Roswell Incident

Subsequent speculation about an alien spaceship and its occupants in Roswell

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In February 1978, Major Jesse Marcel was interviewed by the UFO researcher Stanton T. Friedman. Friedman was surprised that Marcel is no record was made on events in Roswell and the ground that time there were more important to him and therefore he had supplanted the events from his memory. In an interview with Bob Pratt in 1979, Marcel said, though, that "what has always found there, came not from the earth", but in the meantime - and he also mentioned in the interview with Pratt - he believed in the existence of real UFOs in the sense of alien spaceships.
Berlitz and Moore argued in 1980 in the Roswell incident, that there had been a crashed object is an alien space ship and atthe crash site, an alien body was found, which was held by the military to the famous Area 51 located in Nevada. However,knew none of the eyewitnesses of 1947 something to report about dead aliens. The former mortician Glenn Dennis brought as a witness, the nurse Naomi Maria Selff into play, which had reportedly seen in the summer of 1947 corpses of aliens in thehospital of the Army airfield in Roswell.

Original statement of the UFO eye witness Guy Hottel from Roswell

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Original statement of the UFO eye witness Guy Hottel from Roswell - He saw the aliens.
Look at this original FBI document:

Ex defense minister of Canada: UFOs and Aliens do exist. Roswell is true!

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Paul Hellyer  is a former politician from Canada .

He was defense minister and transportation in Canada, has acquired a certain notoriety in ' ufology international following statements regarding the UFO conspiracy , and a possible secret base on the moon (on the far side of the Moon ) uttered at the end of 2005 before a audience of students'University of Toronto during a symposium on "Exopolitics". Statements, however, issued only after many years of his political activities.

Certainly, as a minister of defense, between 1963 and 1967 participated in the meetings of top secret ' Atlantic Alliance , and also for the institutional role played, was aware of the secrets of NORAD , the Air Command Canadian-American. He stated , while not revealing sources, that:

" UFOs are real, like the planes flying over our heads "

He added that the ' Roswell incident of 1947 was, contrary to what the soldiers say, to be charged to a UFO crash , through which-according to him-the United States would come to know of the existence of UFOs.

He also stated that only the presidents of the United States and a few others know the truth about the events of Roswell -  of which the vast majority of senior officials and politicians of the  United States, not to mention the pure and simple defense ministers,  were never informed anything - and experiments in ' Area 51 .

He also quoted clinton:

PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS ASKED A QUESTION BY WHITE HOUSE REPORTER SARAH MCCLENDON ABOUT WHY HE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT UFO DISCLOSURE. CLINTON REPLIED, SARAH, THERE IS A GOVERNMENT INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT AND I DON'T CONTROL IT.

REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT"

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REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING THE

"ROSWELL INCIDENT"

July 1994

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The "Roswe l l Inc ident " r e f e r s to an event tha t

suppos edly happened in July, 1947, whe r e in the Army Ai r

For c e s (AAF) a l l egedly r e cove r ed r ema ins of a c r a shed

" f lying di s c " ne a r Roswe l l , New Mexi co. In Februa ry,

1994, the Gene r a l Ac count ing Of f i c e (GAO), a c t ing on the

r eque s t of a New Mexi co Congr e s sman, ini t i a t ed an audi t

to a t t empt to loc a t e r e cords of such an inc ident and to

de t e rmine i f r e cords r ega rding i t we r e prope r ly handl ed.

Al though the GAO e f for t was to look a t a numbe r of

gove rnment agenc i e s , the appa r ent focus was on the Ai r

For c e . SAF/AAZ , a s the Cent r a l Point of Cont a c t for the

GAO in thi s ma t t e r , ini t i a t ed a sys t ema t i c s e a r ch of

cur r ent Ai r For c e of f i c e s a s we l l a s nume rous a r chive s

and r e cords c ent e r s tha t might he lp expl a in thi s ma t t e r .

Re s e a r ch r eve a l ed tha t the "Roswe l l Inc ident " was not

even cons ide r ed a UFO event unt i l the 1978-1980 t ime

f r ame . Pr ior to tha t , the inc ident was di smi s s ed be c aus e

the AAF or igina l ly ident i f i ed the debr i s r e cove r ed a s

be ing tha t of a we a the r ba l loon. Subs equent ly, va r ious

author s wrot e a number of books c l a iming tha t , not only

was debr i s f rom an a l i en spa c e c r a f t r e cove r ed, but a l so

the bodi e s of the c r a f t ' s a l i en oc cupant s . The s e c l a ims

cont inue to evolve today and the Ai r For c e i s now

rout ine ly a c cus ed of engaging in a " cove r -up" of thi s

suppos ed event .

The r e s e a r ch loc a t ed no r e cords a t exi s t ing Ai r For c e

of f i c e s tha t indi c a t ed any " cove r -up" by the USAF or any

indi c a t ion of such a r e cove ry. Cons equent ly, e f for t s

we r e int ens i f i ed by Ai r For c e r e s e a r che r s a t nume rous

loc a t ions whe r e r e cords for the pe r iod in que s t ion we r e

s tor ed. The r e cords r evi ewed did not r eve a l any inc r e a s e

in ope r a t ions , s e cur i ty, or any othe r a c t ivi ty in July,

1947, tha t indi c a t ed any such unusua l event may have

oc cur r ed. Re cords we r e loc a t ed and thoroughly explor ed

conc e rning a then-TOP SECRET ba l loon proj e c t , de s igned

to a t t empt to moni tor Sovi e t nuc l e a r t e s t s , known a s

Proj e c t Mogul . Addi t iona l ly, s eve r a l surviving proj e c t

pe r sonne l we r e loc a t ed and int e rvi ewed, a s was the only

surviving pe r son who r e cove r ed debr i s f rom the or igina l

Roswe l l s i t e in 1947, and the forme r of f i c e r who

ini t i a l ly ident i f i ed the wr e ckage a s a ba l loon.

Compa r i son of a l l informat~on deve loped or obt a ined

indi c a t ed tha t the ma t e r i a l r e cove r ed ne a r Roswe l l was

cons i s t ent wi th a ba l loon devi c e and mos t l ike ly f rom

one of the Mogul ba l loons tha t had not be en pr evious ly

r e cove r ed. Ai r For c e r e s e a r ch e f for t s did not di s c los e

any r e cords of the r e cove ry of any " a l i en" bodi e s or

ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l ma t e r i a l s .

INTRODUCTION

Ai r For c e involvement in the a l l eged UFO- r e l a t ed

inc ident popul a r ly known a s the "Roswe l l Inc ident " began

a s the r e sul t of a J anua ry 14, 1994, Wa shington Pos t

a r t i c l e (At ch 1) whi ch announc ed Congr e s sman St evenSchi f f ' s int ent to ini t i a t e a Gene r a l Ac count ing Of f i c e

(GAO) e f for t to r e solve thi s cont rove r s i a l ma t t e r .

Having pr evious ly be en involved in nume rous Fr e edom of

Informa t ion Ac t (FOIA) and Congr e s s iona l r eque s t s on

"unusua l a i r c r a f t , " to inc lude Unident i f i ed Flying

Obj e c t s (UFOs), The Di r e c tor , Se cur i ty and Spe c i a l

Progr am Ove r s ight , Of f i c e of the Se c r e t a ry of the Ai r

For c e , (SAF/AAZ) be l i eved the Ai r For c e would become

involved in any GAO e f for t involving thi s subj e c t .

Thus , in l a t e J anua ry, 1994, SAF/AAZ di r e c t ed i t s

r e s e a r ch/de c l a s s i f i c a t ion t e am, SAF/AAZD, to a t t empt to

loc a t e any of f i c i a l r e cords r e l a t ive to thi s ma t t e r .

The s e ini t i a l r e s e a r ch e f for t s focus ed on r e cords a t the

Ai r For c e Hi s tor i c a l Re s e a r ch Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell

AFB, AL, the Ai r For c e Sa f e ty Agency (AFSA) a t Ki r t l and

AFB, NM, and the Na t iona l Ar chive s and Re cords

Admini s t r a t ion (NARA).

On Februa ry 15, 1994, the GAO of f i c i a l ly not i f i ed

Se c r e t a ry of De f ens e Wi l l i am J . Pe r ry tha t , i t was

ini t i a t ing an audi t of the Depa r tment of De f ens e (DoD)

pol i c i e s and proc edur e s for a cqui r ing, c l a s s i fying,

r e t a ining, and di spos ing of of f i c i a l gove rnment

document s de a l ing wi th we a the r ba l loon, a i r c r a f t , and

s imi l a r c r a sh inc ident s (At ch 2) . Thi s not i f i c a t ion was

sub- s equent ly pa s s ed to the Depa r tment of De f ens e

Inspe c tor Gene r a l who in turn of f i c i a l ly not i f i ed the

Se c r e t a r i e s of the Se rvi c e s and othe r a f f e c t ed pa r t i e s

of the audi t in a Februa ry 23, 1994, memo (At ch 3) . Thi s

memorandum indi c a t ed tha t the "GAO i s anxious to r e spond

to Repr e s ent a t ive Schi f f ' s r eque s t and to di spe l any

conc e rns tha t the DoD i s be ing unr e spons ive . " The s e we r e

the f i r s t of f i c i a l US Gove rnment document s tha t

indi c a t ed tha t the purpos e of the GAO was to r evi ew

" c r a sh inc ident s involving we a the r ba l loons and unknown

a i r c r a f t , such a s UFOs and for e ign a i r c r a f t , and (2) the

f a c t s involving the r epor t ed c r a sh of an UFO in 1949

( s i c , 1947) a t Roswe l l , New Mexi co . • . ( and an) a l l eged

DoD cove r -up. "

An ent r anc e me e t ing of pot ent i a l ly conc e rned pa r t i e s was

he ld in the of f i c e s of the DoD Inspe c tor Gene r a l on

Februa ry 28, 1994. Dur ing thi s me e t ing i t was l e a rned

tha t , whi l e the audi t of f i c i a l ly would be r evi ewing the

r e cords of a numbe r of DoD ( and pos s ibly othe r Exe cut ive

Br anch ent i t i e s ) , the bulk of the e f for t would be

focus ed on Ai r For c e r e cords and sys t ems . The audi t was

of f i c i a l ly given the GAO code 701034, and ent i t l ed

"Re cords Management Proc edur e s De a l ing Wi th We a the r

Ba l loon, Unknown Ai r c r a f t , and Simi l a r Cr a sh Inc ident s . "

Al though thi s of f i c i a l t i t l e appe a r ed r a the r broad,

the r e was no mi sunde r s t anding tha t the r e a l purpos e was

to a t t empt to loc a t e r e cords and/or informa t ion on the

"Roswe l l Inc ident . " Thi s inc ident , expl a ined l a t e r in

mor e de t a i l , gene r a l ly de a l t wi th the c l a im tha t in July

of 1947, the US Army Ai r For c e s (USAAF) r e cove r ed a

f lying s auc e r and lor i t s a l i en oc cupant s whi ch

suppos edly c r a shed ne a r Roswe l l , New Mexi co. When the

USAAF ul t ima t e ly be c ame the Uni t ed St a t e s Ai r For c e

(USAF) in Sept embe r , 1947, the USAF inhe r i t ed equipment ,

pe r sonne l , r e cords , pol i c i e s , and proc edur e s f rom the

AAF. In thi s pa r t i cul a r c a s e , the Ai r For c e a l so

inhe r i t ed the a l l ega t ion tha t i t had " cove r ed up" the

"Roswe l l Inc ident " and ha s cont inued to do so for the

next 47 ye a r s .Wi thin the Ai r For c e , the Of f i c e of the Admini s t r a t ive

As s i s t ant to the Se c r e t a ry of the Ai r For c e (SAF/AA) i s

r e spons ibl e both for informa t ion manaqement proc edur e s

(SAF/AAI) and s e cur i ty pol i cy and ove r s iqht (SAF/AAZ).

Be c aus e of thi s orqani z a t ion, SAF/AA was the loqi c a l

ent i ty to a s s i s t the GAO in i t s audi t and SAF/AAZ was

of f i c i a l ly named a s the Cent r a l Point of Cont a c t for

thi s ende avor (At ch 4) . Subs equent ly, the then

Admini s t r a t ive As s i s t ant , Mr. Robe r t J . McCormick,

i s sued a t a skinq memorandum da t ed Ma r ch 1, 199~ (At ch

5) , to a numbe r of cur r ent Ai r St a f f and Se c r e t a r i a t

of f i c e s tha t miqht pos s ibly have r e cords r e l a t ed to such

an inc ident i f , inde ed, some thinq had a c tua l ly oc cur r ed.

Thi s s e a r ch for r e cords was purpos e ly l imi t ed to Ai r

For c e r e cords and sys t ems s inc e :

(a) The Ai r For c e had no author i ty to compe l othe r

aqenc i e s to r evi ew the i r r e cords ;

(b) The Ai r For c e would have no way to moni tor the

compl e t ene s s of the i r e f for t s i f they did; and

of the GAO- -not the Ai r For c e .

Dur inq the in-br i e f inq proc e s s wi th GAO, i t wa s l e a rned

tha t thi s audi t wa s , inde ed, qene r a t ed a t the spe c i f i c

r eque s t of Conqr e s sman St even Schi f f of New Mexi co.

