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

USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by GLM-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 …Statement, Charles B. Moore, June 8, 1994, and Hieroglyphic and Balloon Train Drawings, August 28, 1992…
  • p. 13 …Hieroglyphic Drawing, Charles B. Moore, August 28, 1992 11. Alamogordo News, "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is…
  • p. 47 …After the autopsies, conspiracy theorists said the bodies were flown to Fort Worth and then to…

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National Security and International Affairs Division

FEB 15 1994

FEB 9 1994

The Honorable William J. Perry The Secretary of Defense

Attention: DOD Office of the Inspector General Director for GAO Surveys and Reviews

Dear Mr. Secretary:

In response to a congressional request, the General Accounting Office is initiating a review of DOD's policies and procedures for acquiring, classifying, retaining, and disposing of official government documents dealing with weather balloon, aircraft, and similar crash incidents. The review will involve testing whether DOD, the military services, specialized defense agencies, and others such as the National Archives, have systematically followed the proper procedures to ensure government accountability over such records.

The work will be performed under GAO code 701034 by staff from our National Security Analysis group in Washington, D.C. If you have any questions concerning this assignment, please contact either Mr. Gary Weeter, Assistant Director, at (202) 512-4603 or Mr. Jack Kriethe, Evaluator-in-Charge at (202) 512-4567. This review has been coordinated with Dan Chambers of the Inspector General's Office.

Sincerely yours,

Richard Davies

Richard Davis

Director, National Security Analysis

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