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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. 33 …The specific Air Staff/Secretariat offices queried included the following: (a) SAF I AAI, Directorate of…
  • 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…
  • p. 303 …AlllllffO PAirrS OP rNF ./OSS.tMM:Y WI./.£ FIT AND 01'€/t.ttrl /It A PROYFA…
  • 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…
  • p. 418 …O.oJ nnel KN'$~.ll.!a G, ~ftr. 0-18373.. «C •.• _~ .. Retent1Qn: Indefinite. No known replacement…
  • 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…
  • p. 495 …lf • 50 ~ tof:g}af =7820 GII/HR Values for leakage at several different altitudes…
  • 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…
  • p. 511 …or 9J <{J)G · dt dt lc We might also have a control tbl t will…
  • p. 512 …1t> !!A_} is the- time during which pressure change of the airdlurro8h!1~g the balloon…
  • 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…
  • p. 610 …g. Low brittle temperature h. High transparency to heat redie.tion Table I is a qualitative…
  • p. 625 …C"N-~.~- 8 "/)/A.,=_--.s:¥::J.i:;## PuRD.t.;f.T..t:Jte fiL relf! ----.... CA…
  • p. 630 …11A rt:~IA.t. - B.t.owN Pr.eex G£.A.5S "A1-e CHA/"'f1J4…
  • p. 646 …rate of rise in feet per minute G : g~oss lift in grams For our purposes…
  • p. 650 (Approximate) where G • gross load A chart, Figure 24, has beendrawn up, based on this equation…
  • p. 652 ~G = G X ~X (1 • K) K T where t::.. G = loss of lift G =gross…
  • p. 675 III II ! I rl G 01 NYU BALLOON PROJCT FLt8ht 5 DAT£ 6-5-4…
  • p. 680 …Fl G 36 NYU BALLOON PROJECT FLlGHT 7 D<ll-e: 7-2-47 E 0…
  • p. 683 …n..1m•tter Fl G.3 9 NYU BALLOON FROJtCT FLIGHT 8 D a. te 7…
  • 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…
  • p. 690 …G.M.. OO!"pol.yettHlent- balloon w1th 1ncend.1a. ry pa.tch on e~:~u a…
  • 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…
  • p. 770 …diameter ballgons made from polyethylene .00411 polyethylene .008 11 saran • 00~25 11 aDd a fortisan…
  • p. 775 …g o! Ul ins":.tument coiilpany whicr. wo,.tld cor.struct the altitude control devices. A…
  • p. 779 …As a result of this preliminary study a sub-contn:.ct was given to H. A…
It is impossible to ~ake reall1 detailed calculattons
of the ~ax~mum ra~e without better info~1nt1or. about temperature
and sound velocity 1n locations from 45,000 to 90,000 feet,
for it ls there tMt the ereatest frictional losse!' will oc~ur.
However·, Jt ~tt aare to nt"e1tet that a bomb eonta1n1r-.~ a few.
'lOttl"ld~ or TNT OAn be h•ard rro!!l 4000 to 5000 1'111l.oa. 'l'he
chance t~at 1t could be heard to the rarthoet po1n: on eartb
1! '110 l"tb eon~ 1derat1on.
It is r:ry belle! tr..at a larse rocket or Jet propul·-
sion :notor passing the a.:-:1!! of the sound channel would also
b~ detectable by l1!te~1r.g at ~everal thousand miles, and
subject to location by tr!a:t<?.ulation if hea r.j by tbree sui tlably
chosen eta tiona. ln t1llle of war this tr1angl.tlat.1on COl.J.ld
locate the l~nohini, site~ of the enemy, and 1h peaee time
it is conceivable that ~~!tably ehos6n Jlsten~n£ $t&tlons
could monitor tho entire wot•ld to detect klld locate ..ny
unusual rocket or jet prop\.Ol::ion axperlmente, thus mln1.rn1z~ng
the danger of surcr!se a.~tack:; -;;it"t st.~c!"et weapons. '
The moat prom1a1ne. .eJ"PC'• oi: li6tening etatlon
accord1:1.; to my present lmowledge would·IUke uae eltber ot
the b1gber ~nta1n8 ot the world or or tree balloons to .
gain adequate belgbt. It 1a unknown at pr•sent: b7 how ra*
the receiver •7 be re110ve~ .t'rows the pre~er. red height withqut
prohibit1'Ye eacr1t1ce ot sound channel prooertiea. Hawcner,
1~ the aub:a.rine sound. channel we have bad fairly good
rece~tlon with the hydropbone at 20VO teet when tno axle ot
the ehaDnel waa at 4000 feet. Benee, it 1~ not beyond I
reason that t~e taller ~ounta1nP might ~rovide sufficient ·
altitude or themaelvea~
Small atratoaphere balloons. provided with radio
~•ana tor tranam1aa1on or sound 1~1••• to a receiving ,
station either fixed or .ob1le, probabl1 provide the .oat 1
readily &Yailable ltstentne •rra~.ent.
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