DOD-USAF-Roswell-Report-1994 — Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident" (July 1994)

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REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING THE
"ROSWELL INCIDENT"
July 1994

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The "Roswell Incident" refers to an event that
supposedly happened in July, 1947, wherein the Army Air
Forces (AAF) allegedly recovered remains of a crashed
"flying disc" near Roswell, New Mexico. In February,
1994, the General Accounting Office (GAO), acting on the
request of a New Mexico Congressman, initiated an audit
to attempt to locate records of such an incident and to
determine if records regarding it were properly handled.
Although the GAO effort was to look at a number of
government agencies, the apparent focus was on the Air
Force. SAF/AAZ , as the Central Point of Contact for the
GAO in this matter, initiated a systematic search of
current Air Force off ices as well as numerous archives
and records centers that might help explain this matter.
Research revealed that the "Roswell Incident" was not
even considered a UFO event until the 1978-1980 time
frame. Prior to that, the incident was dismissed because
the AAF originally identified the debris recovered as
being that of a weather balloon. Subsequently, various
authors wrote a number of books claiming that, not only
was debris from an alien spacecraft recovered, but also
the bodies of the craft's alien occupants. These claims
continue to evolve today and the Air Force is now
routinely accused of engaging in a "cover-up" of this
supposed event.
The research located no records at existing Air Force
offices that indicated any "cover-up" by the USAF or any
indication of such a recovery. Consequently, efforts
were intensified by Air Force researchers at numerous
locations where records for the period in question were
stored. The records reviewed did not reveal any increase
in operations, security, or any other activity in July,
1947, that indicated any such unusual event may have
occurred. Records were located and thoroughly explored
concerning a then-TOP SECRET balloon project, designed
to attempt to monitor Soviet nuclear tests, known as
Project Mogul. Additionally, several surviving project
personnel were located and interviewed, as was the only
surviving person who recovered debris from the original
Roswell site in 1947, and the former officer who
initially identified the wreckage as a balloon.
Comparison of all informat~on developed or obtained
indicated that the material recovered near Roswell was
consistent with a balloon device and most likely from
one of the Mogul balloons that had not been previously
recovered. Air Force research efforts did not disclose
any records of the recovery of any "alien" bodies or
extraterrestrial materials.
INTRODUCTION
Air Force involvement in the alleged UFO-related
incident popularly known as the "Roswell Incident" began
as the result of a January 14, 1994, Washington Post
article (Atch 1) which announced Congressman Steven

