Roswell-Era Records, June–August 1947

Summary

An 87-page chronological compilation of internal Army Air Forces communications from June through August 1947, framing the Roswell debris recovery in its operational context. Includes the unredacted full text of the July 8, 1947 press release announcing recovery of a "flying disc," subsequent correction press release, and twelve internal memoranda discussing the Project Mogul attribution that was made public only in 1994.

Why it matters

Anchor case for the "what gets resolved over time" thesis: events that look extraordinary at the moment of observation often have prosaic explanations that emerge once classification lifts.