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Foreword	iii
Guide for Readers	v
Introduction	1
SECTION ONE Flying Saucer Crashes and Alien Bodies	5
1.1 The “Crash Sites,” Scenarios, and Research Methods	11
1.2 High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops	23
1.3 High Altitude Balloon Operations	37
1.4 Comparison of Witnesses Accounts to U.S. Air Force Activities	55
SECTION TWO Reports of Bodies at Roswell Army Air Field Hospital	75
2.1 The “Missing” Nurse and the Pediatrician	81
2.2 Aircraft Accidents	93
2.3 High Altitude Research Projects	101
2.4 Comparison of the Hospital Account to the Balloon Mishap	109
Conclusion	123
Notes
Section One	127
Section Two	139
APPENDIX A Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch and Landing Locations	155
APPENDIX B Witness Statements
Charles E. Clouthier	160
Charles A. Coltman, Jr., Col., USAF, MC (Ret)	162
Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF (Ret)	164
Bernard D. Gildenberg, GS-14 (Ret)	166
Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF (Ret)	169
William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret)	171
Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF (Ret)	174
Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF (Ret)	178
Raymond A. Madson, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret)	180
Frank B. Nordstrom, M.D.	182
APPENDIX C Interviews
Gerald Anderson	187
Glenn Dennis	197
Alice Knight	213
Vern Maltais	214
James Ragsdale	215
Selected Bibliography of Technical Reports	221
Index	225
Tables
SECTION ONE
1.1 Comparison of Testimony to Actual Air Force Equipment and Procedures Used to Launch and Recover Anthropomorphic Dummies	69
SECTION TWO
2.1 Persons Described and Periods of Service at Roswell AAF/Walker AFB	91
2.2 Fatal Air Force Aircraft Accidents by Year in the Vicinity of Walker AFB—1947–1960	93
2.3 Analysis of Air Force Aircraft Accidents by Year in the Vicinity of Walker AFB—1947–1960	94
2.4 U.S. Air Force Manned High Altitude Balloon Flights	104

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SECTION ONE
1.	The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction In The New Mexico Desert.
2.	The International UFO Museum and Research Center, Roswell, N.M.
3.	Drawing of Project Mogul Balloon Train.
4.	Maj. Jesse Marcel With “Flying Disc” Debris.
5.	ML-307B/AP Radar Target on Ground.
6.	ML-307B/AP Radar Target in Flight.
7.	“Harassed Rancher Who Located ‘Saucer’ Sorry He Told About It,” Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947.
8.	Announcement from November 4, 1992 Socorro (N.M.) Defensor Chieftain.
9.	B.D. “Duke” Gildenberg.
10.	Charles B. Moore.
11.	Map of New Mexico Depicting “Crash Sites” and “Debris Field.”
12.	Missile Recovery Scene.
13.	Drone Recovery Scene.
14.	“Sierra Sam” Type Anthropomorphic Dummy.
15.	National Transportation Highway Safety Administration Advertisement Featuring “Vince and Larry.”
16.	“Dummy Joe” with J.J. Higgins and Guy Ball, McCook Field, Ohio, 1920.
17.	Rope and Sandbag Parachute Drop Dummy on Ground.
18.	Rope and Sandbag Parachute Drop Dummy Descending at Wright Field, Ohio.
19.	Ted Smith Model Anthropomorphic Dummy in Ejection Seat.
20.	Anthropomorphic Dummy “Oscar Eightball” at Muroc AAF, Calif.
21.	“Sierra Sam” Anthropomorphic Dummy in Ejection Seat.
22.	Alderson Laboratories Anthropomorphic Dummies Hanging in Laboratory.
23.	Project High Dive Dummy Launch.
24.	Map of New Mexico Depicting Dummy Landing Locations.
25.	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.’s Record Parachute Jump.
26.	Article In December 1960 National Geographic Featuring Project Excelsior.
27.	Magazine Covers Depicting U.S. Air Force Aero-Medical Experiments.
28.	M-342 Five-Ton Wrecker.
29.	Project High Dive Gondola and “Sierra Sam” Type Anthropomorphic Dummy.
30.	1st Lts. Raymond A. Madson and Eugene M. Schwartz with “Sierra Sam” Type Anthropomorphic Dummy.
31.	M-35 Two-Ton Cargo Truck.
32.	M-37 ¾-Ton Cargo Truck.
33.	Lt. Col. John P. Stapp Preparing for Rocket Sled Test.
34.	Cover of September 12, 1955 Time Magazine Depicting Lt. Col. John P. Stapp.
35.	Anthropomorphic Dummy with Missing Fingers.
36–38.	Anthropomorphic Dummy Falling from Balloon Gondola.
