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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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related to unidentified flying objects and/or the crash of a weather balloon near the base in the June/July 1947 time frame. The results of this search were as follows: 509th Bomb Group (H) - June/July 1947 - One brief passage mentioning the Office of Public Affairs and "flying disc" activities in GP-509-HI, July 1947, p.39 (see Appendix I). 393rd Bomb Sqdn - No AFHRA files for June/July 1947. 715th Bomb Sqdn - No AFHRA files for June/July 1947. 830th Bomb Sqdn - Nothing in unit history for 24 May 1946-23 June 1947(SQ-BOMB-830-HI, 24 May 1946-23 June 1947). 1027th Air Materiel Sqdn - Nothing in unit history for 17 Dec 1944-Nov 1947(SQ-SV-1027-HI, 17 Dec 1944-Nov 1947). 427th AAF Base Unit - This unit's historical reports are included in Roswell AAFld installation histories(AFHRA series 288.17-28,1947).No mention of Roswell incident found. 390th Air Service Sqdn - No AFHRA files for June/July 1947. 1395th Military Police Company(Aviation) - No AFHRA files for June/July 1947. 603rd Air Engineering Sqdn - Nothing in unit history for Feb-Nov 1947(SQ-ENGR-603-HI,Feb-Nov 1947). It should be noted that the period from approximately 1946 to 1950 is the least well documented era in the Air Force's unit history program. During this time of drastically reduced forces and peacetime concerns, major unit histories were frequently thin and their content sketchy at best. Small units, especially support units, frequently did not submit histories at all during the 1946-1947 period. Although we cannot be absolutely sure that the histories marked "no holding" in the above list were never written, it appears virtually certain that they were not, in fact, ever created. If written, there is good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never received those indicated as absent from the AFHRA collection. ## Result of the Search - Base Histories On 3 March 1994 the Agency's files of Roswell AAFld histories for June/July 1947 were examined. These base or installation histories are designated AFHRA 288.17-28, Roswell AAFld Histories, Jan 1946-Dec 1947 (3 vols). These histories amount to approximately two linear inches and are largely concerned with administrative matters (number of
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