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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.
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Fig. 7 AM-2 Transmitter 12. In addition to radio direction finding with the scR658 and beacon tranemiseion with radio compass, s~eral other methods of balloon positioning were evaluated. Radar positioning was successful only if a target was attached to the balloon train. Generally, the ranges possible with radar are not as great as those possible by radio direction findiqg. For direction finding on the low frequency AM transmitter some value was found 1n use or loop antennae. Accuracy of this method is between .S and. 2 degrees ~ is generally hindered by sky wave reflection. A pulse time modulated transponder beacon at high frequencies was found to be advantageous for obtaining accurate ·slant range to the balloon. Preliminary investigation of use of Doppler effect for positioning indicated that this method is not feasible due to difficulty 1n measuring the low fre~1ency differences invol"'ed.
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