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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. 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…
Index
(All references are to flight numbert. The number of the flight on which a
particular instrument or principle wa~ first demonstrated is underlined.
For example, airborne radio direction finding was first used on Flight 41.)
Adiabatic temperature changes, 60, 75,
94
Airborne radio ~irection•finding, 41,
•103, 110 -
Airoratt tracking, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13-
20, 86, 108
Air flow
deformation of, over moUf1ta1n
range, ll
geostrophic, compared with balloon
trajec toriea, 55, 58 • 106, llO
Altitude sensitivity, 52, 82, 86, 110
Appendices (external) on polJ'Ithylene
balloons
first use of, 13
need for, demoilstra ted, lZ
stiffened with cardboa~. 20, 39
stiffened with metal, .!! -
Arrays of rubber balloons
cluster, 7
linear, 6
Atmospheric oscillations, 10, 52, 55,
58, 63, 71
Automatic P&llast valve
effect of superheat on, 10, 74, 80,
92
first activated by minimum-pressure
nitch, 12
first use or, 5
sunset effect on, 80, 90, 92
typical f'light with, 92
Ballast meter
need f'or, demonstrated, 29-39
use of, 74, 78, 80, 86, 89, 90, 92
94, 9'6."102
Ballast requirements
with .ool", 7'-diameter poly•
ethylene balloons, 74
with .cxn•, 20'•cU.ameter pol-7-
ethylene balloons, 64, ae. 60,
80, 92, 106
68
Ballast requirements (oont'd.)
with .oos•, 15 •-di...._r polyethylene
balloCD, ll
with Seytanc balloCIIl, 94
Balloons
flights using other than pol,.thylene
neoprene-coated nylon (Seyfan!),
59, 63, 79, 94
rubber, 5, 7
shrouded rubber (Dewey and Alley'),
23, 38, 66, 87
fl~ghts using polyethylene
.001",7'-diameter, 74
.001",20'-diamster,~
.001",70'-diamster, W
.001",30'-diameter, 102
.004",20'-diameter, W
.oo8",15'·diameter, ~
Barograph
longest record ~f, 75
need for~ demonstrated, 17, 29, 30, 32
use of (Fergusson), 33, 35, 39
use of new model (Lange), 52
Buoyancy
changes in, due to sunset, 75, 90
natural
Seyfang balloons in the troposphere, 79
1' -diameter polyethy.iene balloons
in the troposphere, 86
20'-diameter polyethylene balloons
in the stratoJphere, 60, 96
20'-diameter polyethylene balloons
in the troposphere, 70, 71, 88,
93, 98
70'-diameter polyethylene balloons
in the stratosphere, 76
Combination control (rate of ascent ballast
switch with displacement switch)
first use of, 102
typical flight~th, 106
Controls
first use of
automatic ballast valve, 5

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