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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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COILA5SEMBL.Y (SECTION)
--.. ....-- METAL HosE TO TANKS
c :::{l;::::t…
- 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.
of 170 grams per hour. A balloon o£ this type with no alti-
tude control stayed aloft for more than two hour• and atter
reaching ceiling. the altitude did not vary by more ~
1500 feet while the balloon was within range of the ebaeninl
station.
The preparation and launching techniques di.au1&ed tor the
20-foot balloon apply also to the 30-foot cell. No fu~th•r
discussion is required for the 30-foot balloon.
The 70-foot balloon seen in Figures 41 and 42 is launched in
the same manner as the 20-foot cell. A much larger amount
of gas is required and since it is valved rapidly into the
balloon, it has been found necessary to pass the gas through
a heating coil to prevent it from reaching the balloon so
adiabatically cooled as to be incapable of lifting the
load. This heater is shown in Figure 43. Due to the large
lift and area exposed to the wind at launching, the large
cell may be dangerous if personnel attempt to hold the gear
or act as anchors. If possible, al} gear ..should be laid out
downwind to be picked up from the ground by the balloon. The
anchor should be a winch mounted on a truck which can move
around the balloon so as to be downwind at launching.
Since the altitudes where the 70-foot balloons normally float
are high in the stratosphere, the natural stability of the bal-
loon in the temperature inversion keeps these cells up for
a long period of time without ballast or other controls. One
such flight fell slowly during a period of 75 houra and was
still above 65,000 feet when the barograph record ended.
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