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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. 28 …In all, he estimated, the
entire lot would have weighed maybe five pounds. There was no…
- p. 231 …It was
like a 500 pound rack with a receiver, frequency meter, recorder,
etc., and we…
- p. 233 …About one pound.
A: correct. And the targets are nominally maybe a quarter
of a pound…
- p. 238 …They went
and got a whole bunch of soo pound bombs out of the Earl
Ammunition…
- p. 258 …Third balloon with two and a half pound stick of TNT and cap set
by pressure…
- p. 263 …releasing
something like maybe several hundred 500 pound bombs for this.
At the same time, Trakowski…
- p. 323 …I 4 inches wide, and weighing 13
pounds (Atch 4). The sonabuoy contained both the acoustical…
- p. 379 …have weighed maybe five pounds.
rancher living 30 mlles south. east bright wreckage made up on…
- p. 408 …six (6) scientists and twelve (12) thousand pounds of' equipnent from BElliAR,
NEV; JERSEY to KWAJALErn…
- p. 475 …Dry ice consumption at -GOOF is approxi-
mately 150 pounds for a 24-hour period.
It…
- p. 483 …is free lift in pounds
and G is gross lift in pounds.
Although this equation was…
- p. 536 …New Mexico
In this flight, a 65-pound load was lifted with a linear array of…
- p. 538 …and
tour larger lifting balloons, a 53-pound load was carried alott on this flight.
At…
- p. 542 …wall) to
lift • total load of S5 pounds as high aa posaible (Figure 7). 'lbe small…
- p. 588 …the
AM-1 transmitter (with about 10 pounds of batteries) was received for about
400 miles…
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VII. Summary of…
- p. 614 …foot balloon should be held tinder 30 pounds; 2) ratEBot
rise should be less than 900…
- p. 621 …of 50,000 feet, with a
30-pound payload, risea about 900 feet with each kilogr…
- p. 641 …Given: (l) The pound molar volume of any gas at standard
conditions=359 ft. 3
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- p. 642 …2370 fte3
273.2 126
This is the mean pound molar volume at 15 km for…
- p. 643 …foot diameter,
at an altitude where the pound molar volume is 1000 ft. 3 (This is…
- p. 715 …Suspended
from the balloon is a 100 foot one thousand pound test nylon line which carries…
- p. 736 …The solid-ballast system was complex; approxi-
mately 900 pounds of sand was used on each…
- p. 737 …It
has an ultimate tensile strength of 1,900 pounds per
square inch at 2SC, which…
- p. 780 …for attaching rigging lines supporting a
~5-pound load to bottom of balloon ~nd means for…
- p. 862 …Yii th a 20•foot General Mills balloon, using helium, a
payload of 40 pounds will…
- p. 868 …Thus, if a 40-pound load is to be lifted, it is
not safe to use…
- p. 889 …This is the volume of a pound mol of any gas at those condi-
tions.
By…
- p. 893 …Elliptical shot bags, weighing 100
pounds,are used to hold the base of the bubble to…
- p. 907 …using
15 pounds (7 kilograms) of batteries. Longer periods
of transmission may be achieved by intermittent…
- p. 984 …The detonation, or "shot" (right), of 500 pounds of TNT
was monitored at White Sands Proving…
An electrically operated needle ~lve was included in the order,
however it is to be ca~celled as the mechanical valve appears more feasible
to the manufacturer.
As the motor switched modulator ~us already i~ experimental
state of manufacture for the Signal Corps and Evans Signal Laboratories
an order was placed for 3 of them with these characteristics:
To have a motor-driven commutator to contain 4 contacts alternately
switching two different temperatures, pressure and a reference. Rate of
switching will complete one cycle per minute. To report pressure accurately
between 150 and 500 mb. with a pressure resistor to be of such a valve that
with a large r~diosonde frequency variation for a small change in pressure.
To have an adjustable contact variable between '50 mb and 400 mb
with a factory adjustment of 300 mb. When the pressure arm reached this
contact, a squib will cut a thread that holds the ballast diaphragm open.
The first mechanical dribbler vras received on 20 J..pril 1947 anci is
undergoing modification and tests before being flown on Cluster Flight #2.
If it is successful, an order for improved models will be placed.
Another method maintaining a balloon at constant altitude
is by replenishing the hydrogen in the non-extensible envelope as it is
valved or a.s it diffuses. This might be accomplished by use of liquid
hydrogen but not by use of chemicals. due to their great weight relative
to the small volume of hydrogen generated. The liquid hydrogen method
is being investigated with a long range view. It does not seem too
feasible, however, due to the difficulties of keeping the rate of eva-
poration of the liquid hydrogen low at the high altitudes, without ex-
tensive ani heavy guard llasks of ljquid air.
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