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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.

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  • p. 225 …Well, Boford was Navy, that was the Navy .•• Q: Like taking a Pi Ball reading now…
  • p. 226 …fabricate balloons for us. During that period we heard of the Navy project that was going…
  • p. 242 …But were any of those used as precursors to Mogul or ••. A: None whatsoever. That was…
  • p. 319 …Ewing had conducted considerable research for the Navy during World War II, studying, among other things…
  • p. 789 …for six hours using a non-extensible envelope vri th the addition of a balla.st…
  • p. 801 …Vet Gifford ;.;ho has 0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed…
  • p. 802 …tlyckoff, Hungerfield, 'faux and ~yself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather…
  • p. 815 …Schneider up with 0 'Day to check use as NYU station. Alamoggrdo crew helped~.get helium…
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I can think of no other explanation for Roswell than one of our early June service flight balloons.
If one of our balloons went down there was no shroud of secrecy about it. We would attempt to
recover the flight gear when posstble, but the reflectors, balloons, and microphone equipment was
expendable. We went to no great effort to recover the equipment and we certainly would not
cordon off an area where one of our balloons went down. We would sometimes send out 3-4 men
to recover the equipment if we knew where it went down. The July 1Oth Alomorgordo News
report was a good cover-it does not appear to be a coincidence-I don't know who may have
initiated it. Trakowski does not recaU being invoM:d in a cover story in one of my conversations
with him. In New Mexico during 1947, an of our balloon operations were launched from
Alamogordo AAF. C (3xf.
(1,'3)1 I am not part of any conspiracy to withhold infonnation &om either the US government or
American public. There is no classified information that I am withholding related to this inquiry
and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning refraining from talking
about this situation . C. /3 1 tJ
SIGNED:
WITNESS(s):
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a
penon authorized to administer oaths
this
8th day of June 1994 r, NM
L, USAF

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