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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. 53 …been plagued by failure with 10 unsuccessful missions in 1959 and 1960. With the eyes of…
  • p. 102 …on board, while on a refueling training mission, experienced a propeller failure four and one half…
  • p. 113 The three pilots, Kittinger, Kaufman and Fulgham, flew training missions together. Kaufman and Fulgham alternately flew…
  • p. 129 …Nenninger who died of injuries received in an aircraft crash during a balloon recovery mission on…
  • p. 171 …The recovery vehicles included, depending on the mission, a crane, weapons carriers, communications van, and occasionally…
  • p. 173 …I recall an overnight balloon training mission that was conducted in May, 1959. Capt Joe Kittinger…
  • p. 223 …ADA 323108 Gildenberg, Bernard G. "General Philosophy and Techniques of Balloon Control", in Lewis A. Grass…

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# Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch and Landing Locations 155

APPENDIX B

Witness Statements

Charles E. Clouthier ... 160

Charles A. Coltman, Jr., Col., USAF, MC (Ret) ... 162

Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF (Ret) ... 164

Bernard D. Gildenberg, GS-14 (Ret) ... 166

Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF (Ret) ... 169

William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret) ... 171

Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF (Ret) ... 174

Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF (Ret) ... 178

Raymond A. Madson, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret) ... 180

Frank B. Nordstrom, M.D. ... 182

APPENDIX C

Interviews

Gerald Anderson ... 187

Glenn Dennis ... 197

Alice Knight ... 213

Vern Maltais ... 214

James Ragsdale ... 215

Selected Bibliography of Technical Reports ... 221

Index ... 225

Tables

SECTION ONE

1.1 Comparison of Testimony to Actual Air Force Equipment and Procedures Used to Launch and Recover Anthropomorphic Dummies ... 69

SECTION TWO

2.1 Persons Described and Periods of Service at Roswell AAF/Walker AFB ... 91

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