The Roswell Report: Case Closed

by James McAndrew

Contents

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[Foreword]	iii
[Guide for Readers]	v
[Introduction]	1
[SECTION ONE] Flying Saucer Crashes and Alien Bodies	5
[1.1] The “Crash Sites,” Scenarios, and Research Methods	11
[1.2] High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops	23
[1.3] High Altitude Balloon Operations	37
[1.4] Comparison of Witnesses Accounts to U.S. Air Force Activities	55
[SECTION TWO] Reports of Bodies at Roswell Army Air Field Hospital	75
[2.1] The “Missing” Nurse and the Pediatrician	81
[2.2] Aircraft Accidents	93
[2.3] High Altitude Research Projects	101
[2.4] Comparison of the Hospital Account to the Balloon Mishap	109
[Conclusion]	123
Notes
[Section One]	127
[Section Two]	139
APPENDIX A [Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch and Landing Locations]	155
APPENDIX B Witness Statements
[Charles E. Clouthier]	160
[Charles A. Coltman, Jr., Col., USAF, MC (Ret)]	162
[Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF (Ret)]	164
[Bernard D. Gildenberg, GS-14 (Ret)]	166
[Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF (Ret)]	169
[William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret)]	171
[Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF (Ret)]	174
[Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF (Ret)]	178
[Raymond A. Madson, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret)]	180
[Frank B. Nordstrom, M.D.]	182
APPENDIX C Interviews
[Gerald Anderson]	187
[Glenn Dennis]	197
[Alice Knight]	213
[Vern Maltais]	214
[James Ragsdale]	215
[Selected Bibliography of Technical Reports]	221
[Index]	225
Tables
SECTION ONE
[1.1] Comparison of Testimony to Actual Air Force Equipment and Procedures Used to Launch and Recover Anthropomorphic Dummies	69
SECTION TWO
[2.1] Persons Described and Periods of Service at Roswell AAF/Walker AFB	91
[2.2] Fatal Air Force Aircraft Accidents by Year in the Vicinity of Walker AFB—1947–1960	93
[2.3] Analysis of Air Force Aircraft Accidents by Year in the Vicinity of Walker AFB—1947–1960	94
[2.4] U.S. Air Force Manned High Altitude Balloon Flights	104

