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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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7his method of release is a development of the upwind release used in radiosonde flights in the u.s. Weather Bureau, with refinements first used by General ~ills Aeronautical Research Laboratories and necessitated by the larger balloon size and the nwnber of canponents on each flight. Using this method, successful releases were made at Alamogordo in winds of 20 miles per hour with gusts up to 30 miles per ho~. c. Recovery Much additional information on the behavior of the train components can be gained if they are recovered. Two methods of recovery are employed: 1) reward tags and 2) recovery by the balloon crew tracking the flight. Reward tags attached to several components have encouraged the finders to protect the equipment and report its location. the tag and associated questionnaire are included in Appendix 3. Total recovery of flights to date is about 60~ of those released. When the location of the balloon is known by visual observation from an airplane, or the landing area is indicated by direo.tion-finding gear, recovery is attempted by truck· by the balloon crew or the crew at one of the downwind stations. Several successful recoveries have been made of flights ot relatively short range. It was found in earlier atte~pts that the balloon equipment was a difficult target both in the air and on the ground. Con- sequently a colored cheesecloth banner (6 by l2·ft., stiffened top and bottom) was added to the train. It also is a convenient marker for theodolite stadia measurements. A banner may be seen in Figure 30.. White banners seem to be the most generally useful. Section 6. Fligb.t Summary A summary of pertinent information on all flights made to date is included in Appendix 1 as table VII. · Also shown bhere are flight train - 26.-
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