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GAO Roswell report
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.

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

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

There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...

 

The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.

 

 

 

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”).

The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.

Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.

For discussion of the GAO report see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1999

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.

1

1998

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.

1

2003

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.

1

1995

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.

2

1996

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.

2

1998

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.

2

2004

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.

1

1996

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.

2

2000

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.

1

2003

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:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/R/RoswellGAO.html

1

2000

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.

2

1997

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.

1

1998

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.

3

1992

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.

3

1997

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.

5

1996

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).

4

2006

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.

4

1996

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.

1

2001

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.

2

2000

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.

2

1997

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.

6

1997

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.

3

1998

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 03”, “File 14”) of the NEL paperback edition.

2

1997

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).

6

1997

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.

25

1997

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.

2

2001

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.

1

1994

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.

1

1998

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.

1

2008

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.

1

1997

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.

4

1997

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.

1

2002

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.

1

1997

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.

2

2001

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.

10

2001

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.

2

1997

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.

4

2000

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.

3

1994

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.

1

1997

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.

1

1995

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.

1

2005

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.

4

1998

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.

2

1997

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.

4

1997

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.

12

1997

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.

1

1997

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 SPI softcover edition.

2

1995

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.

3

1997

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.

1

2001

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.

2

1997

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.

1

1998

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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