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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. 439 …it desired) Payload in~trumentation 1 ea. banner, 3 1 x 61 Data sheets. Weight sheets…
  • p. 550 …When mounted above the 'cloth identification banner, this chute also acts to minimize rrwe.y and…
  • p. 663 …A banner may be seen in Figure 30.. White banners seem to be the most generally…
  • p. 664 Figure 30 General Mills 20 foot balloon in flight, showine; banner and other flight train components.
  • p. 726 …description --------- Line leneth .---------------------------- Banner description --------------------------Ballast assembly .. description ______,.. Ballast • • .. • • '" • Total Equipment l~eight. • • • • ' Gross Load • • ' • • • • {56)
  • p. 860 …cutter cannon • • • • • • • • • 26 15 , Detail drawing of banner • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 28 16 • Typical service flight train (complete) • • • • • • • •• 30…
  • p. 881 …These are: (l) a banner, (2) a drag parachute, and (3) safety-weights. The banner is…
  • p. 882 …6' 12' NYU BALLOON PROJECT 3' 6' BANNER ~~~ Date~ 5-19-48 ED 48-5 6…
  • p. 937 2 ea. Parachutes ML-132 1 ea. Banner. 3' x 6' 4 ea. Data sheets 4…
  • p. 938 …description.______________ Drag chute ---------------------------- Banner description --------------- ---------- Ballast assembly - description -----------~-- Ballast • • • • • • Total Equipment i'ieight • • ' • • • • • • Gross Load • • • • • • • • • • • -86-
l'li~t 43 through 5la In April. 1948 a number of flights were made using
.06 polyethylene balloons and fixed-leak ballast controls. Only tour
of these flights were recovered.. The landing points ot these are shown 1n
Figure 16.
PointsriRacovery
for
Aprl-1948 Flighls
Figure 15
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Little is known positively about the floating levels since radiosonde
data was not obtained on most flights, and no barographs were available.
Three receiving stations at Alamogordo, Roswell and Carlsbad, New Mexico were
used to position the balloon with radio direction-finding equipment. By
assuming • floating level corresponding to the load, several flight patterns
were derived. No aircraft tracking was provided to check these comi>uted.
traj eo torie s.
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