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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 Capt. James McAndrew. It follows up the July 1994 report, which traced the 1947 debris to Project MOGUL balloon trains. The report says the reported alien bodies were probably anthropomorphic test dummies dropped from high altitude balloons. It also says the accounts of bodies at the Roswell Army Air Field hospital probably merged two separate events: a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 manned balloon mishap.

  • p. 8 …The interviews of Gerald Anderson, Alice Knight, and Vern Maltais were excerpted in their entirety from…
  • p. 11 …182 APPENDIX C Interviews Gerald Anderson ......................................................................................... 187 Glenn Dennis .............................................................................................. 197 Alice Knight ................................................................................................ 213 Vern Maltais ................................................................................................ 214…
  • p. 29 …Gerald Anderson, an alleged witness of events at the site 175 miles northwest of Roswell, recalled…
  • p. 30 …aliens” as, “They had four fingers.“‘i Anderson characterized the hands as, “They didn’t have…
  • p. 75 …Gerald Anderson Anderson related that as a five-year-old boy on an outing with his…
  • p. 76 started a recovery operation of the alien craft and crew.lX3 Anderson also recalled that the…
  • p. 82 …Since one witness, Gerald Anderson, described proceduresconsistent with the launch cznd recovery of high altitude balloons…
  • p. 85 …12. the being were “four foot tall, four and a half feet tall.““’ Anderson five foot…
  • p. 86 …22. “Around the collar it the suit was trimmed in...maroon- like cording”lX7 Anderson 23…
  • p. 87 …military truck with canvas...wagon type...thing over it”‘” Anderson 38. “there was military ambulances”‘Oi…
  • p. 88 …they took everybody’s name and everything”?” Anderson 48. “they cleaned everything all up...1 mean…
  • p. 89 …ground, dragging stuff out of trucks”“x Anderson Established procedure to refuel an aircraft, launch a…
  • p. 142 …Video, Recollections of Roswll, Part II, Gerald Anderson interview (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research…
  • p. 143 …ibid., Anderson interview. 17. ibid. 18. ibid., Maltais interview. 19. Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson…
  • p. 150 …Gerald Anderson, Barney Bamett, and the Archaeologists, Introduction (Chicago, IL, Washington, DC.: J. Allen Hynek Center…
  • p. 151 …Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Anderson interview. 142. ibid. 143. Signed, sworn statement of Raymond A…
  • p. 152 …ibid., Anderson interview. 175. ibid., Maltais interview. 176. ibid. 177. ibid., Anderson interview. 178. Ragsdale. 179…
  • p. 153 …Recollections of Roswell, Part ZZ,Anderson interview. 213. Ragsdale. 214. Recollections of Roswell, Part ZZ,Anderson…
  • p. 167 …Video, Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Gerald Anderson interview, (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research…
  • p. 202 Transcript of Interview with Gerald Anderson* Alleged firsthand witness to “Crash Site” Two (allegedly 175 miles…
  • p. 240 …7% 99, 105, 109, 113-l I6 Anderson, Gerald 14,60-61.67. See a/.~” interview…
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entirety, the report submitted
to the Secretary of the Air
Force in July 1994. It is
available for sale from the
U.S. Government Printing
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Documents. Washington,
O.C., 20402-9328.
Stock No. 008-070-00697-9.
ISBN 0-16-048023-X.
Subsequent to the 1994 report, Air Force researchers discovered
information that provided a rational explanation for the alleged
observations of alien bodies associated with the “Roswell Incident.”
Pursuant to the discovery, research efforts compared documented Air
Force activities to the incredible claims of “flying saucers,” “aliens” and
seemingly unusual Air Force involvement. This in-depth examination
revealed that these accounts, in most instances, were of actual Air Force
activities but were seriously flawed in several major areas, most notably:
the Air Force operations that inspired reports of “bodies” (in addition
to being earthly in origin) did not occur in 1947. It appears that UFO
proponents have failed to establish the accurate dates for these “alien”
observations (in some instances by more than a decade) and then
erroneously linked them to the actual Project MOGUL debris recovery.
This report discusses the results of this further research and
identifies the likely sources of the claims of “alien” bodies. Contrary
to allegations that the Air Force has engaged in a cover-up and possesses
dark secrets involving the Roswell claims, some of the accounts appear to
be descriptions of unclassified and widely publicized Air Force scientific
achievements. Other descriptions of bodies appear to be descriptions of
actual incidents in which Air Force members were killed or injured in the
line of duty.

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