From: Rear Admiral William M. Fogarty, USN

To: Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command

Subj: FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DOWNING OF A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER BY THE USS VINCENNES (CG. 49) ON 3 JULY 1988 (U)

IV. OPINIONS

A. GENERAL

1. The USS VINCENNES did not purposely shoot down an Iranian commercial airliner.