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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 …There was no sign of any metal in the area which might have been used for…
  • p. 30 …and tinfoil has since grown to exotic metals with hieroglyphics and fiber optic-like materials. Most…
  • p. 38 …a thick, foil like metallic gray substance; a brittle, brownish-black plastic- like material, like Bakelite…
  • p. 39 …fine kidskin glove leather and a dull metallic grayish silver, one side slightly darker than the…
  • p. 43 …a "service flight" that included a cylindrical metal sonobuoy and portions of a weather instrument housed…
  • p. 159 …light, as well as some sort of metallic retlecting material that was also very light I…
  • p. 172 …nothing he had ever seen and the metal was as thin as newsprint and as light…
  • p. 173 …Was it some sort of material, metal material or... MC: And it's in one of…
  • p. 177 …Rickett said it looked Hke metal and asked if it was radioactive" ... and you said it…
  • p. 182 …wandered through the security phalanx and saw metallic debris scattered in an outer circle with a…
  • p. 205 …but I betievc they were covered in metal. On review of the photos in the Randle…
  • p. 218 …They talk in terms of materials that look like metallic foil, and specifically that "could not…
  • p. 266 …It's my memory that there was good, bright, aluminum metal foil, not painted stuff on…
  • p. 269 …mylar is a polyethylene, it's a metalized polyethylene. A: It's not really a polyethylene…
  • p. 309 …s ball and jacks set) with a metallic material between the legs. The legs were madeq…
  • p. 318 …the local sheriff and reported that sme metallic debris had come to rest on the ranch…
  • p. 379 …out of It, There was no S(gn of any metal of Corona. today told his…
  • p. 465 …The fabric has been coated with a metallic paint to mw1.mue the effects of radiation…
  • p. 519 Corps ML-310/ radiosonde aneroid unit, a metal helix on a rotating cylinder of insulating material…
  • p. 598 …20, 39 stiffened with metal, .!! - Arrays of rubber balloons cluster, 7 linear, 6 Atmospheric oscillations, 10…
  • p. 864 …15 x i X .030" 24 ST Metal spring bow to hold appendix flat, like pressed…
  • p. 867 Figure 4 Two foot apflendix, showing metal spring bow in position. -13-
  • p. 868 …toggles and loops in the nylon may be used instead of the heavier metal snaps. -14-
  • p. 908 …rotating cyclinder of insulating material with a metal helix wound around the cylinder, and a 6…
  • p. 916 …Spiral--made of nickel or other metal which does not corrode in the atmosphere, .010 inch…
  • p. 917 …Loading edge of the metal spiral will be true and sm.ooth to within .0005 inch…
  • p. 922 …The car- bon should not be so thick as to obscure the metallic appearance of the…
  • p. 932 …GoPPE:R TuBE s" J·-- 58 COILA5SEMBL.Y (SECTION) --.. ....-- METAL HosE TO TANKS c :::{l;::::t…
  • p. 937 …tin cans Metal funnel -8:5-
  • p. 989 …These balloons were easily mistaken for flying saucers due to their shape and metallic exterior coating.
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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