The Roswell Report: Case Closed

by James McAndrew

Notes - Section Two

[1.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 103.

[2.] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash at Corona (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 117, 120, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992, 18–19.

[3.] Video, Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research, 1993) (hereafter Recollections of Roswell, Part II).

[4.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[5.] ibid.

[6.] ibid.

[7.] ibid.

[8.] ibid., and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992, and Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 103.

[9.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 103.

[10.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[11.] ibid.

[12.] ibid.

[13.] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash at Corona (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 120, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[14.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 103.

[15.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[16.] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash at Corona (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 117.

[17.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[18.] ibid.

[19.] ibid.

[20.] ibid.

[21.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[22.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[23.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[24.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[25.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[26.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[27.] ibid.

[28.] ibid.

[29.] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash at Corona (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 119, and Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 105.

[30.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[31.] ibid.

[32.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[33.] ibid.

[34.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 105, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[35.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 105.

[36.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[37.] ibid.

[38.] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash at Corona (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 119.

[39.] Headquarters United States Air Force, The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995), Attachment 32, “Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings by 1st Lt. James McAndrew”.

[40.] 427th AAFBU Sq “M” Morning Reports, July 8–9, 1947, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[41.] Personnel record of 1st Lt. Angele A. (LaRue) Thessing, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[42.] ibid.

[43.] Personnel records of Capt. Joyce Goddard, 1st Lt. Rosemary J. Brown, 1st Lt. Eileen M. Fanton, 1st Lt. Angele A. LaRue, 1st Lt. Claudia Uebele, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[44.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 132, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[45.] Paul McCarthy, “The Case of the Vanishing Nurses,” Omni, Fall 1995, 107–114.

[46.] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[47.] DD Form 214, “Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge”, April 30, 1958, Personnel file of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[48.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 132.

[49.] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” and WD AGO FORM 66-3, “AAF Medical Dep’t Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[50.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[51.] WD AGO FORM 66-3, “AAF Medical Dep’t Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[52.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 104 and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992, 11, 15.

[53.] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[54.] ibid.

[55.] WD MD FORM 55A, “Clinical Record Brief,” September 5, 1947, and WD AGO FORM 8-38, “Special Examination or Additional Data,” September 11, 1947, Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[56.] ibid, and Physical Examination Board Proceedings, Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, August 24, 1955, Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[57.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[58.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[59.] ibid.

[60.] Roster of Officers, 6th Bomb Wing, Walker AFB, N.M., December 30, 1952, “History of the 6th Bomb Wing, December 1952,” Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[61.] ibid.

[62.] Dr. Frank B. Nordstrom, interview with Capt. James McAndrew, April 25, 1996, and Dr. Frank B. Nordstrom, Signed Sworn Statement, April 25, 1996.

[63.] Charles E. Clouthier, Signed Sworn Statement, April 26, 1996.

[64.] ibid.

[65.] J.P. Cahn, “Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Green Men,” True 31, No. 184, (September 1952), 19.

[66.] ibid., 103.

[67.] ibid., 19.

[68.] J.P. Cahn, “Flying Saucer Swindlers,” True 36, No. 231, (August 1956), 36.

[69.] ibid., 36.

[70.] J.P. Cahn, “Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Green Men,” True 31, No. 184, (September 1952), 110.

[71.] ibid.

[72.] “4 Rank Titles Change,” Air Force Times, March 29, 1952, 1, 22.

[73.] Alan L. Gropman, The Air Force Integrates, 1945–1964 (Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1985), 243.

[74.] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash at Corona (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 117.

[75.] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” and AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Col. Lee F. Ferrell, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[76.] ibid.

[77.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 105, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[78.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 105.

[79.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 105, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[80.] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[81.] ibid.

[82.] ibid.

[83.] 427th AAFBU Sq. “M” Morning Reports, July 1–31, 1947, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[84.] WD AGO FORM 1, “Morning Report,” 427th AAFBU Sq. “M,” April 1, 1947 through October 1, 1947, and WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Joyce Goddard, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[85.] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Joyce Goddard, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[86.] WD AGO FORM 1, “Morning Report,” 427th AAFBU, Sq. “M,” August 7, 1947, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[87.] ibid., and WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Lucille C. Slattery, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[88.] Ethel Kovatch-Scott, Col., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, May 5, 1995 and July 3, 1996, and Mary Hoadley, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 5, 1995, and Mary L. Wiggins, Maj., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 5, 1995.

[89.] ibid.

[90.] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Lucille C. Slattery, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[91.] WD AGO FORM 1, “Morning Report,” 427th AAFBU, Sq. “M,” 509th Station Medical Group, 509th Medical Group, 509th Medical Squadron, January 1947 through February 1952, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. and Rosters of Officers, 509th Bomb Wing- February 1952 through July 1958, 6th Bomb Wing- February 1952 through March 1967, and AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Maj. Idabelle M. Wilson, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[92.] AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Maj. Idabelle M. Wilson, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[93.] ibid.

