research using balloons that carried radar reflectors and
acoustic sensors. (A copy of DoD's response appears in app. VII.)
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
In March 1995, the CIA's Executive Director responded to our letter of
inquiry by stating that earlier searches by the CIA for records on
unidentified flying objects produced no information pertaining to the
Roswell crash. The Executive Director added, however, that it was unclear
whether the CIA had ever conducted a search for records specifically
relating to Roswell. In the absence of such assurance, the Executive
Director instructed CIA personnel to conduct a comprehensive records search
for information relating to Roswell. On May 30, 1995, the CIA's Executive
Director informed us that a search against the term "Roswell, New Mexico,"
in all CIA databases produced no CIA documents related to the crash. (A copy
of CIA's response appears inapp. VIII.)
AGENCY COMMENTS
A draft of this report was provided to DoD for comment. DoD offered no
comments or suggested changes to the report. The Chief Archivist, National
Personnel Records Center offered several comments clarifying matters dealing
with records management. These comments have been incorporated into the
final report where appropriate.
The CIA, the Department of Energy, the FBI, the National Security Council,
and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy also received
excerpts from the report discussing the activities of their respective
agencies. They had no substantive comments and made no suggested changes to
the report.
SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY
To determine the requirements for reporting all accidents in 1947, we
interviewed military service records management officials, reviewed military
record-keeping regulations in effect during this time period, and examined
Army Air Forces and Navy air accident reports.
We also sought to identify