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United States General ‘Accounting Office ae “Report to’ the Honorable Steven H. Schiff, House of Representatives , = GOVERNMENT Results of é a Search for ‘Records Concerning. the. 1947 Crash Near | | Roswell, New Mexico GAO/NSIAD-95-187

United States 
General Accounting Office 
GAO 
Washington, D.C. 20548 
National Security and 
International Affairs Division 
B-262046 
July 28, 1995 
The Honorable Steven H. Schiff 
House of Representatives 
Dear Mr. Schiff: 
On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Anny Air Field (RAAF) public information 
office in Roswell, New Mexico, reported the crash and recovery of a 
"flying disc." Anny Air Forces personnel from the RAAF'S 509th Bomb 
Group were credited with the recovery. The following day, the press 
reported that the Commanding General of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, Fort 
Worth, Texas, announce…

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In 1947, Army regulations required that air accident reports be maintained 
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permanently. We identified four air accidents reported by the Army Air 
Forces in New Mexico during July 1947. All of the accidents involved 
military aircraft and occurred after July 8, 1947-the date the RAAF public 
information office first reported the crash and recovery of a "flying disc" 
near Roswell. The Navy reported no air accidents in New Mexico during 
July 1947. Air Force officials told us that according to record-keeping 
requirements in effect during July 1947, there was no req…

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been prepared in accordance with Army regulations. According to an 
Army records management official, in 1947 Army regulations required that 
air accident reports be maintained permanently. An Air Force official said 
there was no similar requirement to report a weather balloon crash. 
According to an Air Force official who has worked in the records 
management field since the mid-1940s, air accident reports prepared in 
July 1947 under Army regulations should have been transferred to Air 
Force custody in September 1947, when the Air Force was established as a 
separate service. 
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were ever retired to the National Personnel Records Center or its 
predecessor depositories. 
The July 1947 history for the 509th Bomb Group and RAAF stated that the 
RAAF public information office "was kept quite busy ... answering inquiries 
on the 'flying disc,' which was reported to be in [the1 possession of the 
509th Bomb Group. The object turned out to be a radar tracking balloon." 
By his signature, the RAAF'S commanding officer certified that the report 
represented a complete and accurate account of RAAF activities in 
July 1947. (Excerpts from the report are contained in app. 1.) 
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