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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. 16 …of alien beings and elusive vehicles which never quite seem to manifest themselves. Regardless of one…
  • p. 28 …Conversely, there has never been any previous documentary evidence produced by those who would debunk the…
  • p. 29 …This had never been officially done before, although most of the persons contacted reported that they…
  • p. 37 …Lt Col Cavitt also stated that he had never taken any oath or signed any agreement…
  • p. 67 …Because this conclusion is based on the absence of documentation, the issue can never be definitively…
  • p. 82 …If written, there is good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never received…
  • p. 84 …histories and supporting documents, and it has never routinely received the kind of records which might…
  • p. 131 …I have never been sworn to any form of secrecy by anyone concerning this matter and…
  • p. 136 …It never crossed my mind that it could be anything but a radio sonde. RW: How…
  • p. 139 …as far as I knew, I never heard anyone say, "Don't talk about this and…
  • p. 140 …I never met LaPaz personally, but I knew what he was. RW: Did Rickett go with…
  • p. 141 …I forget since I was there in the Washington area for awhile but I never did…
  • p. 143 …To the best of my recollection, I never met the rancher, Brazel. RW: O.K., because…
  • p. 144 …I've never seen a Geiger counter myself, but I didn't know if you knew…
  • p. 145 …said you never saw...and then you said you were going to...you never saw the…
  • p. 146 …I never had any idea that it was anything with the V-2. They told us…
  • p. 148 …You and I never saw this. You don't see any military people or military vehicles…
  • p. 149 …said in a facetious way: "Lets make out like it never existed, because we're wasting…
  • p. 150 …to him the crash and recovery had never happened. There was no investigation on the Foster…
  • p. 153 …No, I never saw this. SC: I don't know what that is from. RW: "But…
  • p. 154 …So, some of there records were TS and still are.) That is because they have never…
  • p. 156 …Cav never told me anything. He said I'll never tell you anything then you won…
  • p. 160 …I am quite sure that we never gave it a thought until that book.
  • p. 161 …Now, we have never found the flight records to substantiate that, so I don't know…
  • p. 171 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning not…
  • p. 175 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning refraining…
  • p. 179 …We never considered a planned cover story; we were concerned with security. I was the project…
  • p. 180 …I never observed any of the balloon "trains" but I did see some of the early…
  • p. 190 …and subsequent models were brand new, had never flown anything like that in this area. A…
  • p. 193 …I'd never heard the name Mogul -- the classification was that high. I knew what we…
  • p. 205 …I just wanted to see if there had been anything stated to you never to discuss…
  • p. 207 …Yeah, I knew that guy, but I never knew Marcel. Q: So you went, moving into…
  • p. 208 …I've never seen a Japanese balloon that I know of, I've never seen the…
  • p. 211 …No, I've never seen this. Trakowski argued that even the name Mogul was classified, and…
  • p. 214 …Out PM with several NYU men by weapons carrier, but we never located it. Rocket postponed…
  • p. 229 …As far as I know we just never interfaced with the military. Q: Where were you…
  • p. 231 …We never saw anybody in security. There was certainly nobody keeping us secure. If anything, we…
  • p. 237 …who was writing a story, and I never quite could determine whether he was on the…
  • p. 238 …I have never seen such a document nor have I ever heard of any effort to…
  • p. 241 …radar reflectors for tracking purposes—but it never comes out talking about MOGUL and the instrumentation…
  • p. 242 …I never met Richard Robert Crane. I knew him only by the path of debris he…
  • p. 246 …They never said it, but I know they did because they left me free to do…
  • p. 269 …Before now, however, a larger portion of the story was never told. Recent research indicates that…
  • p. 271 …and Project MOGUL as first conceived was never put into operational use. However, MOGUL did serve…
  • p. 272 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level Balloon Project Engineer, stated that they were never informed of the classified…
  • p. 314 …I was never the Holloman Base Weather Officer. Lt Colonel Maas was assigned as Base Weather…
  • p. 477 …automatic ballast controls, and this flight was never recovered. Presumably the marked easterly flow then observed…
  • p. 501 …of efficiency since on-off operation was never permitted. The temperature data of these flights is…
  • p. 648 …The theodolite lost the balloon in clouds earlier and the airplane observer never succeeded in seeing…
  • p. 670 …make model and submit same before quoting. Never heard anything. 1/21/47 Western Products Inc…
  • p. 710 …Recorded at Dona but Phil at Tower site never saw rocket. Waited at Dona until 6…
  • p. 718 …Out pm with several NYU by weapon carrier but we never located it. Rocket postponed until…
  • p. 726 …CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Opinion has been strengthened that clusters of meteorological balloons will never be a…
April 2 Tues D & I left caracas Pan Am bus 9 pm. Arrived Miami 10 pm on Pan Am. through customs and caught 1 am National Airlines plane for Newark

April 3 Wed Arrived Newark 730 am and took airline bus to NYC. D left for Providence 9 am. Called up Twing but he was in Chicago - due back tomorrow. Left on 1040 sleeper for Canton tonight.

