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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. 13 …Alamogordo News, "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is Exlained Here: News Men Watch Army Radar Crew Launch…
  • p. 25 …allegedly recovered remains of a crashed "flying disc" near Roswell, New Mexico. In February, 1994, the…
  • p. 28 …Marcel, had recovered a "flying disc" from the range lands of an unidentified rancher in the…
  • p. 36 …the month answering inquiries on the 'flying disc,' which was reported to be in possession of…
  • p. 37 …7, he was busy with a "flying disc" incident; however this particular incident involved Ellington Field…
  • p. 38 …The disc is hexagonal in shape and was suspended from a balloon by a cable, which…
  • p. 43 …Concerning the initial announcement, "RAAF Captures Flying Disc," research failed to locate any documented evidence as…
  • p. 44 …Pflock concluded from his research that the Brazel Ranch debris originally reported as a "flying disc…
  • p. 46 …Marcel in originally reporting that a "flying disc" had been recovered when, at that time, nobody…
  • p. 75 …Haut, issued a news release that the Amry Air Force had recovered ''lying disc." Some of…
  • p. 99 …the Office of Public Affairs and "flying disc" activities in GP-509-Hl, July 1947, p…
  • p. 100 …produced no documents concerned with a flying disc and/or weather balloon crash at Roswell AAFld…
  • p. 105 …kept quite busy during the monti1 answering inquiries on the "flying disc", which.was reported to…
  • p. 144 …they understand these discs are a u.s. rlane that is still on the secret list…
  • p. 145 …Vandenberg's directive that he run dotm the story about the fiying discs. Col. W• .t…
  • p. 166 …famous newspaper says they found a "flying disc" in RosweU? That was actually the Roswell paper…
  • p. 206 …announcement was made concerning having · folUld the "discs". When we heard the news back in New…
  • p. 254 …Here's the morning paper, "Report flying disc found." Down here is about Colonel J.D…
  • p. 318 …debris may be part of a "flying disc."1 The sheriff conta<;ted Roswell (Army Air…
  • p. 325 …and was subsequently identified as a "flying disc" by personnel from Roswell AAF was, with a…
  • p. 326 …It should also be understood that the term "flying disc" was not at this time synonymous…
  • p. 327 …A device described in 11 crashed disc" publications as II a giant thermos jug" was allegedly…
  • p. 328 …made up Project MOGUL.40 While crashed disc proponents claim that General Ramey ordered a "colonel…
  • p. 329 …of the office was a crashed "flying disc." Newton, having seen many weather balloons and targets…
  • p. 331 …rumors that the "capture" of a "flying disc" occurred, ultimately left many people with unanswered questions…
  • p. 373 11 Alamogordo News "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is Explained Here: News Men Watch Army Raqar Crew…
  • p. 430 …This report consists of a disc,1ssion o.f instrumentation for balloon systems, techniques for launching…
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Output· of the oscillator- is both amplitude and frequency modulated,
the amplitude modulation being limited by a class "0" RF·amplifier.
This unit weighed six 011nces, was fed by a plate voltage of 270
volts with a filament drain of 400ma. at 1.5 volts. The output
was one watt at frequencies from 25 to lOOmc.
Before procurement_or a receiver with automatic frequency control
an attempt was made to develop a crystal controlled oscillator to
overcome the frequency drift inherent in FM systems. This work
was abandoned when the controlled receiver was obtained. The
crystal control unit which was developed required extreme care in
tuning in order that modulation be linear.
A miniature poW'er amplifier, using one dual triode as a pllsh-pull
amplifier was const~tcted for use at 25 to lOOmc with any of the
above mentioned transmitters. The antennae for these transmitters
was a halt-wave vertical dipole.
The receiver found satisfactory for these systems was the R-2A/ARR-3
Sonobuoy receiver. This t~it employs Automatic frequency control
and will tolerate a drift - .J5mc before retuning is required.
When SCR-658 radio direction finding equipment became available
work on these transmitters was abandoned and a 400mc transmitter
used. This system allows for accurate positioning of the balloon
systems by use of crossed azemuths tram se.eral receiving stations.
A transmitter using pulse time modulation was designed for use
with this receiving equipment. The advantages here are high
peak power with relatively low input power (and thus a high
signal to noise ratio) and simultaneous transmission of several
data channels at one frequency. This project was abandoned
before tests could be completed due to a modification or project
reqt irements, but preliminary results indicated that this system
wo1tld be advantageous in AM or FM transmissiOn. This syatem makes
use or sho~t duration pulses ( .5 micro second) at .a repetition
rate or approximately 10 kc.
For long range transmission or information an amplitude-modulated
transmitter was developed. (Fig. 6) This unit, the AM-1, is crystal
controlled, employing a 3A4 miniatnre tube in a Pierce oscillator ·
circuit as the crystal oscillator. This circuit does no.t require ·
an LC tank circuit and eliminates the tuning of this additional
stage. The RF amplifier is ·a 3A5 miniature dual triode tube.
The unit was designed to give lS watt output with a 270 volt
plate supply and can be used with 380 volts to give 3 watt o1itput.

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