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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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COL TRAKOWSKI - 6/29/94 11
Q: Did you have interaction with Spilhaus in your civil service career?
A: No. Oh, I met with him. Spilly was a consultant, and even in his advancing age he was
still an enormous source of ideas. If you brought him into a meeting as a consultant, surely somewhere
along the line he would offer an idea that was useful. So he found a lot of contact throughout many
organizations, particularly in those related to geophysics ... meteorology, geology. I know he worked with
the U.S. Geological Survey, a very, very fine organization, and with NOAA. Those are two that I know
he continued relationships with. But I had very little contact with him.
Spilly was a very intimidating character. I lived with him for awhile.
Q: Were you involved in his exploits in North Africa, out there in the desert with him?
A: No. Nor in China.
Q: He had quite some stories about some of his past exploits.
A: No matter where he went, he gathered stories.
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