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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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men's barracks down on the main base and there was a mess hall that we ate lunch in, ate our meals. We were up at odd hours, as you can see, these 3:00 o'clock launchings. Q: Who did Alamagordo report to? You indicated it was Fort Bliss? A: No. There was a commanding officer, and I'm not sure which command he was in, but the people in the north area were all, if you will, tenants. We didn't use that word, but we were all associated, one way or another with Watson Labs. Q: So Trakowski then, his reporting chain was... A: His reporting chain was Watson Lab to Colonel Duffy. Q: There was no real interface, Trakowski had no real interface with the Alamagordo people or anyone else around 8th Air Force. A: There were some fancy orders that gave him a position to talk to the commanding officer and get what he wanted, to arrange what he wanted on the basis of orders out of Headquarters Army Air Force. Q: While you were operating, doing your procedure, did it take a security monitor type person or security officer to come by and just say I wanted to see how you were... A: No interface at all. Q: You don't remember any strangers poking around or... A: No, just absolutely nothing. We were just a little bunch of civilians there on an almost deserted base, doing what we wanted. Q: Going back to the orders that you mentioned, were these some sort of special orders different from what we would typically see as military orders? A: You'll have to talk to Trakowski on it, but my opinion is that he had orders that came from a fairly high level that introduced him and let him do what he wanted to. As the research changed, he didn't have to go back and get new orders. He was in the position of doing what Crary and Peoples wanted. Q: Like Jim and I have blanket orders that say we're authorized to go anywhere, essentially, in the world; but was there anything specific in those orders that said provide all assistance requested... A: I suspect so. I too, have had such general orders -- do as someone may deem necessary. In fact I have a copy of my
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