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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.
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inquiries. There was never a reason to mislead or threaten individuals who observed balloon operations. Relations with local citizens were good, and Balloon Branch personnel and equipment were a common sight to residents in areas with high incidences of balloon operations. In a few instances, situations arose when persons not familiar with the procedures and equipment used by the Balloon Branch misunderstood their activities, Such misunderstandings occurred several times during the 1970s and 1980s when recovery crews not only attracted the attention of local citizens while coordinating balloon recoveries, but also drew the attention of federal law enforcement agencies.‘“’ Checks with the local sheriff revealed that the trucks and circling aircraft in the desert near Roswell were part of a balloon recovery mission, and not a drug smuggling operation. Apparently, balloon recoveries appeared to be something suspicious even to federal agents. Fig. 61. A typical Holloman Balluun Branch rcca\‘sry crew is shown here with a mztn known as “The hzrmil” who assisted them in a halloon recovery northwest of Silver City, N.M. in the IYhOs. ,phoro cnllectio,~ ofRobert Blonkenship) Fig. 62. A mule (named Ida) was borrowed from B local rancher when a balloon payload landed in difiicult terrain 20 miles north of Wickenburg, Ariz. in October 1966. (U.S. Air Force photo) 50
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