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The Roswell Report: Case Closed

US Air Force · 1997 · 234 pages · text from the file's own layer

The Roswell Report: Case Closed is a 1997 US Air Force report written by Captain James McAndrew, with a foreword by Secretary of the Air Force Sheila E. Widnall. It follows up the 1994 report, which found that the 1947 debris came from the balloon project MoGUL. It concludes that the reported alien bodies were probably anthropomorphic test 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. 14 …1 Records located describing research carried out under the MoGUL project, most of which were never…
  • p. 27 …There was never a program that required a dummy or doll to be placed inside a…
  • p. 60 …There was never a reason to mislead or threaten individuals who observed balloon operations. Relations with…
  • p. 70 …There was never a reason to disrespect, "scream," "holler," or forbid any person from talking about…
  • p. 86 …The officer, whom Dennis had never seen before, asked him: "Who in the hell are you…
  • p. 87 After this meeting Dennis claimed he never saw the nurse again, and he was told she…
  • p. 92 …recall ever meeting Dennis and had certainly never been visited by Dennis as he has claimed…
  • p. 94 …Since the witness has never provided documentation to support his claims, the only source of additional…
  • p. 127 …Examinations of official records of the alleged primary witnesses revealed that the "missing nurse" was never…
  • p. 164 …During these conversations Dr Nordstrom never mentioned any activities during his tour of duty I considered…
  • p. 167 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by U.S. Government persons concerning…
  • p. 169 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by U.S. Government persons concerning…
  • p. 172 …related to this inquiry and 1 have never been threatened by C. S. Go\lernmcnt persons…
  • p. 174 …rdated to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by U.S. Government persons concerning…
  • p. 177 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by U.S. Government persons concerning…
  • p. 181 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by t:.s. Government persons concerning…
  • p. 183 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by C.S. Government persons concerning…
  • p. 185 …I never found out what happened to the other one. ·n1e next recovery I remember was…
  • p. 186 …with him, and he, to my knowledge, never visited me in Farmington, NM, in Colorado, or…
  • p. 190 …I never heard a sound one, not out of any of the creatures including the one…
  • p. 196 …But he never got up? A: He never got up. He never left the beings that…
  • p. 197 …They never searched us, ever. They ran us back up the hill and when we got…
  • p. 200 …up and leaves and swears I'm never going to go back, and then I go…
  • p. 203 …She never went out of the city until she went to ... My understanding was she never…
  • p. 206 …These were all people that I'd never seen before. That's why I got in…
  • p. 209 …I never did. I went and took it back and put it in my personal file…
  • p. 211 …I guess maybe I should never even mention this. I know no one believes this damn…
  • p. 212 …I've never read this stuff, I've never watched the videos, I've never read…
  • p. 213 …He never was really a good friend of mine. We lived across the street from each…
  • p. 218 …I never seen anythig like it. Looked like something between a plastic ... looked like carbon paper…
autopsied? To facilitate this examination, researchers reviewed official
accident reports, organizational and base histories, individual personnel
records of victims, and contemporary newspaper accounts of the accidents.
Interviews of persons who participated in the aftermath of these accidents
were also conducted. As a result, only one accident met the three criteria, the
June 1956 KC-97 accident.
Table 2.3
Analysis of Air Force Aircraft Accidents
by Year in the Vicinity of Walker AFB
1947-1960
Date of Aircraft Fatalities
Accident Type
Burned? Taken to WAFS Autopsied?
Hospital?
8112/48 B-29 Yes96 No97 No9s
5116/49 C-47 Yes 99 Noioo NoiDI
12/15/49 B-29 No1o2 Yesio3 Yesio4
6/1/50 KB-29 Noios Now6 Now7
6/16/55 T-33 Yes 108 No1o9 Yesiio
10/3/55 B-47 Yes III Noii2 Noii3
6/'1,6/56•.•· KC:~97 .Yes115 Y:esit6··
2/3/60 KC-135 Yesii7 No us Noii9
Upon detailed review of records of the 1956 accident and interviews
with persons who participated in the recovery and identification of the victims,
extensive similarities to the description the witness provided were apparent.
Fatal KC-97 Aircraft Mishap
In 1956, Walker AFB, N.M. was the home of Strategic Air
Command's 6th and 509th Bombardment Wings. 120 Additionally,
Walker was home of the 509th Aerial Refueling Squadron (509th
ARS) equipped with the KC-970 aircraft.
94
Fig. 7. A KC-97 similar this
of the 509th Aerial Refueling
Squadron crashed 8.8 miles
south of Walker AFB on June
26, 1956 with the loss of 11
lives. Descriptions of the
aftermath of this tragedy are
believed to be the basis for
some of the reports of "bodies"
at the Walker AFB hospital.
(U.S. Air Force photo)

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