# McAndrew 1997: The Roswell Report: Case Closed > James McAndrew, 1997. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The official explanation of the body accounts, with the witnesses' quotations. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CS50S2J5PEN/the-roswell-report-case-closed Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Roswell, 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell)McAndrew 1997 **0** # The Roswell Report: Case Closed James McAndrew, 1997. _Headquarters United States Air Force; U.S. Government Printing Office_. The Air Force's second report, on the claims of bodies: 43 balloon flights carrying 67 anthropomorphic dummies between 1954 and 1959, a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 balloon accident, matched to the accounts of Anderson, Ragsdale, Kaufmann and Dennis; concludes no bodies were connected with 1947. **Roswell, 1947** ReportCopy of **[The Roswell Report: Case Closed (U.S. Air Force, 1997)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/artifacts/ART0CS51EA841QG/the-roswell-report-case-closed-u-s-air-force-1997)** doi: **[10.21236/ada326147](https://doi.org/10.21236/ada326147)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The official explanation of the body accounts, with the witnesses' quotations. ## The document 246 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 246 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p12)12] ![Page 1 of The Roswell Report: Case Closed](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. 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Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 10 records [The body accounts describe anthropomorphic dummies dropped by balloon in 1954 to 1959 and the casualties of a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS516G821KB/the-body-accounts-describe-anthropomorphic-dummies-dropped) Answer ANS [The Roswell Report: Case Closed (U.S. Air Force, 1997)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/artifacts/ART0CS51EA841QG/the-roswell-report-case-closed-u-s-air-force-1997) ART [The Roswell Report: Case Closed (U.S. Air Force, 1997): scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/copies/CPY0CS51EJ2585A/the-roswell-report-case-closed-u-s-air-force-1997-scan) CPY [Anderson, Ragsdale and Kaufmann themselves used the words dolls and dummies; the dummies had damaged…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS516R20A28/anderson-ragsdale-and-kaufmann-themselves-used-the-words) Evidence EVD [The accounts rest on witnesses first recorded in 1980 or later, several since discredited.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS518ER7ZRH/the-accounts-rest-on-witnesses-first-recorded-in-1980-or) Evidence EVD [The dummy drops began seven years after 1947, so the match requires large errors of date by several witnesses.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS5177P1YW8/the-dummy-drops-began-seven-years-after-1947-so-the-match) Evidence EVD [The Air Force publishes Case Closed on the body claims](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS511C638VW/the-air-force-publishes-case-closed-on-the-body-claims) EVT [Roswell, 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell) The mystery article MYS [Were bodies recovered in 1947?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/questions/QST0CS5132W4DZ7/were-bodies-recovered-in-1947) Question QST [Gerald Anderson, Jim Ragsdale and Frank Kaufmann: Anderson described bodies at a site 175 miles north-west of Roswell…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/accounts/WIT0CS512K875ZW/gerald-anderson-jim-ragsdale-and-frank-kaufmann-anderson) WIT ## Cite it ``` McAndrew, J. (1997). The Roswell Report: Case Closed. Headquarters United States Air Force; U.S. Government Printing Office. https://doi.org/10.21236/ada326147 ``` [Read it free at gutenberg.org](https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/63659)[Download PDF · 13 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/ac77bb7bf5c70f6f69e24d609a2bd2e5e4705e39bf3bbed4f1823a395c01462e) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0CS50S2J5PEN Kind Report Rights public-domain Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CS50S2J5PEN/the-roswell-report-case-closed/csl.json)