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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.
“metallic”30 pages
- p. 28 …There was no
sign of any metal in the area which might have been used for…
- p. 30 …and tinfoil has
since grown to exotic metals with hieroglyphics and fiber optic-like materials.
Most…
- p. 38 …a thick, foil like metallic gray substance; a brittle, brownish-black plastic-
like material, like Bakelite…
- p. 39 …fine kidskin
glove leather and a dull metallic grayish silver, one side slightly darker than the…
- p. 43 …a "service flight" that included a
cylindrical metal sonobuoy and portions of a weather instrument housed…
- p. 159 …light, as well as some sort of metallic retlecting material that was also very light I…
- p. 172 …nothing he had ever seen
and the metal was as thin as newsprint and as light…
- p. 173 …Was it some sort of material, metal material or...
MC: And it's in one of…
- p. 177 …Rickett said it looked Hke metal and asked if it was
radioactive" ... and you said it…
- p. 182 …wandered through the security phalanx and saw metallic debris scattered in an outer circle
with a…
- p. 205 …but I betievc they
were covered in metal. On review of the photos in the Randle…
- p. 218 …They
talk in terms of materials that look like metallic foil, and
specifically that "could not…
- p. 266 …It's my memory that there was good, bright,
aluminum metal foil, not painted stuff on…
- p. 269 …mylar is a
polyethylene, it's a metalized polyethylene.
A: It's not really a polyethylene…
- p. 309 …s ball and jacks set) with a metallic material between the legs. The legs
were madeq…
- p. 318 …the local sheriff and reported that sme
metallic debris had come to rest on the ranch…
- p. 379 …out of It, There was no S(gn of any metal
of Corona. today told his…
- p. 465 …The fabric has been coated with a metallic paint to mw1.mue
the effects of radiation…
- p. 519 Corps ML-310/ radiosonde aneroid unit, a metal helix on a
rotating cylinder of insulating material…
- p. 598 …20, 39
stiffened with metal, .!! -
Arrays of rubber balloons
cluster, 7
linear, 6
Atmospheric oscillations, 10…
- p. 864 …15 x
i X .030"
24 ST
Metal spring
bow to hold
appendix flat,
like pressed…
- p. 867 Figure 4
Two foot apflendix, showing
metal spring bow in position.
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- p. 868 …toggles and loops
in the nylon may be used instead of the heavier metal
snaps.
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- p. 908 …rotating cyclinder of insulating material
with a metal helix wound around the cylinder, and a
6…
- p. 916 …Spiral--made of nickel or other metal which
does not corrode in the atmosphere, .010
inch…
- p. 917 …Loading edge of the metal spiral will be
true and sm.ooth to within .0005 inch…
- p. 922 …The car-
bon should not be so thick as to obscure the
metallic appearance of the…
- p. 932 …GoPPE:R TuBE
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--.. ....-- METAL HosE TO TANKS
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- p. 937 …tin cans
Metal funnel
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- p. 989 …These balloons were easily
mistaken for flying saucers due to their shape and metallic exterior coating.
levels when the instrument is located out of doors.
For details of the use and care of theodolites.
see either the War Department publication TM-11-
423 or the U. s. Weather Bureau Circular "O".
(3) Aircraft Radio Compass
It has been found feasible to deter.mine the posi-
tion of the balloon by following the signal from a
balloon-borne transmitter. using an aircraft radio
compass as rece~ving unit. In this way it is possible
to fly along a path coward the balloon,·usually at
a much lower altitude. and. by noting the plane's
position where the compass reading is reversed. the
position of the tra-nsmitter is found. The main dis-
advantage of using this system is that aircraft is
n~eded. but there is no other method which will so
readily position the balloon over great distances
and periods of time. With this system. the limit
of tranamission time is a function of the weight of
transmitter batteries which can be carried rather
than distance. It is possible to power a trans-
mitter to supply 2 watts. for about 15 hours. using
15 pounds (7 kilograms) of batteries. Longer periods
of transmission may be achieved by intermittent opera-
tion of the transmitters or use of heavier batteries.
(4) Radar
If ground radar is available, accurate pod tioning
over a limited range can be made. It is helpful
but not strictly required to add radar targets
(corner reflectors) to the flight train for such
tracking. Using radar. the elevation angle • azimuth
angle and slant distance out are obtained, giving
a complete fix on the balloon with one set. The
maximum distance to which appropriate sets can reach
is about 65 miles; such sets are the SCR-584, the
SPM-1 and the MPS-6. V'lith good orientation and leveling
such seta have an accuracy of l.oo and about 500 feet
of slant range. Because of the limited range, radar
sets are not generally useful. Attempts to use
radar mounted atop aircraft for aeri~l observation
have been abandoned in favor of the radio compass.
B. Altitude Determination
In early attempts to utilize standard radiosonde
pressure modulators they were found to be unsatisfactory.
The Diamond-Hinman system of counting signal changes
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