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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. 42 …The "payload equipment" was expendable, and some carried no "Reward" or "Return to ... " tags because there…
  • p. 43 …the balloon material and radar target material would be scattered after returning to earth depending on…
  • p. 205 …The balloon material and radar target material would be scattered after returning to the earth depending…
  • p. 206 …These and the radar test flights had no tags-we did not want these to be…
  • p. 213 …Concerning a cover story for the project Mogul, there was no planned cover story. I do…
  • p. 220 …returned our calls. We'~e left messages on his answering machine, and there's been no…
  • p. 231 …radar reflectors, that would have been with a neoprene type balloon. A: There were no plastic…
  • p. 259 …And no one mentioned it to you. No one said hey, look, we had to do…
  • p. 323 …Moore and his technicians conducted test flights, attempting to obtain a better radar return by attaching…
  • p. 324 …returns were received by the radar. This procedure, according to Moore, was employe~ on flight nos…
  • p. 325 …This eliminated the need for radar "comer reflectors" on the balloon train since radar was not…
  • p. 326 …It now appears that the debris from MOGUL flight no. 4 had come ·to earth on…
  • p. 327 …Rawin is short for radar wind, a technique in which a single comer reflector is towed…
  • p. 330 …In fad, when the NYU I AMC group returned to Alamogordo in September, their first tdp…
  • p. 841 …On 19 July, a 130 toot balloon carrying no radar reflector was tracked. Radar contact was…
  • p. 842 …During this time, no target was visible at any time and no further radar contact was…
  • p. 986 …to enhance radar returns, contributed to the confusion when Mogul Flight No. 4 returned to earth…
PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 42
A: There was really no contact, at that time, as far as I
know, between Peoples and Roswell, and there's no way Roswell,
other than my memory of getting turned away by the MPs at the
gate, there's no way that the people at Roswell would have known
what was going on over at Alamagordo. When we sent people to
Roswell, Hackman worked out of a motel to receive.
So the more puzzling thing in line with what you say comes
from Crary's diary. Here's what crary's diary says:
"Alamagordo. Balloon Flight llA, off at 5:07. Big plastic
balloon with small auxiliary plastics," etc. "Watson Lab and
gear." "Followed" (inaudible) "receiver until about 11. Picked
up on radiosonde receiver at Roswell then followed. Then came
down. At 10,000 feet, cap should have punctured plastic. Then
it came down near Highway 70, between Roswell and Tulerosa.
"Second balloon, met balloons with radiosonde up about 6:30.
Third balloon with two and a half pound stick of TNT and cap set
by pressure element set to fire at 35,000 feet, up at 6:20."
Q: What day is that again?
A: July 7th.
"Surface bombing at site 4 from 5:45 to 8:45 at 15 minute
intervals. (Inaudible) followed main receiver only three-
quarters of an hour, but followed radiosonde about three hours.
Thirty-five thousand food implosion? off about 6:55. Vivian got
instructions for completing work on Flights 1 to 30 and packed
all records and photo. Sent off TWX regarding Bermuda flight
and wrote up memo on it. Worked with Eileen on April 1st rocket
plotting HD5 HT SST, whatever [that is]."
July 8th. "C-54 off about 10:30 with 23 people, all NYU,
Watson Lab including Vivian, Eileen," and somebody else. I can't
tell. "Lieutenant Thompson, Edmondson, Reynolds and myself left.
Wrote a report on East Coast flights for Peoples."
Here's 9 July, the time this occurred at Alamagordo.
"Worked today on balloon flight. Studied Watson Lab records of
them briefly and wrote memorandum to Peoples about results. Left
in car this PM later. Flat tire between Roswell and Tulerosa,
and stayed there."
July lOth. "Changed tire and went
tire. Off to El Rino, Oklahoma today.
Hereford, Texas and met Danny Hard from
and saw Bob Cowden, somebody in charge,
into Roswell. Bought new
Stopped in cafe in
UGC. Went up to office
and supervisor."
That's the end of it. So there's no hint that Crary was
involved in any coverup such as this clearly is. This is a
coverup right here because they talk about our operations, they
talk about our balloons we thought went to Colorado,and they all
claim it to be part of Pritchard's radar operation.

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