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The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert

USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by OCR

The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert was published by Headquarters United States Air Force in 1995. The Black Vault distributes this copy. It reproduces the report by Col. Richard L. Weaver and the synopsis by 1st Lt. James McAndrew, both written after a General Accounting Office inquiry requested by Representative Steven Schiff. The Air Force search found no evidence of an extraterrestrial craft or crew. It concluded that the Roswell debris most likely came from NYU Flight No. 4, a Project MOGUL balloon train.

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  • p. 174 …Dr Crary and Dr Peoples were the advance people and scientific monitors for our project. Dr…
  • p. 247 …Spilly was a consultant, and even in his advancing age he was still an enormous source…
  • p. 273 …the advance party of the balloon group arrived by B-17. $ ^{21} $ On May 29, the…
  • p. 617 …in advance of balloon release and a second notice will be filed at the time of…
  • p. 618 …Upon attaining the desired altitude, the auxiliary lifting balloons will be released from the main balloon…
  • p. 694 …in advance of balloon release and a second notice will be filed at the time of…
  • p. 695 (1) The type balloon to be used in this phase of the project will be a…
## July 9, 1947

8:30 A.M. Arrive Office.

8:50 A.M. General Chauncey

9:13 A.M. General Stearley re letter in connection with motion picture personnel. Gen. Van advised it would not get by Secretary Patterson Have to take a reading on exactly how we can get by with 8 reserve officers and 2 regulars and still spend that money on them. ( $500,000 each) Gen. Van advised him to look into the matter of reserve officers and that his office should write the letter.

9:17 A.M. General Gardner, General Power, Col. Peterson

9:33 A.M. Cong. Harness of Ind. re Capt. Roger Smith 0-744641 who has had 5 years overseas with B-29's and is now on terminal leave. He wants reassignment - regular or otherwise, and is willing to be placed on foreign service. Gen. Van asked that he come over to see Major White and we would get him the information. Cong. Harness advised he thought we were getting the Merger Bill worked out pretty fine.

9:35 A.M. General Loolittle on phone. To come in at 10:30.

9:38 A.M. Mr. Ben Pearse with reference to two stories he is writing one about the Anglo-American Cil Agreement and the other about CIG.

9:25 A.M. Harry Bruno of New York - Gen. Van advised he would let him know as soon as he could with reference to an engagement for week-end either 18 July, 25 July, 1 August or 8 August.

10:30 A.M. To Mr. Symington

10:50 A.M. To Gen. Eisenhower's office with General Norstad

11:45 A.M. Mrs. Bowers of the White House called Major White to advise that Gen. Vandenberg should be in the President's office at 12:15 tomorrow for signing of Air Force proclamation.

12:15 P.M. Returned from Chief of Staff's office.

12:50 P. To Mr. Syrington

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