CASE FILE · DD-19
1947 Roswell and the 1994–1997 Air Force reports
Period · 1947·1994–1997Place · New Mexico, United States
01 · OVERVIEW
Case overview
Compares the 1947 debris record and later extraterrestrial craft or body claims with Air Force explanations involving Project MOGUL and anthropomorphic test dummies.
A photograph taken at Fort Worth on 8 July 1947 showing debris associated with Roswell. Interpretation of the material became central to later disputes.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, UT Arlington Libraries ↗03 · IMAGE CONTEXT
Image analysis
This contemporaneous 1947 image shows officers examining thin debris on the floor and is one of the few photographs in the archive directly tied to an event date. It records what was presented to the press, but appearance alone cannot establish whether it was the original recovered material, a weather device or something else. Official explanations and later testimony must be compared separately.04 · EVIDENCE REVIEW
Nature of the evidence
Debris recovery, changing military announcements, the 1994–1997 Air Force reports and released source files
Ultimate identity of the debris and later alien-body testimony; chronology issues in the Air Force explanation
Government recordMilitary · institutionalPersonal testimony
05 · SOURCE TRAIL