39.	Memo from Project High Dive Files.
40.	Hanging Anthropomorphic Dummies and Hospital Gurney.
41.	Anthropomorphic Dummy in Insulation Bag.
42–43.	High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops Report Covers.
44.	Inflation of High Altitude Balloon for Project Viking.
45.	Lobby Card from On The Threshold of Space.
46.	Promotional Photo From On The Threshold of Space.
47.	Promotional Photo From On The Threshold of Space.
48.	Relative Sizes of High Altitude Balloon, Airliner, and Hot Air Balloon.
49.	Target Balloon Launch Near Holloman AFB, N.M.
50.	Discoverer Nosecone Rigged for High Altitude Balloon Flight.
51.	Discoverer Capsule Aboard the USS Haiti Victory.
52.	Viking Spaceprobe at Martin Marietta Corp., Denver, Colo.
53.	Balloon Launch Of Voyager-Mars Space Probe.
54.	Viking Space Probe at Roswell Industrial Airport, Roswell, N.M.
55.	Viking Space Probe Awaiting Recovery at White Sands Missile Range.
56.	Drawing of Alleged UFO.
57.	“Vee” Balloon at Holloman AFB, N.M.
58.	Current Members of the Holloman AFB Balloon Branch.
59.	B.D. Gildenberg, Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., and Lt. Col. David G. Simons (MC).
60.	Ranch Family with Panel from Project Stargazer.
61.	Balloon Recovery Personnel and “The Hermit.”
62.	Mule Borrowed for Balloon Payload Recovery.
63.	Bulldozer Used for Balloon Payload Recovery.
64.	M-43 Ambulance.
65–66.	Unusual Balloon Payloads.
67.	U.S. Army Communications Payload.
68.	Scientific Balloon Payload Flown for The Johns Hopkins University.
69.	Balloon Payload Flown from Holloman AFB, N.M.
70.	Project High Dive Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch.
71.	Vehicles Present at High Altitude Balloon Launch and Recovery Sites.
72.	Alderson Laboratories Anthropomorphic Dummies.
73.	Anthropomorphic Dummies Attached to Rack.
74.	Anthropomorphic Dummy with “Bandaged” Head.
75.	Anthropomorphic Dummy with Torn Uniform.
76.	Promotional Photo From On The Threshold of Space.
77.	L-20 Observation Aircraft.
78.	C-47 Transport Aircraft.
79.	Balloon Crew Preparing Balloon for Launch.
80.	Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch Scene.
81.	Typical High Altitude Balloon Launch Scene.
82.	Map of New Mexico.
SECTION TWO
1.	The International UFO Museum and Research Center.
2.	Capt. Eileen M. Fanton.
3.	“Flying Saucer Swindlers,” True Magazine, August 1956.
4.	“The Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Green Men,” True Magazine, September 1952.
5.	Col. Lee F. Ferrell and U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez.
6.	Lt. Col. Lucille C. Slattery.
7.	KC-97 Aircraft.
8.	4036th USAF Hospital, Walker AFB, N.M., 1956.
9.	Ballard Funeral Home, Roswell, N.M.
10.	Maj. David G. Simons (MC), Otto C. Winzen, and Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.
11.	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. in Man High Capsule.
12.	Lt. Col. David G. Simons.
13.	Bernard D. “Duke” Gildenberg and 1st Lt. Clifton McClure.
14.	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. and the Excelsior High altitude Balloon Gondola.
15.	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. and William C. White with Stargazer Gondola.
16.	Capt. Grover Schock and Otto C. Winzen.
17.	Capt. Dan D. Fulgham and Capt. William C. Kaufman.
18.	Thirty-foot Polyethylene Training Balloon.
19.	Maj. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. in Vietnam.
20.	A2C Ole Jorgeson and M-43 Ambulance Converted to a Communications Vehicle.
21.	Stenciled Letters Described as “Hieroglyphics.”
22.	A2C Ole Jorgeson in Rear of M-43 Ambulance.
23.	Polyethylene Balloon on Ground After High Altitude Flight.
24.	Hospital Dispensary, Building 317, Walker AFB, N.M., 1954.
25.	Main Gate at Walker AFB, N.M., 1954.
26.	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. and Dr. J. Allen Hynek.
27.	Clinical Record Cover Sheet of Capt. Dan D. Fulgham.
28.	Capt. Dan D. Fulgham at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
29.	Maj. Dan D. Fulgham, James Lovell, Hilary Ray, and Alan Bean.
30.	Maj. Dan D. Fulgham at Ubon AB, Thailand.
31.	Memorial Plaque at Holloman AFB, N.M.
32.	Nenninger Balloon Launch Facility at Holloman AFB, N.M.
33.	Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. Following Excelsior I.

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