Documents / Official release
This is a 28 July 1995 report from the US General Accounting Office to Representative Steven H. Schiff about government records on the July 1947 crash near Roswell, New Mexico. It is filed with a Clinton Library NSC routing record. GAO found only two 1947 records: a 509th Bomb Group and RAAF history and an FBI teletype. Both describe the object as a radar-tracking or weather balloon. The report also notes that some RAAF administrative records and outgoing messages were destroyed without any stated authority.
Appendix VI Comments From the Federal Bureau of Investigation U.s. ~ III JudiCII w~ I). c. 2Q$3J April 24, 1995 Mr. Richard Davis Director Attn: Gary X. Weeter . National Security Analysis General Accounting Office Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Davis: This is in response to a letter dated April 7, 1995, from Norman J. Rabkin, Director, Administration of Justice Issues, General Accounting Office, to John E. Collingwood, Inspector in Charge, Office of PUblic and congressional Affairs, FBI, regarding government records concerning the crash of an airborne object near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947 (Code 701034). A search of FBI indices for inforaation relating to the crash of an airborne object near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947, determined that all FBI data concerning the incident has been processed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and is available for review in our FOIl. Reading Room. A copy of the document forwarded to me by Gary weeter is among the documents in the Reading Room. If your staff wishes to review the material, please call Margaret Tremblay, a member of my staff, at least 48 hours in advance of the desired appointment. She can be reached on 324-5292. Sincerely yours, C/~l4cAQSwanson D. Carter Supervisory Special Agent Office of public and congressional Affairs Page 18 GAOINSlAD-95-187 Government Records
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 26 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.