Ea r l i e r , Conqr e s sman Schi f f had wr i t t en to the

Depa r tment of De f ens e Leqi s l a t ive Li a i son Of f i c e for

informa t ion on the "Roswe l l Inc ident " and had be en

advi s ed tha t i t was pa r t of the forme r UFO "Proj e c t

Bluebook" tha t had pr evious ly be en turned ove r to NARA

by the Ai r For c e . Conqr e s sman Schi f f subs equent ly

l e a rned f rom NARA tha t , a l thouqh they did, inde ed, have

the "Bluebook" ma t e r i a l s , the "Roswe l l Inc ident " was not

pa r t of tha t r epor t . Conqr e s sman Schi f f , appa r ent ly

pe r c e ivinq tha t he had be en " s tonewa l l ed" by the DoD,

then qene r a t ed the r eque s t for the a for ement ioned aUdi t .

I t i s wi thin thi s cont ext tha t the fol lowinq r e s e a r ch

and a s s i s t anc e e f for t s we r e conduc t ed in suppor t of the

GAO. Thi s r epor t i s int ended to s t and a s the f ina l

of f i c i a l Ai r For c e r e spons e r eqa rdinq thi s ma t t e r .

THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT"- -WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED

IN 1947

The mode rn pr eoc cupa t ion wi th wha t ul t ima t e ly came to be

c a l l ed Unident i f i ed Flyinq Obj e c t s (UFOs) a c tua l ly.beqan

in June , 1947. Al thouqh some pro-UFO r e s e a r che r s a rque

tha t s iqht inqs of UFOs qo ba ck to Bibl i c a l t ime s , mos t

r e s e a r che r s wil~ not di sput e tha t anythinq in UFO

hi s tory c an compa r e wi th the phenomenon tha t beqan in

1947. What wa s l a t e r cha r a c t e r i z ed a s " the UFO Wave of

1947" beqan wi th 16 a l l eqed s iqht inqs tha t oc cur r ed

be twe en May 17 and July 12, 1947, ( a1thouqh some

r e s e a r che r s c l a im the r e we r e a s many a s 800 s iqht inqs

dur inq tha t pe r iod) . Int e r e s t inqly, the "Roswe l l

Inc ident " wa s not cons ide r ed one of the s e 1947 event s

unt i l the 1978-1980 t ime f r ame . The r e i s no di sput e ,

howeve r , tha t some thinq happened ne a r Roswe l l in July,

1947, s inc e i t was r epor t ed in a numbe r of cont empor a ry

newspape r a r t i c l e s ; the mos t f amous of whi ch we r e the

July 8 and July 9 edi t ions of the Roswe l l Da i ly Re cord.The July 8 edi t ion r epor t ed "RAAF Captur e s Flying Sauc e r

On Ranch In Roswe l l Region, " whi l e the next day' s

edi t ion r epor t ed, "Ramey Empt i e s Roswe l l Sauc e r " and

"Ha r a s s ed Ranche r Who Loc a t ed 'Sauc e r ' Sor ry He Told

About I t . "

The f i r s t s tory r epor t ed tha t the Int e l l igenc e Of f i c e r

of the S09th Bomb Group, s t a t ioned a t Roswe l l AAF, Ma jor

J e s s e A. Ma r c e l , had r e cove r ed a " f lying di s c " f rom the

r ange l ands of an unident i f i ed r anche r in the vi c ini ty

of Roswe l l and tha t the di s c had be en " f lown to highe r

he adqua r t e r s . " Tha t same s tory a l so r epor t ed tha t a

Roswe l l coupl e c l a imed to have s e en a l a rge unident i f i ed

obj e c t f ly by the i r home on July 2, 1947.

The July 9 edi t ion of the pape r not ed tha t Br igadi e r

Gene r a l Roge r Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Ai r For c e

a t For th Wor th, Texa s , s t a t ed tha t upon examina t ion the

debr i s r e cove r ed by Ma r c e l was de t e rmined to be a

we a the r ba l loon. The wr e ckage was de s c r ibed a s a

" . •bundl e of t infoi l , broken wood be ams , and rubbe r

r emnant s of a ba l loon • • . . • • The addi t iona l s tory of the

"ha r a s s ed r anche r " ident i f i ed him a s W.W. Br a z e l of

Lincoln County, New Mexi co. He c l a imed tha t he and hi s

son, Vernon, found the ma t e r i a l on June 14, 1947, when

they "came upon a l a rge a r e a of br ight wr e ckage made up

of rubbe r s t r ips , t infoi l , a r a the r tough pape r , and

s t i cks . " He pi cked up some of the debr i s on July 4 and

. " . . the next day he f i r s t he a rd about the f lying di s c s

and wonde r ed i f wha t he had found might have be en the

r emnant s of one of the s e . " Br a z e l subs equent ly went to

Roswe l l on July 7 and cont a c t ed the She r i f f , who

appa r ent ly not i f i ed Ma jor Ma r c e l . Ma jor Ma r c e l and " a

man in pl a in c lothe s " then a c compani ed Br a z e l home to

pi ck up the r e s t of the pi e c e s . The a r t i c l e fur the r

r e l a t ed tha t Br a z e l thought tha t the ma t e r i a l :

" . .might have be en a s l a rge a s a t abl e top. The

ba l loon whi ch he ld i t up, i f tha t i s how i t worked,

mus t have be en about 12 f e e t long, he f e l t ,

me a sur ing the di s t anc e by the s i z e of the room in

whi ch he s a t . The rubbe r was smoky gr ay in color and

s c a t t e r ed ove r an a r e a about 200 ya rds in di ame t e r .

When the debr i s was ga the r ed up the t infoi l , pape r ,

t ape , and s t i cks made a bundl e about thr e e f e e t long

and 7 or 8 inche s thi ck, whi l e the rubbe r made a

bundl e about 18 or 20 inche s long and about 8 inche s

thi ck. In a l l , he e s t ima t ed, the ent i r e lot would

have we ighed maybe f ive pounds . The r e was no s ign of

any me t a l in the a r e a whi ch night have be en us ed for

an engine and no s ign of any prope l l e r s of any kind.

Al though a t l e a s t one pape r f in had be en glued onto

some of the t infoi l . The r e we r e no words to be found

anywhe r e on t~e ins t rument a l though the r e we r e

l e t t e r s on some of the pa r t s . Cons ide r abl e s cot ch

t ape and some t ape wi th f lowe r s pr int ed upon i t had

be en us ed in the cons t ruc t ion. No s t r ing or wi r e

we r e to be found but the r e we r e some eye l e t s in the

pape r to indi c a t e tha t some sor t of a t t a chment may

have be en us ed. Br a z e l s a id tha t he had pr evious ly

found two we a the r ba l loons on the r anch, but tha t

wha t he found thi s t ime did not in any way r e s embl e

e i the r of the s e . "

EVOLUTION OF THE EVENT FROM 1947 TO THE PRESENTGene r a l Ramey' s pr e s s conf e r enc e and r anche r Br a z e l ' s

s t a t ement e f f e c t ive ly ended thi s a s a UFO- r e l a t ed ma t t e r

unt i l 1978, a l though some UFO r e s e a r che r s a rgue tha t

the r e we r e s eve r a l obtus e r e f e r enc e s to i t in 1950' s e r a

l i t e r a tur e . Roswe l l , for exampl e , i s not r e f e r r ed to in

the of f i c i a l USAF inve s t iga t ion of UFOs r epor t ed in

Proj e c t Bluebook or i t s pr ede c e s sor s , Proj e c t Sign and

Proj e c t Grudge , whi ch r an f rom 1948-1969 (whi ch

Congr e s sman Schi f f subs equent ly l e a rned when he made hi s

or igina l inqui ry) .

In 1978, an a r t i c l e appe a r ed in a t abloid newspape r , the

Na t iona l Inqui r e r , whi ch r epor t ed the forme r

int e l l igenc e of f i c e r , Ma r c e l , c l a imed tha t he had

r e cove r ed UFO debr i s ne a r Roswe l l in 1947. Al so in 1978,

a UFO r e s e a r che r , St anton Fr i edman, me t wi th Ma r c e l and

began inve s t iga t ing the c l a ims tha t the ma t e r i a l Ma r c e l

handl ed wa s f rom a c r a shed UFO. Simi l a r ly, two author s ,

Wi l l i am L. Moore and Cha r l e s Be r l i t z , a l so engaged in

r e s e a r ch whi ch l ed them to publ i sh a book, The Roswe l l

Inc ident , in 1980. In thi s book they r epor t ed they

int e rvi ewed a numbe r of pe r sons who c l a imed to have be en

pr e s ent a t Roswe l l in 1947 and prof e s s ed to be e i the r

f i r s t or s e cond hand wi tne s s e s to s t r ange event s tha t

suppos edly oc cur r ed. Sinc e 1978-1980, othe r UFO

r e s e a r che r s , mos t not ably Dona ld Schmi t t and Kevin

Randl e , c l a im to have loc a t ed and int e rvi ewed even mor e

pe r sons wi th suppos ed knowl edge of unusua l happenings a t

Roswe l l . The s e inc luded both c ivi l i an and forme r

mi l i t a ry pe r sons .

Addi t iona l ly, the Robe r t St a ck-hos t ed t e l evi s ion show

"Unsolved Mys t e r i e s " devot ed a l a rge por t ion of one show

to a " r e - c r e a t ion" of the suppos ed Roswe l l event s .

Numerous othe r t e l evi s ion shows have done l ikewi s e ,

pa r t i cul a r ly dur ing the l a s t s eve r a l ye a r s and a

made - for -TV movi e on the subj e c t i s due to be r e l e a s ed

thi s summe r . The ove r a l l thrus t of the s e a r t i c l e s , boOks

and shows i s tha t the "Roswe l l Inc ident " wa s a c tua l ly

the c r a sh of a c r a f t f rom anothe r wor ld, the US

Gove rnment r e cove r ed i t , and ha s be en " cove r ing up" thi s

f a c t f rom the Ame r i c an publ i c s inc e 1947, us ing a

combina t ion of di s informa t ion, r idi cul e , and thr e a t s of

bodi ly ha rm, to do so. Gene r a l ly, the US Ai r For c e be a r s

the brunt of the s e a c cus a t ions .

From the r a the r benign de s c r ipt ion of the " event " and

the r e cove ry of some ma t e r i a l a s de s c r ibed in the

or igina l newspape r a c count s , the "Roswe l l Inc ident " ha s

s inc e grown to mythi c a l ( i f not mys t i c a l ) propor t ions in

the eye s and minds of some r e s e a r che r s , por t ions of the

medi a and a t l e a s t pa r t of the Ame r i c an publ i c . The r e

a r e a l so now s eve r a l ma jor va r i a t ions of the "Roswe l l

s tory. " For exampl e , i t wa s or igina l ly r epor t ed tha t

the r e wa s only r e cove ry of debr i s f rom one s i t e . Thi s

ha s s inc e grown f rom a minima l amount of debr i s

r e cove r ed f rom a sma l l a r e a to a i rpl ane loads of debr i s

f rom mUl t ipl e huge "debr i s f i e lds . " Likewi s e , the

r e l a t ive ly s impl e de s c r ipt ion of s t i cks , pape r , t ape and

t infoi l ha s s inc e grown to exot i c me t a l s wi th

hi e roglyphi c s and f ibe r opt i c - l ike ma t e r i a l s . Mos t

ve r s ions now c l a im tha t the r e we r e two c r a sh s i t e s whe r e

debr i s wa s r e cove r ed: and a t the s e cond s i t e , a l l eged

bodi e s of ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l a l i ens we r e suppos edly

r e t r i eved. The numbe r of the s e " a l i en bodi e s " r e cove r ed

a l so va r i ed. The s e c l a ims a r e fur the r compl i c a t ed by thef a c t tha t UFO r e s e a r che r s a r e not in agr e ement among

thems e lve s a s to exa c t ly whe r e the s e r e cove ry s i t e s we r e

loc a t ed or even the da t e s of the a l l eged c r a sh ( e s ) •

Cons i s t ent ly, howeve r , the AAF was a c cus ed of s e cur ing

the s e s i t e s , r e cove r ing a l l the ma t e r i a l the r e f rom,

ke eping loc a l s away, and r e turning the r e cove r ed

wr e ckage ( and bodi e s ) to Roswe l l unde r ext r eme ly t ight

s e cur i ty for fur the r proc e s s ing and l a t e r exploi t a t ion.

