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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. 539 …Too muoh weight was lost in this action, and the train rose until aome of the…
  • p. 540 …Train, Flight 10 The balloon rose to about 16,000 teet MSL and dropped back to…
  • p. 554 …It will be seen that the balloon rose~ a ' .. --------- r- ....., ..:. Pon"'m j"'.,.._" k '~I I…
  • p. 572 …obtained, but during this time the balloon rose with predicted speed (500 feet per minute) nearly…
  • p. 585 …On the other hand, the balloon rose extremely slowly and may have taken in air to…
  • p. 665 …In flight 7, however, the cluster rose till the lifters were cut off, descended until sufficient…
  • p. 739 …As a result, the cluster rose to ceiling and stayed at this altitude for a short…
  • p. 786 s4cond cluster flight, provision was also made to release balloons if the train rose above 40…
Flight l04a Released from Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1123 MST, Feburary 5, 1949
RecOV"ered atHale Center, Texas
On 1hil flight a atepwiae floating level •• achieved by the dropping of
weight from the 20;..foot, .001• polyethylene ballocm. From the height-time
curve (Figure 53) the clillb from 35,000 teet IISL to 4:'7 ,000 MSL can be seen.
A time clock •• uae4 to atart the rapid flow ot ballaat after about one hour
at the 1'1rat lenl. Following the exhauation of all ballast, the ballast
reaervoir itaelf waa releaaed to cauae the final riae of the balloon.
By the u.e of thia teobllique. atmospheric aam.pling ot any kind may be
conducted with two or aon lenla aampled on • single flight. lll thout using
any control to Jteep the balloon constantly at a given altitude tor a long
time, the sampling steps should not be expected to be much longer than one
hour apiece.
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~i 7 FLIGHT 104
Released al Alamogordo,N.M.
Feb.5,1948- 1123 M.SI
ReccJI88d at ttie Orier, 'Ill.
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Figure 53
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