United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-07-28 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-187 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187 P0b002ee180385c6b f:ns95187 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187 NSIAD-95-187 Reporting requirements Classified records Records disposition Records retention Air Force bases Aircraft accidents Weather forecasting Radar equipment Information disclosure Roswell (NM) Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the 1947 weather balloon crash at Roswell Air Field, New Mexico, focusing on: (1) the requirements for reporting air accidents similar to the Roswell crash; and (2) any government records concerning the Roswell crash.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in 1947, Army regulations required that air accident reports be maintained permanently and although none of the military services filed a report on the Roswell incident, there was no requirement in 1947 to prepare a report on the weather balloon crash; (2) although some of the records concerning Roswell activities had been destroyed, there was no information available regarding when or under what authority the records were destroyed; (3) only two government records originating in 1947 have been recovered regarding the Roswell incident; (4) a 1947 Federal Bureau of Investigations record revealed that the military had reported that an object resembling a high-altitude weather balloon with a radar reflector had been recovered near Roswell; and (5) a 1947 Air Force report noted the recovery of a flying disc that was later determined by military officials to be a radar-tracking balloon. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-187 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-187 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-95-187; Government Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico; Reporting requirements Classified records Records disposition Records retention Air Force bases Aircraft accidents Weather forecasting Radar equipment Information disclosure Roswell (NM)