Record 211 · July 1995
Government Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico (GAO/NSIAD-95-187)
U.S. Government Accountability Office · United States
Ledger illustration of the record — not a scan of the original paper. — Night Ledger illustration of the file
The search located only two 1947 records referencing the event: a Roswell Army Air Field history report noting recovery of a 'flying disc' later identified as a radar-tracking balloon, and an FBI teletype reporting the same. No records supported claims of extraterrestrial craft or bodies. Some relevant Roswell Army Air Field records from the period had been destroyed in accordance with then-applicable disposal schedules. The report found no evidence of a cover-up or recovery of non-human materials; other reviewed records, including classified ones and Project Blue Book analyses, contained no mention of the Roswell crash as anything other than a balloon incident. Executive branch agencies produced no additional records on the event.
Public file: U.S. Government Accountability Office
