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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. 44 …He just said 'it sure looks like some of the stuff you've been launching at…
  • p. 171 …I've heard numerous deaJs on the radio when rm listening at night and all this…
  • p. 172 apparently, where you were at and picked up this material, and then there is another one…
  • p. 181 …Asking the GAO to look at this. Karl pt}ock... SC: You know, you can look…
  • p. 249 …Thursday night," which was the third. "But on last minute before balloon went up, V-2…
  • p. 255 …Examination by the Army revealed last night, a high altitude weather balloon. General Ramey, Commander, 8th…
  • p. 275 …Yes, at Wright Field, yes. He had quarters on the base at Wright Field. Q: Was…
  • p. 279 …Right there at Signal Corps. We were all working at that time, and John Peterson had…
  • 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. 466 …On the other hand, the loss of buoyancy through a sealed-off Seyfang balloon at 4100…
  • p. 484 …These flights were often released at night using the heat added at sunrise to replenish lift…
  • p. 489 …At night the balloon system may pass through an inversion, lose its lift, and remain at…
  • p. 560 …This flight was released at night with a fixed ballast flow of about 300 ~rams per…
  • p. 563 …Also the flight was made at night and no sunshine was encountered. i ~Ul!/JILLJLLI/l…
  • p. 566 …Naltlrol Stollllltr Of 0 Baloo• At Hltll AlfltHio 1 RlleiiHd At A~aMtordo,N.M.-- 20…
  • p. 568 …The flight was at night and the be.lloon temperature was. colder than the air temperature…
  • p. 636 …T:his compensation is only complete at one pressure. 2. A second method of reducing insolation…
  • p. 652 …G = loss of lift G =gross load (balloon weight plus equipment load) AT : mean temperature difference…
  • p. 716 …area at 20,000 feet; how- ever these are for the most part at night and…
  • p. 741 AuGusT 1948 AT HE L STAN F. S PI L H AU S, C. S. SCHNEIDER…
  • p. 742 …9) originating at Alamogordo Army _-\ir Base at 05hQ8m MST 8 on 7 July 1947 is…
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  • p. 752 …droppiDC dnioe to tlw equi~nt traiD ot the nights to be made at. .llamogordo. TM…
  • p. 753 …purpoaes, aiace cala viDda are conaiatentl7 present at davn, and there are a ai.Dillua or…
  • p. 791 …miles at all altitudes up to 20,000 feet. (.3) The range of night during this…
  • p. 814 …Contacted by telephone Wed night and Thursday. Shot 10 Thurs, Fri at 18-21-00-03…
  • p. 815 …Out July 3 at Dona and Launching sites at 2 pm and later at night. Finished…
  • p. 816 …July 25, 26,27 At home. Steve and Esther came up Sat night. Marion and I…
  • p. 823 …GENERAL WRI ACCOMPLISHED field testa were conducted at llaaogordo Arrq llr Base during 'Ule veelt of…
  • p. 824 In several cases ~uibs used for altitude control failed to fire at ertre11el7 high al titudea…
  • p. 825 tracking or t&lloou in night. !erial observation ot the balloons areatl1' aee1ata interpretation or perrorma…
FOREWORD
This report represents a joint effort by Col. Richard L. Weaver and 1st Lt. James
McAndrew to address the request made by Representative Steven H. Schiff (R-NM) for
information regarding an alleged crash of an unidentified flying object (UFO) that
occurred in the state in 1947. This publication duplicates the information provided to the
Secretary of the Air Force and to the General Accounting Office (GAO). It was written
as a result of Colonel Weaver's and Lieutenant McAndrew's efforts to locate the records
that explain the events of July 1947 leading to what is popularly known as the Roswell
Incident. The only information presented here that was not in the report delivered to the
Secretary of the Air Force and the GAO is the photograph section. It appears after
Colonel Weaver's final attachment, at the very end of this book.
The importance of attachment 32, Lieutenant McAndrew's synopsis, derives from his
description of Project MOGUL, the top-priority classified project of balloon-borne
experiments, which provides the explanation for the "Roswell Incident." Interest abounds
surrounding the UFO wave of 1947 which began in the spring and did not dissipate until
fall. Interest in UFOs climaxed during the summer, when multiple sightings of such
·objects occurred.
RICHARD P. HALLION
Air Force Historian
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