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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.

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MEMORANDUM FOR SAF/AAZ ATTENTION: Lt Col Bulter

FROM: HQ USAF/XOWP 1490 Air Force Pentagon Washington DC 20330-1490

SUBJECT: GAO Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with Weather Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents (GAO Code 701034)- INFORMATION MEMORANDUM

Reference: 1 Mar 94 SAF Memorandum, Subj, same as above

There is no requirement for weather personnel to record weather balloon landings. Only meteorological data are retained.

We did not find any records in the Air Force weather archives of a weather balloon crash near Roswell, New Mexico from 20 June to 31 July 1947. If you have any questions, my point of contact is Lt Col Jim Near DSN224-5163.

STEVE O. OUZTS, Col, USAF

Chief, Policy Division Directorate of Weather DCS, Plans and Operations

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