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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. 43 …to the sun for only a few days. The plasticizers and antioxidants in the neoprene would…
  • p. 205 …ashes after exposure to the sun for only a few days. The balloon material and radar…
  • p. 221 …to the sun. Q: Is this the neoprene type or the ••• A: That's the neoprene…
  • p. 230 …such as the balloon material degraded, and maybe fused in the hot sun? 14 A: I…
  • p. 282 …We worked in the old Sun newspaper building in downtown Baltimore. Q: They had intelligence personnel…
  • p. 465 …the values of superheat ob- tained by the gas when the balloon is in the sun…
  • p. 484 …Superheat and Its Effects The effect of the heatin~ of lifting gas by the sun's…
  • p. 489 …Since the effect of the sun in heating the lifting gas decreases the effect of different…
  • p. 524 …when the ex- ternal temperature was measured, since no adequate protection from the sun was available…
  • p. 525 …Daytime flights had the added advantage or heating from the sun. The temperature of the lifting…
  • p. 541 …in the aneroid val~e as intermittent clouds shut off' the sun, and (3) the overcompensation…
  • p. 547 …stmset, and the balloon took on superheat whioh was lost_when the sun went down. ntis…
  • p. 558 …the transmitter was not insulated, and there was no heat to be gained .from the sun…
  • p. 570 …Since the sun had set between the third and -40-
  • p. 579 during the sunset descent (caused when the superheated helium lost the sun's heating ei'i…
  • p. 591 …that seen earlier with the balloon gas being warmed by the sun to acquire a superheat…
  • p. 666 …the changing buoyancy of the balloon as cloud masses intermittently shielded it from the sun's…
  • p. 736 …the subst;q.uent descent, superheating of the balloons by the nsmg sun would cause the…
  • p. 739 …Flight termination was usually due to deteriora- tion of the balloon caused by the sun. In…
  • p. 740 …the ambient tem- perature after the sun had risen. The automatic ballast valve operates. when the…
  • p. 801 …April 14 Sun. Down to lab this am with Joe looking for G9A files. Jim Peoples…
  • p. 802 …Discussed with Crane possibilities of getting sound through the ground part of the ocean sound channel…
  • p. 803 …Over to Jim and Rowes tonight and to Euzzards Bay bowling, l'ay 5 Sun. L…
  • p. 806 …Stayed at Amarillo - at Clinton Hotel Jan 19 Sun Left Amarillo about 1130 CST IC.ent…
  • p. 808 …Correlated between the ~ower and Dona sites for se·reral sources. 'o!orked total travel times…
  • p. 810 …April 6 Sun. Checked clocks. Cleaned out hanger and emptied trash out at East White Sands…
  • p. 811 …April 20 Sun. Worked on plans for bombing runs and V2 monitoring. April 21 Mon. Alamogordo…
  • p. 812 …All equipment loaded on plane this pm. ~ay J-4 Sat, Sun. Left Alamogordo about 9…
  • p. 815 …29 June (Sun) NYU personnel and some of Watson Lab men working today with equipment in…
  • p. 816 …July 1a Sun. to cabins in Ohio just out of Springfield. July 1 Mon. To cabins…
  • p. 852 …4C.~~~ies• .tJi~J.tl~e ..• a 'telemeteririg ·device to indicate· the rate of ballast flow…
  • p. 861 …a sun- set. (3) By adding altitude control equipment, it is possible to maintain the balloon…
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in Newark about 430. Reser!ations to :Jayton on Spirit of St. louis had been cancelled.
'":alled '·fats on Labs. Go:t roomette on Spirit about 530. Called f·'rs Ewing in NYC. Left
::ewark or. '::pirit of St louis at 620 pm.
April 2) Tues. Arrived Dayton, Ohio about 8 30 am. Tried to get return ticket for tonight
but coach car only open, ~ook bus out to ~~right Field, Bldg 28. Saw fo~r Drexler and turned
over 2 of the A for P to him. Colonel Jl'aier on leave. :vent down to Colonel Winter's office
ar.d :our.d :·'ajor Crane there, ~!e talked to Colonel ';linters regarding the need for planes
and about new EO on extended long ranges of the 189-7-1 program which he approved and
c!arl'=ed up to 1-P & t::ent on for higher anpro·.ral. event over with Crane & saw Colonel lind
gard in the plane assignment division and talked about planes. Had lunch with him and then
:.;er.t back to talk to ::::olonel ~at on regarding planes to 189-9-1. ··rent over to look at C-97,
converted B-29 for transport. 3ack to Bldg 28 & talked with General Rives. Request for
planes agrred upon and B-29 1·lill be available near the 1st of June. H~9-7-1 required by
:1i 'les. A for Ps in Drexler's office not yet signed. - will be sent on to \vats on Labs later.
