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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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~·a.rcr 9 c:un. Left Olmsted 0934 am - c47, Manjak and Schneider and landed at Newark 1130
~hompson and I took train to Asbury Park from Pa station. In Asbury Park 3 pm
March 10 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flight 25, Parts 1 and 2. Started Eileen
on V-2 rocket ~ecordings.
~arch 11 Tues Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flights 25, 24. Flight 26 off today, Part
1 at 9, part 2 at 2 pm. Good results! Eileen on V2 rocket March 7, Dona Site.
March 12 Wed Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on records - Flight 26, and started Flight 23.
Eileen worked on Dona site , V-2. Thompson and I went over Alamogordo plans.
March 1J lhurs Oakhurst. Worked with Vivian some on Flight 23 and 22. Worked on Tularosa
site of V2 - 7 March. Eileen worked on Launching Site, V-2. Flight 27 today - at 12 noon
and at 4 pm. Probably last of flights.
March 14 Fri Oakhurst. Vivian worked on identification of returns, last~~=5 cruises. gave
good sky waves. Trakowski, Peoples and myselfwrote up report for General Reves on overall
program to be hand carried by Thompson to Washington. Eileen worked on V-2 records, #21
March 15 Sat Oakhurst. Worked up survey of Launching .irea and Tuleroso sites lc plotted all
sites on air map. Worked on V2 rocket March 7 records.
March 16 Sun Oakhurst. Worked· on fon~ula for amnnd correction un.:t.il 2 p11 - went over to
McCurdys tonight.
March 17 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian plotted up all last sky waves. Worked on eqpt list for Alamo-
gordo. Worked on formulas for wind correction. , , ,
March 18 Tues Oakhurst. Worked with V. Checked through all March 13 records.,. Worked on
Woods Hole recordings pm. Eileen working on V-2 rockets.
March 19 Wed Oakhurst. Reviewed Flight 24A trying to get, some azimuths .from Oakhurst but
records very poor. Reviewed records of ·Jan 2Jrd and started on stratosphere calculations.
Eileen working on corrections Jan 20 V2 rocket from meteorological data. Baten? in from
Florida Field Station, ready to go to Alamogordo next Tuesday.
March20 Thursday, Oakhurst. Went over final calculations for stratosphere data using
seiSJiic methods, of Jan 23 data with Vivian. Got V=J25 at 3 kms. Studied azimuths on that
data and got w = 10 m/sec coming from south on June 2Jrd. Worked with Eileen on rocket
Jan 20thcorrecting for met data and plotting final H against X in kms from surface for
up data.
March 21 Friday Oakhurst. Worked on Alamogordo plans - Lewis & Clowry over this pm and we
went over all future plans including bombing for Alamogordo. Worked on rocket data with
Eileen and on flight data with Y, S,1-4tpanoff on ray paths of Dec 13
March 22 Saturday Oakhurst. Went over all V2 rocket data. Studied azimuth - elevation
graphs & studied WAC Corporal of 3 March. Caught 534 train from Asbury Park - 1045
sleeper out of NYC
Marcb 21 Sunday. At boae. Arrived Cant.on abo~'!ow9. lo@;t'~1 .qn sleep~::r, tonight &bpltt 8 pm
March 24 Monday. Arrived NYC about 7. At 0930 went up J.o Math DQ&rtment at NYU - Washington
Square. Met Mr Bennett of WL. Found that Dr. Courant would not be in until late and decided
not to wait but caught 104o train to Asbury Park. Went over shipment ready for Alamogordo
and over work for Vivian and Eileen. Packing tonight.
March 25 Tuesday Truck at Oakhurst at 9 with scales - all equipment weighed - about 3500#
total including TORRID. Edmonton, Reynolds, Thompson, Porter, Godbie? and I left about 10
and went through to Mitchell Field in staff car. B-17, Carroll, pilot -- co-pilot. Left
Mitchel Field about 3 pm. High level winds - went southern route - stayed at Maxwell Field
Alabama tonight. Thompson stayed behind waiting for B-45
March 26 Wednesday, Left Maxwell Field, AlL.labout 9 and landed in Alamorgoro J pm
March 27 Thursday Alamogordo. Phil, Beynilds and I went out to Tower site, took in all wires,
Pulled down tent and Rubicon equipment and took it over to new site west of Lake Lucero.
Strung out wire, surveyed in site & set up Rubicon tent. Sal, Edmonson, Godbie?, Porter
weighing in equipment in Alamogordo air base.
March 28 Friday. Alamogordo. Went out with Godlers, Porter to White Sands west of air base.
Located site and surveyed it, put up shelter and set up GR). Phil and Reynolds went up tp
Tularosa site, Sal and Edmondson worked on GR8 and low frequency equipment, Thompson in
with B-45 from Newark.
March 29 Sat Alamogordo
March 10 Sun Alamogordo. Phil and I went out to Dona site and picked up some equipment and
then out to Lucero site. Set up Rubicon and took a record. Tried to get through to Tularosa
site west of White Sands but couldnt find road.

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