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The Roswell Report: Case Closed

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The Roswell Report: Case Closed was published by Headquarters United States Air Force and written by Captain James McAndrew, with a foreword by Secretary of the Air Force Sheila E. Widnall. It follows the 1994 Air Force report, which tied the 1947 debris to Project MOGUL balloons. This volume concludes that the reported alien bodies were most likely anthropomorphic dummies dropped from high altitude balloons. It attributes the hospital body claims to a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 manned balloon mishap.

  • p. 105 …John Walter (now a retired Master Sergeant), both of whom assisted in the processing and identification…
  • p. 119 …Balloon Branch Communications Technician, A2C Ole Jorgeson, now a retired Master Sergeant, in the rear compartment…
  • p. 120 …While waiting for the injured pilots, A2C Ole Jorgeson, now a retired Master Sergeant, recalled in…
  • p. 123 …Roland H. "Hap" Lutz, now a retired Chief Master Sergeant, recalled when he first contacted the…
  • p. 168 …During my Air Force career, I earned both a Master's and Doctorate degree from Purdue…
Fig. 75. "It's uniform was torn in a couple spots...their uniforms were in pretty sad shape"—witnesses description of secondhand flightsuits that were used repeatedly on tests; tears and other damage were common. In this photo, 1st Lt. Raymond A. Madson "rigs" a dummy to its suspension rack for project HIGH DIVE at Holloman AFB, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Fig. 76. A witness described at least one person at a "crash" site wearing a pith helmet. In the 1950s, the pith helmet was part of the Air Force uniform and was often worn on balloon launches and recoveries. In this publicity photo from On the Threshold of Space, Air Force members at Holloman AFB who were extras in the film can be seen wearing pith helmets. (also see figure 49)

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