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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.
“low altitude”28 pages
- p. 41 …Subsequently, a 1946 HQ AMC memorandum surfaced, describ-
ing the constant altitude balloon project and specified…
- p. 205 …The Columbia group was primarily involved in developing
low frequency microphoocs for long rmge detection of…
- p. 250 …Once a target like this comes down from
high altitude or drag, you don't want…
- p. 251 …But most of the detection was via the aircraft because
of the low power receivers.
A…
- p. 464 …of diffusion, which is expected to be low from this balloon,
h not yet known.
C…
- p. 467 1n high al ti·tudes# since it freezes below -BOOC and will flow
readily at low…
- p. 472 …even though the balloon may be be low the tloa tin_g level. (The
switch is…
- p. 473 …l where it falls on-
to the low-altitude conducting segment. {The shelf has been
set…
- p. 474 …IF LEVELING OFF TOO LOW, H.IGH
BALLAST RATE PUSHES BALLO.ON
INTO CONTROL ALTITUDE.
CASE…
- p. 480 …Floating Altitude and Altitude Sensitivi5Y
To determin& the altitude at which a non-extensible balloon will…
- p. 495 …lf • 50 ~ tof:g}af =7820 GII/HR
Values for leakage at several different altitudes…
- p. 504 …For any given allowable back pressure
greater rates of rise are allowable at higher altitudes (where…
- p. 526 …It is important that an electrolyte
be used wHich will not freeze at low atmospheric temperatures…
- p. 545 …1he expected altitude of 38,000 feet
was not reached, and this is believed to be…
- p. 572 …S.T.)
Figure 34
Since the balloon ttid not descend far enough below its maximum altitude…
- p. 575 …Flight 84 was launched in August, 1948 with a low-altitude barograph and no
altitude controls…
- p. 577 …to detennine the ballast requirements
at that altitude, using an automatic ballast valve. No record of…
- p. 584 …deter.mine the flow required at that
altitude using an automatic ballast valve. No recor• of…
- p. 646 …danger of rupturing the
balloon when pressure altitude is reached. On the other hand, if rates…
- p. 654 …Flight Techniques
The general techniques of preparing and launching controlled altitude
balloons are patterned after those…
- p. 670 …Despite this factor, and the low permeability
of the fabric, balloons of thie type are too…
- p. 736 …The only provision
for having the system regain altitude if it descended
too low was by…
- p. 737 …While
the altitude maintained was not constant, these bal-
loons were highly successful for the time…
- p. 739 …At this altitude the ballast release began to
operate and thereafter the balloon maintained its
altitude…
- p. 741 …If this is not done, the altitude
reached is far under the theoretical altitude deter-
mined…
- p. 778 …Transparent, low
permeability, high
tensile strength.
Disadvantages
Low tensile strength,
Milky-translucent,
Medium permeability.
Tears easily…
- p. 783 …poration of the liquid hydrogen low at the high altitudes, without ex-
tensive ani heavy guard…
- p. 916 …The motor speed will
decrease during the flight, as a resul~ of the
low temperatures and…
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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