Contemporary Documents _APPENDIX I:Combined History for July 1947_ [ Picture / cover page appeared here, text: ] Combined History 509th Bomb Group and Roswell Army Air Field 1 July 1947 Through 31 July 1947 ___________________________________ [page from retrieved document follows] _RESTRICTED_ The other three briefings were those which were given to the VIP and a simulated briefing to a large group of Air Scouts representing all of the troops in New Mexico which was given on 15 July 1947. Several small projects were completed during the month including signs on all the office doors, a building directory, and a world situation map which is maintained on a day-to-day basis. The Historical Section of S-2 has been seriously handicapped by the removal of the regular stenographer with the reduction in force. Due to the fact that the quality of the department reports has in general been so inadequate, lectures are being prepared to be given early in August to properly train the liaison representatives of each department. The Office of Public Information was kept quite busy during the month answering inquiries on the "flying disc", which was reported to be in the possession of the 509th Bomb Group. The object turned out to be a radar tracking ballooon. The main project of the month was making all arrangements for a successful Air Force Day. Lt. Golonel Oliver LaFarge, Air Reserve Corps, at Santa Fe, made arrangements for Colonel Blanchard to visit the Governor of New Mexico and ask him to declare Air Force Day in New Mexico on 7 August. _RESTRICTED_ 39 [end excerpt from Combined History] ___________________________________ _APPENDIX II: FBI TELETYPE MESSAGE DATED JULY 8, 1947_ [Note %%%% indicates area blacked out by marker; spelling is reproduced as is in the original.] TELETYPE FBI DALLAS 7-8-47 6-17 PM %%%%%% DIRECTOR AND SAC, CINCINNATI URGENT %%%%%%% FLYING DISC, INFORMATION CONCERNING %%%%%%% HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH AIR FORCE, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE THAT AN OBJECT PURPORTING TO BE A FLYING DISC WAS RE COVERED 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. %%%%%%% FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE OBJECT FOUND RESEMBLES A HIGH ALTITUDE WEATHER BALLON WITH A RADAR REFLECTOR, BUT THAT TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEIR OFFICE AND WRICHT FIELD HAD NOT %%%%%%%%% BORNE OUT THIS BELIEF. DISC AND BALLOON BEING TRANSPORTED TO WRIGHT FIELD BY SPECIAL PLANE FOR EXAMINAT INFORMATION PROVIDED THIS OFFICE BECAUSE OF NATIONAL INTEREST IN CASE. XXXX AND FACT THAT NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AND OTHERS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK STORY OF LOCATION OF DISC TODAY. %%%% %%%%% ADVISED WOULD REQUEST WRIGHT FIELD TO ADVISE CINCINNATI OFFICE RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED. WYLY RECORDED END CXXXX ACK IN ORDER UA 92 FBI CI MJW BPI H8 8-38 PM O 6-22 PM OK FBI WASH DC OK FBI CI ___________________________________ _APPENDIX III: COMMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL_ [letter follows on "National Security Council" letterhead] NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL Washington, D.C. 20506 April 28, 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. JOSEPH E. KELLEY Director-in-Charge, International Affairs Issues General Accounting Office SUBJECT: Request for NSC Records I am responding to your April 12, 1995, request for information or NSC records related to the crash of an airborne object near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. The NSC has no records or information related to the incident at Roswell. For information about any government records that may document the crash at RosweIl, we suggest you contact the National Archives, Textual Reference Division, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740. /s/ Andrew D. Sens Executive Secretary ___________________________________ _APPENDIX IV:COMMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT_ [letter follows on "Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy" letterhead] EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLODY POLICY WASHINGT0N D.C 20500 April 26, 1995 Dear Mr Hunt. In response to your recent inquiry of April 12, 1995. The Office of Science and Techology Policy reviewed its records regarding the Roswell Incident. OSTP has no direct knowledge of what occurred at Roswell and no records, except for the information I received from the Air Foree. I look forward to receiving the GAO report. Sincerely, /s/ John H. Gibbons Director Enclosures As stated Mr. William Hunt Director, Federal Management Issues United States Government Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 ___________________________________ _APPENDIX V:COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY_ [letter follows on "Department of Energy" letterhead] Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 June 5. 1995 Richard Davis Director, National Security Analysis General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20538 Dear Mr. Davis. This is in response to your request for records related to the crash of an airborne object near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. We conducted an in- depth search for documents related to the crash and have found no such documents. If you have any questions regarding this matter. please do not hesitate to contact Barry Uhlig of my staff. Sincerely, /s/ Joseph F. Vivona Chief Financial Officer ___________________________________ _APPENDIX VI:COMMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION_ [letter follows on "U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation" letterhead] U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. 