Once ba ck a t Roswe l l AAF, i t i s gene r a l ly a l l eged tha t

spe c i a l me a sur e s we r e t aken to not i fy highe r

he adqua r t e r s and a r r angement s made to have r e cove r ed

ma t e r i a l s shipped to othe r loc a t ions for ana lys i s . The s e

loc a t ions inc lude Ft . Wor th, Texa s , the home of the

Eighth Ai r For c e He adqua r t e r s ; pos s ibly Sandi a Ba s e (now

Ki r t l and AFB), New Mexi co; pos s ibly Andrews AAF,

Ma ryl and, and a lways to Wr ight Fi e ld, now known a s

Wr ight Pa t t e r son AFB, Ohio. The l a t t e r loc a t ion was the

home of "T-2" whi ch l a t e r be c ame known a s the Ai r

Te chni c a l Int e l l igenc e Cent e r (ATIC) and the Ai r

Ma t e r i e l Command (AMC), and would, in f a c t , be a logi c a l

loc a t ion to s tudy unknown ma t e r i a l s f rom wha t eve r

or igin. Mos t of the Roswe l l s tor i e s tha t cont a in the

r e cove ry of a l i en bodi e s a l so show them be ing shipped to

Wr ight Fi e ld. Once the ma t e r i a l and bodi e s we r e

di spe r s ed for fur the r ana lys i s and/or exploi t a t ion, the

gove rnment in gene r a l , and the Army Ai r For c e s in

pa r t i cul a r , then engaged in cove r ing up a l l informa t ion

r e l a t ing to the a l l eged c r a sh and r e cove ry, inc luding

the us e , of s e cur i ty oa ths to mi l i t a ry pe r sons and the

us e of coe r c ion ( inc luding a l l eged de a th thr e a t s ) to

othe r s . Thi s , a s theor i z ed by some UFO r e s e a r che r s , ha s

a l lowed the gove rnment to ke ep the f a c t tha t the r e i s

int e l l igent ext r a - t e r r e s t r i a l l i f e f rom the Ame r i c an

publ i c for 47 ye a r s . I t a l so suppos edly a l lowed the US

Gove rnment to exploi t r e cove r ed ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l

ma t e r i a l s by r eve r s e engine e r ing them, ul t ima t e ly

providing such things a s f ibe r opt i c and s t e a l th

t e chnoloqy. The "de a th thr e a t s , " oa ths , and othe r forms

of coe r c ion a l l eged to have be en me t ed out by the Army

Ai r For c e s pe r sonne l to ke ep peopl e f rom t a lking have

appa r ent ly not be en ve ry e f f e c t ive , a s s eve r a l hundr ed

peopl e a r e c l a imed to have come forwa rd (wi thout harm)

wi th some knOWledge of the "Roswe l l Inc ident " dur ing

int e rvi ews wi th non-gove rnment r e s e a r che r s and the

medi a .

Adding some me a sur e of c r edibi l i ty to the c l a ims tha t

have a r i s en s inc e 1978 i s the appa r ent depth of r e s e a r ch

of some of the author s and the ext ent of the i r e f for t s .

The i r c l a ims a r e l e s s ened somewha t , howeve r , by the f a c t

tha t a lmos t a l l the i r informa t ion came f rom ve rba l

r epor t s many ye a r s a f t e r the a l l eged inc ident .oc cur r ed.

Many of the pe r sons int e rvi ewed we r e , in f a c t , s t a t ioned

a t , or l ived ne a r Roswe l l dur ing the t ime in que s t ion,

and a numbe r of them c l a im mi l i t a ry s e rvi c e . Mos t ,

howeve r , r e l a t ed the i r s tor i e s in the i r olde r ye a r s ,

we l l a f t e r the f a c t . In othe r c a s e s , the informa t ion

provided i s s e cond or thi rdhand, having be en pa s s ed

through a f r i end or r e l a t ive a f t e r the pr inc ipa l had

di ed. What i s unique ly l a cking in the ent i r e explor a t ion

and exploi t a t ion of the "Roswe l l Inc ident " i s of f i c i a l

pos i t ive document a ry or phys i c a l evidenc e of any kind

tha t suppor t s the c l a ims of thos e who a l l ege tha t

some thinq unusua l happened. Conve r s e ly, the r e ha s neve rbe en any pr evious document a ry evidenc e produc ed by thos e

who would debunk the inc ident to show tha t some thing did

not happen; a l though logi c di c t a t e s tha t bur e auc r a c i e s

do not spend t ime document ing non- event s .

SEARCH STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY

To insur e s enior Ai r For c e l e ade r ship tha t the r e we r e no

hidden or ove r looked f i l e s tha t might r e l a t e to the

"Roswe l l Inc ident ; " and to provide the GAO wi th the be s t

and mos t compl e t e informa t ion ava i l abl e , SAF/AAZ

cons t ruc t ed a s t r a t egy ba s ed on di r e c t t a sking f rom the

Of f i c e of the Se c r e t a ry, to e l i c i t informa t ion f rom

thos e func t iona l of f i c e s and organi z a t ions whe r e such

informa t ion might logi c a l ly be cont a ined. Thi s inc luded

di r e c t ing s e a r che s a t cur r ent of f i c e s whe r e spe c i a l or

unusua l proj e c t s might be c a r r i ed out , a s we l l a s

hi s tor i c a l organi z a t ions , a r chive s , and r e cords c ent e r s

ove r whi ch the Ai r For c e exe r t ed some degr e e of cont rol .

Re s e a r che r s did not , howeve r , go to the US Army to

r evi ew hi s tor i c a l r e cords in a r e a s such a s mi s s i l e

l aunche s f rom Whi t e Sands , or to the Depa r tment of

Ene rgy to de t e rmine i f i t s for e runne r , the Atomi c Ene rgy

Commi s s ion, had any r e cords of nuc l e a r - r e l a t ed inc ident s

tha t might have oc cur r ed a t or ne a r Roswe l l in 1947. To

do so would have enc roa ched on GAO's cha r t e r in thi s

ma t t e r . What Ai r For c e r e s e a r che r s did do, howeve r , was

to s e a r ch for r e cords s t i l l unde r Ai r For c e cont rol

pe r t a ining to the s e subj e c t a r e a s .

In orde r to de t e rmine pa r ame t e r s for the mos t produc t ive

s e a r ch of r e cords , a r evi ew was f i r s t conduc t ed of the

ma jor works r ega rding the "Roswe l l Inc ident " ava i l abl e

in the popul a r l i t e r a tur e . The s e works inc luded: The

Roswe l l Inc ident , (1980) by Wi l l i am Moore and Cha r l e s

Be r l i t z ; "Cr a shed Sauc e r s : Evidenc e in Se a r ch of Proof , "

(1985) by Moor e ; The UFO Cr a sh a t Roswe l l , ( I 99 1) by

Kevin Randl e and Dona ld Schmi t t ; The Truth About the UFO

Cr a sh a t Roswe l l , (1994) a l so by Randl e and Schmi t t ; The

Roswe l l Repor t : A Hi s tor i c a l Pe r spe c t ive , (1991) , George

M. Ebe rha r t , Edi tor ; "The Roswe l l Event s , " (1993)

compi l ed by Fr ed Whi t ing- Cr a sh a t Corona (1992) by

St anton T. Fr i edman and Don Be r l ine r , a s we l l a s

nume rous othe r a r t i c l e s wr i t t en by a combina t ion of the

above and othe r r e s e a r che r s . Col l e c t ive ly, the above

r epr e s ent the "pro" UFO wr i t e r s who a l l ege tha t the

gove rnment i s engaged in a conspi r a cy. The r e a r e no

spe c i f i c books wr i t t en ent i r e ly on the theme tha t

nothing happened a t Roswe l l . Howeve r , Cur t i s Pe ebl e s in

Wa t ch the Ski e s ! (1994) di s cus s ed the deve lopment of the

UFO s tory and growth of subs equent c l a ims a s a

phenomenon. The r e ha s a l so be en s e r ious r e s e a r ch a s we l l

a s a numbe r of de t a i l ed a r t i c l e s wr i t t en by so- c a l l ed

"debunke r s " of Roswe l l and othe r inc ident s , mos t not ably

Phi l ip J . Kl a s s who wr i t e s The Skept i c a l Inqui r e r

news l e t t e r , and Robe r t Todd, a pr iva t e r e s e a r che r . The

conc e rns and c l a ims of a l l the above author s and othe r s

we r e cons ide r ed in conduc t ing the USAF r e cords s e a r ch.

I t wa s a l so de c ided, pa r t i cul a r ly a f t e r a r evi ew of the

above popul a r l i t e r a tur e , tha t no spe c i f i c a t t empt would

be made to t ry to r e fut e , point by point , the nume rous

c l a ims made in the va r ious publ i c a t ions . Many of the s e

c l a ims appe a r to be he a r s ay, undocument ed, t aken out of

cont ext , s e l f - s e rving, or othe rwi s e dubious .

Addi t iona l ly, many of the above author s a r e not even inagr e ement ove r va r ious c l a ims . Most not abl e of the

confus ing and now eve r - changing c l a ims i s the

cont rove r sy ove r the da t e ( s ) of the a l l eged inc ident ,

the exa c t loc a t ion( s ) of the purpor t ed debr i s and the

ext ent of the wr e ckage . Such di s c r epanc i e s in c l a ims

made the s e a r ch much mor e di f f i cul t by gr e a t ly expanding

the volume of r e cords tha t had to be s e a r ched.

An exampl e of t rying to de a l wi th que s t ionabl e c l a ims i s

i l lus t r a t ed by the fol lowing exampl e : one of the popul a r

books ment ioned tha t was r evi ewed c l a imed tha t the

wr i t e r s had submi t t ed the names and s e r i a l numbe r s of

"ove r two doz en" pe r sonne l s t a t ioned a t Roswe l l in July,

1947, to the Ve t e r ans Admini s t r a t ion and the De f ens e

Depa r tment to conf i rm the i r mi l i t a ry s e rvi c e . They then

l i s t ed e l even of the s e pe r sons by name and a sked the

que s t ion "Why doe s ne i the r the De f ens e Depa r tment nor

the Ve t e r an' s Admini s t r a t ion have r e cords of any of

the s e men when we c an document tha t e a ch s e rved a t

Roswe l l Army Ai r Fi e ld. " Tha t c l a im sounded s e r ious so

SAF/AAZD was t a sked to che ck the s e e l even names in the

Pe r sonne l Re cords Cent e r in St . Loui s . Us ing only the

names ( s inc e the author s did not l i s t the s e r i a l

numbe r s ) the r e s e a r che r qui ckly found r e cords r e adi ly

ident i f i abl e wi th e ight of the s e pe r sons . The othe r

thr e e had such common names tha t the r e could have be en

mul t ipl e pos s ibi l i t i e s . Int e r e s t ingly, one of the l i s t ed

"mi s s ing" pe r sons had a c a sua l ty r epor t in hi s r e cords

r e f l e c t ing tha t he di ed in 195 1, whi l e the wr i t e r s

c l a imed to have int e rvi ewed him (or a pe r son of the

exa c t same name) in 1990.

Whi l e the hi s tor i c a l document s e a r ch was in progr e s s , i t

was de c ided to a t t empt to loc a t e and int e rvi ew s eve r a l

pe r sons ident i f i ed a s s t i l l l iving who could pos s ibly

answe r que s t ions gene r a t ed by the r e s e a r ch. Thi s had

neve r be en of f i c i a l ly done be for e , a l though mos t of the

pe r sons cont a c t ed r epor t ed tha t they had a l so be en

cont a c t ed in the pa s t by some of the l i s t ed author s or

othe r pr iva t e r e s e a r che r s . In orde r to count e r pos s ibl e

futur e a rgument s tha t the pe r sons int e rvi ewed we r e s t i l l

" cove r ing up" ma t e r i a l be c aus e of pr ior s e cur i ty oa ths ,

the int e rvi ewe e s we r e provided wi th author i z a t ion f rom

e i the r the Se c r e t a ry of the Ai r For c e or the Senior

Se cur i ty Of f i c i a l of the Ai r For c e tha t would of f i c i a l ly

a l low di s cus s ion of c l a s s i f i ed informa t ion, i f

appl i c abl e , or f r e e them f rom any pr ior r e s t r i c t ion in

di s cus s ing the ma t t e r , i f such exi s t ed. Aga in, the focus

was on int e rvi ewing pe r sons tha t could addr e s s spe c i f i c

i s sue s , r a i s ed by r e s e a r ch and no cons ide r a t ion was

given to t ry and loc a t e eve ry a l l eged wi tne s s c l a imed to

have be en cont a c t ed by the va r ious author s . For exampl e ,

one of the int e rvi ewe e s thought vi t a l to obt a in an

of f i c i a l s igned, · sworn s t a t ement f rom was She r idan

Cavi t t , Lt Col , USAF (Re t i r ed) who i s the l a s t l iving

member of the thr e e pe r sons unive r s a l ly a cknowl edged to

have r e cove r ed ma t e r i a l f rom the Fos t e r Ranch. Othe r s

we r e a l so int e rvi ewed a s informa t ion deve loped

(di s cus s ed in de t a i l l a t e r ) . Addi t iona l ly, in some c a s e s

survivor s of de c e a s ed pe r sons we r e a l so cont a c t ed in an

a t t empt to loc a t e va r ious r e cords thought to have be en

in the cus tody of the de c e a s ed.

Even though Ai r For c e r e s e a r ch or igina l ly s t a r t ed in

J anua ry, 1994, the f i r s t of f i c i a l Ai r For c e ·wide t a sking

was di r e c t ed by the Ma r ch 1, 1994, memorandum f romSAF/AA, (At ch 5) and was addr e s s ed to thos e cur r ent Ai r

St a f f e l ement s tha t would be the l ike ly r epos i tory for

any r e cords , pa r t i cul a r ly i f the r e was anything of an

ext r aordina ry na tur e involved. Thi s me ant tha t the

s e a r ch wa s not l imi t ed to unc l a s s i f i ed ma t e r i a l s , but

a l so would inc lude r e cords of the highe s t c l a s s i f i c a t ion

and compa r t rnent a t ion.

