Roswell: GAO releases records search findings
The General Accounting Office releases its investigation into missing records from Roswell Army Air Field, concluding that administrative files from 1945-1949 were destroyed and that recovered debris likely originated from Project Mogul.
Background
Official Investigation Findings
On July 28, 1995, the General Accounting Office (GAO) released its comprehensive report examining records from the 1947 Roswell incident. The investigation was initiated following a formal request by Representative Steven Schiff from New Mexico.
Missing Records
The GAO confirmed that administrative records from Roswell Army Air Field spanning March 1945 to December 1949 had been destroyed. Additionally, outgoing messages from October 1946 to December 1949 were no longer available. While such record destruction was not necessarily unusual for the period due to unclear retention procedures, some researchers, including Nick Redfern, suggested the possibility that records were deliberately removed to conceal evidence of unethical human experimentation involving radiation exposure.
Conclusion on Debris
The GAO agreed with Air Force assessments that the recovered wreckage most likely originated from Project Mogul, a classified balloon research program rather than an extraterrestrial craft.