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Schiff's intent to initiate a General Accounting Office
(GAO) effort to resolve this controversial matter.
Having previously been involved in numerous Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) and Congressional requests on
"unusual aircraft," to include Unidentified Flying
Objects (UFOs), The Director, Security and Special
Program Oversight, Office of the Secretary of the Air
Force, (SAF/AAZ) believed the Air Force would become
involved in any GAO effort involving this subject.
Thus, in late January, 1994, SAF/AAZ directed its
research/declassification team, SAF/AAZD, to attempt to
locate any official records relative to this matter.
These initial research efforts focused on records at the
Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell
AFB, AL, the Air Force Safety Agency (AFSA) at Kirtland
AFB, NM, and the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
On February 15, 1994, the GAO officially notified
Secretary of Defense William J. Perry that, it was
initiating an audit of the Department of Defense (DoD)
policies and procedures for acquiring, classifying,
retaining, and disposing of official government
documents dealing with weather balloon, aircraft, and
similar crash incidents (Atch 2). This notification was
sub- sequently passed to the Department of Defense
Inspector General who in turn officially notified the
Secretaries of the Services and other affected parties
of the audit in a February 23, 1994, memo (Atch 3). This
memorandum indicated that the "GAO is anxious to respond
to Representative Schiff's request and to dispel any
concerns that the DoD is being unresponsive." These were
the first official us Government documents that
indicated that the purpose of the GAO was to review
•crash incidents involving weather balloons and unknown
aircraft, such as UFOs and foreign aircraft, and (2) the
facts involving the reported crash of an UFO in 1949
(sic, 1947) at Roswell, New Mexico .•. (and an) alleged
DoD cover-up."
entrance meeting of potentially concerned parties was
held in the offices of the DoD Inspector General on
February 28, 1994. During this meeting it was learned
that, while the audit officially would be reviewing the
records of a number of DoD (and possibly other Executive
Branch entities), the bulk of the effort would be
focused on Air Force records and systems. The audit was
officially given the GAO code 701034, and entitled
"Records Management Procedures Dealing With Weather
Balloon, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents."
Although this official title appeared rather broad,
there was no misunderstanding that the real purpose was
to attempt to locate records and/or information on the
"Roswell Incident." This incident, explained later in
more detail, generally dealt with the claim that in July
of 1947, the us Army Air Forces (USAAF) recovered a
flying saucer and /or its alien occupants which
supposedly crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. When the
USAAF ultimately became the United States Air Force
(USAF) in September, 1947, the USAF inherited equipment,
personnel, records, policies, and procedures from the
AAF. In this particular case, the Air Force also
inherited the allegation that it had "covered up" the
"Roswell Incident" and has continued to do so for the
next 47 years.
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Within the Air Force, the Office of the Administrative
Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/AA) is
responsible both for information management procedures
(SAF/AAI) and security policy and oversight (SAF/AAZ).
Because of this organization, SAF/AA was the logical
entity to assist the GAO in its audit and SAF/AAZ was
officially named as the Central Point of Contact for
this endeavor (Atch 4). Subsequently, the then
Administrative Assistant, Mr. Robert J. McCormick,
issued a tasking memorandum dated March 1, 199~ (Atch
5), to a number of current Air Staff and Secretariat
offices that might possibly have records related to such
an incident if, indeed, something had actually occurred.
This search for records was purposely limited to Air
Force records and systems since:
(a) The Air Force had no authority to compel other
agencies to review their records;
(b) The Air Force would have no way to monitor the
completeness of their efforts if they did; and
(c) the overall effort was the task and responsibility
of the GAO--not the Air Force.
During the in-briefing process with GAO, it was learned
that this audit was, indeed, generated at the specific
request of Congressman Steven Schiff of New Mexico.
Earlier, Congressman Schiff had written to the
Department of Defense Legislative Liaison Office for
information on the "Roswell Incident" and had been
advised that it was part of the former UFO "Project
Bluebook" that had previously been turned over to NARA
by the Air Force. Congressman Schiff subsequently
learned from NARA that, although they did, indeed, have
the "Bluebook" materials, the "Roswell Incident" was not
part of that report. Congressman Schiff, apparently
perceiving that he had been "stonewalled" by the DoD,
then generated the request for the aforementioned audit.
It is within this context that the following research
and assistance efforts were conducted in support of the
GAO. This report is intended to stand as the final
official Air Force response regarding this matter.
THE "ROSWELL INCIDENT"--WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED
IN 1947
The modern preoccupation with what ultimately came to be
called Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) actually_began
in June, 1947. Although some pro-UFO researchers argue
that sightings of UFOs go back to Biblical times, most
researchers wil~ not dispute that anything in UFO
history can compare with the phenomenon that began in
1947. What was later characterized as "the UFO wave of
1947" began with 16 alleged sightings that occurred
between May 17 and July 12, 1947, (although some
researchers claim there were as many as 800 sightings
during that period). Interestingly, the "Roswell
Incident" was not considered one of these 1947 events
until the 1978-1980 time frame. There is no dispute,
however, that something happened near Roswell in July,
1947, since it was reported in a number of contemporary
newspaper articles; the most famous of which were the
July 8 and July 9 editions of the Roswell Daily Record.