[94.] Idabelle M. Wilson, Maj., USAF, (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, April 28, 1995.

[95.] ibid.

[96.] Memo: Jack A. Comstock, Maj. (MC), Surgeon, 509th Station Medical Group, to Major Robert W. Schick, Investigating Officer, Headquarters, USAF, subj: Investigation of B-29 Crash, 18 August 1948, Aircraft Accident No. 48-8-12, Aircraft #44-86383, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL. and WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 12 August 1948, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AF 18041408 and AF 16191866, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[97.] ibid.

[98.] ibid.

[99.] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 16 May 1949, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 827137 and AF 42050093, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[100.] WD AGO Form 5-4, “Individual Crash Fire Report,” 20 May 1949, Aircraft Accident No. 49-5-16, Aircraft #43-48401, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[101.] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 16 May 1949, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 827137 and AF 42050093, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[102.] WD AGO Form 5-4, “Individual Crash Fire Report,” 19 December 1949, Aircraft Accident No. 49-12-15-2, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[103.] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 19 December 1949, and “Autopsy Report,” Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers 17343A, AF 11101085, and 15239923, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[104.] ibid.

[105.] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 1 June 1950, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 685565 and AF 32668639, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[106.] ibid.

[107.] ibid.

[108.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 16, 1955 of Air Force members, service numbers AO 3006516 and AO 3004607, Aircraft Accident No. 55-6-16-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[109.] DD Form 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” June 16, 1955, Personnel Records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 3006516 and AO 3004607, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[110.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 16, 1955, of Air Force members, service numbers AO 3006516 and AO 3004607, Aircraft Accident No. 55-6-16-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[111.] Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” 3 October 1955, Aircraft Accident No. 55-10-3-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[112.] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. October 4, thru October 7, 1955, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to MCTSG, October 12, 1955, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and AF Form 715, “Preparation Room History,” 4 October 1955, Personnel Record of Air Force member, service number 1521B/2009467, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[113.] Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” 3 October 1955, Aircraft Accident No. 55-10-3-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[114.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[115.] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[116.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” June 26, 1956, Headquarters Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.

[117.] AF Form 697, “Identification Findings and Conclusions,” 3 Feb 1960, Personnel Records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 794152 and 1046844, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[118.] ibid.

[119.] ibid.

[120.] Charles A. Ravenstein, Air Force Combat Wings; Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977 (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984), 16, 275–276.

[121.] Air Force Form 14, “Report of Air Force Aircraft Accident,” June 26, 1956, Headquarters Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.

[122.] ibid.

[123.] ibid.

[124.] ibid.

[125.] ibid.

[126.] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[127.] ibid.

[128.] Jack L. Whenry, Maj., USAF, (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, January 26, 1995, and John C. Walter, MSgt., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, June 29, 1995 and July 12, 1996.

[129.] ibid.

[130.] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[131.] ibid.

[132.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview, and Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 104.

[133.] DD Form 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” June 26, 1956, Personnel Record of AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[134.] Whenry, Walters, and Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 28, Record Group 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[135.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[136.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[137.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[138.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force member, service number AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[139.] ibid.

[140.] ibid.

[141.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[142.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” June 26, 1956, Headquarters Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.

[143.] DD Form 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” June 26, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[144.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 108.

[145.] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. October 4, thru October 7, 1955, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to MCTSG, October 12, 1955, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and AF Form 697, “Identification Findings and Conclusions,” 3 Feb 1960, Personnel Records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 794152 and 1046844, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[146.] Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 28–29, Accession No. 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[147.] Official Trip Report—Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George J. Schwaderer, Identification Specialist, to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, July 5, 1956, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Jack L. Whenry, Maj., USAF, (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, January 26, 1995, and John C. Walter, MSgt., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, June 29, 1995 and July 12, 1996.

[148.] Walter and Whenry.

[149.] ibid.

[150.] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” and AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Col. Lee F. Ferrell, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[151.] “Air Force Care of Deceased Personnel (1951–1959), Volume 1: Text”, Historical Study No. 236, Call No. K 201-326, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[152.] Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 27, Accession No. 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[153.] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, July 5, 1956 and Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. October 4, thru October 7, 1955, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to MCTSG, October 12, 1955, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[154.] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, July 5, 1956, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[155.] George J. Schwaderer, telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, June 28, 1996.

[156.] ibid.

[157.] Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 27, Accession No. 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[158.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 104.

[159.] Memo, Charles J. Stahl, M.D., Armed Forces Medical Examiner, to Capt. James McAndrew, SAF/AAZD, subj: Request for Information on Aircraft Crash Fatalities, October 13, 1995.

[160.] Unit history, 4036 USAF Hospital, Walker AFB, N.M., June 1956, 6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[161.] ibid.

