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GAO NSIAD-95-187 (PDF)

GAO · 1995-07-28 · 26 pages · text from the file's own layer

This July 28, 1995 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office to Representative Steven H. Schiff sets out the results of a search for government records on the 1947 crash near Roswell, New Mexico. GAO found that some Roswell Army Air Field records had been destroyed without a stated authority. Only two 1947 records turned up: a 509th Bomb Group history and an FBI teletype, and both describe a radar-tracking or weather balloon. The report also notes the Air Force conclusion that the wreckage most likely came from Project MOGUL.

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We also queried the National Security Council, the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Energy, the FBI, DOD,
and the CIA to determine what government records they have on the
Roswell crash. We did not independently verify the information provided
to us in their written responses.
In addition to physically examining government records, we contacted the
following federal activities to determine whether they had any information
about the Roswell crash:
• Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama;
• Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Ohio;
• Army Center for Military History, Washington, D.C.; and
• 509th Bomb Wing, Office of the Historian, Whiteman Air Force Base,
Missouri.
We conducted our review from March 1994 to June 1995 in accordance
with generally accepted government auditing standards.
Unless you publicly announce its contents earlier, we plan no further
distribution of this report until 30 days after its issue date. At that time, we
will make copies available to other interested parties upon request.
If you or your staff have any questions about this report, please call me on
(202) 512-3504. A major contributor to this report is Gary K. Weeter,
Assistant Director.
Sincerely yours,
Richard Davis
Director, National Security
Analysis
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