# Government Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico (GAO/NSIAD-95-187) > United States General Accounting Office, 1995. 14 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The state of the documentary record. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CS50SAC3E6V/government-records-results-of-a-search-for-records 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)United States General Accounting Office 1995 **0** # Government Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico (GAO/NSIAD-95-187) United States General Accounting Office, 1995. _GAO_. The GAO's report of 28 July 1995 to Representative Schiff: two 1947 records found (the 509th Bomb Group history and the FBI teletype of 8 July 1947, both describing a radar-tracking balloon), RAAF outgoing messages 1946 to 1949 destroyed without recorded authority, no other records at DoD, FBI, CIA or NSC. **Roswell, 1947** ReportCopy of **[FBI Dallas teletype, 8 July 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/artifacts/ART0CS51BW46R9R/fbi-dallas-teletype-8-july-1947)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The state of the documentary record. ## Cited by on this site 14 records [An ordinary weather balloon and radar target, as the Army said in 1947.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS514SJ69QZ/an-ordinary-weather-balloon-and-radar-target-as-the-army) Answer ANS [FBI Dallas teletype, 8 July 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/artifacts/ART0CS51BW46R9R/fbi-dallas-teletype-8-july-1947) ART [FBI Dallas teletype, 8 July 1947: transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/copies/CPY0CS51C3Y1CVD/fbi-dallas-teletype-8-july-1947-transcription) CPY [GAO/NSIAD-95-187 and its enclosures](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CS51AD80S4K/gao-nsiad-95-187-and-its-enclosures) Dataset DAT [Neither the GAO's search nor the Air Force's found any 1947 record of bodies.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS516ZW5FZ0/neither-the-gaos-search-nor-the-air-forces-found-any-1947) Evidence EVD [No pre-1978 document or statement of a craft or bodies has been produced in forty-five years of searching.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS519NT4GMB/no-pre-1978-document-or-statement-of-a-craft-or-bodies-has) Evidence EVD [The FBI teletype and the 509th history of July 1947 both record a balloon with a radar reflector.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS5149Y59QN/the-fbi-teletype-and-the-509th-history-of-july-1947-both) Evidence EVD [RAAF announces a 'flying disc'; Ramey identifies a weather balloon and radar reflector in Fort Worth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS50ZDP60V3/raaf-announces-a-flying-disc-ramey-identifies-a-weather) EVT [The GAO reports its records search](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS5114C7E9C/the-gao-reports-its-records-search) EVT [Roger M. Ramey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/people/FIG0CS50WQR62YN/roger-m-ramey) FIG [Steven Schiff](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/people/FIG0CS50XF64SG7/steven-schiff) FIG [Roswell, 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell) The mystery article MYS [509th Bomb Group, Roswell Army Air Field](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/organisations/ORG0CS50XQ020X9/509th-bomb-group-roswell-army-air-field) ORG [General Accounting Office](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/organisations/ORG0CS50YEE6CMC/general-accounting-office) ORG ## Cite it ``` United States General Accounting Office (1995). Government Records: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico (GAO/NSIAD-95-187). GAO. https://www.gao.gov/products/nsiad-95-187 ``` [Read it free at gao.gov](https://www.gao.gov/products/nsiad-95-187) Key **SRC** 0CS50SAC3E6V 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/SRC0CS50SAC3E6V/government-records-results-of-a-search-for-records/csl.json)