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The Roswell Report: Case Closed

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The Roswell Report: Case Closed is a 1997 Headquarters United States Air Force report by Captain James McAndrew that follows up the 1994 Air Force report on the Roswell Incident. It concludes that the 1947 debris came from Project MOGUL balloons. It also says the reported alien bodies were probably anthropomorphic dummies dropped from high altitude balloons. Claims of bodies at the Roswell hospital most likely combined a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 manned balloon mishap.

  • p. 6 …The interviews of Gerald Anderson, Alice Knight, and Vern Maltais were excerpted in their entirety from…
  • p. 9 …182 APPENDIX C Interviews Gerald Anderson ... 187 Glenn Dennis ... 197 Alice Knight ... 213 Vern Maltais ... 214…
  • p. 25 …Gerald Anderson, an alleged witness of events at the site 175 miles northwest of Roswell, recalled…
  • p. 26 …aliens" as, "They had four fingers." $ ^{15} $ Anderson characterized the hands as, "They didn't have…
  • p. 69 …Anderson ## "I thought they were plastic dolls...I didn't think they were real" $ ^{126} $ Anderson…
  • p. 70 started a recovery operation of the alien craft and crew. $ ^{133} $ Anderson also recalled that the…
  • p. 76 …Since one witness, Gerald Anderson, described procedures consistent with the launch and recovery of high altitude…
  • p. 131 …Video, Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Gerald Anderson interview (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research…
  • p. 132 …ibid., Anderson interview. 17. ibid. 18. ibid., Maltais interview. 19. Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson…
  • p. 139 …Gerald Anderson, Barney Barnett, and the Archaeologists, Introduction (Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C.: J. Allen Hynek…
  • p. 140 …Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson interview. 142. ibid. 143. Signed, sworn statement of Raymond A…
  • p. 141 …ibid., Anderson interview. 175. ibid., Maltais interview. 176. ibid. 177. ibid., Anderson interview. 178. Ragsdale. 179…
  • p. 142 …Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson interview. 213. Ragsdale. 214. Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson…
  • p. 156 …Video, Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Gerald Anderson interview. (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research…
  • p. 189 # Transcript of Interview with Gerald Anderson $ ^{*} $ Alleged firsthand witness to "Crash Site" Two (allegedly 175 miles…
  • p. 226 …76-78, 99, 105, 109, 113-116 Anderson, Gerald 14, 60-61, 67. See also interview…

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Witness Description	Air Force Equipment/Procedure	“Crash Site”
40. “tankers, like, maybe had fuel or water in‘em”205Anderson	reference to M-49 fuel trucks used to refuel aircraft or helium trailer used to inflate balloon(figs.23,70,80,81).	Site2
41. “a military car”206Anderson	A variety of military and civilian cars were often used for balloon recoveries and launches(Fig.71).	Site2
42. “’47 Ford car”207Ragsdale	Corroboration of description#41.See above.	Site1
43. “there was a jeep that was pulling a trailer with a motor on it, like a generator.”208Anderson	Reference to 1-ton trailer and MB-19 15 Kilowatt diesel generator that were used at balloon launch and recovery locations(fig.71).	Site2
44. “observation aircraft...high winged aircraft”209Anderson	Reference to an L-20 aircraft, primary“chase” aircraft used for balloon recovery in the mid 1950s(fig.77).	Site2
45. “C-47 sittin there”[on the road]210Anderson	C-47 aircraft were often used on dummy launch and recovery operations(fig.78).	Site2
46. “The federal government could have been doing something because they didn’t want anyone to know what this was...they was using dummies in those damned things...they could use remote control”211Ragsdale	Reference to balloon borne anthropomorphic dummies that were dropped by remote control by balloon controllers at Holloman AFB	Site1
47. “they took everybody’s name and everything”212Anderson	Procedure used by balloon Branch to ensure payment of$25 reward and to settle claims of property damage.	Site2
48. “they cleaned everything all up...I mean they cleaned everything”213Ragsdale	Balloon Branch personnel were required to remove as much debris as possible from balloon and payload landing areas to avoid complaints and legal actions.	Site1

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