The spe c i f i c Ai r St a f f /Se c r e t a r i a t of f i c e s que r i ed

inc luded the fol lowing:

(a) SAF/AAI, Di r e c tor a t e of Informa t ion Management

(b) SAF/AQL, Di r e c tor a t e of El e c t roni c s and Spe c i a l

Progr ams

(d) AF/HO, Ai r For c e Hi s tor i an

(e) AF/ IN, Ai r For c e Int e l l igenc e ( inc luding Ai r For c e

Int e l l igenc e Agency- -AFIA, and the Na t iona l Ai r

Int e l l igenc e Cent e r , NAIC)

( f ) AF/XOW, Di r e c tor a t e of We a the r

(g) ( added l a t e r ) The Ai r For c e Of f i c e of Spe c i a l

Inve s t iga t ions (AFOSI)

In addi t ion to the above Ai r St a f f and Se c r e t a r i a t

of f i c e s , SAF/AAZ a l so r evi ewed appropr i a t e c l a s s i f i ed

r e cords for any t i e - in to thi s ma t t e r . Wi th r ega rds to

highly c l a s s i f i ed r e cords , i t should be not ed tha t any

progr ams tha t employ enhanc ed s e cur i ty me a sur e s or

cont rol s a r e known a s a Spe c i a l Ac c e s s Progr ams (SAPs ) .

The author i ty for such progr ams comes f rom Exe cut ive

Orde r 12356 and f lows f rom the Depa r tment of De f ens e to

the Se rvi c e s vi a DoD Di r e c t ive 5205.7. The s e progr ams

a r e impl ement ed in the Ai r For c e by Pol i cy Di r e c t ive

16-7, and Ai r For c e Ins t ruc t ion 16-701. The s e di r e c t ive s

cont a in de t a i l ed r equi r ement s for cont rol l ing and

r epor t ing, in a ve ry s t r i c t manne r , a l l SAPS. Thi s

inc lude s a r epor t f rom the Se c r e t a ry of the Ai r For c e to

the Se c r e t a ry of De f ens e ( and ul t ima t e ly to Congr e s s ) on

a l l SAPs submi t t ed for approva l , and a c e r t i f i c a t ion

tha t the r e a r e no "SAP- l iken progr ams be ing ope r a t ed.

The s e r epor t ing r equi r ement s a r e s t ipul a t ed in publ i c

l aw.

I t fol lowed then, tha t i f the Ai r For c e had r e cove r ed

some type of ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l spa c e c r a f t and/or bodi e s

and wa s exploi t ing thi s for s c i ent i f i c and t e chnology

purpos e s , then such a progr am would be ope r a t ed a s a

SAP. SAF/AAZ, the Cent r a l Of f i c e for a l l Ai r For c e SAPs,

ha s knowl edge of , and s e cur i ty ove r s ight ove r , a l l SAPs.

SAF/AAZ c a t egor i c a l ly s t a t ed tha t no such Spe c i a l Ac c e s s

Progr am{ s ) exi s t s tha t pe r t a in to ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l

spa c e c r a f t / a l i ens .

Likewi s e , the Se c r e t a ry of the Ai r For c e and the Chi e f

of St a f f , who he ad the Spe c i a l Progr am Ove r s ight

commi t t e e whi ch ove r s e e s a l l s ens i t ive progr ams in the

Ai r For c e , had no knowl edge of the exi s t enc e of any such

progr am involving, or r e l a t ing to the event s a t Roswe l l

or the a l l eged t e chnology tha t suppos edly r e sul t ed

the r e f rom. Be s ide s the obvious i r r egul a r i ty andi l l ega l i ty of ke eping such informa t ion f rom the mos t

s enior Ai r For c e , of f i c i a l s , i t would a l so be i l logi c a l ,

s inc e the s e of f i c i a l s a r e r e spons ibl e for obt a ining

funding for ope r a t ions , r e s e a r ch, deve lopment , and

s e cur i ty. Wi thout funding such a progr am, ope r a t ion, or

organi z a t ion could not exi s t . Even to ke ep such a f a c t

" cove r -up" in some sor t of pa s s ive " c a r e t ake r s t a tus "

would involve money. More impor t ant ly, i t would involve

peopl e and c r e a t e pape rwork.

The a for ement ioned Ma r ch 1, 1994, SAF/AA t a sking

gene r a t ed nega t ive r e spons e s (At ch 6-12) f rom a l l

r e c ipi ent s ; i . e . a l l of f i c e s r epor t ed tha t they had no

informa t ion tha t would expl a in the inc ident .

Cons equent ly, the s e nega t ive r e spons e s l ed to an

inc r e a s e in the a l r e ady on-going hi s tor i c a l r e s e a r ch a t

r e cords c ent e r s and a r chive s .

The ext ens ive a r chiva l and r e cords c ent e r s e a r ch was

sys t ema t i c a l ly c a r r i ed out a t by the SAF/AAZD

De c l a s s i f i c a t ion Revi ew Team. Thi s t e am i s compos ed

ent i r e ly of Ai r For c e Re s e rve pe r sonne l who have

ext ens ive t r a ining and expe r i enc e in l a rge s c a l e r evi ew

of r e cords . (Pr evious e f for t s inc lude the Southe a s t As i a

De c l a s s i f i c a t ion Revi ew, de c l a s s i f i c a t ion of POW/MIA

r e cords , and the r evi ew of the Gul f War Ai r Power Survey

r e cords ) . The t e am members a l l had the r equi s i t e

s e cur i ty c l e a r anc e s for c l a s s i f i ed informa t ion and had

the author i ty of the Se c r e t a ry of the Ai r For c e to

de c l a s s i fy any c l a s s i f i ed r e cord they found tha t might

be r e l a t ed to Roswe l l . SAF/AAZD conduc t ed r evi ews a t a

numbe r of loc a t ions , inc luding: the Na t iona l Ar chive s in

Wa shington, DC; the Na t iona l Pe r sonne l Re cords Cent e r ,

St . Loui s , MO; the Na t iona l Ar chive s , Sui t l and, MO, the

Na t iona l Re cords Cent e r , Sui t l and, MO: Nava l Re s e a r ch

Labor a tory, Wa shington, DC; Fede r a l Re cords Cent e r , Ft

Wor th, TX: the INSCOM Ar chive s , Ft . Meade, MO: Na t iona l

Ai r and Spa c e Museum, Wa shington, DC; Ai r For c e

Hi s tor i c a l Re s e a r ch Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL; Cent e r for

Ai r For c e Hi s tory, Bol l ing AFB, DC: Phi l l ips Labor a tory,

Hanscom AFB, MA, and Ki r t l and AFB, NM; Rome Labor a tory,

Gr i f f i s s AFB, NY: and the Libr a ry of Congr e s s ,

Wa shington, DC.

A l i s t ing of the spe c i f i c r e cord a r e a s s e a r ched i s

appended a s At ch 13. The a r e a s inc luded a l l thos e

subj e c t a r e a s logi c a l ly be l i eved to pos s ibly cont a in any

r e f e r enc e to a c t ivi t i e s a t Roswe l l AAF dur ing the pe r iod

of t ime in que s t ion. I t i s ant i c ipa t ed tha t de t r a c tor s

f rom thi s e f for t wi l l compl a in tha t " they did not s e a r ch

r e cord group x , box y, or r e e l z , e t c . : tha t ' s whe r e

the r e a l r e cords a r e ! " Such compl a int s a r e unavoidabl e

and the r e i s no pos s ibl e way tha t the mi l l ions of

r e cords unde r Ai r For c e cont rol could be s e a r ched page

by page . The t e am ende avor ed to make loqi c a1 s e a r che s in

thos e pl a c e s whe r e r e cords would l ike ly be found. They

we r e a s s i s t ed in thi s t a sk by a r chivi s t s , hi s tor i ans ,

and r e cords management spe c i a l i s t s , inc luding

expe r i enc ed pe r sons who have cont inua l ly worked in Army

and Ai r For c e r e cords sys t ems s inc e '1943. The t e am a l so

s e a r ched some r e cord a r e a s tha t we r e recommended by

s e r ious pr iva t e r e s e a r che r s such a s Robe r t Todd, who had

independent ly obt a ined a lmos t encyc lopedi c knowl edge of

the compl exi t i e s of Ai r For c e r e cords sys t ems ,

pa r t i cul a r ly a s r e l a t ed to thi s subj e c t a r e a .Not surpr i s ingly, the r e s e a r ch t e am found the usua l

numbe r of probl ems in many of the r e cords c ent e r s

(pa r t i cUl a r ly St . Loui s ) wi th mi s f i l ing, los t or

mi spl a c ed document s , mi sma rking of document s , or the

br e aking up of r e cord groups ove r the ye a r s and r e f i l ing

in di f f e r ent sys t ems . Thi s inc luded, for exampl e , a

sma l l amount of mi s s ing "de c ima l f i l e s " f rom the 509th

Bomb Group a t Roswe l l tha t cove r ed the ye a r s 1945-1949,

tha t we r e ma rked on the index a s "de s t royed. " The

r e s e a r che r s not ed tha t the r e was no pa t t e rn to any

anoma l i e s found and tha t mos t di s c r epanc i e s we r e minor

and cons i s t ent wi th wha t they had found in the pa s t on

s imi l a r proj e c t s .

WHAT THE ROSWELL INCIDENT WAS NOT

Be for e di s cus s ing spe c i f i c pos i t ive r e sul t s tha t the s e

e f for t s r eve a l ed, i t i s f i r s t appropr i a t e to di s cus s

thos e things , a s indi c a t ed by informa t ion ava i l abl e to

the Ai r For c e , tha t the "Roswe l l Inc ident " wa s not :

An Ai rpl ane Cr a sh

Of a l l the things tha t a r e document ed and t r a cked wi thin

the Ai r For c e , among the mos t de t a i l ed and s c rupulous

a r e a i rpl ane c r a she s . In f a c t , r e cords of a i r c r a she s go

ba ck to the f i r s t ye a r s of mi l i t a ry f l ight . Sa f e ty

r e cords and r epor t s a r e ava i l abl e for a l l c r a she s tha t

involved s e r ious damage , injury, de a th, or a combina t ion

of the s e f a c tor s . The s e r e cords a l so inc lude inc ident s

involving expe r iment a l or c l a s s i f i ed a i r c r a f t . USAF

r e cords showed tha t be twe en June 24, 1947, and July 28,

1947, the r e we r e f ive c r a she s in New Mexi co a lone ,

involving A-26C, P-5 IN, C-82A, P-80A and PQ-14B

a i r c r a f t ; howeve r , none of the s e we r e on the da t e ( s ) in

que s t ion nor in the a r e a ( s ) in que s t ion.

One of the addi t iona l a r e a s spe c i f i c a l ly s e t for th by

GAO in i t s e f for t s was to de a l wi th how the Ai r For c e

( and othe r s ) spe c i f i c a l ly document ed . " . .we a the r

ba l loon . . . and othe r c r a sh inc ident s . " In thi s a r e a , the

s e a r ch e f for t s r eve a l ed tha t the r e a r e no a i r s a f e ty

r e cords pe r t a ining to we a the r ba l loon c r a she s ( a l l

we a the r ba l loons " c r a sh" soone r or l a t e r ) ; howeve r ,

the r e a r e provi s ions for gene r a t ing r epor t s of " c r a she s "

a s ground s a f e ty inc ident s in the unl ike ly chanc e tha t a

ba l loon injur e s someone or c aus e s damage . Howeve r , such

r e cords a r e only ma int a ined for f ive ye a r s .

A Mi s s i l e Cr a sh

A c r a shed or e r r ant mi s s i l e , usua l ly de s c r ibed a s a

c aptur ed German V-2 or one of i t s va r i ant s , i s some t ime s

s e t for th a s a pbs s ibl e expl ana t ion for the debr i s

r e cove r ed ne a r Roswe l l . Sinc e much of thi s t e s t ing done

a t ne a rby Whi t e Sands wa s s e c r e t a t the t ime , i t would

be logi c a l to a s sume tha t the gove rnment would handl e

any mi s s i l e mi shap unde r t ight s e cur i ty, pa r t i cul a r ly i f

the mi shap oc cur r ed on pr iva t e l and. From the r e cords

r evi ewed by the Ai r For c e , howeve r , ' the r e wa s nothing

loc a t ed to sugge s t tha t thi s was the c a s e . Al though the

bulk of r ema ining t e s t ing r e cords a r e unde r the cont rol

of the US Army, the subj e c t ha s a l so be en ve ry we l l

document ed ove r the ye a r s wi thin Ai r For c e r e cords .

The r e would be no r e a son to ke ep such informa t ion

c l a s s i f i ed today. The USAF found no indi c a tor s or evenhint s tha t a mi s s i l e was involved in thi s ma t t e r .

A Nuc l e a r Ac c ident

One of the a r e a s , cons ide r ed was tha t wha t eve r happened

ne a r Roswe l l may have involved nuc l e a r we apons . Thi s was

a logi c a l a r e a of conc e rn s inc e the S09th Bomb Group was

the only mi l i t a ry uni t in the wor ld a t the t ime tha t had

a c c e s s to nuc l e a r we apons . Aga in, r evi ews of ava i l abl e

r e cords gave no indi c a t ion tha t thi s was the c a s e . A

number of r e cords s t i l l c l a s s i f i ed TOP SECRET and

SECRET-RESTRICTED DATA having to do wi th nuc l e a r we apons

we r e loc a t ed in the Fede r a l Re cords Cent e r in St . Loui s ,

MO . The s e r e cords , whi ch pe r t a ined to the S09th, had

nothing to do wi th any a c t ivi t i e s tha t could have be en

mi s int e rpr e t ed a s the "Roswe l l Inc ident . " Al so, any

r e cords of a nuc l e a r r e l a t ed inc ident would have be en

inhe r i t ed by the Depa r tment of Ene rgy (DOE), and, had

one oc cur r ed, i t i s l ike ly DOE would have publ i c ly

r epor t ed i t a s pa r t of i t s r e c ent de c l a s s i f i c a t ion and

publ i c r e l e a s e e f for t s . The r e we r e no anc i l l a ry r e cords

in Ai r For c e f i l e s to indi c a t e the pot ent i a l exi s t enc e

of such r e cords wi thin DOE channe l s , howeve r .

An Ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l Cr a f t

The Ai r For c e r e s e a r ch found absolut e ly no indi c a t ion

tha t wha t happened ne a r Roswe l l in 1947, involved any

type of ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l spa c e c r a f t . Thi s , of cour s e , i s

the c rux of thi s ent i r e ma t t e r . "Pro-UFO" pe r sons who

obt a in a copy of thi s r epor t , a t thi s point , mos t

probably begin the " cove r -up i s s t i l l on" c l a ims .

Neve r the l e s s , the r e s e a r ch indi c a t ed absolut e ly no

evidenc e of any kind tha t a spa c e ship c r a shed ne a r

Roswe l l or tha t any a l i en oc cupant s , we r e r e cove r ed

the r e f rom, in some s e c r e t mi l i t a ry ope r a t ion or

othe rwi s e . Thi s doe s not mean, howeve r , tha t the e a r ly

Ai r For c e was not conc e rned about UFOs. However, in· the

e a r ly days , "UFO" me ant Unident i f i ed Flying Obj e c t ,

whi ch l i t e r a l ly t r ans l a t ed a s some obj e c t in the a i r

tha t was not r e adi ly ident i f i abl e . I t did not mean, a s

the t e rm ha s evolved in today' s l anguage , to equa t e to

a l i en spa c e ships . Re cords f rom the pe r iod r evi ewed by

Ai r For c e r e s e a r che r s a s we l l a s thos e c i t ed by the

author s ment ioned be for e , do indi c a t e tha t the USAF was

s e r ious ly conc e rned about the inabi l i ty to adequa t e ly

ident i fy unknown f lying obj e c t s r epor t ed in Ame r i c an

a i r spa c e . Al l the r e cords , howeve r , indi c a t ed tha t the

focus of conc e rn was not on a l i ens , hos t i l e or

othe rwi s e , but on the Sovi e t Union. Many document s f rom

tha t pe r iod spe ak to the pos s ibi l i ty of deve lopment a l

s e c r e t Sovi e t a i r c r a f t ove r f lying US a i r spa c e . Thi s , of

cour s e , was of ma jor conc e rn to the f l edgl ing USAF,

whos e job i t was' to prot e c t the s e same ski e s .

The r e s e a r ch r eve a l ed only one of f i c i a l AAF document

tha t indi c a t ed tha t the r e was any a c t ivi ty of any type

tha t pe r t a ined to UFOs and Roswe l l in July, 1947. Thi s

was a sma l l s e c t ion of the July Hi s tor i c a l Repor t for

the S09th Bomb Group and Roswe l l AAP' tha t s t a t ed: "The

Of f i c e of Publ i c Informa t ion was qui t e busy dur ing the

month answe r ing inqui r i e s on the ' f lying di s c , ' whi ch

was r epor t ed to be in pos s e s s ion of the S09th Bomb

Group. The obj e c t turned out to be a r ada r t r a cking

ba l loon" ( inc luded wi th At ch I 1) . Addi t iona l ly, thi s

hi s tory showed tha t the S09th Commander, Colone lBl ancha rd, went on l e ave on July 8, 1947, whi ch would be

a somewha t unusua l maneuve r for a pe r son involved in the

suppos ed f i r s t eve r r e cove ry of ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l

ma t e r i a l s . (De t r a c tor s c l a im Bl ancha rd did thi s a s a

ploy to e lude the pr e s s and go to the s c ene to di r e c t

the r e cove ry ope r a t ions ) . The hi s tory and the morning

r epor t s a l so showed tha t the subs equent a c t ivi t i e s a t

Roswe l l dur ing the month we r e mos t ly mundane and not

indi c a t ive of any unusua l high l eve l a c t ivi ty,

expendi tur e of manpowe r , r e sour c e s or s e cur i ty.

Likewi s e , the r e s e a r che r s found no indi c a t ion of

he ight ened a c t ivi ty anywhe r e e l s e in the mi l i t a ry

hi e r a r chy in the July, 1947, me s s age t r a f f i c or orde r s

( to inc lude c l a s s i f i ed t r a f f i c ) . The r e we r e no

indi c a t ions and wa rnings , not i c e of a l e r t s , or a highe r

tempo of ope r a t iona l a c t ivi ty r epor t ed tha t would be

logi c a l ly gene r a t ed i f an a l i en c r a f t , whos e int ent ions

we r e unknown, ent e r ed US t e r r i tory. To be l i eve tha t such

ope r a t iona l and high- l eve l s e cur i ty a c t ivi ty could be

conduc t ed sol e ly by r e lying on uns e cur ed

t e l e communi c a t ions or pe r sona l cont a c t wi thout c r e a t ing

any r e cords of such a c t ivi ty c e r t a inly s t r e t che s the

imagina t ion of thos e who have s e rved in the mi l i t a ry who

know tha t pape rwork of some kind i s ne c e s s a ry to

a c compl i sh even eme rgency, highly c l a s s i f i ed, or

s ens i t ive t a sks .

An exampl e of a c t ivi ty some t ime s c i t ed by pro-UFO

wr i t e r s to i l lus t r a t e the point tha t some thing unusua l

was going on wa s the t r ave l of Lt . Gene r a l Na than

Twining, Commander of the Ai r Ma t e r i e l Command, to New

Mexi co in July, 1947. Ac tua l ly, r e cords we r e loc a t ed

indi c a t ing tha t Twining went to the Bomb Commanders'

Cour s e on July 8, a long wi th a numbe r of othe r gene r a l

of f i c e r s , and r eque s t ed orde r s to do so a month be for e ,

on June 5, 1947 (At ch 14) .

Simi l a r ly, i t ha s a l so be en a l l eged tha t Gene r a l Hoyt

Vandenbe rg, Deputy Chi e f of St a f f a t the t ime , had be en

involved di r e c t ing a c t ivi ty r ega rding event s a t Roswe l l .

Ac t ivi ty r epor t s CAtch 15) , loc a t ed in Gene r a l

Vandenbe rg' s pe r sona l pape r s s tor ed in the Libr a ry of

Congr e s s , did indi c a t e tha t on July 7, he wa s busy wi th

a " f lying di s c " inc ident ; howeve r thi s pa r t i cul a r

inc ident involved El l ington Fi e ld, Texa s and the Spokane

(Wa shington) Depot . Af t e r much di s cus s ion and

informa t ion ga the r ing on thi s inc ident , i t wa s l e a rned

to be a hoax. The r e i s no s imi l a r ment ion of hi s

pe r sona l int e r e s t or involvement in Roswe l l event s

exc ept in the newspape r s .

The above a r e but two sma l l exampl e s tha t indi c a t e tha t

i f some event ha~pened tha t wa s one of the "wa t e r shed

happenings " in human hi s tory, the US mi l i t a ry c e r t a inly

r e a c t ed in an unconc e rned and c ava l i e r manne r . In an

a c tua l c a s e , the mi l i t a ry would have had to orde r

thous ands of soldi e r s and a i rman, not only a t Roswe l l

but throughout the US, to a c t noncha l ant ly, pr e t end to

conduc t and r epor t bus ine s s a s usua l , and gene r a t e

absolut e ly no pape rwork of a suspi c ious na tur e , whi l e

s imul t aneous ly ant i c ipa t ing tha t twenty ye a r s or mor e

into the futur e peopl e would have ava i l abl e a

compr ehens ive Fr e edom of Informa t ion Ac t tha t would give

them gr e a t l e eway to r evi ew and explor e gove rnment

document s . The r e cords indi c a t e tha t none of thi shappened (or i f i t did; i t wa s cont rol l ed by a s e cur i ty

sys t em so e f f i c i ent and t ight tha t no one , US or

othe rwi s e , ha s be en abl e to dupl i c a t e i t s inc e . I f such

a sys t em had be en in e f f e c t a t the t ime , i t would have

a l so be en us ed to prot e c t our a tomi c s e c r e t s f rom the

Sovi e t s , whi ch hi s tory ha s showed obvious ly wa s not the

c a s e ) . The r e cords r evi ewed conf i rmed tha t no such

sophi s t i c a t ed and e f f i c i ent s e cur i ty sys t em exi s t ed.

WHAT THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT" WAS

As pr evious ly di s cus s ed, wha t was or igina l ly r epor t ed to

have be en r e cove r ed wa s a ba l loon of some sor t , usua l ly

de s c r ibed a s a "we a the r ba l loon, II a l though the ma jor i ty

of the wr e ckage tha t was ul t ima t e ly di spl ayed by Gene r a l

Ramey and Ma jor Ma r c e l in the f amous photos (At ch 16) in

Ft . Wor th, was tha t of a r ada r t a rge t norma l ly suspended

f rom ba l loons . Thi s r ada r t a rge t , di s cus s ed in mor e

de t a i l l a t e r , was c e r t a inly cons i s t ent wi th the

de s c r ipt ion of July 9 newspape r a r t i c l e whi ch di s cus s ed

" t infoi l , pape r , t ape , and s t i cks . " Addi t iona l ly, the

de s c r ipt ion of the " f lying di s c " wa s cons i s t ent wi th a

document rout ine ly us ed by mos t pro-UFO wr i t e r s to

indi c a t e a conspi r a cy in proqr e s s - - the t e l egr am f rom the

Da l l a s FBI of f i c e of July 8, 1947. Thi s document quot ed

in pa r t s t a t e s : . " . .The di s c i s hexagona l in shape and

was suspended f rom a ba l loon by a c abl e , whi ch ba l loon

wa s approxima t e ly twenty f e e t in di ame t e r. • • •the obj e c t

found r e s embl e s a high a l t i tude we a the r ba l loon wi th a

r ada r r e f l e c tor. • . .di s c and ba l loon be ing

t r anspor t ed • • . "

Simi l a r ly, whi l e conduc t ing the popul a r l i t e r a tur e

r evi ew, one of the document s r evi ewed was a pape r

ent i t l ed "The Roswe l l Event s " edi t ed by Fr ed Whi t ing,

and sponsor ed by the Fund for UFO Re s e a r ch (FUFOR).

Al though i t wa s not the or igina l int ent ion to comment on

wha t comme r c i a l author s int e rpr e t ed or c l a imed tha t

othe r pe r sons suppos edly s a id, thi s pa r t i cul a r document

was di f f e r ent be c aus e i t cont a ined a c tua l copi e s of

appa r ent ly authent i c sworn a f f idavi t s r e c e ived f rom a

numbe r of pe r sons who c l a imed to have some knowl edge of

the Roswe l l event . Al though many of the pe r sons who

provided the s e a f f idavi t s to the FUFOR r e s e a r che r s a l so

expr e s s ed opinions tha t they thought the r e wa s some thing

ext r a t e r r e s t r i a l about thi s inc ident , a numbe r of them

a c tua l ly de s c r ibed ma t e r i a l s tha t sounded suspi c ious ly

l ike wr e ckage f rom ba l loons . The s e inc luded the

fol lowing:

J e s s e A. Ma r c e l , NM ( son of the l a t e Ma jor J e s s e Ma r c e l :

11 ye a r s old a t the t ime of the inc ident ) . Af f idavi t

da t ed May 6, 1991. " . • . The r e we r e thr e e c a t egor i e s of

debr i s : a thi ck, · foi l l ike me t a l l i c gr ay subs t anc e : a

br i t t l e , browni sh-bl a ck pl a s t i c - l ike ma t e r i a l , l ike

Bake l i t e : and the r e we r e f r aqrnent s of wha t appe a r ed to

be I -be ams . On the inne r sur f a c e of the I -be am, the r e

appe a r ed to be a type of wr i t ing. Thi s wr i t ing wa s a

purpl e -viol e t hue , and i t had an embos s ed appe a r anc e .

The f igur e s we r e compos ed of curved, geome t r i c shape s .

I t had no r e s embl anc e to Rus s i an, J apane s e or any othe r

for e ign l anguage . I t r e s embl ed hi e roglyphi c s , but i t had

no anima l - l ike cha r a c t e r s . • • • • .

Lor e t t a Proc tor ( forme r ne ighbor of r anche r W.W.

Br a z e l ) . Af f idavi t da t ed May 5, 199 1 . .1I • •Br a z e l cameto my r anch and showed my husband and me a pi e c e of

ma t e r i a l he s a id came f rom a l a rge pi l e of debr i s on the

prope r ty he managed. The pi e c e he brought wa s brown in

color , s imi l a r to pl a s t i c . . • 'MaC' s a id the othe r

ma t e r i a l on the prope r ty looked l ike a luminum foi l . I t

was ve ry f l exibl e and wouldn' t c rush or bum. The r e was

a l so some thing he de s c r ibed a s t ape whi ch had pr int ing

on i t . The color of the pr int ing was a kind of

purpl e . . . II

Be s s i e Br a z e l Schr e ibe r (daught e r of W.W. Br a z e l ; 14

ye a r s old a t the t ime of the inc ident ) . Af f idavi t da t ed

Sept embe r 22, 1993 . ." . .The debr i s looked l ike pi e c e s of

a l a rge ba l loon whi ch had bur s t . The pi e c e s we r e sma l l ,

the l a rge s t I r emembe r me a sur ing about the s ame a s the

di ame t e r of a ba ske tba l l . Mos t of i t was a kind of

doubl e - s ided ma t e r i a l , foi l - l ike on one s ide and

rubbe r - l ike on the othe r . Both s ide s we r e gr ayi sh s i lve r

in color , the foi l mor e s i lve ry than the rubbe r . St i cks ,

l ike ki t e s t i cks , we r e a t t a ched to some of the pi e c e s

wi th a whi t i sh t ape . The t ape was about two or thr e e

inche s wide and had f lowe r l ike de s igns on i t . The

' f lowe r s ' we r e f a int , a va r i e ty of pa s t e l color s , and

r eminded me of J apane s e pa int ings in whi ch the f lowe r s

a r e not a l l conne c t ed. I do not r e c a l l any othe r type s

of ma t e r i a l or ma rkings , nor do I r emembe r s e e ing gouge s

in the ground or any othe r s igns tha t anything may have

hi t the ground ha rd. The foi l - rubbe r ma t e r i aY could not

be tom l ike ordina ry a luminum foi l c an be tern • • • "

Sa l ly St r i ckl and Tadol ini (ne ighbor of WW Br a z e l ; nine

ye a r s old in 1947) . Af f idavi t da t ed Sept embe r 27, 1993.

