On the record

The Air Force Roswell Reports

Catalog FG-067When 1994 and 1997Where Washington, D.C.

The Air Force reopens Roswell and names Project Mogul.

After a request from Rep. Steven Schiff, the GAO searched for Roswell records, and the Air Force published its own investigation in 1994 identifying a Project Mogul balloon. A second report in 1997, 'The Roswell Report: Case Closed,' addressed the alien body claims.

Weigh the evidence

The ledger

What the record shows, what people say, and the best explanation available so far.

What's documented

  • Both reports and the 1995 GAO report are public.

What's claimed

Nothing on this side of the ledger.

Best explanation so far

These reports are the core of the mainstream explanation for Roswell.

Where to look

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