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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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## MFR # SUBJECT; OTHER CONTACTS ON BALLOON ACTIVITY OR AVIATION MISHAPS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT" The following organizations and individuals have been contacted during the period 23- 27 May, concerning information on balloon activity and types of balloons being used for various purposes in New Mexico during 1947. a) US Army Signal Corps Museum, Ft Gordon GA Mr Ted Wise, Director, DSN 780-2818 "no actual balloons but will take a look for photographs, or descriptions, etc. ref Mogul" Ms Carol Stokes, Historian b) US Army Communications and Electronics Command Museum, Ft Monmouth NJ Ms Mindy Rosewitz, Curator, DSN 992-2440 "no examples or photos of balloons but did find a mechanical drawing (9 Jun 44) for an Air Pilot Balloon radar reflector" for which a copy was provided Mr Richard Bingham, Command Historian, DSN 992-1675 Ms Ruth Fiornartto DSN 992-5781 c) Westinghouse Electronics History Museum, Baltimore MD Mr Robert Dwitzbe, President "no balloon activity or balloon-borne electronics packages in the 1940's; Westinghouse became involved in balloon "TCOM" and dirigibles in the 50's and 60's; we have no reference to Project MOGUL" Ms Betsy xxxxxxxxxx d) Sperry Hagley Museum Ms Gail Dietrzyk, Curator, (304) 658-2400 ext 330 no contact as of 31 May--no information as to the manufacturer of the instrument packages associated with MOGUL e) AF/SE Lt Col Lineberger, 3-7280 AAZ requested information related to B-29 and/or B-50 accidents in New Mexico in 1947 and 1948--response: B-29 crashed on T/O from Albuquerque in Jan 1947 and a B-29 crashed on T/O from Walker AAF (Roswell) in Aug 1948; both had multiple fatalities; no refueling mishaps between B-29 and B-50 in 1947/48 On 26 May AAZ requested information on all B-29 mishaps in the "New Mexico" area (ie, NM and surrounding states) for the period 1947-50; information to include specific date, crash location and number of fatalities: Lt Col Lineberger said they were on microfilm, that all mishaps were filed chronologically and that there were 7,000 mishap files; a manual review will take at least 60 days; I requested an update in two weeks and a followup after the first year's entries had been reviewed f) Smithsonian Air and Space Museum 20 May 94 Mr Tom Crouch, Aeronautics Curator, (202) 357-2515/3133 "no examples of 1947 vintage balloons; have photographs but are taken at such a distance that no details of the balloon construction are evident; recommend
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