" . . What Bi l l showed us was a pi e c e of wha t I s t i l l

think a s f abr i c . I t wa s some thing l ike a luminum foi l ,

some thing l ike s a t in, some thing l ike we l lt anned l e a the r

in i t s toughne s s , ye t was not pr e c i s e ly l ike anyone of

thos e ma t e r i a l s. • . •I t was about the thi ckne s s of ve ry

f ine kidskin glove l e a the r and a dul l me t a l l i c gr ayi sh

s i lve r , one s ide s l ight ly da rke r than the othe r . I do

not r emembe r i t having any de s ign or embos s ing on i t• . . "

Robe r t R. Por t e r (B-29 f l ight Engine e r s t a t ioned a t

Roswe l l in 1947) . Af f idavi t da t ed June 7, 1991 .. On thi s

oc c a s ion, I wa s a member of the c r ew whi ch f l ew pa r t s of

wha t we we r e told wa s a f lying s auc e r to For t Wor th. The

peopl e on boa rd inc luded . . . and Maj J e s s e Ma r c e l . Capt .

Wi l l i am E. Ande r son s a id i t was f rom a f lying s auc e r .

Af t e r we a r r ived, the ma t e r i a l was t r ans f e r r ed to a

B-25. I wa s told they we r e going to Wr ight Fi e ld in

Dayton, Ohio. I was involved in loading the B-29 wi th

the ma t e r i a l , whi ch wa s wr apped in pa ckage s wi th

wr apping pape r . One of the pi e c e s was t r i angl e - shaped,

about 2 1/2 f e e t a c ros s the bot tom. The r e s t we r e in

sma l l pa ckage s , about the s i z e of a shoe box. The brown

pape r wa s he ld wi th t ape . The ma t e r i a l was ext r eme ly

l ightwe ight . When I pi cked i t up, i t was jus t l ike

pi cking up an empty pa ckage . We loaded the t r i angl e

shaped pa ckage and thr e e shoe box- s i z ed pa ckage s into

the pl ane . Al l of the pa ckage s could have f i t into the

t runk of a c a r. . . •When we came ba ck f rom lunch, they

told us they had t r ans f e r r ed the ma t e r i a l to a B-25.

They told us the ma t e r i a l was a we a the r ba l loon, but I 'm

c e r t a in i t wa sn' t a we a the r ba l loon . . • "

In addi t ion to thos e pe r sons above s t i l l l iving who

c l a im to have s e en or examined the or igina l ma t e r i a ltound on the Br a z e l Ranch, the r e i s one addi t iona l

pe r son who was unive r s a l ly a cknowl edged to have be en

involved in i t s r e cove ry, She r idan Cavi t t , Lt Col , USAF,

(Re t ) . Cavi t t i s c r edi t ed in a l l c l a ims of having

a c compani ed Ma jor Ma r c e l to the r anch to r e cove r the

debr i s , some t ime s a long wi th hi s Count e r Int e l l igenc e

Corps (CIC) subordina t e , Wi l l i am Ri cke t t , who, l ike

Ma r c e l , i s de c e a s ed. Al though the r e doe s not appe a r to

be much di sput e tha t Cavi t t was involved in the ma t e r i a l

r e cove ry, othe r c l a ims about him pr eva i l in the popul a r

l i t e r a tur e . He i s some t ime s por t r ayed a s a c los ed-mouth

(or some t ime s even s ini s t e r ) conspi r a tor who was one of

the e a r ly individua l s who kept the " s e c r e t of Roswe l l "

f rom ge t t ing out . Othe r things about him have be en

a l l eged, inc luding the c l a im tha t he wrot e a r epor t of

the inc ident a t the t ime tha t ha s neve r sur f a c ed.

Sinc e Lt Col Cavi t t , who had f i r s t -hand knowl edge , was

s t i l l a l ive , a de c i s ion was made to int e rvi ew him and

ge t a s igned sworn s t a t ement f rom him about hi s ve r s ion

of the event s . Pr ior to the int e rvi ew, the Se c r e t a ry of

the Ai r For c e provided him wi th a wr i t t en author i z a t ion

and wa ive r to di s cus s c l a s s i f i ed informa t ion wi th the

int e rvi ewe r and r e l e a s e him f rom any s e cur i ty oa th he

may have t aken. Subs equent ly, Cavi t t was int e rvi ewed on

May 24, 1994, a t hi s home. Cavi t t provided a s igned,

sworn s t a t ement (At ch 17 ) of hi s r e col l e c t ions in thi s

ma t t e r . He a l so cons ent ed to having the int e rvi ew

t ape - r e corded. A t r ans c r ipt of tha t r e cording i s a t At ch

18. In thi s int e rvi ew, Cavi t t r e l a t ed tha t he had be en

cont a c t ed on nume rous oc c a s ions by UFO r e s e a r che r s and

had wi l l ingly t a lked wi th many of them; howeve r , he f e l t

tha t he had of t ent ime s be en mi s r epr e s ent ed or had hi s

comments t aken out of cont ext so tha t the i r t rue me aning

was changed. He s t a t ed unequivoc a l ly, howeve r , tha t the

ma t e r i a l he r e cove r ed cons i s t ed of a r e f l e c t ive sor t of

ma t e r i a l l ike a luminum foi l , and some thin, bamboo- l ike

s t i cks . He thought a t the t ime , and cont inued to do so

today, tha t wha t he found was a we a the r ba l loon and ha s

told othe r pr iva t e r e s e a r che r s tha t . He a l so r emembe r ed

f inding a sma l l "bl a ck box" type of ins t rument , whi ch he

thought a t the t ime was probably a r adiosonde . Lt Col

Cavi t t a l so r evi ewed the f amous Ramey/Ma r c e l photogr aphs

(At ch 16) of the wr e ckage t aken to Ft . Wor th (of t en

c l a imed by LITO r e s e a r che r s to have be en swi t ched and

the r emnant s of a ba l loon subs t i tut ed for i t ) and he

ident i f i ed the ma t e r i a l s depi c t ed in thos e photos a s

cons i s t ent wi th the ma t e r i a l s tha t he r e cove r ed f rom the

r anch. Lt Col Cavi t t a l so s t a t ed tha t he had neve r t aken

any oa th or s igned any agr e ement not to t a lk about thi s

inc ident and had neve r be en thr e a t ened by anyone in the

gove rnment be c aus e of i t . He did not even know the

inc ident " was c l a imed to be anything unusua l unt i l he

was int e rvi ewed ~n the e a r ly 1980' s .

Simi l a r ly, I rving Newton, Ma jor , USAF, (Re t ) was loc a t ed

and int e rvi ewed. Newton was a we a the r of f i c e r a s s igned

to For t Wor th, who was on duty when the Roswe l l debr i s

was s ent the r e in July, 1947. He was told tha t he was to

r epor t to Gene r a l Ramey'S of f i c e to vi ew the ma t e r i a l .

In a s igned, sworn s t a t ement (At ch 30) Newton r e l a t ed

tha t . " . • 1 wa lked into the Gene r a l ' s of f i c e whe r e thi s

suppos ed f lying s auc e r was lying a l love r the f loor . As

soon a s I saw i t , I giggl ed and a sked i f tha t was the

f lying s auc e r . • . I told them tha t thi s was a ba l loon

and a RAWIN t a rge t . . . " Newton a l so s t a t ed tha t . " . •whi l eI was examining the debr i s , Ma jor Ma r c e l was pi cking up

pi e c e s of the t a rge t s t i cks and t rying to convinc e me

tha t some not a t ions on the s t i cks we r e a l i en wr i t ings .

the r e we r e f igur e s on the s t i cks , l avende r or pink in

color , appe a r ed to be we a the r f aded ma rkings , wi th no

rhyme or r e a son ( s i c ) . He did not convinc e me tha t the s e

we r e a l i en wr i t ings . " Newton conc luded hi s s t a t ement by

r e l a t ing tha t . " . .Dur ing the ensuing ye a r s I have be en

int e rvi ewed by many author s , I have be en quot ed and

mi squot ed. The f a c t s r ema in a s indi c a t ed above . I was

not inf luenc ed dur ing the or igina l int e rvi ew, nor today,

to provide anything but wha t I know to be t rue , tha t i s ,

the ma t e r i a l I saw in Gene r a l Ramey' s of f i c e was the

r ema ins of a ba l loon and a RAWlN t a rge t . "

Ba l loon Re s e a r ch

The or igina l t a sking f rom GAO not ed tha t the s e a r ch for

informa t ion inc luded "we a the r ba l loons . " Comments about

ba l loons and s a f e ty r epor t s have a l r e ady be en made,

howeve r the SAF/AAZ r e s e a r ch e f for t s a l so focus ed on

r evi ewing hi s tor i c a l r e cords involving ba l loons , s inc e ,

among othe r r e a sons , tha t was wha t was of f i c i a l ly

c l a imed by the AAF to have be en found and r e cove r ed in

1947.

As e a r ly a s Februa ry 28, 1994, the AAZD r e s e a r ch t e am

found r e f e r enc e s to ba l loon t e s t s t aking pl a c e a t

Al amogordo AAF (now Hol loman AFB) and Whi t e Sands dur ing

June and July 1947, t e s t ing " cons t ant l eve l ba l loons "

and a New York Unive r s i ty (NYU)/Watson Labs e f for t tha t

us ed " . . •me t eorologi c a l devi c e s. . . suspe c t ed for

de t e c t ing shock wave s gene r a t ed by Sovi e t nuc l e a r

explos ions " - - a pos s ibl e indi c a t ion of a cove r s tory

a s soc i a t ed wi th the NYU ba l loon proj e c t . Subs equent ly, a

1946 HQ AMC memorandum was sur f a c ed, de s c r ibing the

cons t ant a l t i tude ba l loon proj e c t and spe c i f i ed tha t the

s c i ent i f i c da t a be c l a s s i f i ed TOP SECRET Pr ior i ty lA.

I t s name wa s Proj e c t MOgul (At ch 19) .

Proj e c t Mogul was a then- s ens i t ive , c l a s s i f i ed proj e c t ,

whos e purpos e wa s to de t e rmine the s t a t e of Sovi e t

nuc l e a r we apons r e s e a r ch. Thi s was the e a r ly Cold War

pe r iod and the r e was s e r ious conc e rn wi thin the US

gove rnment about the Sovi e t s deve loping a we aponi z ed

a tomi c devi c e . Be c aus e the Sovi e t Union' s borde r s we r e

c los ed, the US Gove rnment sought to deve lop a long r ange

nuc l e a r explos ion de t e c t ion c apabi l i ty. Long r ange ,

ba l loon-borne , low f r equency a cous t i c de t e c t ion was

pos ed to Gene r a l Spa a t z in 1945 by Dr . Maur i c e Ewing of

Columbi a Unive r s i ty a s a pot ent i a l solut ion ( a tmosphe r i c

duc t ing of low f r equency pr e s sur e wave s had be en s tudi ed

a s e a r ly a s 1900) .

As pa r t of the r e s e a r ch into thi s ma t t e r , AAZD pe r sonne l

loc a t ed and obt a ined the or igina l s tudy pape r s and

r epor t s of the New York Unive r s i ty proj e c t . The i r -

e f for t s a l so r eve a l ed tha t some of the individua l s

involved in Proj e c t Mogul we r e s t i l l l iving. The s e

pe r sons inc luded the NYU cons t ant a l t i tude ba l loon

Di r e c tor of Re s e a r ch, Dr . Athe l s t an F. Spi lhaus ; the

Proj e c t Engine e r , Prof e s sor Cha r l e s B. Moor e ; and the

mi l i t a ry Proj e c t Of f i c e r , Colone l Albe r t C. Tr akowski •

Al l of the s e pe r sons we r e subs equent ly int e rvi ewed and

s igned sworn s t a t ement s about the i r a c t ivi t i e s . A copyof the s e s s t a t ement s a r e appended a t At ch 20-22.

