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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. 51 …Kopelson said the office's investigation, first reported in the Albuquerque Journal yesterday, stemmed from a…
  • p. 82 …northwest ofHobbs NM 7 miles southeast of Albuquerque NM Carrizozo NM 15 miles southwest of Alamogordo…
  • p. 176 …of command that reported to Kirtland in Albuquerque rather than Fort Worth and although Blanchard outranked…
  • p. 225 …Tibbetts, who until recently lived in Albuquerque, he's now moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. Tibbetts says…
  • p. 273 …Another fellow recently came into view, a Carl Pflock from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He appeared to…
  • p. 299 …B-29 crashed on T/0 from Albuquerque in Jan 1947 and a B-29 crashed…
  • p. 379 …but h.e thought the constru~t.ion. ~;ent here from the Albuquerque wondered if what…
  • p. 543 …reports. Reports from .l!il Paso, Roswell. Albuquerque and White Sands were used for comparison with…
  • p. 637 …WNW-5 W-7 10,000 M Albuquerque 1944 SE-3 W-3 W-6 W…
  • p. 639 …3 wsw-2 WNW-5 'WNW-8 Albuquerque 1944 N-3 "WNW-4 WNW-6 W…
  • p. 723 …representative preaeurea and temperatures taken from Washington, Albuquerque, Pittsburgh and Lakehurst soundings. Individual variations from season…
  • p. 740 …was reported to have been seen over Albuquerque, New Mexico, and about 26 hours later a…
  • p. 742 …Over Albuquerque, which was considerably farther from the path of the balloon than the other two…
  • p. 788 …The .altitudes corresponding to various molar volumes for Lakehurst am Albuquerque in January and in August…
Flipt 7: Released trom .Alamogordo, New Mexico, 0509 MST, July 2, 1947
Descended at Cloudcroft, Hew Mexico
Using a cluster array (Figure 3} of 13 350~gram rubber balloons and
tour larger lifting balloons, a 53-pound load was carried alott on this flight.
At 35,000 teet. the desired floating level, the lifter balloons were cut tree.
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800gm- u,soo·
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1600 "' 21 500'
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polyetlly len e.
Figure 3: Train, Flight 7
When the train began to descend below 34·,000 feet, lead shot was dropped in
increments to maintain buoyancy.
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