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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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decreasing the coefficient of coupling between the prt.&rJ and
secondary ot the IF transformers. B7 this reduction of bandwidth
to )kc a 3 microvolt signal produced a lS.S DB signal to noi15e
ratio, where at 16 kc bandwidth only 7 DB was obtained.
In order to obtain accurate r<!product1on of ·the amplitude of the
audio frequency the A,VC circuit was modified by adding a fixed
bias to the AVC diode of the receiver • This flattened the character-
istic of the AVC circnit and no change in amplitude or recorded
audio signal was detected over a six hour flight using a constant
imapl.itude audio signal from the tranamitter. The signal was
tapped ott at the output of the second detector or the receiv.er
and ted to a Brush BL 90S AC amplifier tor recording. . The recorder
used was a Brush BL-202 dottble channel oscillograph. A. quarter
wave vertical receiVing antennae was aaployed with a counter poise
ground. The transmitting antennae was a vertical halt waYe dipole.
In order to use the AM-1 tor transmission or information trom
pressure and temperature sensors a relaxation oscillator circuit
vas incorporated in the S1'8tem• (dotted section - Fig. 6). This
oscillator used one halt ot one ot the 3-AS modulator tubes and
produced a blocking rate approximately proportional to resistance
·ot the sensor instruments • This information could be superimposed
on the reg-,lar modulated signal and two types of information could
be transmitted simultaneousl7J one as • amplitude and· trequenc7
change of the basic signal, the other as a frequency or pulses
superimposed on the basic signal. ·
The AM-1 has been Ulled in balloon control research 1iO trannit
information on pressure, temperat1.tre and ballast requirements.
It was also employed to give tpformation on Neutron intensities
1h another Air Force project(5). In order to obtain information
on balloon position on a wind studT project the AM-1 was used
as a beacon to be "homed in" on by the radio compass or aircratt(6).
A system of diYersity reception was considered tor use with a
dual channel AM-1 transmitter in order to increase reliabUity
despite atmospbric noise. In the dual channel unit·a common
modulator was connected to two separate cr,yatal oscillators and
RF amplifiers. In preliminary ~sts two receiver and recording
units were used.
For short t"ange balloon fiights the AM-1 vas modified for use
with subminiature and acom type tubes. In this, the AM-2, two
2E27 tubes in parallel provide excitation for the type 9S8A RF
amplifier. A circuit diagram of this unit is .shown a" Fig. 7.

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