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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…
8. Memo, Brig Gen Tom C. Rives to Maj Gen Curtis LeMay, subj: Relief of
Major R.T. Crane as Project Officer for MOGUL and TORRID, June 18,
1946
9. Memo, Maj Gen Curtis E. LeMay to Maj Gen L.C. Craigie, April 16,
1947
10. New York University, Constant Level Balloons, Final Report, March 1,
1951
11. New York University, Constant Level Balloons, Section 1, General,
November 15, 1949
12. New York University, Constant Level Balloons, Section 3, Summary of
Flights, July 15, 1949
13. New York University, Technical Report No. 1, Constant Level Balloon,
April 1, 1948
14. Athelstan F. Spilhaus, C.S. Schneider, C.B. Moore, "Controlled-Altitude
Free Balloons," Journal of Meteorology, Vol. 5, August 1948
15. New York University, Progress Report No. 6, Constant Level Balloon,
Section II, June 1947
16. New York University, Special Report No.1, Constant Level Balloon, May
1947
17. Personal Journal of Albert P. Crary
18. New York University, Progress Report [No. 7], Constant Level Balloon,
Section II, July 1947
19. New York University, Progress Report No. 4, Radio Transmitting,
Receiving and Recording System for Constant Level Balloon, [Section
I], April 2, 1947
20. Interview, Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with Professor
Charles B. Moore, June 8, 1994
21. Report, Holloman AFB, "Progress Summary Report on U.S.A.F. Guided
Missile Test Activities," August 1, 1948
22. Interview, [Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with] Col
Albert C.Trakowski, USAF (Ret., June 29, 1994
23. Report, Cambridge Field Station, Air Materiel Command, "Review of Air
Materiel Command Geophysical Activities by Brigadier General D.N.
Yates, and Staff, of the Air Weather Service," February 10, 1949
24. New York University, Constant Level Balloons, Section 2, Operations,
January 31, 1949
25. Combined History, 509th Bomb Group and Roswell Army Airfield,
September 1-30, 1947
Attachment to Colonel Weaver's Report of Air Force Research:
33. Mensuration Working Paper, with Drawing and Photo
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