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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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sample stations. Figure 21 shows the calculated net lift of the General Mills balloons. c. Balloon Diameter-Weight Relationships To facilitate design discussions, charts have been drawn up relating the approximate weight of a balloon to its size and the unit weight of the balloon fabric. A ten percent increase is added to the weight over that determined from the surface area to account for seams and shroud lines. Figures 22 and 23 are these charts. D. BJLte of Rise It is important that the rate of rise of a balloon be neither too fast nor too slow. For example, if a General ~dlls' 20-foot balloon rises faster than 900 feet per minute, there is danger of rupturing the balloon when pressure altitude is reached. On the other hand, if rates of rise under 400 feet per minute are chosen, since the free lift will be quite low, there is dange~ of: 1) a slight error in inflation resulting in the balloon's being unable to lift the equipment, or 2) with a wind much in excass of the rate of rise, the up-wind release failing due to the dragging of the equipment prior to its be1ng lifted by the balloon. To compute the tree lift necessary for a given rate of rise, the equation developed by Korft4 is used. This equation is: V : 412 (F) j- (G) f where F =f~ee lift in grams V : rate of rise in feet per minute G : g~oss lift in grams For our purposes, we wish to find F and have modified the equation to reads - 18 -
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