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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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  • p. 12 …Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, July 9, 1947 17. Satement, Lt. Col. Sheridan…
  • p. 13 …Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, July 9, 1947 2. Organizational Chart, Watson Laboratories…
  • p. 28 …of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon examination the debris recovered…
  • p. 30 …These locations include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia…
  • p. 34 …Laboratory, Washington, DC; Federal Records Center, Ft Worth, TX; the INSCOM Archives, Fort Meade, MD; National…
  • p. 38 …the famous photos (Atch 16) in Fort Worth was that of a radar target normally suspended…
  • p. 39 …told was a flying saucer to Fort Worth. The people on board included ... and Maj Jesse…
  • p. 40 …Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when the Roswell…
  • p. 45 …taken at the time by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, that depicted Ramey and Marcel with…
  • p. 46 …wreckage prior to its getting to Fort Worth. This organization reported on July 20, 1994, that…
  • p. 48 …July 9, 1947 Photos of Balloon Wreckage, Ft Worth Star Telegram 17. Signed Sworn Statement of…
  • p. 51 …After the autopsies, conspiracy theorists said the bodies were flown to Fort Worth and then to…
  • p. 75 …of the debris was flown to Fort Worth, ..as where the Commander of the Eighth Air…
  • p. 101 …WNRq or the Southwest Regional Depository (Fort Worth, Texas). Recommendations Because the records management policy of…
  • p. 108 …Ramey arrived .from Ft Worth on an official visit. 16 July 1947 - Lt Colonel J. P…
  • p. 151 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photographs of Balloon Debris July 9, 1947
  • p. 159 …to Eighth AU- Force Headquarters in Fort Worth where it was subsequently identified as a weather…
  • p. 167 …Marcel took it to Fort Worth. Yeah that's the ... RW: ·Yeah. That doesn't look…
  • p. 168 …Wright-Pat and Kirtland, or to Fort Worth. Back and forth, loaded up, with very tight…
  • p. 174 …Then it said: "After Marcel had gone to Fort Worth and came back Marcel challenged the…
  • p. 176 …O.K."Marcel would take some ofthe sample to Fort Worth to show Ramey. In the…
  • p. 179 normal course of his duty was sent to Washington not 8th Air Force in Fort Worth…
  • p. 254 …But the Roswell morning paper clearly showed that there was a knowledgeable person in Fort Worth…
  • p. 266 …by a news photographer of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. It's four pictures that show…
  • p. 309 …I was the only weather forecaster on duty in the Fort Worth base weather and flight…
  • p. 318 …to Eighth Air Force Headquarters at Fort Worth AAF, TX, for his personal inspection. Upon viewing…
  • p. 326 …Before the announcement was made, the "disc" was flown to Fort Worth AAF, at the direction…
  • p. 327 …thermos jug" was allegedly transported from Fort Worth AAF to Wright Field. 38 This description is…
  • p. 329 designs on it."41 Furthermore, the Fort Worth Army Airfield Weather Officer, Irving Newton, who was…
  • p. 333 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photographs of Balloon Debris July 9, 1947 1
  • p. 640 …Similarly, the Fort Worth Sub-Committee established a procedure for flights made within the Fort V1orth…
  • p. 707 …Air Coordinating Committee, Fort Worth Regional Airspace Subcommittee. Subject: Obstructions to ·air navigation ••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 43 Memorandum from…
  • p. 713 …Secretary a SUBJECT AIR COORDINATING COMMITTEE FORT WORTH REGIONAL AIRSPACE SUBCOMMITTEE P. O. BOX 1689 FORT…
  • p. 715 …Ft. Worth Regional Airspace Subcommittee Lt. Col. Hall F. Smith, War Dept. Member, Ft. Worth Regional…
  • p. 716 …y /•/ Jtul H. Boatman PAUL H • BOA 1MAN Secretary, Ft. Worth Regional Airspace SubcCIIDII.ittee (46)
  • p. 749 …ron Worth Su~ittee night or Balloou oa .l1Jo Space froa Al&IIIO&OrdO • CiYS.l…
  • p. 812 …Arrived in Fort Worth about 9 EDST. Off again to Big Springs, Texas, where forced to…
  • p. 990 …the Foster ranch and shown at Forth Worth Army Airfield with Maj. Jesse Marcel. Crashed saucer…
the balloon is not visible due to haze. cloud cover. etc. Ground radar
has been used • .nen available, ~th fair results. particularly when radar
targets are added to the flight train.
E. Fligh.t Termination Control
Due to the size and weight of the balloons and the flight gear •
the Civil Aeronautics Authority was advised oft he testing program. At a
meeting in New York an 20 .March 1947, the New York Air Space Sub-Committee
prescribed a procedure which was designed to minimize the hazard to air
traffic. Similarly, the Fort Worth Sub-Committee established a procedure
for flights made within the Fort V1orth .ttegion of the cAA. Pertinent cor-
respondence with the CAA is included in the Appendix. Part 2. Owing to
the si. ze of these cells, a very slow rate of descent should be expected
atter all ballast has been expended and the flight control devices have
ceased to operate. Thus a large balloon and several heavy pieces of
equipment might take an hour or more to descend through the levels of
air travel. Despite the extreme improbability of midair collision. it is
obviously desirable to take all possible precautions against such mishap
and current flights have the following safeguards: (1) Flights are released
on days ~hen cloud cover is forecast to be light. thus permitting visual
contact. (2) Notices to airmen are to be issued if the balloon is descending
within designated regions of dense air tra~fic. (3) To reduce the time
involved in a final descent, a special device called the "blowout patch"
has been~eveloped. This is an igniting squib which is fastened to the
side of the cell. on the equator. Sealed in with the squib, which is fired
electrically ~hen the cell descends below 20.000 feet, is a quantity of
gunpowder and magnesium. When the squib is fired. the incendiary patch
blows out, allowing a rapid escape of gas through the opening. Since the
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