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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. 28 …Major Marcel and "a man in plain clothes" then accompanied Brazel home to pick up the…
  • p. 30 …These locations include Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters; possibly Sandia…
  • p. 40 …Subsequently, Cavitt was interviewed on May 24, 1994, at his home. Cavitt provided a signed, sworn…
  • p. 51 …Also, a nurse reportedly told a local funeral home director that she witnessed the autopsies of…
  • p. 75 …mortician who worked for the funCr.ll home in Roswell, Glenn Dennis, says an:Arrr.y…
  • p. 147 …To llr. ~o's ofi'ice and then home.
  • p. 182 …She said she had been home when she got telephone calls. MC: I have talked to…
  • p. 190 …unintelligible) some grave digger from the funeral home or whatever ... RW: Well, of course, Randle and…
  • p. 201 …USAF on this date at my home and do hereby, voluntarily and of my own free…
  • p. 205 …Lieutenant, USAF on this date at my home and do hereby, volwttarily and of my own…
  • p. 213 …Lieutenant, USAF on this date at my home and do hereby, voluntarily and of my own…
  • p. 257 …As soon as that flight was made, that was the 7th, and we went home on…
  • p. 307 …PERMANENT ADDRESS OR HOME OF RECORD (Include l•P Code) MILITARY ORGANIZATION/EMPLOYER DEROS Same as…
  • p. 326 …Roswell AAF was home of the 509th Bomb Group of the Strategic Air Command's Eighth…
  • p. 327 …At some point General Ramey decided to forward the material to Wright Field, home of AMC…
  • p. 379 …miles from the and went to his home to try to about 18, or 20 Inches…
  • p. 408 …scheduled to depart from HAWAII for its home station on Z plus one (l) day. The…
  • p. 434 …was used as a beacon to be "homed in" on by the radio compass or aircratt…
  • p. 444 …the radio compass from an aircraft to "home in" on the balloon and position it at…
  • p. 512 …With proper equipment a balloon-borne transmitter can provide a signal to guide an aircraft, homing…
  • p. 516 …By homing on the signal end flying along the indicated bearing until the compass needle reverses…
  • p. 550 …awaJ trom it and 118re able to home in on the signal by using the radio…
  • p. 592 …airplane was used to follow the balloon, homing in em the signal from the .AK-1…
  • p. 801 …Jat At home. OYer to Cgdensburg to see Steve thi::: pm Anril 7 :::un. Left Canton…
  • p. 812 …At home. Took sleeper out of Canton for NYC May 12 Mon. Arrived NYC and caught…
  • p. 815 …Unable to leave for home on 3 July as was planned and wired Donnie first part…
  • p. 816 …Got home about 230. Marion & her baby there. July 16, 17, 18 At home. Drew in…
  • p. 978 …In reality, Andrews AAF was the home of the Army Air Forces Air Weather Service and…
c. 1. GENERAL WRI ACCOMPLISHED
field testa were conducted at llaaogordo Arrq llr Base during
'Ule veelt of JUDI!I 1, uaing clusters of meteorological b&lloona.
Tbe pri111Ll"1 object of tbeee teste waa to perfect h&a:iling aDd
launching technique• far large nights am to cheek the opera-
tion ot the T&rioua altitude controlling devices developed for
this project. At the ••• tiJie, the testa afforded the oppor-
tunity to carrr aloft payloads of Watson Laboratories equip-
lEnt. In general, vhUe the nights were successful 1n the
sense ot carrying Watson Laboratory gear aloft for an extended
period or tiM, d1ff1eul tie a &a:l •teriel tail urea encountered
eerved to ..pbas1ae the unaatistactor.r charaeteriatics of
Eteorolog1cal balloon clusters. .l technical report wxier
preparation vill contain discuaaion or tbe nights •
.l!ter the retum froa .lla.:>gordo, the reMinder ot the month
vaa occupied with prepa.ratiou for a second field trlp to
Uaaogordo A.J:a7 .l1r Base tor testa to be conducted in Jul.7.
!vent,--fin aeTen-toot d.i&M\er 1 1111. thick poly-eth7len.
talloona were reeeiTecl troa GeDBral Hilla. One each fifteen-
foot diaMter 8 .U. thick polreth7lene balloona waa receiTed
troa B• .l. Saith, IDC.
A aeven-ua b&lloon crew departed for .lluogordo .lnr;J .lir
!aae on Jw. ;n to Jll&b the aecond aeriea ot launchings there.
!be plastic b&l.last resenoir ued for the first nights in
lev Mexico vaa too traP.le to take l&UDC.hing atressea. .lD
al181nua reaenoir, .ounte4 oa legs containiDg a baUt-in
tUter vaa deaipd aDil a supplier vas located. The capaci t7
of tl» nn reservoir u 5 pllona (301) thoueh it vill veigh
eDl.y 2 pouzdl. It ia belieftd tbat the alUIIinua reservoirs
U recnered •7 b8 uecl repea tecll7.
2. S•clOc Probl•
!he greateat problea encountered during the field testa at
A.l.uogorcbt vas tbt unpredictable am hi&blT variable etrect
et IUperbeat on •teorololioal balloons. Tbe unpredictable
iDcreaae 1a litt ot the olus ter UDder the r&7• of tba aun vaa
aa 1111Ch u 2~ higher tbaD the 1D1tial Utt. !hi a 1a aenral.
lut.auea reeulted 1a the iD&bUi\7 ot altitude oontrel bal-
l.eoa cut-etta to atop the aaoent of tbl bUloon train at tbl
4eaire4 alti\ude,
!he at.n. 1-. t•peraturea e~~eountered at hi&b altitudes
apparea\1.7 hu ooaaWerable ettect on the operation of elec-
t~ eqgt,._t uaecl ill &lt1 tude contl'Ol.

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