Crane had reservations for me on the Spirit of St Louis and we left Dayton at 8 pm.
Anril 24 1:/ed. Discussed with Crane possibilities of getting sound through the ground part
of the ocean sound channel and about the possibilities of a balloon such as Piccards.
Arrived in nyc about 10)0. ::alled 1iatson Labs and then we took a taxi up to Ewing's office
at Columbia. After Ewing 1-2 class we discussed plans for 188-5 and 189-7-1, both Eglin
Field and long range channel program. Left Ewings office about 6. Crane registered at Hotel
Lexington and I caught 740 out of Penn Station and arrived at Red Bank at 845 pm
April 25 Thurs. Up to Watson Labs. Worked over notes of conference with Ewing yesterday.
Wrote up both travel blanks and sent them down to Travel Order Section. Talked with~Palmer
about ~~Q travel forms. ~·Trote up letter to W:right Field requesting use of second crash boat.
·;rote R~R for 1'lark 2 hydrophone. Talked to lt. Hungerford regarding request of this.
Stepanoff, new physicist for WLERl in this pm. Crane left for Wright Field tonight.
April 26 Fri. Up to :latson Labs. :Jent over purchases already applied for with Reinnagle.
1iyckoff in this am. McCurdy in pm for radio parts. Went back to Oakhurst with McCurdy
this P~;
April 27 Sat. Left Red Bank about 730 AM with McCurdy in his car. Drove through NJ at
TRenton & down to Philadelphia, Mac left me off at Olney at subway station. Contacted
Marion at Bankers Security and went by train with her·to Newton, Pa at 100 PM • Stayed
with ?laggs •
Apr 28 Sun. 'iolayne & l'larion drove me over to Trenton, NJ & I caught 1030 am train into NYC.
;vent up to Ewings about 1215. Joe.Worzel there & Hilly Barbour. They left for Woods Hole
about 2 PM. I caught 5.50 train out of Penn Station to Red Bank, NJ
April 29 Mon. Up to Watson Labs. Checked over at library to have some periodicals obtained.
lient over water work with rl:cCurdy regarding what is needed in way of purchase's. •Went over
to Oahhurst with Roke, new engineer, former Lt. Commander in Navy. Talked to Charlie
Ireland regarding Eglin Field work.
April )0, Tues. Up to Oakhurst. Went over equipment that would be left there and what we
might do when rest of people gone to Whitesands with Wyckoff. Wyckoff and I took car to
Hatsom labs to conference with Col Duffy of Weather Bureau, Capt Kellogg and Col Gault.
Discussed weather problems - on eqpt? and S658s & aerography neede in coming work. Discussed
equipment with HcCurdy pm and tried to find where demolition cable could be located,
Vay 1 ~led. l'p to ~vatson labs. Talked with Stepanoff and 'Wyckoff regarding work to be done
while crew was recording '.lhite Sands in New Mex:hco. Commander Navy arrived about 1130 am
and we held a conference -Gault, Compton?, Dove Crane, 'tlyckoff, Hungerfield, 'faux and
~yself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather
Service over pm and talked with Crane and I regarding 658s, airgraphs, etc. Got travel
orders etc to Columbia tomorrow. ~vyckoff and about 11 others leaving for White Sands by
plane tomorrow morning. Up to lab tonight with Crane.
~ay 2 Thursda~. Left Red Bank on 8 am train, off at Elizabeth and took ferry to NYC.
Up to GCT and then up to Docs. Too late for talk with Kellogg but in time for conference
with Ewing, Lane of Columbia, Gallo, Bradford, Dove and Crane of Hatson labs. Conference
went over contracts with Columbia and ~~. Crane and I talked to Dove for short time after
dinner. Caught 11)0 sleeper to Boston tonight.
!lay 3 ?ri. Arrived \.foods Hole 1045 am . \ient over to Falmouth with Dorothy. Up to lab: pm
with Joe \i. Talked to Jim Peoples re his amplifier. and level recorder, Bump and Kit over
tQri~h~.tSaw Columbus PM.
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