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The July 8 edition reported "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer
On Ranch In Roswell Region," while the next day's
edition reported, "Ramey Empties Roswell saucer" and
"Harassed Rancher Who Located 'Saucer' Sorry He Told
About It."
The first story reported that the Intelligence Officer
of the 509th Bomb Group, stationed at Roswell AAF, Major
Jesse A. Marcel, had recovered a "flying disc" from the
range lands of an unidentified rancher in the vicinity
of Roswell and that the disc had been "flown to higher
headquarters." That same story also reported that a
Roswell couple claimed to have seen a large unidentified
object fly by their home on July 2, 1947.
The July 9 edition of the paper noted that Brigadier
General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force
at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon examination the
debris recovered by Marcel was determined to be a
weather balloon. The wreckage was described as a
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• • bundle of
tinfoil, broken wood beams, and rubber
remnants of a balloon ••..•• The additional story of the
"harassed rancher" identified him as W.W. Brazel of
Lincoln County, New Mexico. He claimed that he and his
son, Vernon, found the material on June 14, 1947, when
they "came upon a large area of bright wreckage made up
of rubber strips, tinfoil, a rather tough paper, and
sticks." He picked up some of the debris on July 4 and
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• • the next day he first heard about the flying discs
and wondered if what he had found might have been the
remnants of one of these. 11 Brazel subsequently went to
Roswell on July 7 and contacted the Sheriff, who
apparently notified Major Marcel. Major Marcel and •a
man in plain clothes" then accompanied Brazel home to
pick up the rest of the pieces. The article further
related that Brazel thought that the material:
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• • might have been as
large as a table top. The
balloon which held it up, if that is how it worked,
must have been about 12 feet long, he felt,
measuring the distance by the size of the room in
which he sat. The rubber was smoky gray in color and
scattered over an area about 200 yards in diameter.
When the debris was gathered up the tinfoil, paper,
tape, and sticks made a bundle about three feet long
and 7 or 8 inches thick, while the rubber made a
bundle about 18 or 20 inches long and about 8 inches
thick. In all, he estimated, the entire lot would
have weighed maybe five pounds. There was no sign of
any metal in the area which night have been used for
an engine and no sign of any propellers of any kind.
Although at least one paper fin had been glued onto
some of the tinfoil. There were no words to be found
anywhere on t~e instrument although there were
letters on some of the parts. Considerable scotch
tape and some tape with flowers printed upon it had
been used in the construction. No string or wire
were to be found but there were some eyelets in the
paper to indicate that some sort of attachment may
have been used. Brazel said that he had previously
found two weather balloons on the ranch, but that
what he found this time did not in any way resemble
either of these."

EVOLUTION OF THE EVENT FROM 1947 TO THE PRESENT

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General Ramey's press conference and rancher Brazel's
statement effectively ended this as a UFO-related matter
until 1978, although some UFO researchers arque that
there were several obtuse references to it in 1950's era
literature. Roswell, for example, is not referred to in
the official USAF investigation of UFOs reported in
Project Bluebook or its predecessors, Project Sign and
Project Grudge, which ran from 1948-1969 (which
Congressman Schiff subsequently learned when he made his
original inquiry) .
In 1978, an article appeared in a tabloid newspaper, the
National Inquirer, which reported the former
intelligence officer, Marcel, claimed that he had
recovered UFO debris near Roswell in 1947. Also in 1978,
a UFO researcher, Stanton Friedman, met with Marcel and
began investigating the claims that the material Marcel
handled was from a crashed UFO. Similarly, two authors,
William L. Moore and Charles Berlitz, also engaged in
research which led them to publish a book, The Roswell
Incident, in 1980. In this book they reported they
interviewed a number of persons who claimed to have been
present at Roswell in 1947 and professed to be either
first or second hand witnesses to strange events that
supposedly occurred. Since 1978-1980, other UFO
researchers, most notably Donald Schmitt and Kevin
Randle, claim to have located and interviewed even more
persons with supposed knowledge of unusual happenings at
Roswell. These included both civilian and former
military persons.
Additionally, the Robert Stack-hosted television show
"Unsolved Mysteries" devoted a large portion of one show
to a "re-creation" of the supposed Roswell events.
Numerous other television shows have done likewise,
particularly during the last several years and a
made-for-TV movie on the subject is due to be released
this summer. The overall thrust of these articles, books
and shows is that the "Roswell Incident" was actually
the crash of a craft from another world, the US
Government recovered it, and has been "covering up" this
fact from the American public since 1947, using a
combination of disinformation, ridicule, and threats of
bodily harm, to do so. Generally, the US Air Force bears
the brunt of these accusations.
From the rather benign description of the "event" and
the recovery of some material as described in the
original newspaper accounts, the "Roswell Incident" has
since grown to mythical (if not mystical) proportions in
the eyes and minds of some researchers, portions of the
media and at least part of the American public. There
are also now several major variations of the "Roswell
story." For example, it was originally reported that
there was only recovery of debris from one site. This
has since grown from a minimal amount of debris
recovered from a small area to airplane loads of debris
from multiple huge "debris fields." Likewise, the
relatively simple description of sticks, paper, tape and
tinfoil has since grown to exotic metals with
hieroglyphics and fiber optic-like materials. Most
versions now claim that there were two crash sites where
debris was recovered: and at the second site, alleged
bodies of extraterrestrial aliens were supposedly
retrieved. The number of these "alien bodies" recovered
also varied. These claims are further complicated by the