[162.] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[163.] Air Force Missile Development Center, Man-High I, MDC-TR-59-24, 1959, and Lt. Col. David G. Simons, Man High II, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, N.M., AFMDC-TR-59-28, June 1959, 1, and Air Force Missile Development Center, Man High III, MDC-TR-60-16, 1961.

[164.] Historical Branch, Office of Information Services, Air Force Missile Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, Holloman AFB, N.M., Contributions of Balloon Operations to Research and Development at the Air Force Missile Development Center Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex. 1947–1958 (hereafter Contributions of Balloon Operations 1947–1958), 11.

[165.] ibid., and Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 20, 22, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[166.] DD FORM 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” May 21, 1959, Personnel Record of Capt. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 20, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[167.] DD Form 613, R&D Progress Card, Project 7164, “Physiology of Flight,” Task 71840, “Life Supporting Systems for Advanced Vehicles,” February 24, 1959, 30–31, National Archives and Record Administration Accession No. 342-75-095, Box 93/100, folder 1, and Technical “R&D” Record Book, Aeromedical Laboratory, Physiology Branch, “Life Support System for Orbital Flight,” Project 7164, Task 71840, 13–16, National Archives and Record Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Accession No. 342-75-095, Box 93/100, folder 2.

[168.] Air Force Form 77, “USAF Officer Effectiveness Report, 1 Feb 58 to 31 Jan 59, Personnel Record of Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., The Long, Lonely Leap, (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1961) 131.

[169.] Air Force Missile Development Center, Man-High I, MDC-TR-59-24, 1959.

[170.] Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 20, 22, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[171.] ibid.

[172.] Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 28, 1995.

[173.] Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[174.] Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 20, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22.

[175.] ibid.

[176.] ibid.

[177.] ibid., and Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, June 23, 1995.

[178.] Kittinger.

[179.] ibid.

[180.] ibid.

[181.] Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 26, 1995.

[182.] ibid. and Standard Form 539, “Abbreviated Clinical Record,” May 21, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[183.] ibid.

[184.] Jorgeson and Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 31, 1995.

[185.] ibid.

[186.] Fulgham and William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 24, 1995.

[187.] ibid.

[188.] Jorgeson.

[189.] Kaufman.

[190.] Signed, sworn statement of Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), May 25, 1995.

[191.] Kittinger.

[192.] ibid.

[193.] Video, Recollections of Roswell, Part II, Gerald Anderson interview, (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research, 1993).

[194.] Kittinger and Air Force Form 77, “USAF Officer Effectiveness Report,” 1 Feb 58 to 31 Jan 59, Personnel Record of Col. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[195.] Kittinger.

[196.] ibid., and Kaufman.

[197.] Kittinger.

[198.] ibid.

[199.] ibid.

[200.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[201.] Signed, sworn statements of Charles A. Coltman, Col. (MC), USAF, (Ret), Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF, (Ret), Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF, (Ret), Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF, (Ret), and statement of William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF, (Ret).

[202.] Kittinger.

[203.] Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., The Long, Lonely Leap, (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1961) 130.

[204.] Kittinger.

[205.] Signed, sworn statements of Charles A. Coltman, Col. (MC), USAF, (Ret), Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF, (Ret), Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF, (Ret), Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF, (Ret), and statement of William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF, (Ret).

[206.] Craig D. Ryan, The Pre-Astronauts, (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995), 200.

[207.] Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Memo: Maj. Lawrence M. Bogard, Chief, Balloon Branch, to MDWXB, subj: Project 7222, 8 May 1959.

[208.] ibid., and Jorgeson.

[209.] Jorgeson.

[210.] ibid.

[211.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[212.] ibid.

[213.] ibid.

[214.] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” Omni, Fall 1995, 103.

[215.] Recollections of Roswell, Part II, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[216.] Jorgeson.

[217.] Unit History, 47th Air Division, June 1954, photo section, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[218.] Unit History, 6th Bomb Wing, June 1959, Annex “N,” “Base Support Plan, Medical,” June 1, 1959.

[219.] Charles A. Ravenstein, Air Force Combat Wings; Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977 (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984), 16.

[220.] Kaufman.

[221.] ibid.

[222.] Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 31, 1995.

[223.] Fulgham.

[224.] Kittinger.

[225.] ibid.

[226.] ibid.

[227.] ibid., and ltr., Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Director, Dearborn Observatory, Northwestern University, to Maj. Hector Quintanilla, Chief Aerial Phenomena Branch, December 6, 1965, National Air Intelligence Center historical files, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

[228.] Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (New York: Avon Books, 1994), 22.

[229.] Standard Form 539, “Abbreviated Clinical Record,” May 21, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[230.] Fulgham.

[231.] Kittinger.

[232.] ibid.

[233.] Kaufman.

[234.] DD Form 640, “Nursing Notes,” May 24, 1959, and DD Form 728, “Doctor’s Orders,” May 22, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[235.] Kittinger, Kaufman, and DD Form 728 “Doctor’s Orders,” May 22, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[236.] ibid.

[237.] Kittinger.

[238.] ibid.

[239.] Fulgham.

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