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Strange wreckage, a flying-disc announcement, then a weather balloon: how does the Air Force explain Roswell?
In July 1947, rancher William Brazel finds scattered material near Roswell, New Mexico. A small army air base announces a recovered flying disc, then changes its account within a day. In The Roswell Report: Case Closed, Captain James McAndrew presents the Air Force’s official answer to a story that fuels decades of argument.
Published in 1997, this follow-up to the Air Force’s 1995 study moves beyond the debris linked to Project Mogul, a secret balloon program. McAndrew examines later accounts of alien bodies, a hidden crash site and a cover-up. He seeks real events that could explain the stories, laying out the report’s sources and reasoning.
What you’ll discover
- The first conflicting accounts Follow the shift from a flying-disc announcement to a weather-balloon explanation.
- A secret balloon project See how the earlier Air Force study connects the wreckage to Project Mogul.
- Bodies and crash test dummies Explore the report’s treatment of witnesses who describe small figures at a crash site.
- Hospitals and injured airmen Examine accounts of burned bodies, hospital visits and military crews working at night.
- The official case examined Weigh the Air Force’s confident conclusion alongside its sources and chosen questions.
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- A rancher finds debris and a rumor starts
- The Air Force already named Project Mogul
- Why the story came back to life
- The alien bodies and the crash test dummies
- Accidents, hospitals and burned airmen
- What the report proves and what it leaves open
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Le Rapport Roswell : affaire classée
by James McAndrew · 1997
Strange wreckage in New Mexico sparks a UFO story, and the Air Force lays out its case for what really fell.
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In June 1947 a rancher in New Mexico finds strange wreckage in a field. In July a nearby army air base announces that it has recovered a flying disc.
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A rancher finds debris and a rumor starts
The story begins in the summer of 1947 on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. A rancher named W. W. Brazel found scattered material on the land he worked. It included foil-like pieces, sticks, tape and rubber. He reported it, and the matter reached the Roswell Army Air Field, home of the 509th Bomb Group.
An early report describes the army's find as a flying disc. Newspapers across the country picked it up. The excitement lasted only a short time. Army Air Forces officials soon identify the debris as a standard radar target. The story faded, and for about thirty years almost nobody talked about it.
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What is The Roswell Report: Case Closed about?
It is the 1997 Air Force report on the Roswell UFO story. It explains the 1947 debris as part of a secret balloon project and links later tales of alien bodies to 1950s tests and accidents.
Who wrote The Roswell Report: Case Closed?
Captain James McAndrew of the United States Air Force wrote it.
What was Project Mogul?
Project Mogul was a secret Cold War program that used high altitude balloons carrying sensitive instruments. Its goal was to detect sound waves from possible Soviet nuclear tests, and the Air Force says its equipment left the Roswell debris.
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