Government1995

GAO reports on its search for Roswell records

When: 28 Jul 1995
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

Rep. Steven Schiff of New Mexico, at whose request the GAO searched for Roswell records Congressional Pictorial Directory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Answering Rep. Steven Schiff, the General Accounting Office reported finding only two 1947 records on the Roswell crash, an FBI teletype describing a balloon with a radar reflector and a base history. It found Roswell base outgoing messages from 1946-49 destroyed, with no record of who approved it.

Sources

OfficialGovernment Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico (GAO/NSIAD-95-187) (opens in a new tab)U.S. General Accounting Office (govinfo) / 1995-07-28
OfficialGovernment Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico (product page) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Government Accountability Office / 1995-07-28

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How the story came out

This reports on Roswell debris recovery (8 Jul 1947).

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Where it fits

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