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fact that UFO researchers are not in agreement among
themselves as to exactly where these recovery sites were
located or even the dates of the alleged crash(es).
Consistently, however, the AAF was accused of securing
these sites, recovering all the material therefrom,
keeping locals away, and returning the recovered
wreckage (and bodies) to Roswell under extremely tight
security for further processing and later exploitation.
Once back at Roswell AAF, it is generally alleged that
special measures were taken to notify higher
headquarters and arrangements made to have recovered
materials shipped to other locations for analysis. These
locations include Ft. Worth, Texas, the home of the
Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia Base (now
Kirtland AFB), New Mexico; possibly Andrews AAF,
Maryland, and always to Wright Field, now known as
Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. The latter location was the
home of "T-2" which later became known as the Air
Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and the Air
Materiel Command (AMC), and would, in fact, be a logical
location to study unknown materials from whatever
origin. Most of the Roswell stories that contain the
recovery of alien bodies also show them being shipped to
Wright Field. Once the material and bodies were
dispersed for further analysis and/or exploitation, the
government in general, and the Army Air Forces in
particular, then engaged in covering up all information
relating to the alleged crash and recovery, including
the use, of security oaths to military persons and the
use of coercion (including alleged death threats) to
others. This, as theorized by some UFO researchers, has
allowed the government to keep the fact that there is
intelligent extra-terrestrial life from the American
public for 47 years. It also supposedly allowed the US
Government to exploit recovered extraterrestrial
materials by reverse engineering them, ultimately
providing such things as fiber optic and stealth
technology. The "death threats," oaths, and other forms
of coercion alleged to have been meted out by the Army
Air Forces personnel to keep people from talking have
apparently not been very effective, as several hundred
people are claimed to have come forward (without harm)
with some knowledge of the "Roswell Incident" during
interviews with non-government researchers and the
media.
Adding some measure of credibility to the claims that
have arisen since 1978 is the apparent depth of research
of some of the authors and the extent of their efforts.
Their claims are lessened somewhat, however, by the fact
that almost all their information came from verbal
reports many years after the alleged incident .occurred.
Many of the persons interviewed were, in fact, stationed
at, or lived near Roswell during the time in question,
and a number of them claim military service. Most,
however, related their stories in their older years,
well after the fact. In other cases, the information
provided is second or thirdhand, having been passed
through a friend or relative after the principal had
died. What is uniquely lacking in the entire exploration
and exploitation of the "Roswell Incident" is official
positive documentary or physical evidence of any kind
that supports the claims of those who allege that
something unusual happened. Conversely, there has never

