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The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert was published in 1995 by Headquarters United States Air Force. It was written in response to Representative Steven H. Schiff's request and a General Accounting Office audit, and it contains Col. Richard L. Weaver's report and 1st Lt. James McAndrew's synopsis, along with attachments, appendices and photographs. The report says researchers found no evidence of an extraterrestrial craft or crew. It concludes that the 1947 debris came from a Project MOGUL balloon train.

  • p. 539 …Too muoh weight was lost in this action, and the train rose until aome of the…
  • p. 540 …Train, Flight 10 The balloon rose to about 16,000 teet MSL and dropped back to…
  • p. 554 …It will be seen that the balloon rose~ a ' .. --------- r- ....., ..:. Pon"'m j"'.,.._" k '~I I…
  • p. 572 …obtained, but during this time the balloon rose with predicted speed (500 feet per minute) nearly…
  • p. 585 …On the other hand, the balloon rose extremely slowly and may have taken in air to…
  • p. 665 …In flight 7, however, the cluster rose till the lifters were cut off, descended until sufficient…
  • p. 739 …As a result, the cluster rose to ceiling and stayed at this altitude for a short…
  • p. 786 s4cond cluster flight, provision was also made to release balloons if the train rose above 40…
26. Photographs, Project MOGUL Balloon Trains
27. Table No.7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights, November 20,
1946-July 5, 1947
28. Museums Contacted
29. Blueprint, Comer Reflector, ML-307C/AP Assembly
30. Statement, Irving Newton, July 21,1994
31. Photographs, ML-307C/AP Device with Vintage Neoprene Balloons and Debris
32. Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings, with Memorandum
for SAF/AAZ, Att: Colonel Richard~. Weaver, by
James McAndrew, 1st Lt, USAFR
Attachments to the McAndrew Synopsis:
1. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, [July 9, 1947]
2. Organizational Chart, Watson Laboratories, January 20, 1947
3. Drawing, NYU Cluster Flight No. 2
4. Illustrations, AN/CRT-1 Sonabuoy
5. Blueprint, Comer Reflector, ML-307C/AP Assembly
6. Table No. 7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights, November
20, 1946-September 9, 1947
7. Map of New Mexico
8. Illustration, Weather Balloon and Comer Reflector
9. Letter, Brig GenE. O'Donnell to Commanding General AAF, July 8, 1946
10. Hieroglyphic Drawing, Charles B. Moore, August 28, 1992
11. Alamogordo News, "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is Exlained Here: News Men
Watch Army Radar Crew Launch 'Disc'," July 10, 1947
Appendices to the McAndrew Synopsis:
1. Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947
2. Interview, Col Richard L. Weaver with Lt Col Sheridan D. Cavitt, USAF
(Ret), [May 24, 1994]
3. Statement, Irving Newton, July 21, 1994
4. Letter, Lt Col Edward A. Doty to Mr David Bushnell, March 3, 1959
5. Letter, Brig GenE. O'Donnell to Commanding General AAF, July 8, 1946
6. Report, Maurice Ewing for General Carl Spaatz, "Long Range Sound
Transmission in the Atmosphere," n.d. ·
7. Report, HQ Fitzwilliam Fwd, "Sonic Balloon Test Kwajalein," May 17,
1948
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