix II.
Finally, a passage mentioning balloon operations from Holloman AFB during June-July 1947 was located in AFHRA K280.10-54G, 1947-1958, *Contributions of Balloon Operations to Research and Development at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex., 1947-1950* (Holloman AFB, NM: AFMDC, n.d.), pp. 1-2 (Appendix III). This passage indicates that a cluster of "rubber-type weather balloons" was launched at Holloman AFB on 5 June 1947, the equipment from which was recovered. A second launch of polyethylene balloons was made on 3 July, the equipment for which was not recovered.
Aircraft or "Vehicle" Crash Reports
The AFHRA does not hold aircraft accident reports. The office of record for such reports is the Air Force Safety Agency/SERR, Kirtland AFB, NM.