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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. 19 …the description of debris collected at the Foster ranch site. UFO researchers, including those 2. New…
  • p. 32 …acknowledged to have recovered material from the Foster Ranch. Others were also interviewed as information developed…
  • p. 179 …There was no investigation on the Foster ranch, no mystery fti~ and no discovery of alien…
  • p. 326 …The balloon that was found on the Foster Ranch consisted of as many as 2f3 350…
  • p. 328 …being on the debris found on the Foster ranch in Corona. In fact, Trakowski distinctly remembered…
  • p. 379 …llave a hard time ranch house of the J. B. Foster reconstruct· ft. about 8 Inches…
  • p. 990 …compared with the debris recovered from the Foster ranch and shown at Forth Worth Army Airfield…
A blimp hangar at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ (left), contains a Project MOGUL balloon
during its preparation for flight. Lying on the desert floor near Roswell, NM, in July 1948
(right) is a Project MOGUL balloon. Due to the prevailing westerlies, MOGUL balloons often
descended in the vicinity of Roswell after launch from Alamogordo. The unpredictability and
hazards to aircraft presented by the balloons prompted the Civil Aviation Administration (now
the Federal Aviation Administration) to conduct a hearing addressing safety concerns of balloons
landing in the Roswell area (see App 13, pp. 43-44).

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