On 28 July 1995, the United States General Accounting Office (“GAO”) submitted a report to the Honorable Steven H Schiff, House of Representatives entitled “Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico” issued.
Web Resources
Complete text of relevant report available free online on various websites, including at the following link:
http://www.parascope.com/articles/0697/gaoreport.htm{text}
Book References
Complete image of GAO report presented by Stone, Clifford E in his “UFOs are Real“ (1997) as Document 7_5a - 7_5s (in Chapter 7) of the SPI softcover edition.
Image of Congressman Steve Schiff’s press release regarding the GAO report presented by Stone, Clifford E in his “UFOs are Real“ (1997) as Document 7_4a -7_4b (in Chapter 7) of the SPI softcover edition.
Comments by Representative Schiff quoted by Berliner, Don with Galbraith, Marie and Huneeus, Antonio in their “UFO Briefing Document : The Best Available Evidence“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 164-165 of the Dell paperback edition (Part 3 : Quotations, section entitled “Governments”).
For discussion of the GAO report see the following:
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Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 221 (in Chapter 21) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition. |
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Alnor, William M in his “UFO Cults and the New Millenium” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 78 (in Chapter 4) of the Baker softcover edition. |
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Benjamin, Marina in her “Rocket Dreams” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 82 (in Chapter 3) of the Chatto & Windus hardback edition. |
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Berliner, Don with Galbraith, Marie and Huneeus, Antonio in their “UFO Briefing Document : The Best Available Evidence“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 234-235 of the Dell paperback edition (Appendices, section entitled “The Roswell Case”) and at page 31. |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 160-161 (in Chapter 8) of the Parragon hardback edition. |
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Campagna, Palmiro in his “The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 147-148 (in Chapter 10) of the Stoddart softcover edition. |
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Carey, Thomas and Schmitt, Donald in “The Roswell Dig Diaries - Sci Fi Declassified” (2004) (edited by Mike McAvennie) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page xxix (in the unnumbered introductory chapter entitled “The Story So Far… A Time Line”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Craft, Michael in his “Alien Impact” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 62-63 (in Chapter 3) of the St Martin’s Paperbacks paperback edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 362 (in the entry entitled “Roswell Incident, GAO report on”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Roswell Incident, GAO report”. The relevant entry is available online at: |
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Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 58-59 (in Chapter 2) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 27-28 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition. |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 22 (in Chapter 2) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 81, 89-90 (in Section 2) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition. |
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Friedman, Stanton and Berliner, Don in their “Crash at Corona” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 196-197, 199 (in the Afterword) of the 1997 Marlowe Company softback edition. |
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Friedman, Stanton T in his “Top Secret – MAJIC” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 109-110, 112, 116-117 (in Chapter 6) of the Michael O’ Mara hardback edition. |
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Good, Timothy in his “Beyond Top Secret” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 478-480, 483 (in Chapter 18) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pan paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Need To Know : UFOs, the Military and Intelligence” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 83-84, 97, 98 (in Chapter 5) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition. |
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Hamilton, William F in his “Alien Magic: UFO Crashes, Abductions, Underground Bases” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 41 (in Chapter 4) of the Global Communications softcover edition. |
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Hansen, George P in his “The Trickster and the Paranormal” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 230-231 of the Xlibris softcover edition. |
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Hansen, Terry in his “The Missing Times : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-Up : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover -Up” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 186, 206 (in Chapter 5) of the Xlibris softcover edition. |
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Hesemann, Michael and Mantle, Philip in their “Beyond Roswell” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 169-170, 178-181 (in Chapter 12) of the Michael O’Mara hardback edition. |
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Kanon, Gregory M in his “The Great UFO Hoax” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 10-11 (in Chapter 2), 120 (in Chapter 8) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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King, Jon in his “Cosmic Top Secret” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 106-107 (in the chapter entitled “Document |
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Klass, Philip J in “The UFO Invasion” (1997) (edited by Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr and Joe Nickell) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 123-128 of the Prometheus hardback edition (in Chapter 13, “The GAO Roswell Report and Congressman Schiff”). The relevant chapter is a reprint of an article in the Skeptical Inquirer 19 (November/December 1995). |
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Klass, Philip J in his “The Real Roswell Crashed-Saucer Coverup” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 110-113 (in Chapter 14), 129 (in Chapter 16), 140, 142-143 (in Chapter 18), 160-169 (in Chapter 21 generally), 170-176 (in Chapter 22 generally) of the Prometheus Books hardback edition. |
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Korff, Kal K in his “The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don’t Want You to Know” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 184-185 (in Chapter 6) of the Dell paperback edition. |
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Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 129 (in Chapter 5) of the Routledge softcover edition. |
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Little, Gregory in his “Grand Illusions” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page i (in the Preface) of the White Buffalo softcover edition. |
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Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 53 (in Chapter 2) of the Evans hardback edition. |
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Marrs, Jim in his “Above Top Secret : Uncover the Mysteries of the Digital Age” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 249 (in a chapter entitled “What Crashed at Roswell?”) of the Disinformation softcover edition. |
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Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 97-100 (in Chapter 4) of the Harper Collins paperback edition. |
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Missler, Chuck and Eastman, Mark in their “Alien Encounters: The Secret behind the UFO Phenomenon” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 56 (in Chapter 3) of the Koinonia House softcover edition. |
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Nixon, Neil in his “Pocket Essentials : UFOs” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 57 (in Chapter 4) of the Pocket Essentials softcover edition. |
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Patton, Phil in his “Travels in Dreamland” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 151-152 (in Chapter 10) of the Orion Media hardback edition. |
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Pflock, Karl T in his “Roswell: Inconvenient Facts and the Will to Believe” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 212-221 (in Chapter 17 generally) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 241-242 (in Chapter 3) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in his “Conspiracy of Silence” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 179-180 (in Chapter 9), 266-267 (in Chapter 12) of the Avon paperback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in his “The Roswell Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 127-128 (in an entry entitled “GAO Roswell Report”) of the Quill softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “The Complete Book of UFOs” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 94 (in Chapter 6) of the Piatkus softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 134 (in the chapter entitled “1995”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Retrievals” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 55 (in Chapter 2) of the Blandford softback edition. |
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Redfern, Nicholas in his “Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the heart of the Roswell Story” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23-26 (in Chapter 3) of the Paraview Pocket Books softback edition. |
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Redfern, Nicholas in his “The FBI Files” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 256-257 (in Chapter 11) of the Simon & Schuster softcover edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 13 (in Chapter 1), 98-99, 100 (in Chapter 5) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition. |
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Shawcross, Tim in his “The Roswell File” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 57-59 (in Chapter 3), 61-62, 65, 91 (in Chapter 4), 93-97 (in Chapter 5) of the Bloomsbury softcover edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 104 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1977-1978”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Stone, Clifford E in his “UFOs are Real“ (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 40, 45 (in Chapter 7) of the |
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Strieber, Whitley in his “Breakthrough“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 272 (in Chapter 20), 274, 275 (in Chapter 21) of the Harper Collins hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition) at pages 285, 288, 289 of the Harper Spotlight paperback edition. |
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Strieber, Whitley in Stanton T Friedman’s “Top Secret – MAJIC” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page xiv (in the Foreword) of the Michael O’ Mara hardback edition. |
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Sutherly, Curt in his “UFO Mysteries: A Reporter Seeks the Truth” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 100-101 (in Chapter 7) of the Llewellyn softcover edition. |
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Wilkinson, David in his “Alone in the Universe?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 91 (in Chapter 6) of the Monarch softcover edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 108, 109-110, 112 (in Chapter 6) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition. |
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