Roswell Incident, GAO report
The outcome of an independent inquiry by the General Accounting Office (GAO),
the investigative arm of the US Congress, into the Roswell
Incident almost half a century earlier. Published in July 1995, the
report effectively closed the casebook on the matter - at least, at an official
level. Its conclusion: the Air Force was now telling the truth (see Roswell
Incident, USAF report). The crash had not involved a weather balloon
as originally claimed but a covert military balloon intended to supply early
warning of a nuclear attack. Bizarrely, some of the minor components of
the balloon's payload had been supplied by a New York novelty company whose
fancy labels were misinterpreted by eyewitnesses at the crash site as alien
inscriptions. The GAO also concluded that a document known as "Majestic
12," which some UFO buffs claim is a secret government document outlining
procedures to be followed when handling the putative Roswell craft and its
occupants, is a forgery.
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• Schiff, Steven
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