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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.
A blimp hangar at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ (left), contains a Project MOGUL balloon during its preparation for flight. Lying on the desert floor near Roswell, NM, in July 1948 (right) is a Project MOGUL balloon. Due to the prevailing westerlies, MOGUL balloons often descended in the vicinity of Roswell after launch from Alamogordo. The unpredictability and hazards to aircraft presented by the balloons prompted the Civil Aviation Administration (now the Federal Aviation Administration) to conduct a hearing addressing safety concerns of balloons landing in the Roswell area (see App 13, pp. 43-44).
FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 993 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.