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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. 28 …Major Marcel and "a man in plain clothes" then accompanied Brazel home to pick up the…
  • p. 30 …These locations include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia…
  • p. 40 …Subsequently, Cavitt was interviewed on May 24, 1994, at his home. Cavitt provided a signed, sworn…
  • p. 51 …Also, a nurse reportedly told a local funeral home director that she witnessed the autopsies of…
  • p. 75 …mortician who worked for the funCr.ll home in Roswell, Glenn Dennis, says an:Arrr.y…
  • p. 147 …To llr. ~o's ofi'ice and then home.
  • p. 182 …She said she had been home when she got telephone calls. MC: I have talked to…
  • p. 190 …unintelligible) some grave digger from the funeral home or whatever ... RW: Well, of course, Randle and…
  • p. 201 …USAF on this date at my home and do hereby, voluntarily and of my own free…
  • p. 205 …Lieutenant, USAF on this date at my home and do hereby, volwttarily and of my own…
  • p. 213 …Lieutenant, USAF on this date at my home and do hereby, voluntarily and of my own…
  • p. 257 …As soon as that flight was made, that was the 7th, and we went home on…
  • p. 307 …PERMANENT ADDRESS OR HOME OF RECORD (Include l•P Code) MILITARY ORGANIZATION/EMPLOYER DEROS Same as…
  • p. 326 …Roswell AAF was home of the 509th Bomb Group of the Strategic Air Command's Eighth…
  • p. 327 …At some point General Ramey decided to forward the material to Wright Field, home of AMC…
  • p. 379 …miles from the and went to his home to try to about 18, or 20 Inches…
  • p. 408 …scheduled to depart from HAWAII for its home station on Z plus one (l) day. The…
  • p. 434 …was used as a beacon to be "homed in" on by the radio compass or aircratt…
  • p. 444 …the radio compass from an aircraft to "home in" on the balloon and position it at…
  • p. 512 …With proper equipment a balloon-borne transmitter can provide a signal to guide an aircraft, homing…
  • p. 516 …By homing on the signal end flying along the indicated bearing until the compass needle reverses…
  • p. 550 …awaJ trom it and 118re able to home in on the signal by using the radio…
  • p. 592 …airplane was used to follow the balloon, homing in em the signal from the .AK-1…
  • p. 801 …Jat At home. OYer to Cgdensburg to see Steve thi::: pm Anril 7 :::un. Left Canton…
  • p. 812 …At home. Took sleeper out of Canton for NYC May 12 Mon. Arrived NYC and caught…
  • p. 815 …Unable to leave for home on 3 July as was planned and wired Donnie first part…
  • p. 816 …Got home about 230. Marion & her baby there. July 16, 17, 18 At home. Drew in…
  • p. 978 …In reality, Andrews AAF was the home of the Army Air Forces Air Weather Service and…
B-17 CR~
1st Lieutenant Or.en B. Dubell
1st Lieutenant Thomas F. Carroll
1st Lieutenant John Mertzen
Sergeant W. R. Rice
Pilot
Co-Pilot
Navigator
Engineer
Time notification sigi)als were required and provided in order to afford
sufficient time to make necessary launching preparations, and to position the
balloons just a few minutes prior tc the predetermined arrival of the explo-
sion sound wave. Headquarters FITZ\nlliArA FCRI1ARD furnished ARPACAS 3-1 and
3-2 bJ' officer courier. The team experienced no difficulty in obt3ining the
time signals.
Reports required of the team were a brief statement as tc positive or
negative results of the tests, and notification of team moveme:1t to it's
several locations. Reports of results were made to He~dquarters FITZif.ILLlAM
FORWARD and to .Afl~Sf'i-1.
Results of the ~YAJALEIN test were as follows: balloon-borne equipment
results were positive and ground equipment results were questionable. An
accurate final analysis and evaluation report ~ill be submitted upon Dr.
Crary's return to Viatson Laboratories, including an accurate determinatior. of
results.
Due to time limitation and pending a thorough evaluation of results, the
following recom~endations, of necessity, should be c~nsidered tentat~~e:
1. Before departing for field locations, a survey should be ~ade to
determine the best balloon launching sites, giving due consideration to
shelter from high velocity and gusty winds, and sufficient clear space to
lay-out shroud lines and control cables thus affording clear passage at the
instruments which are suspended about one hundred (100) feet below the balloon.
2. That an SCR 658, radiosonde receiver be included in the team equip.
ment list. For these tests, a receiver had to be borrowed from the air
weather station at each location. This presented a problem because each sta-
tion had only one (1) receiver and it was needed by the station personnel for
11pper air sounding operations. This necessitated selecting the best possible
launching si to adjacent to the weather str ,,~.on. Also, this precluded selection
of' a ~ite T-ithout a weather station.
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