civilian-claim1947· Roswell, New Mexico

In July 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field public affairs office issued a press release announcing recovery of a 'flying disc' from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico; the statement was retracted within hours in favor of a weather balloon explanation, and a 1995 GAO audit found that outgoing Roswell base message traffic from the period had been destroyed.

A 1994 Air Force report acknowledged the initial cover story concealed Project Mogul, a classified balloon program. The GAO's 1995 report (NSIAD-95-187) noted that administrative records from the base covering July 1947 were missing and could not be located in any federal archive.

Citations

Government Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico· U.S. Government Accountability Office, 1995
Report of Air Force Research Regarding the Roswell Incident· United States Air Force / NSA, 1994
Roswell incident· Wikipedia, 2024

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