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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.
“radar tracked”34 pages
- p. 36 …The object turned out to
be a radar tracking balloon" (included with Atch 11). Additionally, this…
- p. 42 …He recalled that radar targets were used for tracking
balloons because they did not have all…
- p. 105 …The object turned out to be
a radar tracking balloon.
The main project· of the mont…
- p. 202 …The artillery radar tracked the balloons with comer
reflectors--this ga·ve the vo.inds aloft…
- p. 205 …In the early flights at Alomorgodo, starting in June, 1947, we used radar targets to track…
- p. 206 …The tracking was to be done by the Watson Labs
radar for the V-2launches, etc…
- p. 226 …projects -- one, the radar project from
Watson Laboratories that was set to track the V-2…
- p. 231 …Instead, the idea was
that Peoples would provide tracking on the balloons with radar
targets and…
- p. 232 …so I'm quite sure that as a result of the failure of the
radar tracking…
- p. 246 …which
the tracking of the flights was to be done by radar, tracking
corner reflector targets…
- p. 247 …To fly meteorological balloons, tracked by a Watson Lab
radar on the ML-307B targets that…
- p. 249 …The radar tracking turned
out to be abysmally poor. I don't know why, but they…
- p. 250 …flights which were
to be tracked by radar, and the radar was unsuccessful. It's my…
- p. 255 …our operation, we depended on radiosons and where we
could get radar tracking for tracking air…
- p. 266 …transmitters tracked by the SCR-658,
the old bed springs; and then the radar wind. Ray…
- p. 277 …The article in the paper talks about the use of reflectors for tracking purposes-the radar…
- p. 323 …He tried to track the
balloons using multiple radar targets.29 A radar target was a…
- p. 325 …for improved balloon
tracking and plotting. This eliminated the need for radar "comer reflectors" on
the…
- p. 326 …If it was to be tracked by
radar for wind-speed measurement, a single corner reflector…
- p. 329 …coordinated radar
activities.43 Additionally, some of the details discussed (balloon sighting in
Colorado, tracking by…
- p. 454 …Used •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 65
Radio Direction-Finding ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••· 56
Radar and Optical Tracking •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 87
VI. Instrumentation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 67
Altitude Determination…
- p. 455 …Positioning of balloon during flight be determined by
ground tracking such as radar or radio direction…
- p. 517 …Radar and Optical Tracking.
Because of their limited range. ground radar sets and theodolites
were only…
- p. 567 …Radar~ RDF and theodolite were used to track the balloon.
- p. 575 …Using
radar and helicopter that balloon was tracked for nearly 2 hours at an altitude
of…
- p. 599 …switch, use of, !,2!
Radar tracking, '15. 86
Radio direction-finding
airborne, .!!.• 103, 110
- p. 600 …60, 75
Tracking
aircraft, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13-20, 86,
103
radar, 86, 75
radio…
- p. 639 …APQ-13
radar, mounted atop a B-17, will greatly augment the horizontal tracking
and will…
- p. 672 …17 with top~ounted radar to
search above the plane for tracking. Depending upon the
noise…
- p. 739 …When available, ground
radar has been used in tracking the balloons, with
good results.
A series…
- p. 841 …Tracking Projects:
(l) Radar Tracking Set AN/MPS-6 • A letter was received from Watson
Laboratories…
- p. 842 Permission to use the MPS-6 in tracking further V-2 missiles having
been received, plans…
- p. 858 …SCR-658
Theodolite • • • •
Aircraft Radio Compass • • • • • • • • • • • • • 52
• • • • • • • • • • • • 53
Radar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 53
Altitude Determination •••••••••••••• 53
Olland Cycle Pressure…
- p. 907 …add radar targets
(corner reflectors) to the flight train for such
tracking. Using radar. the elevation…
~t with your hands. There was also debris coUection on sticky paper. Most of the balloon projects
were not concerned ~ith weather--that's why there weren't radiosondes on all the balloons. The
"cosmic ray train" was probably just a cosmic ray ex~~t on one of our ballons. The balloons
were made of secri£ms and had tape reinforcements but ~recaJJ any specifics on the tape material.
Mylar was not called that originally--it may have originated as polyethelene. AU the polyethelcne
we use was of a translucent material. Neoprene was used during the war; generally for
meterological and artillery firing ballons. The artillery radar tracked the balloons with comer
reflectors--this ga·ve the vo.inds aloft to assist the gunners. The radar reflectors were sheets of
reflective material and they changed over time but I don't recall the details of the changes. On
reviewing Charlie !\loore's letter, the acoustic detection relates with the atomic debris coUection.
The reflectors were for tracking and was made up of a metaJized paper or fabric. Charlie explains
the flowers-rd heard about the flowers before, don't remember where-we used whatever we had
in the experimental realm. The targets were throw-aways-we didn't put a tag on them, maybe a
radiosonde, but not a target. Such a train would make gouges (shallow) as it was dragging the
ground. We used meterology as a cover story-it was a natural. It had a purpose beyond the
project--we could use the constant level analysis of the constant pressure (isobaric) vs constant
altitude to study atmospherics mathematically-therefore using it was natural. Ramey's press
conference-the Air Force position makes sense for the mistake that the PIO made in his
statements. (All the NYU personnel had left Alomogordo when the "material" was brought in-
someone stated that it may have been Col Duffy's and therefore sent it to him at Wright Patterson-
-not because it was extraterrestial) It is a logical reason to send it (the debris from the desert)
there-not because it was special--Col Duffy was a fine officer and rm sure he'd recognize it. I
was not aware of any association between our balloon projects and the aDcgcd "Roswell incident"
Wltil this interview. I am not part of any conspiracy to withhold infonnation from either the US
government or American public. There is no classified information that I am withholding related
to this inquicy and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning not talking
about this situation . ~
SIGNED:
WITNESS(s):
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a
person authorized to administer oaths
this
3rd day of June 1994
VA
~COL, USAF
)Jj:/JL
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