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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. 100 …The IRIS search, however, did reveal a sub-stantial file in AFHRA microfilm roll 33,764…
  • p. 106 …Prin~s •••••••• 403 Ground Negatives ••••••••• 285 Aerial Roll Film ••••••••• 741 feet ~5 mm Film ••••••••••••••• 454 feet
  • p. 439 …tanks helilua 1 ea. balloon 2 ea. rolls acetate fiber scotch tape 1 ea. appendiX stiffeners…
  • p. 810 …Ran J rolls but nothing came in. Chantz at Tulerosa alone - Godbee and Reynolds at East…
  • p. 811 …roll, then paper jammed; Dona Site OK; Launching Area site - OK for first 2 rolls, paper…
  • p. 814 …Rancher, Sid West, found balloon train 25 mi south of High Rolls in mountains. Contacted him…
  • p. 893 …Motmted on 'Wheels, this mechanism is rolled into position with the head of the balloon lying…
  • p. 936 …to be used) plus spare 24 ea. Rolls acetate fiber scotch tape 3 ea. Appendix stiffeners…
(d) Fix~d Rate Ballast Equipment:(optional)
1 ea. orifice spinnerette, to give proper ballast flow
1 gallon ballast, compass fluid AN-C-116
17.
1 ea. ballast reservoir (1 gallon capacity)
1 ea. filter 3' diameter, 325 x 325, phosphor bronze mesh
6 inches tubing (Tygon) 3/16" bore
Tracking of these flights was maintained by use of an SCR 658 radio
receiver with a 400mc transmitter telemetering information from
the balloon syst~m. Information received through the telemetering
circuit can be recorded on a standard weathel" station recorder,
a recording oscilloscope of the Brush Development type or by any
other convenient means.
Altitude of the service flights was determined by use of a modified
radiosonde modulator, an olland cyql~ modul~tor (see p.68 , Section
I, General, Technical Report 93.02(1J), or by computation from
knowled ~e of t~ weight of the balloon system and volume. of · the
balloon.
In order to keep balloon systems from floating in the air lanes,
a flight termin ·~. tion switch was incbH:led in the circuit. This
switch is a radiosonde modul~tor modified so that all contacts
above 25,000 ft. are disconn~cted from the circuit. The pen arm
rides on a shelf dnring ascent to about 30,000 ft. and t.hqn f .uls
to the commutator (See Fig. 12).
Fig. 12
Flight Termination Switch

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