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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.

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  • p. 75 …the Public Information Officer, Walter G. Haut, issued a news release that the Amry Air Force…
  • p. 104 …vt. G. Hilburn, f'onner Assistant Base Adj•lba.nt, transferred ~~ Squedr~n "A", 427th AAF…
  • p. 114 …SFERRED A. OfFICE , •. STORAGE A. FILE CABINETS (No.) 1. TRANS. FILES (.Yo.) lc SHELVING (Li•. Fl…
  • p. 133 …reporti.Dc aot later t:t:.a date 1Jl41catecU 8 Jplx 1947 Cl&tl Lt. G…
  • p. 143 …9:15 A.l:. 9:15 A.~. 9:40 li..M. 9:43 A.ll. 9…
  • p. 144 …on fhone requesting a B-29 be sent to Blackstone, Va. for a celebration by the…
  • p. 198 …Cor.anandinr; G~nerel, Army Air Forces, \'/aehint;ton 25, D. C. ATTN s AC/AS…
  • p. 282 …I then went into industry, and I worked for EG&G, a high- technology company based…
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  • p. 307 …I do not want a lawyer. lamwi · g to answer questions or make a statement or…
  • p. 322 …4 consisted of a "cluster of (meteor(>logi- cal) balloons" and a "regular sonobuoy."23 Presumably…
  • p. 401 …a.:-:1!! of the sound channel would also b~ detectable by l1!te~1r.g at…
  • p. 407 …dribble constructed of a five (5) gallon tin incorporating e 11etered jet to allow a predetermined…
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  • p. 436 …A typical night using constant ballast flow at a rate slightl7 exceeding leakage losses is shown…
  • p. 437 Fig • 9 is a typical night with DO ballaet. !he night train· tor these flights ia…
  • p. 472 …the tloa tin_g level. (The switch is set so that a rate of change ot…
  • p. 483 We may use this equation to approximate the rise of a full balloon system when controlled…
  • p. 488 …A = 2.39 x 108 col I erg Cp = specific heat at constant pressure g = acceleration…
  • p. 490 …flow, Is and a co- efficient of leakage,Cd• (1) where g is the acceleration due…
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  • p. 506 …tight upon release of this internal pressure. G. A Ge.tleral Equa.ttc:m of Motion…
  • p. 509 …It is for this reason that a non-extensible balloon is said to be in a…
  • p. 510 …a g I -'- (~ .!L) F, = vb Pa LAo To - Tg Rp + Ro Discussions of the contamination…
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  • p. 523 …The performar.ce specifications are as follows: (a) Rotation: one revolution every 12 hours (b) Duration…
  • p. 528 …Adjustments are made on the adjusting screw {L) and the lower ring {G) before each flight…
  • p. 536 …flight, a 65-pound load was lifted with a linear array of 28 350-g~ rubber…
  • p. 553 …On Plight 43 the tiret model ot an Olland-o7cle pressure modulator was tlown with a…
  • p. 558 …and a satisfactory Olland-cycle pressure modulator~& also used .for over 5 hours to give height…
  • p. 560 …This flight was released at night with a fixed ballast flow of about 300 ~rams per…
  • p. 573 …Flight 82 is a good example of i'light using a single fixed-leak orifice for…
  • p. 574 …Below the baroswitoh a standard T-69 radiosonde was supported with a parachute stuffed into a…
  • p. 577 Fli.g!lt 89: Released from Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1005 MST, August 26, 1948 Not recovered…
  • p. 584 …a near-floating condition for about four hours when the transmitter 40 / llllllff-~ CUIIVK ~ ICIUMD G…
  • p. 589 …With a loss of 10°C superheat, and a limited flow (900 grams per hours), it…
  • p. 594 …flight a high loss of lifting gas caused the total ballast load ot 600 g~s…
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  • p. 646 …rate of rise in feet per minute G : g~oss lift in grams For our purposes…
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  • p. 686 …to a thtmble a.nd attached to re1n forced pCltches at alterna.te .sea.m.s…
  • p. 688 …H.A.Smtth Inc. v.11th reinforced blowout pa.tches to vent 9Q.b when f1red…
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  • p. 713 …OBSTRUCTIONS TO AIR NAVIGATION A. WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, PROV»>G GROUND -NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - RELEASE…
  • p. 731 …2. "Progress in Developing a Constant-Level Balloon", Report by Dewey and Almy Chemical Company, Cambridge…
  • p. 732 …Lugeon, Jean, "Le Poste Aerologique de la Station Centrale de Meteorologie a Payerne et les nourelles…
  • p. 742 …The automatic control is needed for flights lasting through a period in which day changes to…
  • p. 749 …1\\a Mr. o. c. Vinsea to C.B. Moore on rlait. 5/l'J/47…
  • p. 761 The follo'W1.n.g personnel lolere hired but later resigned: 1!.!.!! Robert 't:isnieff Robert…
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  • p. 779 …As a result of this preliminary study a sub-contn:.ct was given to H. A…
COL TRAKOWSKI - 6/29/94 9
Q: At some point in Project MOGUL did you utilize equipment based at Roswell Army Air
Field?
A: No, we had our own aircraft based at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Q: Did you ever have a rawinsonde receiver at Roswell?
A: Not to my memory. No. We may have, but the specifics on that, I don't recall.
Q: Can you think of any reason why Dr. Peoples would meet with one of the bomb squadron
commanders at Roswell in September of 1947?
A: Probably to arrange air drops of bombs as signal sources for testing the MOGUL sound
receivers. We had a fellow who was assigned to the electronics test squadron at Fort Dix by the name of
Duff, Eugene Duff, an ordnance expert, and he may have been involved in arranging for bombs to be
exploded in the air as sound signal sources for testing the MOGUL receivers.
Q: Did you also procure aircraft from Middletown, Pennsylvania?
A: Yes. I believe our electronic squadron was moved from Fort Dix to Middletown-to
Olmstead Air Force Base. When that was, I can't exactly pinpoint, but it was probably some time in 1947.
Gene Duff, our ordnance man, was a part of that group. I don't know whether Gene Duff stillli ves or not,
but he is a name that you might look into. Eugene Duff.
Q: Has anyone asked you to explain what happened at Roswell? In your opinion, what
happened?
A: Until these recent inquiries, I don't recall anyone asking me to explain. I don't recall it
ever coming up for me to answer in connection with the MOGUL tests. I don't recall that. You know,
things happen every day, and you treat crises from moment to moment as though they were so much
cordwood. They aren't all worthy of memory. But I don't recall it.
Q: Other than our conversation here today, has anyone ever discussed with you not talking
about MOGUL? It's essentially declassified-it is no longer a classified project-but has anyone in the
government-the Air Force, the Army, the Department of Energy, or anyone else-ever said don't discuss
this?
A: Absolutely not. No such thing.
Q: What we're trying to do is make sure we are open to the General Accounting Office and
to the American public as a whole when we publish our reports. So to all the people we've discussed this
with, we want to make absolutely certain that someone has not come to them and said, you're going to
get in the cover story. We want this to be as open as possible and get this thing resolved once and for all.
There are going to be those individuals-as you have stated, the true believers-who may not accept what
we have to say, but we just want to try to get everything out in the open.

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