April 6 Sat At home. Over to Cgdensburg to see Steve this pm

April 7 Sun. Left Canton on 805 sleeper. Saw Bob Foster '31, also on way to NYC

April 7 Sun. Left Canton on 805 sleeper. Saw Bob Foster 731, also on way to NYC

April 8 Mon. Arrived NYC 730 am. Up to Columbia University to see Ewing 130 pm. Wyckoff and Dove on way to Los Angeles py plane this pm. Crane and Morrison in also from Watson Labs. Went back to Red Bank with them in ANUS car to Officer's Club near Watson Lab. Crane, Morrison and I went up tonight to see Reinnegle at office. Met Gifford who has 90' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at Officer's Club tonight

April 9 Tues. At Watson Labs all day. Went through all processes necessary for employment under Civil Service. Warrant Officer Gifford transferred to WLERL-4 today. McCurdy already in and started work. Talked with Reinnagle and Gallo re Columbia contract. Gifford left pm for Washington, Major Crane for Camp Dix and Morrison for NYC. Reinnagle and I went down to CO this pm to meet group from Cornell extension at Buffalo - Aeronautical research wanting to get contracts. Stayed at Molly Pitcher Hotel in Red Bank tonight

April 10 Wed Checked out of Molly Pitcher Hotel and caught 730 am train out of Red Bank to NYC. Checked in at Hotel Webster and then up to Ewings at Columbia University. Mr Gallo of Watson Labs in at 10 am and we went over contract questions regarding Watson Lab contract with Columbia until 1 PM. Went over all parts of work with Doc from 2 to 530 pm. John Ewing in from Missouri.

April 11 Thurs. Worked on rough outline of Eglin Field and SOFAR project Am. Up to see Swing at Columbia PM. Doc and I went over contract with Watson Lab & Columbia tonight. Caught 1205 sleeper to Boston.

April 12 Fri. Arrived Woods Hole about 11. Joe Worzel went over all sound transmission work at WHOI this pm.

April 13 Sat. Talked with Columbus Iselin this Am regarding Watson Lab work and needs. Crane and Gifford up pm and Joe and I went up to lab with them.

April 14 Sun. Down to lab this am with Joe looking for G9A files. Jim Peoples over about noon for awhile. Joe and I went golfing pm. Took 600 pm train to Boston and 1230 sleeper to NYC. Up to Boston with Lt Frank Ryder with Navy and WHOI

April 15 Mon. Contacted Doc Ewing in NYC and rode down to Red Bank with him. Talked over instrumentation of upper atmosphere investigations. Out to Oakhurst this pm. Conference with Col. Cole and Col. Grough re Project 188-5 and regarding microseisms. Doc and I went back to Molly Pitcher Hotel in Red Bank tonight.

April 16 Tues. Rode out to Watson Labs with Ewing. Went over to Evans Labs with Harry Davis Watson Lab navigation man, and saw newly developed ranging apparatus and talked to Lt Rydetor? re Spherics, location of lightning and thunderstorm data collected during past

few years. Saw Col. Duffy of Meteorological Division AAF and back to Watson Labs. Doc went on through to NYC. Vent over program with Dove and Crane this pm. Back to lab tonight with Crane and Gifford, discussing Project 185-7-1. Back to Myrtle Hotel at 1045 pm.

April 17 Wed. Rode out to Watson Labs with McCurdy. Worked with Major Crane on report regarding underwater work, Eglin Field and deep water. Took this in to Colonal Cole this pm. Acceptance probable. Got room in private house in Red Bank. Moved out of Molly Pitcher Hotel.

April 18 Thurs. Caught bus out to Watson Lab. Col Cole up this am and advised writing new Cost Expenditure for and revising the R. & R. Major Crane left about noon for trip Phila and Woods Hole. Made arrangements to meet him in NYC Monday. Wrote out new R & R and Cost Expenditure ready to take to Col Cole.

April 19, Fri. Talked over work with Dove and we wrote up 2nd EO covering all ocean work. Talked to Ewing on phone this am. Dove and I went down to see Col Cole and then wrote up new EO for deep water work. Saw Hincke? regarding this EO and A for P processed this pm and ready to go out to Wright Field.

April 20 Sat. Caught 710 train to NYC, cashed check at Chase Natl Bank, talked to Ewing on phone. Back to Red Bank about 4 pm.

April 22 Mon. At Watson Labs this am. Got final physical exams. Down to Supply to see Major Morris with Reinnagle re getting equipment out that came from WHOI without paper coverage. Got travel order back and authority to use it. Caught 342 pm out of Red Bank and arrived

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