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The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert was published in 1995 by Headquarters United States Air Force. It was written in response to Representative Steven H. Schiff's request and a General Accounting Office audit, and it contains Col. Richard L. Weaver's report and 1st Lt. James McAndrew's synopsis, along with attachments, appendices and photographs. The report says researchers found no evidence of an extraterrestrial craft or crew. It concludes that the 1947 debris came from a Project MOGUL balloon train.

  • p. 107 …ll July 1947 - Ca:rtain Edward G. Retartyk, Eighth Air Force, arrived to coordinato with Budget…
  • p. 318 …Meanwhile, Brig Gen Roger Ramey, Eighth Air Force Commander, ordered that the debris be flown to…
Tho ot.'-ler three briefin&s wet•e t."lose which w-,re given to the 'VIP
and a simul!l.ted briai'ing to a l&.rgo ~roup of Air Scouts representing
all o i' the troops in ~rew Mexico which was {;iven on 15 Jul:r 194 7.
Several small projects were completed during ~1e mont.~ includine
signs on all the·office doors, a b~ildin& directory, and a vrorld situation
map which is maintained. on a dny-to-uay basis.
The Historical Section of S-2 has been seriously handicapp,)d by
the removal of the regular stenographer with the reduction in force.
Due to the fact that the quality of the dopar'bnc"lt reports has
in general been so inadequate·; lectures are being prepared to be given
early in August to properly train the liaison. re_presexitatives of eac.'1
depar'bnent.
The Office or·public Information was. kept quite busy during the
monti1 answering inquiries on the "flying disc", which.was reported to
be in p,csession of the 509th Bomb Group. The object turned out to be
a radar tracking balloon.
The main project· of the mont.'l. wo.s making all arrangements for a
successful Air Force Day. Lt. Colonel Oliver LaFarge, Air Reserve Corps,
at Santa Fe, made atrangernents for Colonel Blanchard to visit t.'l.e Governor
of New l~exioo and ask him to declare Air Force Day in New Mexico on
1 August.
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