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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. 17 …of alien beings and elusive vehicles which never quite seem to manifest themselves. Regardless of one…
  • p. 31 …Conversely, there has never been any previous documentary evidence produced by those who would debunk the…
  • p. 32 …This had never been officially done before, although most of the persons contacted reported that they…
  • p. 40 …Lt Col Cavitt also stated that he had never taken any oath or signed any agreement…
  • p. 77 …Because this conclusion is based on the absence of documentation, the issue can never be definitively…
  • p. 99 …H written, there is good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never received…
  • p. 101 …histories and supporting documents, and it has never routinely received the kind of records which might…
  • p. 159 …I have never been sworn to any form of secrecy by anyone concerning this matter and…
  • p. 165 …It never crossed my mind that it could be anything but a radio sonde. RW: How…
  • p. 168 …as far as I knew, I never heard anyone say, "Don't talk about this and…
  • p. 169 …I never met LaPaz personally, but I knew what he was. RW: Did Rickett go with…
  • p. 170 …I forget since I was there in the Washington area for awhile but I never did…
  • p. 172 …To the best of my recollection, I never met the rancher, Brazel. RW: O.K., because…
  • p. 173 …rve never seen a Geiger counter myseU: but I didn't know if you knew what…
  • p. 174 …ordered Marcel to accompany the rancher back to Corona, •· You said you never saw... and then…
  • p. 175 …I never had any idea that it was anything with the V-2. They told us…
  • p. 177 …You and I never saw this. You don't see any military people or military vehicles…
  • p. 178 …said in a facetious way: "Lets make out like it never existed, because we're wasting…
  • p. 179 …to him the crash and recovery had never happened. There was no investigation on the Foster…
  • p. 182 …No, I never saw this. SC: I don't know what that is from. RW: "But…
  • p. 183 …So, some of there records were TS and still are.) That is because they have never…
  • p. 185 …Cav never told me anything. He said nl never tell you anything then you won't…
  • p. 189 …I am quite sure that we never gave it a thought until that book.
  • p. 190 …Now, we have never found the ftight records to substantiate that, so I don't know…
  • p. 202 …related to this inquicy and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning not…
  • p. 207 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning refraining…
  • p. 213 …We never considered a ..planneq cover story; we were concerned with security. I was the project…
  • p. 214 …I never obsCJVed any of the balloon "trains" but I did see some of the early…
  • p. 225 …and subsequent models were brand new, had never flown anything like that in this area. A…
  • p. 228 …I'd never heard the name Mogul -- the classification was that high. I knew what we…
  • p. 240 …I just wanted to see if there had been anything stated to you never to discuss…
  • p. 242 …but I never knew Marcel. in my mind, and there are Yeah, I knew that guy…
  • p. 243 …I've never seen a Japanese balloon that I know of, I've never seen the…
  • p. 246 …No, I've never seen this. Trakowski argued that even the name Mogul was classified, and…
  • p. 249 …Out PM with several NYU men by weapons carrier, but we never located it. Rocket postponed…
  • p. 264 …As far as I know we just never interfaced with the military. Q: Where were you…
  • p. 266 …We never saw anybody in security. There was certainly nobody keeping us secure. If anything, we…
  • p. 273 …who was writing a story, and I never quite could determine whether he was on the…
  • p. 274 …I have never seen such a document nor have I ever heard of any effort to…
  • p. 277 …radar reflectors for tracking purposes-but it never comes out talking about MOGUL and the instrumentation…
  • p. 278 …I never met Richard Robert Crane. I knew him only by the path of debris he…
  • p. 282 …They never said it, but I know they did because they left me free to do…
  • p. 318 …Before now, however, a larger portion of the story was never told. Recent research indicates that…
  • p. 320 …and Project MOGUL as first conceived was never put into operational 1use. However, MOGUL did serve…
  • p. 321 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level Balloon Project Engineer, stated that they were never informed of the classified…
  • p. 567 …and this flight 11as never recovered. Pre- sumably the marked easterly flow then observed above 60…
  • p. 591 …ficienoy since on-ot.f' operation was never per- mitted. The temperature data of' these flights…
  • p. 740 …The theodolite lost the balloon in clouds earlier and the airplane observer never succeeded in seeing…
  • p. 815 …Out pm with several NYU by weapon carrier but we never located it. Rocket postponed until…
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~·a.rcr 9 c:un. Left Olmsted 0934 am - c47, Manjak and Schneider and landed at Newark 1130
~hompson and I took train to Asbury Park from Pa station. In Asbury Park 3 pm
March 10 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flight 25, Parts 1 and 2. Started Eileen
on V-2 rocket ~ecordings.
