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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.
“Home”28 pages
- p. 28 …Major Marcel and "a man in plain clothes" then
accompanied Brazel home to pick up the…
- p. 30 …These locations
include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters;
possibly Sandia…
- p. 40 …Subsequently, Cavitt was interviewed on May 24, 1994, at his home.
Cavitt provided a signed, sworn…
- p. 51 …Also, a nurse reportedly told a local funeral
home director that she witnessed the autopsies
of…
- p. 75 …mortician who worked for the funCr.ll home in
Roswell, Glenn Dennis, says an:Arrr.y…
- p. 147 …To llr. ~o's ofi'ice and then home.
- p. 182 …She said she had been home when she got telephone calls.
MC: I have talked to…
- p. 190 …unintelligible) some grave digger from the funeral home or
whatever ...
RW: Well, of course, Randle and…
- p. 201 …USAF on this date at my home and do hereby,
voluntarily and of my own free…
- p. 205 …Lieutenant, USAF on this date at my home and do hereby,
volwttarily and of my own…
- p. 213 …Lieutenant, USAF on this date at my home and do hereby,
voluntarily and of my own…
- p. 257 …As soon as that flight was made, that was the 7th, and we
went home on…
- p. 307 …PERMANENT ADDRESS OR HOME OF RECORD (Include l•P Code) MILITARY ORGANIZATION/EMPLOYER DEROS
Same as…
- p. 326 …Roswell AAF was home of the 509th Bomb Group
of the Strategic Air Command's Eighth…
- p. 327 …At some point General Ramey decided to forward the material to Wright Field,
home of AMC…
- p. 379 …miles from the and went to his home to try to about 18, or 20 Inches…
- p. 408 …scheduled to depart from HAWAII for its home station on Z plus one (l) day.
The…
- p. 434 …was used
as a beacon to be "homed in" on by the radio compass or aircratt…
- p. 444 …the radio compass
from an aircraft to "home in" on the balloon and position
it at…
- p. 512 …With proper equipment a balloon-borne
transmitter can provide a signal to guide an aircraft, homing…
- p. 516 …By homing on the signal end flying along the indicated
bearing until the compass needle reverses…
- p. 550 …awaJ trom
it and 118re able to home in on the signal by using the radio…
- p. 592 …airplane was used to follow the balloon, homing in
em the signal from the .AK-1…
- p. 801 …Jat At home. OYer to Cgdensburg to see Steve thi::: pm
Anril 7 :::un. Left Canton…
- p. 812 …At home. Took sleeper out of Canton for NYC
May 12 Mon. Arrived NYC and caught…
- p. 815 …Unable to leave for home on 3 July as was planned and wired Donnie first part…
- p. 816 …Got home about 230. Marion & her baby there.
July 16, 17, 18 At home. Drew in…
- p. 978 …In reality, Andrews AAF was the home of the
Army Air Forces Air Weather Service and…
Fli~a 2~ through. 39: 'l'hey were made from Alamogordo, New Mexico during
Wove er and December, 1947 to test ballast controls and to develop a
launching technique satisfactory for high winds. The period of data re-
ception by radio 'W&.S too short in all of' these flights to permit much e"Y8.lua-
tion of the altitude controls. On three flights (33, 35 and 39) a Fergusem
meteorograph was added to the train to record flight pressure; of 11 balloons
released, only these three were not recovered.
On seven flights the pressure signals reoeind by radiosonde were lost
while the balloon was still rising; Flight 38 was a shrouded neoprene
balloon which burst as 1t became .fullJ and Flight 39 was a polyethylene
balloon which burst at or near its ceiling f'ollowing a very rapid rise.
( 1his was the first balloon to burst using a short external appendix with
stiffeners.}
On the .other two flights (30 and 35) a very short period of level flight
was recorded before the balloon-borne radio transmitter passed out of range.
Besides these two, several other .001" polyethylene
were maintained at constant or near-constant levels for
can be seen from their points or recovery (Figure 13).
seen descending 18 hours after release.
Figure 13
balloons probably
several hours, as
One balloon was
On Flights 29 through 33 only a fixed ballast leak was used, set for
flows of from 300 to 600 grams per hour. Other fllghtl used automatic
ballast controls. Although these fixed leaks seemed to be sufficient to keep
the balloons aloft, there was no clear evidence as to what amount would be
needed for most efficient operation. The need for a system of ballast
metering was indicated in this series o.f flights.
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