Addi t iona l ly, t r ans c r ipt s of the int e rvi ew wi th Moore

and Tr akowski a r e a l so inc luded ( equipment ma l func t ioned

dur ing the int e rvi ew of Spi lhaus ) (At ch 23-24) . The s e

int e rvi ews conf inmed tha t Proj e c t Mogul was a

compa r tment ed, s ens i t ive e f for t . The NYU group was

r e spons ibl e for deve loping cons t ant l eve l ba l loons and

t e l eme t e r ing equipment tha t would r ema in a t spe c i f i ed

a l t i tude s (wi thin the a cous t i c duc t ) whi l e a group f rom

Columbi a was to deve lop a cous t i c s ensor s . Doc tor

Spi lhaus , Prof e s sor Moore, and c e r t a in othe r s of the

group we r e awa r e of the a c tua l purpos e of the proj e c t ,

but they did not know of the proj e c t ni ckname a t the

t ime . They handl ed c a sua l inqui r i e s and/or s c i ent i f i c

inqui r i e s /pape r s in t e rms of "unc l a s s i f i ed

me t eorologi c a l or ba l loon r e s e a r ch. " Newly hi r ed

employe e s we r e not made awa r e tha t the r e was anything

spe c i a l or c l a s s i f i ed about the i r work: they we r e told

only tha t the i r work de a l t wi th me t eorologi c a l

equipment .

An advanc e ground t e am, l ed by Albe r t P, Cr a ry, pr e c eded

the NYU group to Al amogordo AAF, New Mexi co, s e t t ing up

ground s ensor s and obt a ining f a c i l i t i e s for the NYU

group. Upon the i r a r r iva l , Prof e s sor Moore and hi s t e am

expe r iment ed wi th va r ious conf igur a t ions of neopr ene

ba l loons ; deve lopment of ba l loon " t r a ins " ( s e e

i l lus t r a t ion, At ch 25) : automa t i c ba l l a s t sys t ems - and

us e of Nava l sonobuoys ( a s the Wa t son Lab a cous t i c a l

s ensor s had not ye t a r r ived) . They a l so l aunched wha t

they c a l l ed " s e rvi c e f l ight s . " The s e " s e rvi c e f l ight s "

we r e not logged nor ful ly a c count ed for in the publ i shed

Te chni c a l Repor t s gene r a t ed a s a r e sul t of the cont r a c t

be twe en NYU and Wa t son Labs . Ac cording to Prof e s sor

Moor e , the " s e rvi c e f l ight s " we r e compos ed of ba l loons ,

r ada r r e f l e c tor s and payloads spe c i f i c a l ly de s igned to

t e s t a cous t i c s ensor s (both e a r ly sonobuoys and the

l a t e r Wa t son Labs devi c e s ) . The "payload equipment " was

expendabl e and some c a r r i ed no "REWARD" or "RETURN

TO . • . " t ags be c aus e the r e was to be no a s soc i a t ion

be twe en the s e f l ight s and the logged cons t ant a l t i tude

f l ight s whi ch we r e ful ly a cknowl edged. The NYU ba l loon

f l ight s we r e l i s t ed s equent i a l ly in the i r r epor t s ( i . e .

A,B, 1,5,6,7,8,10 • • . ) ye t gaps exi s t ed for Fl ight s 2-4

and Fl ight 9. The int e rvi ew wi th Prof e s sor Moore

indi c a t ed tha t the s e gaps we r e the unlogged " s e rvi c e

f l ight s . "

Prof e s sor Moore, the on- s c ene Proj e c t Engine e r , gave

de t a i l ed informa t ion conc e rning hi s t e am' s e f for t s . He

r e c a l l ed tha t r ada r t a rge t s we r e us ed for t r a cking

ba l loons be c aus e they did not have a l l the ne c e s s a ry

equipment when they f i r s t a r r ived in New Mexi co. Some of

the e a r ly, deve lopment a l r ada r t a rge t s we r e manuf a c tur ed

by a toy or nove l ty company. The s e t a rge t s we r e made up

of a luminum " foi l " or foi l -ba cked pape r , ba l s a wood

be ams tha t we r e coa t ed in an "Elme r ' s - type " glue to

enhanc e the i r dur abi l i ty, a c e t a t e and/or c loth

r e infor c ing t ape , s ingl e s t r and and br a ided nylon twine ,

br a s s eye l e t s and swive l s to form a mul t i - f a c ed

r e f l e c tor somewhat s imi l a r in cons t ruc t ion to a box ki t e

( s e e photogr aphs , At ch 26) . Some of the s e t a rge t s we r e

a l so a s s embl ed wi th purpl i sh-pink t ape wi th symbol s on

i t ( s e e dr awing by Moore wi th At ch 2 1) .

Ac cording to the log summary (At ch 27) of the NYU group,Fl ight A through Fl ight 7 (November 20, 1946- July 2,

1947) we r e made wi th neopr ene me t eorologi c a l ba l loons

( a s oppos ed to the l a t e r f l ight s made wi th polye thyl ene

ba l loons ) . Prof e s sor Moore s t a t ed tha t the neopr ene

ba l loons we r e sus c ept ibl e to degr ada t ion in the

sunl ight , turning f rom a mi lky whi t e to a da rk brown. He

de s c r ibed f inding r emains of ba l loon t r a ins wi th

r e f l e c tor s and payloads tha t had l anded in the de s e r t :

the ruptur ed and shr edded neopr ene would " a lmos t look

l ike da rk gr ay or bl a ck f l ake s or a she s a f t e r exposur e

to the sun for only a few days . The pl a s t i c i z e r s and

ant ioxidant s in the neopr ene would emi t a pe cul iar a c r id

odor and the ba l loon ma t e r i a l and r ada r t a rge t ma t e r i a l

would be s c a t t e r ed a f t e r r e turning to e a r th depending on

the sur f a c e winds . " Upon r evi ew of the loc a l newspape r

photogr aphs f rom Gene r a l Ramey' s pr e s s conf e r enc e in

1947 and de s c r ipt ions in popul a r books by individua l s

who suppos edly handl ed the debr i s r e cove r ed on the

r anch, Prof e s sor Moore opined tha t the ma t e r i a l was mos t

l i k e l y the shr edded r ema ins of a mul t i -neopr ene ba l loon

t r a in wi th mul t ipl e r ada r r e f l e c tor s . The ma t e r i a l and a

"bl a ck box, " de s c r ibed by Cavi t t , wa s , in Moor e ' s

s c i ent i f i c opinion, mos t probably f rom Fl ight 4, a

" s e rvi c e f l ight " tha t inc luded a cyl indr i c a l me t a l

sonobuoy and por t ions of a we a the r ins t rument hous ed in

a box, whi ch wa s unl i k e typi c a l we a the r r adiosonde s

whi ch we r e made of c a rdboa rd. Addi t iona l ly, a copy of a

prof e s s iona l journa l ma int a ined a t the t ime by A.P.

Cr a ry, provided to the Ai r For c e by hi s widow, showed

tha t Fl ight 4 was l aunched on June 4, 1947, but was not

r e cove r ed by the NYU group. I t i s ve ry probabl e tha t

thi s TOP SECRET proj e c t ba l loon t r a in (Fl ight 4) , made

up of unc l a s s i f i ed component s ; came to r e s t some mi l e s

nor thwe s t of Roswe l l , NM, be c ame shr edded in the sur f a c e

winds and was ul t ima t e ly found by the r anche r , Br a z e l ,

t en days l a t e r . Thi s pos s ibi l i ty was suppor t ed by the

obs e rva t ions of Lt Col Cavi t t (At ch 17-18) , the only

l iving eyewi tne s s to the a c tua l debr i s f i e ld and the

ma t e r i a l found. Lt Col Cavi t t de s c r ibed a sma l l a r e a of

debr i s whi ch appe a r ed, " to r e s embl e bamboo type squa r e

s t i cks one qua r t e r to one ha l f inch squa r e , tha t we r e

ve ry l ight , a s we l l a s some sor t of me t a l l i c r e f l e c t ing

ma t e r i a l tha t wa s a l so ve ry l ight . . . I r emembe r

r e cogni z ing thi s ma t e r i a l a s be ing cons i s t ent wi th a

we a the r ba l loon. " .

Conc e rning the ini t i a l announc ement , "RAAF c aptur e s

Flying Di s c , " r e s e a r ch f a i l ed to loc a t e any document ed

evidenc e a s to why tha t s t a t ement was made . Howeve r , on

July 10, 1947, fol lowing the Ramey pr e s s conf e r enc e , the

Al amogordo News publ i shed an a r t i c l e wi th photogr aphs

demons t r a t ing mUl t ipl e ba l loons and t a rge t s a t the same

locat ion a s the NYU group ope r a t ed f rom a t Al amogordo

AAF. Prof e s sor Moore expr e s s ed surpr i s e a t s e e ing thi s

s inc e hi s , was the only ba l loon t e s t group in the a r e a .

He s t a t ed, " I t appe a r s tha t the r e was some type of

umbr e l l a cove r s tory to prot e c t our work wi th Moqul "

Al though the Ai r For c e did not f ind document ed evidenc e

tha t Gen. Ramey wa s di r e c t ed to e spous e a we a the r

ba l loon in hi s pr e s s conf e r enc e , he · may have done so

be c aus e he wa s e i the r awa r e of Proj e c t Mogul and was

t rying to de f l e c t int e r e s t f rom i t , or he r e adi ly

pe r c e ived the ma t e r i a l to be a we a the r ba l loon ba s ed on

the ident i f i c a t ion f rom hi s we a the r of f i c e r , I rving

Newton. In e i the r c a s e , the ma t e r i a l s r e cove r ed by the

AAF in July, 1947, we r e not r e adi ly r e cogni z abl e a sanything spe c i a l (only the purpos e wa s , spe c i a l ) and the

r e cove r ed debr i s i t s e l f was unc l a s s i f i ed. Addi t iona l ly,

the pr e s s dropped i t s int e r e s t in the ma t t e r a s qui ckly

a s they had jumped on i t . Henc e , the r e would be no

pa r t i cul a r r e a son to fur the r document wha t qui ckly

be c ame a "non- event . "

The int e rvi ew wi th Colone l Tr akowski (At ch 23-24) a l so

proved va luabl e informa t ion. Tr akowski provided spe c i f i c

de t a i l s on Proj e c t Mogul and de s c r ibed how the s e cur i ty

for the progr am was s e t up, a s he was forme r ly the TOP

SECRET Cont rol Of f i c e r for the progr am. He fur the r

r e l a t ed tha t many of the or igina l r ada r t a rge t s tha t

we r e produc ed a round the end of Wor ld War I I we r e

f abr i c a t ed by toy or nove l ty compani e s us ing a

purpl i sh-pink t ape wi th f lowe r and he a r t symbol s on i t .

Tr akowski a l so r e count ed a conve r s a t ion tha t he had wi th

hi s f r i end, and supe r ior mi l i t a ry of f i c e r in hi s cha in

of command, Colone l Ma r c e l lus Duf fy, in July, 1947.

Duf fy, forme r ly had Tr akowski ' s pos i t ion on Mogul, but

had subs equent ly be en t r ans f e r r ed to Wr ight Fi e ld. He

s t a t ed: . " . •Colone l Duf fy c a l l ed me on the t e l ephone

f rom Wr ight Fi e ld and gave me a s tory about a f e l low

tha t had come in f rom New Mexi co, woke him up in the

middl e of the night or some such thing wi th a handful of

debr i s , and want ed him, Colone l Duf fy, to ident i fy i t .

' " He jus t s a id ' i t sur e looks l ike some of the s tuf f

you've be en l aunching a t Al amogordo and he de s c r ibed i t ,

and I s a id 'ye s , I think i t i s . ' Ce r t a inly Colone l Duf fy

knew enough about r ada r t a rge t s , r adiosonde s ,

ba l loon-borne we a the r devi c e s . He was int ima t e ly

f ami l i a r wi th a l l tha t appa r a tus . "

At t empt s we r e made to loc a t e Colone l Duf fy but i t was

a s c e r t a ined tha t he had di ed. I -Es widow expl a ined tha t ,

a l though he had ama s s ed a l a rge amount of pe r sona l

pape r s r e l a t ing to hi s Ai r For c e a c t ivi t i e s , she had

r e c ent ly di spos ed of the s e i t ems . Likewi s e , i t was

l e a rned tha t A.P. Cr a ry was a l so de c e a s ed 1 howeve r hi s

surviving spous e had a numbe r of hi s pape r s f rom hi s

ba l loon t e s t ing days , inc luding hi s prof e s s iona l journa l

f rom the pe r iod in que s t ion. She provided the Ai r For c e

r e s e a r che r s wi th thi s ma t e r i a l . I t i s di s cus s ed in mor e

de t a i l wi thin At ch 32. Ove r a l l , i t he lps f i l l in gaps of

the Mogul s tory.

Dur ing the pe r iod the Ai r For c e conduc t ed thi s r e s e a r ch,

i t was di s cove r ed tha t s eve r a l othe r s had a l so

di s cove r ed the pos s ibi l i ty tha t the "Roswe l l Inc ident "

may have be en gene r a t ed by the r e cove ry of a Proj e c t

Mogul ba l loon devi c e . The s e pe r sons inCluded Prof e s sor

Cha r l e s B. Moor e , Robe r t Todd, and coinc ident a l ly, Ka r l

Pf lock, a r e s e a r che r who i s ma r r i ed to a s t a f f e r who

works for Congr e s sman Schi f f . Some of the s e pe r sons

provided sugge s t ions a s to whe r e document a t ion might be

loc a t ed in va r ious a r chive s , hi s tor i e s and l ibr a r i e s . A

r evi ew of Fr e edom of Informa t ion Ac t (FOIA) r eque s t s

r eve a l ed tha t Robe r t Todd, pa r t i cul a r ly, had become

awa r e of Proj e c t Mogul s eve r a l ye a r s ago and had

doggedly obt a ined f rom the Ai r For c e , through the FOIA,

a l a rge amount of ma t e r i a l pe r t a ining to i t ; long be for e

the AAZD r e s e a r che r s independent ly s e i z ed on the same

pos s ibi l i ty.