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been any previous documentary evidence produced by those
who would debunk the incident to show that somethinq did
not happen; althouqh loqic dictates that bureaucracies
do not spend time documentinq non-events.
SEARCH STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY
To insure senior Air Force leadership that there were no
hidden or overlooked files that might relate to the
"Roswell Incident;" and to provide the GAO with the best
and most complete information available, SAF/AAZ
constructed a strategy based on direct tasking from the
Office of the Secretary, to elicit information from
those functional offices and organizations where such
information might logically be contained. This included
directing searches at current off ices where special or
unusual projects might be carried out, as well as
historical organizations, archives, and records centers
over which the Air Force exerted some deqree of control.
Researchers did not, however, go to the US Army to
review historical records in areas such as missile
launches from White Sands, or to the Department of
Energy to determine if its forerunner, the Atomic Energy
Commission, had any records of nuclear-related incidents
that might have occurred at or near Roswell in 1947- To
do so would have encroached on GAO's charter in this
matter. What Air Force researchers did do, however, was
to search for records still under Air Force control
pertaining to these subject areas.
In order to determine parameters for the most productive
search of records, a review was first conducted of the
major works regarding the "Roswell Incident" available
in the popular literature. These works included: The
Roswell Incident, (1980) by William Moore and Charles
Berlitz; "Crashed Saucers: Evidence in Search of Proof,"
(1985) by Moore; The UFO Crash at Roswell, (I 99 1) by
Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt; The Truth About the UFO
Crash at Roswell, (1994) also by Randle and Schmitt; The
Roswell Report: A Historical Perspective, (1991), George
M. Eberhart, Editor; "The Roswell Events," (1993)
compiled by Fred Whiting- Crash at Corona (1992) by
Stanton T. Friedman and Don Berliner, as well as
numerous other articles written by a combination of the
above and other researchers. Collectively, the above
represent the "pro" UFO writers who allege that the
government is engaged in a conspiracy. There are no
specific books written entirely on the theme that
nothing happened at Roswell. However, curtis Peebles in
Watch the Skies! (1994) discussed the development of the
UFO story and growth of subsequent claims as a
phenomenon. There has also been serious research as well
as a number of detailed articles written by so-called
"debunkers" of Roswell and other incidents, most notably
Philip J. Klass who writes The Skeptical Inquirer
newsletter, and Robert Todd, a private researcher. The
concerns and claims of all the above authors and others
were considered in conducting the USAF records search.
It was also decided, particularly after a review of the
above popular literature, that no specific attempt would
be made to try to refute, point by point, the numerous
claims made in the various publications. Many of these
claims appear to be hearsay, undocumented, taken out of
context, self-serving, or otherwise dubious.
Additionally, many of the above authors are not even in

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agreement over various claims. Most notable of the
confusing and now ever-changing claims is the
controversy over the date(s) of the alleged incident,
the exact location(s) of the purported debris and the
extent of the wreckage. Such discrepancies in claims
made the search much more difficult by greatly expanding
the volume of records that had to be searched.
An example of trying to deal with questionable claims is

illustrated by the following example: One of the popular
books mentioned that was reviewed claimed that the
writers had submitted the names and serial numbers of
"over two dozen" personnel stationed at Roswell in July,
1947, to the Veterans Administration and the Defense
Department to confirm their military service. They then
listed eleven of these persons by name and asked the
question "Why does neither the Defense Department nor
the Veteran's Administration have records of any of
these men when we can document that each served at
Roswell Army Air Field." That claim sounded serious so
SAF/AAZD was tasked to check these eleven names in the
Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. Using only the
names (since the authors did not list the serial
numbers) the researcher quickly found records readily
identifiable with eight of these persons. The other
three had such conunon names that there could have been
multiple possibilities. Interestingly, one of the listed
"missing" persons had a casualty report in his records
reflecting that he died in 195 1, while the writers
claimed to have interviewed him (or a person of the
exact same name) in 1990.
While the historical document search was in progress, it
was decided to attempt to locate and interview several
persons identified as still living who could possibly
answer questions generated by the research. This had
never been officially done before, although most of the
persons contacted repor.ted that they had also been
contacted in the past by some of the listed authors or
other private researchers. In order to counter possible
future arguments that the persons interviewed were still
"covering up" material because of prior security oaths,
the interviewees were provided with authorization from
either the Secretary of the Air Force or the Senior
Security Official of the Air Force that would officially
allow discussion of classified information, if
applicable, or free them from any prior restriction in
discussing the matter, if such existed. Again, the focus
was on interviewing persons that could address specific
issues, raised by research and no consideration was
given to try and locate every alleged witness claimed to
have been contacted by the various authors. For example,
one of the interviewees thought vital to obtain an
official signed,· sworn statement from was Sheridan
Cavitt, Lt Col, USAF (Retired) who is the last living
member of the three persons universally acknowledged to
have recovered material from the Foster Ranch. Others
were also interviewed as information developed
(discussed in detail later). Additionally, in some cases
survivors of deceased persons were also contacted in an
attempt to locate various records thought to have been
in the custody of the deceased.
Even though Air Force research originally started in
January, 1994, the first official Air Force-wide tasking
was directed by the March 1, 1994, memorandum from

