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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. 6 …1993 ), and appear courtesy of the Fund for UFO Research. The interview of Mr. W. Glenn…
  • p. 67 …Roswell Part II, by the The Fund for UFO Research (see Appendix C). Alice Knight "I…
  • p. 69 …of Roswell Part II by the Fund for UFO Research (see Appendix C) and Crash at…
  • p. 131 …The Fund for UFO Research, 1995), 2. 10. Headquarters United States Air Force, The Roswell Report…
  • p. 138 …Fund for UFO Research, 1994), 167. 108. James Ragsdale, interview with Donald R. Schmitt, January 26…
  • p. 139 …Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies and The Fund for UFO Research, June 1992), 2. 124…
  • p. 141 …Fund for UFO Research, 1994), 167. 166. Ragsdale. 167. FrnnkJ. Kaufman, interview with Kevin Randle and…
  • p. 143 …Fund for UFO Research, 1993) (hereafter Recollections of Roswell, Part II). 4. Recollections of Roswell, Part…
  • p. 156 …Fund for UFO Research, 1993). 194. Kittinger and Air Force Form 77, "USAF Officer Effectiveness Report…
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  • p. 228 …Signed sworn statement in Appendix B Fund for UFO Research, The 58, 60, 186, 213, 215…
Fig. 19. Maj. Joseph W.
Kittinger, Jr. in 1963 as
a member of the 1st Air
Commando Wing, Ben Hoa,
Republic of Vietnam.
(U.S. Air Force photo)
Kittinger was not Buck Rogers, nor was he a daredevil or thrill-
seeker. He was a modern day test pilot: intense, focused, usually quiet, and
always polite with firm religious convictions and a powerful sense of loyalty.
If he was often stubborn, uncompromising, and demanding he also dealt
fairly and respectfully with those who came into contact with him. He was a
straight arrow and a straight shooter. 206
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Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., USAF (Ret)
Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.'s career in the U.S. Air Force and in aviation
has spanned the spectrum of experiences: test pilot, balloon pilot, test parachutist,
combat fighter pilot, MiG killer, combat squadron commander, and prisoner of war.
He has demonstrated, during a nearly 30-year military career and beyond, that he is
among the very best in the U.S. Air Force and the field of aeronautics.
Kittinger began his career in 1949 as a U.S. Air Force aviation cadet. After
earning his wings at Las Vegas AFB, Nev. in March 1950, he was assigned to
fighter squadrons in Germany and then as a test pilot for NATO. In 1953, Kittinger
received an assignment as a test pilot to Holloman AFB, N.M. While at Holloman,
he began a many year collaboration with the legendary Air Force scientist and
physician, Col. John P. Stapp. In association with Stapp on numerous aero medical
projects, Kittinger became the first pilot to fly zero-gravity experiments, now
commonly used for astronaut training. For project MAN HIGH on June 2, 1957,
Kittinger piloted a high altitude balloon to 96,000 feet to examine the physiological
and psychological effects on man in a space equivalent environment. This flight
marked the origins of the manned U.S. space program with the experience gained
from MAN HIGH being incorporated in NASA's Project MERCURY.
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