The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Number Page Number 1. General Mills 20-foot balloon 9 2. Balloon appendix stiffened with cardboard battens 11 3. Detail drawing for balloon battens. 12 4. Balloon appendix with spring bow stiffener. 13 5. Carrick bend knot 15 6. Detail drawing of fixed rate ballast assembly 17 7. Detail drawing of orifice assembly 18 8. Detail drawing of filter. 19 9. Ballast control circuit 21 10. Ballast reservoir assembly 22 11. Detail drawing of flight termination rip rigging 23 12. Detail drawing of flight termination switch 24 13. Detail drawing of line cutter cannon 25 14. Schematic drawing of line cutter cannon 26 15. Detail drawing of banner 28 16. Typical service flight train (complete) 30 17. Typical service flight train (simple) 31 18. Typical research flight train 32 19. Sample calibration curve for helium gage 34 20. Sample warning and reward tags 37 21. Sample reward notice and questionnaire. 38 22. Detail drawing of elliptical shot bag 40 23. Detail drawing of sand and shot bag 41 24. Launching platform with arms open 42 25. Launching platform with balloon fixed in place. 43 26. Five tank helium manifold 45 27. Detail drawing of diffuser. 46 28. Detail drawing of Y-shaped wind screen. 48 29. Plan view of balloon launching layout 49 30. Balloon shapes during launching 50 31. Olland cycle pressure modulator 55 32. Sample record of Olland cycle pressure modulator signal 58 33. Olland cycle test oscillator circuit. 59 34. Calibration curve for Olland cycle pressure modulator 60 35. Lange barograph-thermograph 65 36. Sample barograph record 67 37. Correction curve for Lange barograph. 70 38. Sample height-time curve. 72 39. Sample trajectory 73 40. General Mills 7-foot balloon 74 41. General Mills 70-foot balloon being inflated. 76 42. General Mills 70-foot balloon being launched. 77 43. Detail drawing of helium heater 78 -5-