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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. 218 …remember these which would make the thing rotate in flight. But this, in the B models…
  • p. 418 …Specltically, he le resnonaible tor tuperv1t1on of the Rotating ~gine Branch and the lon-lotating Encine…
  • p. 428 (Type E preferred) J a rotating commutator ot two segments, an insulator and a conductor; a…
  • p. 519 Corps ML-310/ radiosonde aneroid unit, a metal helix on a rotating cylinder of insulating material…
  • p. 521 …However, this error was minimized by the smoothness of the rotating cylinder and the continuous motion…
  • p. 523 …The performar.ce specifications are as follows: (a) Rotation: one revolution every 12 hours (b) Duration…
  • p. 528 …is recorded by the pen on a rotating smoked drum {B) • In order to prevent the…
  • p. 558 …and as evidenced by the barogram in Figure 20 (12-hour rotation). the balloon maintained its…
  • p. 560 …From the barogram (Figure 22) (12-hour rotation) it appears that the orifice did not permit…
  • p. 671 …and with four turns on a helix rotating once a minute, the pressure read- ability of…
  • p. 908 …This contact is used as a reference point for measuring the speed of rotation of the…
  • p. 910 (b) gears or poor alignment of the rotating cy- linder. The motor gears may be cleaned…
  • p. 911 pending upon the speed or rotation of the mo- dulator motor. The pressure signal appears at…
  • p. 915 …These values may be detected by carefully observing the rate of rotation of the motor, which…
  • p. 916 change in motor speed of five percent or more from the preceding rotation, the pressure value…
  • p. 917 …When rotating e. t about l rpm duration of signals not over 3 to 4 seconds…
  • p. 920 …The recording dr~ rotates once in twelve hours. Therefore, it a :flight lasts over twelve hours…
  • p. 922 …In smoking the drum a long rod is used as a rotating axis. The drum is…
  • p. 923 …The rotation of the drum is once in 12 hours and, therefore, the time-distance relation…
signals may be arranged so as to consume a very
small portion of -transmission time.
D. The duration of radio reception and of positioning data
may be greatly extended by appropriately equipped aircraft.
It is intended to utilize a B-17 with top~ounted radar to
search above the plane for tracking. Depending upon the
noise-level encountered, it may be possible to acquire
pressure data with a receiver in the plane. It may be
necessary to provide at least two aircraft for continuous
reception over long periods.
2. It is very desirable that the simplified ligbt-weigbt ballast
control system for flights of less than 24 hours' duration be
perfected. The elaborate ballast assembly with the automatic
ballast valve will not be needed for the many contemplated
flights which will be made with a useful life of less than
eight hours. A lower-capacity reservoir with manual ballast
valve and filter provides a light-weight, inexpensive unit.
Tests are now being conducted to find the best design for these
components.
3. In order to float a balloon at a pre-selected maximum altitude
it is necessary to supplement the variation-of-ballast with a new
height control system.
A. With a given balloon, and given total load, it is
possible to forecast the maximum height. (See Section
III for the computation.) If various ~Aximum heights
are desired, this maximum height may be varied by
varyin~ the total load, or varying the bouyancy of
the balloon through variation in balloon volume.
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