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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. 8 …David Thurston, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Office; Dr. Saxson and Betsy Hudon of…
  • p. 30 …XOW, Directorate of Weather (g) added later The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) In…
  • p. 68 …Ruppelt was the UFO study project officer from 1951-1953 and he investigated a series of…
  • p. 95 …These records contain documents on investigative policy and Air Force Office of Special Investigation reports of…
  • p. 262 …of criminal activity which may require investigative action by commanders, supervisor, security police, AFOSI special agents…
  • p. 263 …Rogan who advised me, he was assisting in an investigation at the behest of the Secretary…
  • p. 314 …Lt Colonel Maas was assigned as Base Weather Officer and as head of the E&A…
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The other three briefings were those which were given to the VIP and a simulated briefing to a large group of Air Scouts representing all of the troops in New Mexico which was given on 15 July 1947.

Several small projects were completed during the month including signs on all the office doors, a building directory, and a world situation map which is maintained on a day-to-day basis.

The Historical Section of S-2 has been seriously handicapped by the removal of the regular stenographer with the reduction in force.

Due to the fact that the quality of the department reports has in general been so inadequate, lectures are being prepared to be given early in August to properly train the liaison representatives of each department.

The Office of Public Information was kept quite busy during the month answering inquiries on the "flying disc", which was reported to be in possession of the 509th Bomb Group. The object turned out to be a radar tracking balloon.

The main project of the month was making all arrangements for a successful Air Force Day. Lt. Colonel Oliver LaFarge, Air Reserve Corps, at Santa Fe, made arrangements for Colonel Blanchard to visit the Governor of New Mexico and ask him to declare Air Force Day in New Mexico on 1 August.

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