~arch 11 Tues Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flights 25, 24. Flight 26 off today, Part
1 at 9, part 2 at 2 pm. Good results! Eileen on V2 rocket March 7, Dona Site.
March 12 Wed Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on records - Flight 26, and started Flight 23.
Eileen worked on Dona site , V-2. Thompson and I went over Alamogordo plans.
March 1J lhurs Oakhurst. Worked with Vivian some on Flight 23 and 22. Worked on Tularosa
site of V2 - 7 March. Eileen worked on Launching Site, V-2. Flight 27 today - at 12 noon
and at 4 pm. Probably last of flights.
March 14 Fri Oakhurst. Vivian worked on identification of returns, last~~=5 cruises. gave
good sky waves. Trakowski, Peoples and myselfwrote up report for General Reves on overall
program to be hand carried by Thompson to Washington. Eileen worked on V-2 records, #21
March 15 Sat Oakhurst. Worked up survey of Launching .irea and Tuleroso sites lc plotted all
sites on air map. Worked on V2 rocket March 7 records.
March 16 Sun Oakhurst. Worked· on fon~ula for amnnd correction un.:t.il 2 p11 - went over to
McCurdys tonight.
March 17 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian plotted up all last sky waves. Worked on eqpt list for Alamo-
gordo. Worked on formulas for wind correction. , , ,
March 18 Tues Oakhurst. Worked with V. Checked through all March 13 records.,. Worked on
Woods Hole recordings pm. Eileen working on V-2 rockets.
March 19 Wed Oakhurst. Reviewed Flight 24A trying to get, some azimuths .from Oakhurst but
records very poor. Reviewed records of ·Jan 2Jrd and started on stratosphere calculations.
Eileen working on corrections Jan 20 V2 rocket from meteorological data. Baten? in from
Florida Field Station, ready to go to Alamogordo next Tuesday.
March20 Thursday, Oakhurst. Went over final calculations for stratosphere data using
seiSJiic methods, of Jan 23 data with Vivian. Got V=J25 at 3 kms. Studied azimuths on that
data and got w = 10 m/sec coming from south on June 2Jrd. Worked with Eileen on rocket
Jan 20thcorrecting for met data and plotting final H against X in kms from surface for
up data.
March 21 Friday Oakhurst. Worked on Alamogordo plans - Lewis & Clowry over this pm and we
went over all future plans including bombing for Alamogordo. Worked on rocket data with
Eileen and on flight data with Y, S,1-4tpanoff on ray paths of Dec 13
March 22 Saturday Oakhurst. Went over all V2 rocket data. Studied azimuth - elevation
graphs & studied WAC Corporal of 3 March. Caught 534 train from Asbury Park - 1045
sleeper out of NYC
Marcb 21 Sunday. At boae. Arrived Cant.on abo~'!ow9. lo@;t'~1 .qn sleep~::r, tonight &bpltt 8 pm
March 24 Monday. Arrived NYC about 7. At 0930 went up J.o Math DQ&rtment at NYU - Washington
Square. Met Mr Bennett of WL. Found that Dr. Courant would not be in until late and decided
not to wait but caught 104o train to Asbury Park. Went over shipment ready for Alamogordo
and over work for Vivian and Eileen. Packing tonight.
March 25 Tuesday Truck at Oakhurst at 9 with scales - all equipment weighed - about 3500#
total including TORRID. Edmonton, Reynolds, Thompson, Porter, Godbie? and I left about 10
and went through to Mitchell Field in staff car. B-17, Carroll, pilot -- co-pilot. Left
Mitchel Field about 3 pm. High level winds - went southern route - stayed at Maxwell Field
Alabama tonight. Thompson stayed behind waiting for B-45
March 26 Wednesday, Left Maxwell Field, AlL.labout 9 and landed in Alamorgoro J pm
March 27 Thursday Alamogordo. Phil, Beynilds and I went out to Tower site, took in all wires,
Pulled down tent and Rubicon equipment and took it over to new site west of Lake Lucero.
Strung out wire, surveyed in site & set up Rubicon tent. Sal, Edmonson, Godbie?, Porter
weighing in equipment in Alamogordo air base.
March 28 Friday. Alamogordo. Went out with Godlers, Porter to White Sands west of air base.
Located site and surveyed it, put up shelter and set up GR). Phil and Reynolds went up tp
Tularosa site, Sal and Edmondson worked on GR8 and low frequency equipment, Thompson in
with B-45 from Newark.
March 29 Sat Alamogordo
March 10 Sun Alamogordo. Phil and I went out to Dona site and picked up some equipment and
then out to Lucero site. Set up Rubicon and took a record. Tried to get through to Tularosa
site west of White Sands but couldnt find road.

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