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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. 12 …Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, July 9, 1947 17. Statement, Lt. Col. Sheridan…
  • p. 13 …Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, July 9, 1947 2. Organizational Chart, Watson Laboratories…
  • p. 27 …These locations include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia…
  • p. 31 …DC; Federal Records Center, Ft Worth, TX; the INSCOM Archives, Fort Meade, MD; National Air and…
  • p. 35 …in the famous photos (Atch 16) in Fort Worth was that of a radar target normally…
  • p. 36 …were told was a flying saucer to Fort Worth. The people on board included...and Maj…
  • p. 37 …Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when the Roswell…
  • p. 42 …photographs taken at the time by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, that depicted Ramey and Marcel…
  • p. 43 …the wreckage prior to its getting to Fort Worth. This organization reported on July 20, 1994…
  • p. 47 …After the autopsies, conspiracy theorists said the bodies were flown to Fort Worth and then to…
  • p. 65 …to Fort Worth. "Flying disc." Some of the debris was flown to Fort Worth. as where…
  • p. 84 …Center (WNRC) or the Southwest Regional Depository (Fort Worth, Texas). ## Recommendations Because the records management policy…
  • p. 131 …taken to Eighth Air Force Headquarters in Fort Worth where it was subsequently identified as a…
  • p. 138 …And I obviously...Marcel took it to Fort Worth. Yeah that's the... RW: Yeah. That…
  • p. 139 …into Wright-Pat and Kirtland, or to Fort Worth. Back and forth, loaded up, with very…
  • p. 145 …Then it said: "After Marcel had gone to Fort Worth and came back Marcel challenged the…
  • p. 147 …O.K."Marcel would take some of the sample to Fort Worth to show Ramey. In…
  • p. 150 normal course of his duty was sent to Washington not 8th Air Force in Fort Worth…
  • p. 219 …But the Roswell morning paper clearly showed that there was a knowledgeable person in Fort Worth…
  • p. 231 …Headquarters by a news photographer of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. It's four pictures that…
  • p. 263 …I was the only weather forecaster on duty in the Fort Worth base weather and flight…
  • p. 269 …flown to Eighth Air Force Headquarters at Fort Worth AAF, TX, for his personal inspection. Upon…
  • p. 277 …Before the announcement was made, the "disc" was flown to Fort Worth AAF, at the direction…
  • p. 278 …giant thermos jug" was allegedly transported from Fort Worth AAF to Wright Field. $ ^{38} $ This description…
  • p. 280 designs on it." $ ^{41} $ Furthermore, the Fort Worth Army Airfield Weather Officer, Irving Newton, who was…
  • p. 283 1 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photographs of Balloon Debris July 9, 1947
  • p. 549 …Similarly, the Fort Worth Sub-Committee established a procedure for flights made within the Fort Worth…
  • p. 616 …Air Coordinating Committee, Fort Worth Regional Airspace Subcommittee. Subject: Obstructions to air navigation...43 5. Memorandum…
  • p. 655 …5/15/47 Office of the Secretary Fort Worth Sub-Committee on Air Space Civil Aeronautics…
  • p. 715 …Arrived in Fort Worth about 9 EDST. Off again to Big Springs, Texas, where forced to…
STANDARD FORM 135
JULY 1961 EDITION
GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN
FPNR 41 CFR 101-114	RECORDS TRANSMITTAL
AND RECEIPT	TO BE COMPLETED AT FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER
ACCESSION NO.
NN-375-209	RECORD GROUP NO.
INSTRUCTIONS
Send original and two copies to appropriate
Federal Records Center.
EXCEPTION—Send original and three copies to the
Alexandria, Virginia, Center	SIGNATURE
Frances J. Heppner	DATE RECORDS RECEIVED
12-19-75
TITLE Assistant Chief
Military Projects Branch, National Arch
FROM: (Name and address of Agency transferring records)
HQ AFOSI/HO
Rm 1-H-053, Forrestal Bldg
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Wash, DC 20314	TO: Federal Records Center, GSA
The Archivist of the United States
National Archives & Records Service
General Services Administration
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1. CITE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AND/OR RESTRICTION ON USE OF RECORDS. IF ANY

2. SQUARE FEET OF SPACE CLEARED	3. FILING EQUIPMENT EMPTIED	4. CUBIC FEET OF RECORDS TRANSFERRED
A. OFFICE	B. STORAGE	A. FILE CABINETS (No.)	B. TRANS. FILES (No.)	C. SHELVING (Lin. Fl.)
5. NAME OF AGENCY CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS
Kurt K. Kunze, Capt, USAF, Historian	6. BUILDING AND ROOM NO.
Forrestal Bldg, Rm 1H-053	7. TELEPHONE NO.
693-5997
8. MAY THE RECORDS BE DESTROYED AS SCHEDULED WITHOUT FURTHER AGENCY CONCURRENTLY ☐ YES ☐ NO
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12	BOX NUMBERS	13 DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS WITH INCLUSIVE DATES
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FRC ONLY	AGENCY	Source documents dating from 1948 to 1968 concerning the USAF investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). These records contain documents on investigative policy and Air Force Office of Special Investigation reports of investigations on UFO sightings.

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1 File folders 24-185-1 through 24-185-27 (Note: There is no file for 24-185-5; there are two files under the number 24-185-17; and there is no file for 24-185-26) These files contain policy guidance and AFOSI District reports of investigation concerning UFOs (filed primarily by district).

2 File folders 24-185-001 through 24-185-008 containing policy guidance and AFOSI District reports of investigation concerning UFOs (filed primarily in chronological order).

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