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SECTION ONE
[1.]	The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction In The New Mexico Desert.
[2.]	The International UFO Museum and Research Center, Roswell, N.M.
[3.]	Drawing of Project Mogul Balloon Train.
[4.]	Maj. Jesse Marcel With “Flying Disc” Debris.
[5.]	ML-307B/AP Radar Target on Ground.
[6.]	ML-307B/AP Radar Target in Flight.
[7.]	“Harassed Rancher Who Located ‘Saucer’ Sorry He Told About It,” Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947.
[8.]	Announcement from November 4, 1992 Socorro (N.M.) Defensor Chieftain.
[9.]	B.D. “Duke” Gildenberg.
[10.]	Charles B. Moore.
[11.]	Map of New Mexico Depicting “Crash Sites” and “Debris Field.”
[12.]	Missile Recovery Scene.
[13.]	Drone Recovery Scene.
[14.]	“Sierra Sam” Type Anthropomorphic Dummy.
[15.]	National Transportation Highway Safety Administration Advertisement Featuring “Vince and Larry.”
[16.]	“Dummy Joe” with J.J. Higgins and Guy Ball, McCook Field, Ohio, 1920.
[17.]	Rope and Sandbag Parachute Drop Dummy on Ground.
[18.]	Rope and Sandbag Parachute Drop Dummy Descending at Wright Field, Ohio.
[19.]	Ted Smith Model Anthropomorphic Dummy in Ejection Seat.
[20.]	Anthropomorphic Dummy “Oscar Eightball” at Muroc AAF, Calif.
[21.]	“Sierra Sam” Anthropomorphic Dummy in Ejection Seat.
[22.]	Alderson Laboratories Anthropomorphic Dummies Hanging in Laboratory.
[23.]	Project High Dive Dummy Launch.
[24.]	Map of New Mexico Depicting Dummy Landing Locations.
[25.]	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.’s Record Parachute Jump.
[26.]	Article In December 1960 National Geographic Featuring Project Excelsior.
[27.]	Magazine Covers Depicting U.S. Air Force Aero-Medical Experiments.
[28.]	M-342 Five-Ton Wrecker.
[29.]	Project High Dive Gondola and “Sierra Sam” Type Anthropomorphic Dummy.
[30.]	1st Lts. Raymond A. Madson and Eugene M. Schwartz with “Sierra Sam” Type Anthropomorphic Dummy.
[31.]	M-35 Two-Ton Cargo Truck.
[32.]	M-37 ¾-Ton Cargo Truck.
[33.]	Lt. Col. John P. Stapp Preparing for Rocket Sled Test.
[34.]	Cover of September 12, 1955 Time Magazine Depicting Lt. Col. John P. Stapp.
[35.]	Anthropomorphic Dummy with Missing Fingers.
[36–38.]	Anthropomorphic Dummy Falling from Balloon Gondola.
[39.]	Memo from Project High Dive Files.
[40.]	Hanging Anthropomorphic Dummies and Hospital Gurney.
[41.]	Anthropomorphic Dummy in Insulation Bag.
[42–43.]	High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops Report Covers.
[44.]	Inflation of High Altitude Balloon for Project Viking.
[45.]	Lobby Card from On The Threshold of Space.
[46.]	Promotional Photo From On The Threshold of Space.
[47.]	Promotional Photo From On The Threshold of Space.
[48.]	Relative Sizes of High Altitude Balloon, Airliner, and Hot Air Balloon.
[49.]	Target Balloon Launch Near Holloman AFB, N.M.
[50.]	Discoverer Nosecone Rigged for High Altitude Balloon Flight.
[51.]	Discoverer Capsule Aboard the USS Haiti Victory.
[52.]	Viking Spaceprobe at Martin Marietta Corp., Denver, Colo.
[53.]	Balloon Launch Of Voyager-Mars Space Probe.
[54.]	Viking Space Probe at Roswell Industrial Airport, Roswell, N.M.
[55.]	Viking Space Probe Awaiting Recovery at White Sands Missile Range.
[56.]	Drawing of Alleged UFO.
[57.]	“Vee” Balloon at Holloman AFB, N.M.
[58.]	Current Members of the Holloman AFB Balloon Branch.
[59.]	B.D. Gildenberg, Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., and Lt. Col. David G. Simons (MC).
[60.]	Ranch Family with Panel from Project Stargazer.
[61.]	Balloon Recovery Personnel and “The Hermit.”
[62.]	Mule Borrowed for Balloon Payload Recovery.
[63.]	Bulldozer Used for Balloon Payload Recovery.
[64.]	M-43 Ambulance.
[65–66.]	Unusual Balloon Payloads.
[67.]	U.S. Army Communications Payload.
[68.]	Scientific Balloon Payload Flown for The Johns Hopkins University.
[69.]	Balloon Payload Flown from Holloman AFB, N.M.
[70.]	Project High Dive Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch.
[71.]	Vehicles Present at High Altitude Balloon Launch and Recovery Sites.
[72.]	Alderson Laboratories Anthropomorphic Dummies.
[73.]	Anthropomorphic Dummies Attached to Rack.
[74.]	Anthropomorphic Dummy with “Bandaged” Head.
[75.]	Anthropomorphic Dummy with Torn Uniform.
[76.]	Promotional Photo From On The Threshold of Space.
[77.]	L-20 Observation Aircraft.
[78.]	C-47 Transport Aircraft.
[79.]	Balloon Crew Preparing Balloon for Launch.
[80.]	Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch Scene.
[81.]	Typical High Altitude Balloon Launch Scene.
[82.]	Map of New Mexico.
SECTION TWO
[1.]	The International UFO Museum and Research Center.
[2.]	Capt. Eileen M. Fanton.
[3.]	“Flying Saucer Swindlers,” True Magazine, August 1956.
[4.]	“The Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Green Men,” True Magazine, September 1952.
[5.]	Col. Lee F. Ferrell and U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez.
[6.]	Lt. Col. Lucille C. Slattery.
[7.]	KC-97 Aircraft.
[8.]	4036th USAF Hospital, Walker AFB, N.M., 1956.
[9.]	Ballard Funeral Home, Roswell, N.M.
[10.]	Maj. David G. Simons (MC), Otto C. Winzen, and Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.
[11.]	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. in Man High Capsule.
[12.]	Lt. Col. David G. Simons.
[13.]	Bernard D. “Duke” Gildenberg and 1st Lt. Clifton McClure.
[14.]	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. and the Excelsior High altitude Balloon Gondola.
[15.]	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. and William C. White with Stargazer Gondola.
[16.]	Capt. Grover Schock and Otto C. Winzen.
[17.]	Capt. Dan D. Fulgham and Capt. William C. Kaufman.
[18.]	Thirty-foot Polyethylene Training Balloon.
[19.]	Maj. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. in Vietnam.
[20.]	A2C Ole Jorgeson and M-43 Ambulance Converted to a Communications Vehicle.
[21.]	Stenciled Letters Described as “Hieroglyphics.”
[22.]	A2C Ole Jorgeson in Rear of M-43 Ambulance.
[23.]	Polyethylene Balloon on Ground After High Altitude Flight.
[24.]	Hospital Dispensary, Building 317, Walker AFB, N.M., 1954.
[25.]	Main Gate at Walker AFB, N.M., 1954.
[26.]	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. and Dr. J. Allen Hynek.
[27.]	Clinical Record Cover Sheet of Capt. Dan D. Fulgham.
[28.]	Capt. Dan D. Fulgham at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
[29.]	Maj. Dan D. Fulgham, James Lovell, Hilary Ray, and Alan Bean.
[30.]	Maj. Dan D. Fulgham at Ubon AB, Thailand.
[31.]	Memorial Plaque at Holloman AFB, N.M.
[32.]	Nenninger Balloon Launch Facility at Holloman AFB, N.M.
[33.]	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. Following Excelsior I.

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