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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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“Albuquerque”14 pages

  • p. 51 …Kopelson said the office's investigation, first reported in the Albuquerque Journal yesterday, stemmed from a…
  • p. 82 …northwest ofHobbs NM 7 miles southeast of Albuquerque NM Carrizozo NM 15 miles southwest of Alamogordo…
  • p. 176 …of command that reported to Kirtland in Albuquerque rather than Fort Worth and although Blanchard outranked…
  • p. 225 …Tibbetts, who until recently lived in Albuquerque, he's now moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. Tibbetts says…
  • p. 273 …Another fellow recently came into view, a Carl Pflock from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He appeared to…
  • p. 299 …B-29 crashed on T/0 from Albuquerque in Jan 1947 and a B-29 crashed…
  • p. 379 …but h.e thought the constru~t.ion. ~;ent here from the Albuquerque wondered if what…
  • p. 543 …reports. Reports from .l!il Paso, Roswell. Albuquerque and White Sands were used for comparison with…
  • p. 637 …WNW-5 W-7 10,000 M Albuquerque 1944 SE-3 W-3 W-6 W…
  • p. 639 …3 wsw-2 WNW-5 'WNW-8 Albuquerque 1944 N-3 "WNW-4 WNW-6 W…
  • p. 723 …representative preaeurea and temperatures taken from Washington, Albuquerque, Pittsburgh and Lakehurst soundings. Individual variations from season…
  • p. 740 …was reported to have been seen over Albuquerque, New Mexico, and about 26 hours later a…
  • p. 742 …Over Albuquerque, which was considerably farther from the path of the balloon than the other two…
  • p. 788 …The .altitudes corresponding to various molar volumes for Lakehurst am Albuquerque in January and in August…
359 x ~73.2 - 59.5 X 1013.3 • 2370 ft.3 (the mean molar volume
.;.;73.:2 1.20
at 15 km for Jan.l943 over Lakehurst,N.J.)
This volume data was computed for all lovels given. Data was
"borrowed" from ot.aer stations in tne same latitude to piece out the 20
km soundings as needed.
II. Lifts were computed for various molor volumes for balloons
between 7. 5 am 75 feet diameter in the following manner:
Given
purity of Hydrogen 99."7%
impurity as oxygen 0.3%
computed molecular wt. 2.11 #1 mol
Molecul~r weight of dry .9.ir as computed from date. re:Jorted at
10 km. in Ha.nibook of Chemistry am Physics •
.28.764 #1 mol
To find the lift of a 20'D balloon at an altitude where the
molar volume is 1000 ft.3:
Volume 20 ft.D Balloon = 4190 ft.3
Lift/BalloonBalloon Volume X(Difference in molecular wgts.of air#hgn
Molar Volume at a given altitude
or
Total Lift of gas in #/Balloon= ft. 3/Balloon X (
ft.3/mol
for the 40 foot diameter balloon:
#/mol)
Lift = 419° (.28.76 - 2 •11) = 111.7.# lift from a 20 foot diameter
1000 sphere of hydrogen at an altitude
where the molar volume is 1000 ft.3.
The lifts were plotted against molar volume for each size
balloon. The .altitudes corresponding to various molar volumes for
Lakehurst am Albuquerque in January and in August 1943 as computed
above were plotted on t)e left margin of the chart.
The family of curves was plotted on log ?aper and is included
in the append~{ with the basic sounding data.
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