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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.

  • p. 12 …Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, July 9, 1947 17. Statement, Lt. Col. Sheridan…
  • p. 13 …Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, July 9, 1947 2. Organizational Chart, Watson Laboratories…
  • p. 27 …These locations include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia…
  • p. 31 …DC; Federal Records Center, Ft Worth, TX; the INSCOM Archives, Fort Meade, MD; National Air and…
  • p. 35 …in the famous photos (Atch 16) in Fort Worth was that of a radar target normally…
  • p. 36 …were told was a flying saucer to Fort Worth. The people on board included...and Maj…
  • p. 37 …Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when the Roswell…
  • p. 42 …photographs taken at the time by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, that depicted Ramey and Marcel…
  • p. 43 …the wreckage prior to its getting to Fort Worth. This organization reported on July 20, 1994…
  • p. 47 …After the autopsies, conspiracy theorists said the bodies were flown to Fort Worth and then to…
  • p. 65 …to Fort Worth. "Flying disc." Some of the debris was flown to Fort Worth. as where…
  • p. 84 …Center (WNRC) or the Southwest Regional Depository (Fort Worth, Texas). ## Recommendations Because the records management policy…
  • p. 131 …taken to Eighth Air Force Headquarters in Fort Worth where it was subsequently identified as a…
  • p. 138 …And I obviously...Marcel took it to Fort Worth. Yeah that's the... RW: Yeah. That…
  • p. 139 …into Wright-Pat and Kirtland, or to Fort Worth. Back and forth, loaded up, with very…
  • p. 145 …Then it said: "After Marcel had gone to Fort Worth and came back Marcel challenged the…
  • p. 147 …O.K."Marcel would take some of the sample to Fort Worth to show Ramey. In…
  • p. 150 normal course of his duty was sent to Washington not 8th Air Force in Fort Worth…
  • p. 219 …But the Roswell morning paper clearly showed that there was a knowledgeable person in Fort Worth…
  • p. 231 …Headquarters by a news photographer of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. It's four pictures that…
  • p. 263 …I was the only weather forecaster on duty in the Fort Worth base weather and flight…
  • p. 269 …flown to Eighth Air Force Headquarters at Fort Worth AAF, TX, for his personal inspection. Upon…
  • p. 277 …Before the announcement was made, the "disc" was flown to Fort Worth AAF, at the direction…
  • p. 278 …giant thermos jug" was allegedly transported from Fort Worth AAF to Wright Field. $ ^{38} $ This description…
  • p. 280 designs on it." $ ^{41} $ Furthermore, the Fort Worth Army Airfield Weather Officer, Irving Newton, who was…
  • p. 283 1 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photographs of Balloon Debris July 9, 1947
  • p. 549 …Similarly, the Fort Worth Sub-Committee established a procedure for flights made within the Fort Worth…
  • p. 616 …Air Coordinating Committee, Fort Worth Regional Airspace Subcommittee. Subject: Obstructions to air navigation...43 5. Memorandum…
  • p. 655 …5/15/47 Office of the Secretary Fort Worth Sub-Committee on Air Space Civil Aeronautics…
  • p. 715 …Arrived in Fort Worth about 9 EDST. Off again to Big Springs, Texas, where forced to…
Retention: Indefinite. No known replacement in the AAF.

Duties: Chief, Electronic Plans Section, Electronic Subdivision. This officer should be retained in his present assignment due to the background of knowledge and experience which he has with reference to electronic research and development as well as meteorological research and development and the physics of the upper air. Colonel Maier has completed all requirements for a Ph. D. degree from the California Institute of Technology except for six months residency. During the period 1 February 1945 to 1 January 1946, Colonel Maier had been Commanding Officer of Watson Laboratories in charge of research and development of ground radar, radio and electronics equipment peculiar to the Army Air Forces, previous to which he was in command of various Signal Corps laboratories. Furthermore, he has complete technical knowledge and understanding of the projects being carried on by Watson Laboratories and Cambridge Field Station, which can only be achieved by years of active participation in the actual research and development of that particular type of electronic ground equipment.

Colonel Marcellus G. Duffy. 0-18373

Retention: Indefinite. No known replacement in the AAF.

Duties: Assitant Chief, Electronic Plans Section, Electronic Subdivision. This officer has an extensive background and knowledge in meteorological and electronic research and development. He is a graduate of M.I.T. in meteorology. Colonel Duffy was liaison officer from the Commanding General, AAF, to the Chief Signal Officer for duty in connection with meteorological equipment for the period 1942-1946. During this period he set up AAF requirements, standards and training programs for weather equipment and personally followed this equipment from the laboratories to its introduction in all combat theaters. From September 1946 to January 1947, Colonel Duffy was in charge of applied propagation of compressional and magnetic waves at Watson Laboratories. At the present time, Colonel Duffy is monitoring the upper air research program for the AAF in addition to his duties as Assistant Chief of the Electronic Plans Section. With the Air Force competing against other services in the upper air research program, guided missiles and meteorological research, a competent, practical and theoretical officer is considered essential in the Plans Section, Electronic Subdivision.

Colonel Ralph L. Wassell, O-22329

Retention: Indefinite. No known replacement in the AAF.

Duties: Chief of Operations for Power Plant Laboratory. In this capacity he is responsible directly to the Laboratory Chief for the planning and execution of the entire engine development program. Specifically, he is responsible for supervision of the Rotating Engine Branch and the Non-Rotating Engine Branch. In order to successfully execute his responsibilities, Colonel Wassell must coordinate and approve the initiation of all research and development projects for

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