Mos t int e r e s t ingly, a s thi s r epor t was be ing wr i t t en,

Pf lock publ i shed hi s own r epor t of thi s ma t t e r unde r the( \

auspi c e s of FUFOR, ent i t l ed "Roswe l l in Pe r spe c t ive "

(1994) . Pf lock conc luded f rom hi s r e s e a r ch tha t the

Br a z e l Ranch debr i s or igina l ly r epor t ed a s a " f lying

di s c " was probably debr i s f rom a Mogul ba l loon; howeve r ,

the r e was a s imul t aneous inc ident tha t oc cur r ed not f a r

away, tha t c aus ed an a l i en c r a f t to c r a sh and tha t the

AAF subs equent ly r e cove r ed thr e e a l i en bodi e s the r e f rom.

Ai r For c e r e s e a r ch did not loc a t e any informa t ion to

cor robor a t e tha t thi s inc r edibl e coinc idenc e oc cur r ed,

howeve r .

In orde r to provide a mor e de t a i l ed di s cus s ion of the

spe c i f i c s of Proj e c t MogUl and how i t appe a r ed to be

di r e c t ly r e spons ibl e for the "Roswe l l Inc ident , " a

SAF/AAZD r e s e a r che r pr epa r ed a mor e de t a i l ed di s cus s ion

on the ba l loon proj e c t whi ch i s appended to thi s r epor t

a s At ch 32.

Othe r Re s e a r ch

In the a t t empt to deve lop addi t iona l informa t ion tha t

could he lp expl a in thi s ma t t e r , a numbe r of othe r s t eps

we r e t aken. Fi r s t , a s s i s t anc e was r eque s t ed f rom va r ious

museums and othe r a r chive s (At ch 28) to obt a in

informa t ion and/or exampl e s of the a c tua l ba l loons and

r ada r t a rge t s us ed in conne c t ion wi th Proj e c t Mogul and

to cor r e l a t e them wi th the va r ious de s c r ipt ions of

wr e ckage and ma t e r i a l s r e cove r ed. The bluepr int s for the

"Pi lot Ba l loon Ta rge t ML307C/AP As s embly" (gene r i c a l ly,

the r ada r t a rge t a s s embly) we r e loc a t ed a t the Army

Signa l Corps Museum a t For t Monmouth and obt a ined. A

copy i s appended a s At ch 29. Thi s bluepr int provide s the

spe c i f i c a t ion for the foi l ma t e r i a l , t ape , wood,

eye l e t s , and s t r ing us ed and the a s s embly ins t ruc t ions

the r e to. An a c tua l devi c e was a l so obt a ined for s tudy

wi th the a s s i s t anc e of prof e s sor Moor e . (The exampl e

a c tua l ly procur ed was a 1953-manuf a c tur ed mode l "C" a s

compa r ed to the Model B whi ch was in us e in 1947.

Prof e s sor Moor e r e l a t ed the di f f e r enc e s we r e minor ) . An

examina t ion of thi s devi c e r eve a l ed i t to be s imply made

of a luminum- color ed foi l - l ike ma t e r i a l ove r a s t ronge r

pape r - l ike ma t e r i a l , a t t a ched to ba l s a wood s t i cks ,

a f f ixed wi th t ape , glue , and twine . When opened, the

devi c e appe a r s a s depi c t ed in At ch 31 ( cont empor a ry

photo) and At ch 25 (1947 photo, in a "ba l loon t r a in" ) .

When folded, the devi c e i s in a s e r i e s of t r i angl e s , the

l a rge s t be ing four f e e t by two f e e t t en inche s . The

sma l l e s t t r i angl e s e c t ion me a sur e s two f e e t by two f e e t

t en inche s . (Compare wi th de s c r ipt ions provided by Lt

Col Cavi t t and othe r s , a s we l l a s photos of wr e ckage ) •

Addi t iona l ly, the r e s e a r che r s obt a ined f rom the Ar chive s

of the Unive r s i ty of Texa s Ar l ington (UTA), a s e t of

or igina l ( i . e . f l r s t gene r a t ion) pr int s of the

photogr aphs t aken a t the t ime by the For t Wor th

St a r -Te l egr am, tha t depi c t ed Ramey and Ma r c e l wi th the

wr e ckage . A c los e r evi ew of the s e photos ( and a s e t of

f i r s t gene r a t ion nega t ive s a l so subs equent ly obt a ined

f rom UTA) r eve a l ed s eve r a l inf e s t ing obs e rva t ions .

Fi r s t , a l though in some of the l i t e r a tur e c i t ed above ,

Ma r c e l a l l egedly s t a t ed tha t he had hi s photo t aken wi th

the " r e a l " UFO wr e ckage and then i t was subs equent ly

r emoved and the we a the r ba l loon wr e ckage subs t i tut ed for

i t , a compa r i son shows tha t the same wr e ckage appe a r ed

in the photos of Ma r c e l and Ramey. The photos a l so

depi c t ed tha t thi s ma t e r i a l was lying on wha t appe a r ed7. AF/SE Memo, Ma r ch 14, 1994

8. SAF/AQL Memo, Ma r ch 22, 1994

9. AF/XOWP Memo, -March 9, 1994

10. SAF/AAI Memo, Ma r ch 10, 1994

11. AFHRA/CC Memo, Ma r ch 8, 1994

12. AFOSI/HO Memo, May 11, 1994

13. Li s t of Loc a t ions and Re cords Se a r ched

14. HQ AAF " I s suanc e of Orde r s , " June 5, 1947

15. Copy of Vandenbe rg' s Appointment Book and Di a ry,

July 7-9, 1947

16. July 9, 1947 Photos of Ba l loon Wr e ckage , Ft Wor th

St a r Te l egr am

17. Signed Sworn St a t ement of Cavi t t , May 24, 1994

18. Tr ans c r ipt of Cavi t t Int e rvi ew, May 24, 1994

19. Le t t e r , July 8, 1946, Proj e c t Mogul

20. Signed Sworn St a t ement of Spi lhaus , June 3, 1994

21. Signed Sworn St a t ement of Moor e , June 8, 1994

22. Signed Sworn St a t ement of Tr akowski , June 29, 1994

23. Tr ans c r ipt of Int e rvi ew wi th Moor e , June 8, 1994

24. Tr ans c r ipt of Int e rvi ew wi th Tr akowski , June 29,

1994

25. I l lus t r a t ion of Proj e c t Mogul "Ba l loon Tr a ins "

26. Two Photos of Proj e c t Mogul "Ba l loon Tr a ins ·

27. Log Summary, NYU Cons t ant Leve l Ba l loon Fl ight s

28. Li s t of Museums Cont a c t ed

29. Copy of Bluepr int for "pi lot Ba l loon Ta rge t ,

NM-307C/AP As s embly"

30. Signed Sworn St a t ement of Newton, July 21, 1994

31. Photos of NM-307C/AP Devi c e , Wi th Vint age Neopr ene

Ba l loon and Debr i s

32. Synops i s of Ba l loon Re s e a r ch Findings by lLT J ame s

McAndrew

33. "Mensur a t ion Working Pape r , " Wi th Dr awing and Photo

Dr Ed Mitchell comments on the Roswell incident

2012-01-04T01:28:00.001-08:00

Mitchell confirms the Alien UFO Crash in Roswell:

U.S. declassified documents about UFO/Alien crash in Roswell

2012-01-04T01:27:00.002-08:00

FBI declassified document, to the delight of ufologists, tells of a mysterious event in the town of Roswell (USA, New Mexico), world-famous rumors about the alleged flying saucer had fallen there, and the advent of the photograph of the remains of alleged alien. There is a video dated 1947 year.
Many skeptics believe that all this is fiction, but now they are given an official document, dated, however, the year 1950, which states that a FBI agent (carefully blocked out his name) reported the discovery in the desert three flying saucers, in which there were bodies of humanoids in a silvery dress. Their growth was only about one meter. In the declassified document also indicates the probable cause of the accident - the impact of ground-based radars. Evidence of this can hardly be considered, but the fact remains that the U.S. government in the middle of the XX century showed a fair amount of interest in that part of the country.

Roswell incident - New documents

2012-01-04T01:27:00.000-08:00

Here you can read an official document of the FBI

three UFOs were found to be in any of extraterrestrial beings. Your body shape is humanoid, but they were just three feet high, it said. The aliens are said to have worn clothes made of fine metal.

Experts suspected at that time, the UFO's are down because the Air Force radars had brought their sensitivecontrol by another.

Many places in the act of blackened
Long, the FBI made a big secret to the documents, which called numerous conspiracy theorists on the plan.Now, the FBI agents page by page the UFO files are scanned and made available to the public. On a Web page of the FBI, you can browse through the documents.

For example, there, in one of the FBI documents, was a flying disk near Roswell with a hexagonal shape has been found.

The Roswell incident 1947

2012-01-04T01:25:00.000-08:00

As the Roswell incident, an event is called, over on 8 July 1947 in the American press has reported. According to reports, the U.S. Air Force Base in Roswell Chaves County, New Mexico had issued the notification in that an unidentified flying object crashed've owned. The next day, announced the overall Air Force Base Fort Worth,it was a weather balloon had been.

Published in 1980 Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore, her book The Roswell Incident. Previously, in 1947,responsible for salvaging the wreckage intelligence officer Jesse Marcel was the first time publicly stated that it had not then been a weather balloon, but unusual debris. Since then, other UFO researchers published books about the incident, television documentaries made him known to the general public. 1994 ordered the U.S.Federal Court in an archive search. The U.S. Air Force identifies itself and announced that it had at that time notactually been a weather balloon, but fitted rather a combination of weather balloons, with acoustic sensors, thesecret purpose had been to discover possible Soviet nuclear tests, acoustic ("Project Mogul" ).

Film footage claimed to have been taken by a U.S. military official shortly after the Roswell incident, and purportedly showing an alien autopsy, was produced in 1995 by Ray Santilli, a London-based video entrepreneur. The footage caused an international sensation when it aired on television networks around the world. In 2006, Santilli admitted that the film was mostly a reconstruction but continued to claim that it was based on genuine footage now lost, and that some frames from the original remained. The view of most people, however, is that the film was a hoax in its entirety. The story was retold in the comedy film Alien Autopsy, released in 2006..

Jak Roswell incidentu, je akce s názvem, než dne 8. července 1947 v americkém tisku hlásil. Podle zpráv, US Air Force Base v Roswellu Chaves County, New Mexico vydala oznámení, že neidentifikovaným létajícím objektem crashed've vlastnictví. Další den, oznámila, že celkový Air Force Base Fort Worth, to bylmeteorologický balón byl.

Vydáno v roce 1980 Charles Berlitz a William L. Moore, její knize Roswell incidentu. Předtím, v roce 1947, zodpovědný za záchranu trosky zpravodajské služby Jesse Marcel byl poprvé veřejně prohlásil, že to není, pakbyl meteorologický balón, ale neobvyklé úlomky. Od té doby, ostatní badatelé UFO publikoval knihy oincidentu, televizních dokumentů ho znám široké veřejnosti. 1994 nařídil soud v USFederal vyhledávání v archivu.US Air Force se identifikuje, a oznámila, že v té době notactually byl meteorologický balón, ale vybavený spíše kombinace meteorologické balóny, s akustickými senzory, thesecret cílem bylo zjistit možné sovětské jaderné testy, akustické ("Projekt Mogul" ).

Filmový záznam tvrdil, že bylo přijato oficiální americkou armádou krátce po incidentu Roswell, a údajněukazuje cizí pitvu, byl produkován v roce 1995 Ray Santilli, se sídlem v Londýně videa podnikatel.Záznamzpůsobil mezinárodní senzaci, když to vysílalo v televizi sítí po celém světě. V roce 2006, Santilli připustil, žefilm byl většinou rekonstrukci, ale stále tvrdí, že to bylo založené na skutečné záběry nyní prohrál, a že některé snímky z původního zůstal. Názor většiny lidí, však je, že film byl falešná zpráva v plném rozsahu. Příběh bylpřevyprávěn v Alien Autopsy komediální film, povolený v roce 2006.

Dr Ed Mitchell comments on the Roswell incident

2012-01-04T01:20:00.000-08:00

In this top secret FBI cable the FBI admits that a UFO with aliens on board crashed in Roswell:

MAJOR CURTAN, HQ EIGHTH AIR FORCE, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE THAT AN OBJECT PURPORTING TO BE A FLYING DISC WAS RECOVERED NEAR ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO THIS DATE. THE DISC IS HEXAGONAL IN SHAPE AND WAS SUSPENDED FROM A BALLON BY CABLE, WHICH BALLON WAS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET IN DIAMETER. MAJOR CURTAN FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE OBJECT FOUND RESEMBLES A HIGH ALTITUDE WEATHER BALLOON WITH A RADAR REFLECTOR, BUT THAT TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEIR OFFICE AND WRIGHT FIELD HAD NOT (UNINTELLIGIBLE) BORNE OUT THIS BELIEF. DISC AND BALLOON BEING TRANSPORTED TO WRIGHT FIELD BY SPECIAL PLANE FOR EXAMINATION. INFORMATION PROVIDED THIS OFFICE BECAUSE OF NATIONAL INTEREST IN CASE AND FACT THAT NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AND OTHERS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK STORY OF LOCATION OF DISC TODAY. MAJOR CURTAN ADVISED WOULD REQUEST WRIGHT FIELD TO ADVISE CINCINNATI OFFICE RESULTS OF EXAMINATION. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.