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SAF/AA, {Atch 5) and was addressed to those current Air
staff elements that would be the likely repository for
any records, particularly if there was anything of an
extraordinary nature involved. This meant that the
search was not limited to unclassified materials, but
also would include records of the highest classification
and compartrnentation.
The specific Air Staff /Secretariat offices queried
included the following:
{a) SAF/AAI, Directorate of Information Management
(b) SAF/AQL, Directorate of Electronics and Special
Programs
(c) AF/SE, Air Force Safety
{d) AF/HO, Air Force Historian
{e) AF/IN, Air Force Intelligence {including Air Force
Intelligence Agency--AFIA, and the National Air
Intelligence Center, NAIC)
{f) AF/XOW, Directorate of Weather
{g) {added later) The Air Force Office of Special
Investigations {AFOSI)
In addition to the above Air Staff and Secretariat
offices, SAF/AAZ also reviewed appropriate classified
records for any tie-in to this matter. With regards to
highly classified records, it should be noted that any
programs that employ enhanced security measures or
controls are known as a Special Access Proqrams (SAPs) .
The authority for such programs comes from Executive
Order 12356 and flows from the Department of Defense to
the Services via DoD Directive 5205.7. These programs
are implemented in the Air Force by Policy Directive
16-7, and Air Force Instruction 16-701. These directives
contain detailed requirements for controlling and
reporting, in a very strict manner, all SAPS. This
includes a report from the Secretary of the Air Force to
the Secretary of Defense (and ultimately to Congress) on
all SAPs submitted for approval, and a certification
that there are no "SAP-like" programs being operated.
These reporting requirements are stipulated in public
law.
It followed then, that if the Air Force had recovered
some type of extraterrestrial spacecraft and/or bodies
and was exploiting this for scientific and technology
purposes, then such a proqram would be operated as a
SAP. SAF/AAZ, the Central Office for all Air Force SAPs,
has knowledge of, and security oversight over, all SAPs.
SAF/AAZ categorically stated that no such Special Access
Program{s) exists that pertain to extraterrestrial
spacecraft/aliens.
Likewise, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief
of Staff, who head the Special Program oversight
Committee which oversees all sensitive programs in the
Air Force, had no knowledge of the existence of any such
program involving, or relating to the events at Roswell
or the alleged technology that supposedly resulted
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illegality of keeping such information from the most
senior Air Force, officials, it would also be illogical,
since these officials are responsible for obtaining
funding for operations, research, development, and
security. Without funding such a program, operation, or
organization could not exist. Even to keep such a fact
"cover-up" in some sort of passive "caretaker status"
would involve money. More importantly, it would involve
people and create paperwork.
The aforementioned March 1, 1994, SAF/AA tasking
generated negative responses (Atch 6-12) from all
recipients; i.e. all offices reported that they had no
information that would explain the incident.
Consequently, these negative responses led to an
increase in the already on-going historical research at
records centers and archives.
The extensive archival and records center search was
systematically carried out at by the SAF/AAZD
Declassification Review Team. This team is composed
entirely of Air Force Reserve personnel who have
extensive training and experience in large scale review
of records. (Previous efforts include the Southeast Asia
Declassification Review, declassification of POW/MIA
records, and the review of the Gulf War Air Power Survey
records) . The team members all had the requisite
security clearances for classified information and had
the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to
declassify any classified record they found that might
be related to Roswell. SAF/AAZD conducted reviews at a
number of locations, including: the National Archives in
Washington, DC; the National Personnel Records Center,
st. Louis, MO; the National Archives, Suitland, MD, the
National Records Center, Suitland, MD; Naval Research
Laboratory, Washington, DC; Federal Records Center, Ft
worth, TX; the INSCOM Archives, Ft. Meade, MD; National

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