20535 April 24, 1995 Mr. Richard Davis Director Attn: Gary K. Weeter National Security Analysis General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Davis: This is in response to a letter dated April 7, 1995, from Norman J. Rabkin, Director, Administration of Justice Issues, General Accounting Office, to John E. Collingwood, Inspector in Charge, of Office of Public and Congressional Affairs, FBI, regarding government records concerning the crash of an airborne object near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947 (code 701034) A search of FBI indices for information relating to the crash of an airborne object near Roewell, New Mexico, in 1947, determined that all FBI data concerning the incident has been processed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and is available for review in our FOIA Reading Room. A copy of the document forwarded to me by Gary Weeter is among the documents in the Reading Room. If your staff wishes to review the material, please call Margaret Tremblay, a member of my staff, at least 48 hours in advance of the desired appointment. Sincerely yours, /s/ Swanson D. Carter Supervisory Special Agent Office of Public and Congressional Affairs ___________________________________ _APPENDIX VII:COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE_ [letter follows on "Inspector General, Department of Defense" letterhead] INSPECTOR GENERAL Department of Defense 400 Army Navy Drive Arlington, Virginia 22202-2884 May 4, 1995 Nr. Richard Davis Director, National Security Analysis U.S. General Accounting Office 441 G Street N.W. Room 5025 Washington, D.C. 20548 Dear Mr. Davis: The Department of the Air Force July 1994 report is the DoD response to questions posed in your April 12 letter related to GAO Code 701034. If you have any questions, please contact my action officer, Pattie Cirino. If she is not available, please contact Ms. Merlene L. Scales. /s/ Rathryn M. Truex Deputy Assistant Inspector General for GAO Report Analysis Enclosure ___________________________________ _APPENDIX VIII:COMMENTS FROM THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY_ [letter follows on "Central Intelligence Agency" letterhead] Central Intelligence Agency [ symbol ] Washington, D.C. 20585 Mr. Richard Davis Director, National Security Analysis US General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 - Dear Mr. Davis, In a letter dated 30 March 1995, this Agency advised you that it would conduct a comprehencive record search to aid in the completion of your investigation of the crash of an airborne object near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. In accordance with your request, we have searched all of our data bases against the terms "Project Mogul" and 'Roswell, New Mexico." The search did not yield any documents related to either of these terms. Therefore, this Agency has no information, beyond those records already reviewed by Mr. Gary Weeter of your staff, relevant to your investigation. Sincerely, /s/ Nora Slatkin Executive Director ___________________________________ END GAO REPORT ___________________________________ START: EXTRA REPORT / LETTER FROM THE GAO TO CONGRESSMAN SCHIFF REGARDING RECORDS HAVING TO DO WITH "MAJESTIC 12". GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 ___________________________________ National Security and International Affairs Division 94-0692 July 28, 1995 The Honorable Steven H. Schiff House of Representatives Dear Mr. Schiff: In response to your request, we asked several agencies for their views on the authenticity of the publicly circulated written material referred to as Majestic 12. The origin of this material is unknown, but it is purported to represent highly classified government records explaining unidentified flying object recovery procedures and the crash of a disc-shaped aircraft near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. Since the late 1980s, several federal agencies have been contacted by nongovernmental persons and asked to comment on the authenticity of the Majestic 12 material. The agencies contacted include the Information Security Oversight Office (responsible for overseeing the information security programs of all executive branch agencies that create or handle classified national security information), the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Deputy for Security and Investigative Programs, and the National Archives. These agencies responded to the inquiries by stating that their knowledge of Majestic 12 was limited to the written material submitted to them by nongovernmental persons. These agencies added that they found no records in their files relating to Majestic 12. Moreover, the agencies' overall conclusion concerning the authenticity of the Majestic 12 written material was the same--there is no evidence that the Majestic 12 written material constitutes actual documents originally created in the executive branch. According to the Information Security Oversight Office and the Air Force, the Majestic 12 material should not be treated as if it had ever been actually classified by an executive branch agency or government official. We found nothing in our work that contradicts the conclusions reached by these agencies. We also asked the archivists at the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower libraries for their views on the authenticity of the Majestic 12 material. The archivists said that over the years they have received several inquiries from the public concerning this material. In their search for related records, including classified intelligence and National Security Council documents, they found nothing that appeared to fit the description of the Majestic 12 material or any references to this particular designation. Lastly, during our review of material received from the public by the Information Security Oversight Office in connection with past Freedom of Information Act requests, we came across a message dated November 17, 1980. The message, which appeared to have been originated by the Operations Division of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), contained the words "MJ Twelve." We contacted AFOSI to determine the authenticity of the November 1980 message. In a letter dated February 28, 1995, the Commander, AFOSI, Investigative Operations Center, advised us that a search of AFOSI files failed to disclose any official record copy of the message. The commander also advised us that in connection with an earlier Freedom of Information Act request, AFOSI had been asked to determine the authenticity of the message. At that time, AFOSI concluded that the message was a forgery. Sincerely yours, /s/Richard Davis Director, National Security Analysis