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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. 17 …Popularly known as the Roswell Incident, this event has become the most celebrated UFO encounter of…
  • p. 73 …theory; movies such as "E.T.", "Close Encounter of the Third Kind", "Hanger 18" and "Cocoon…
  • p. 274 …I never encountered any such thing. We simply treated the security classification straight and did all…
  • p. 480 …differ- ential expansion of parts which is encountered at low temperatures is apt to cause less…
  • p. 513 …The defects which were encountered in the use of this trans- mitter were principally (1) relatively…
  • p. 517 …Altitude Determination To provide accurate, sensitive and readable records of the pressure (altitude) encountered by the…
  • p. 525 …This is due to the extreme cooling encountered in the expansion or the compressed gas as…
  • p. 526 …By adding a temperature-activated pen, this unit makes a record of the temperature encountered. Since…
  • p. 550 …miles and no cone or silence was encountered. By flying along the bearing indicated by the…
  • p. 556 …Ught winds were encountered in both oases, and a re~ersal trom Westerlies to Easterlies was…
  • p. 563 …Also the flight was made at night and no sunshine was encountered. i ~Ul!/JILLJLLI/l…
  • p. 569 …This force was in turn derived from the loss of lift encountered when over 300C of…
  • p. 667 Flight 12 was designed to overcame the difficulties encountered in flights 8 and 11, and, by…
  • p. 672 …Depending upon the noise-level encountered, it may be possible to acquire pressure data with a…
  • p. 713 …It, therefore, appeared that there was a certain amount of hazard to aircraft encountered in the…
  • p. 823 …S•clOc Probl• !he greateat problea encountered during the field testa at A.l.uogorcbt vas…
  • p. 841 …the range circuits necessary for conditions as encountered at this location. The fore part of July…
  • p. 920 …The clock should not be wound tightly since at the low temperatures encountered in the upper…
Meeting No. 30
TimrJ:
Place a
Members Present:
Secretary a
SUBJECT
AIR COORDINATING COMMITTEE
FORT WORTH REGIONAL AIRSPACE SUBCOMMITTEE
P. O. BOX 1689
FORT WORTH 1, TEXAS
August 21, 1947
August 21, 1947 - 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Regional Office, CAA, Ft. Worth, Texas
L. c. Elliott, Chairman
Lt. Col. Hall F. Smith, ~ar Dept. Member
Major Williams, War Dept. Alternate .Member
Perry Hodgden, CAB Member
CCli!UI8nder Jsnes Douglas A.rbes, Navy Dept. )(enber
Tracy Walsh, J,.TA Coordinator
Paul H. Boatman
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PAGE NmtmER
III. OBSTRUCTIONS TO AIR NAVIGATION
A. WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, PROV»>G GROUND -NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - RELEASE
OF FREE BALLOONS- CASE #111••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3
PROBLEM
1. 7he Secretary of the SUbcommittee presented a request received from the
New Yark University through the .Uepartment of Commerce Member for approval of re-
leases of free balloons at the White Sands Proving Ground in Phase II operation
as outlined in New York Subcommittee Meeting No. 12, dated March 20, 1947.
DISCUSSION
2. It as first thought that balloons would ascend and desc.end wi1hin the
confines of the White Sands presently assigned danger area and that no further
authorization would be required; however the Subcommittee was advised by the
Universit,y that balloons have been descending outside of the area in the vicinity
of Roswell, New Mexico. It, therefore, appeared that there was a certain amount
of hazard to aircraft encountered in the descent of this equipment.
3. The Subcommittee did not have full inf' ormation on the nUll!Der of releases
anticipated and other pertinent details; however it appeared the chances of collision
of aircraft with this equipment was very remote and due to the fact prevailing winds
in this area would ordinarily carry the equipment eastward, which would tend to carry
it away from heavy travelled already established civil airways, that this activity
might not be too objectionable.
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