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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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Oil these tlightl fixed ballaat leak• ot troa 260 to 600 grams per hour were used. Theae leaks were prOTided through romd orifices rather then through needle valve• which had be• in uee preTioudy. 1'hi1 improvement reduced the possibilit,y or clogging. On Plight 43 the tiret model ot an Olland-o7cle pressure modulator was tlown with a moditied T-69 ( 400 me) radioeonde transmitter. The resul ta obtained on thie tlight were not satistactory, but later test proved SUCCesatul. The train seen in Figure 16 is typical ot those flown during this period. Note the presence of the deTioe to rip the balloon when desoending into air lanes and thus speed up ita tall. G.M. 201 IWoon -- Ffaght lermnolion $Mtch ..... · PaJioad---- Payload ----- Parachute ---- T ()iflce Bal\ast Assembly- , Flight 16: Train, typical o1' those flown in April, 1948
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