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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 1 rocket plotting H-SS, H-T, SS-T.

July 8(Tues) Alamogordo. C-54 off about 1030 with 23 people - all NYU, WL including 7, E, Godbee. It Thompson, Edmondson, Reynolds and myself left. Wote up report on East Coast Flights for Peoples.

July 9(Wed) Alamogordo. Worked today on balloon flights. Studied WL records of them briefly and wrote a memorandum to Peoples about results. Left in car this PM late. Flat tire between Roswell and Tularosa and stayed there.

July 10 Thurs. Changed tire and went into Roswell. Bought new tire. On to El Reno, Okla today. Stopped in cafe in Hereford, Texas and met Dannie Harns from UGC. Went up to office and saw Bob Cowder?, PC and Gene Conant, supervisor.

July 11 Fri. From El Rosa to Cherokee. Got note at Cherokee that Jimmie was at Tonkawa and went over there. Stayedytonight with J & family. July 12 Sat.

July 12 Sat. Jim, Pat , Vanessa along with me on way home. Got to Doolittle, Ark tonight. July 13 Sun. to cabins in Ohio just out of Springfield.

July 14 Mon. To cabins near Geneva, N.Y.

July 15 Tues. Stopped at Syracuse. Got home about 030. Marion & her baby there.

July 16, 17, 18 At home. Drew in 4 or 5 loads of hay but land very wet and rains intermittently.

July 19 Sat. Marion and I left in Chrysler for Woods Hole to see Dorothy & family. Through Albany, Springfield, Providence. 463 miles 12 hours. Doc Ewing on Atlantic cruise. Worzel working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim fellowship for next year - positions at WHOI and Princeton are very satisfactory. July 20 Sun. Saw men working with Worzel at WHOI, Pollak, went over to Vine's new house, saw Kit and Bump at their house, then out to Ewings, saw Midge & children, Anne.and Mikey. July 21 Mon. Went down to WHOI, HawcPollak, Bumpus, Worthington. Up 3rd floor and saw Emmons of NYU, who is finishing up some research work there under Ray Montgomery. Talked with Columbus Iselin for short time. Saw Gil Oakley. Marion & I left about 11 am. Went through Providence, Hartford. Crossed river at Hudson. Met rain last part of trip, not home until 130. Jim & family spent weekend with Steve and Esther in Syracuse.

July 22,23,24 At home. Drew in a little more hay from lot in front of barn but still raining quite often. Jimmie & family took Thursday PM train to Syracuse to catch tomorrow's plane to Wichita, Kansas.

July 25, 26, 27 At home. Steve and Esther came up Sat night. Marion and I went to Watertown to pick them up at bus station at midnight. They left again Sun pm on bus from Canton. Chas Crary up from Canton Sunday PM

July 28,29,30,31,Aug 1. At home. Chrysle to Canton, change plugs, reline wheels - Rained hard first part of week then clear. Got in lots in back of barn, north of road and front of house. Aug 2 Sat. Mon

Aug 2 Sat. Marion - Bunny and I left 1230 PM, arrived Marcellus about 5 PM. Ate dinner with Steve and Esther, left Marcellus 730 PM. Through Binghamton, Scranton, Stroudsburg, Easton. Arrived in Newtown about 245 am.

Aug 3 Sun. In Newton with Flaggs for dinner. Left Newtown about 5 PM. Arrived Jersey Coast. Got room on Hwy 35 near White Bite Shop. Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Hunt

Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Went over developments to date with Jim Peoples. Out to lunch with Lt Ball. This PM Chantz and I surveyed to Sonobuoy site. Aug 5 Tues. Oakhurst Worked on Abandoned

Aug 5 Tues. Oakhurst. Worked on Aberdeen results - 2 failures - 1 direct wave. - Worked on Bermuda run # 2 - Oakhurst and started Bermuda #2 C.N.C.H., Peoples on vacation starting today.

Aug 6, 7, 8 Wed, Thurs, Fri. Oakhurst. Worked on Cruises 1 -28 with Vivian and Epstein. Checked over all recordings of Bermuda #2, Flight 32. Got sonobuoy survey calculated and worked up results of Flight 25 B which depended on sonobuoy signal. Started Epstein on weather data which Wiggett is working on. Wrote letter to Emmons with remaining work to be done there. Conference Wed pm with Clowry, Carroll, Dubell, Bernhoff of Olmsted regarding Bermuda and Alamogordo plans. Mr Mears put up balloons with equipment on here at Oakhurst. Reynolds and Edmondson in and working around lab. Worked some with Eileen on rockets. Aug 9,10 Asbury Park

Aug 11, 12,13,14,15,16 Oakhurst. Wrote memo regarding Alaskan work and had copies typed up. Worked most of week on rockets. Plotted altitude against time of origin for April 1, 8 rockets but did not get identical graphs. Tried to vary distance to obtain similar curves but this was not possible. Made plots of time vs SS and altitude vs SS in effort to correlate signals between stations. Correlated fairly good on 1 April but poor on 8 April.

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