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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. 143 …Robert Gross ar.d 't!r. Jlaher of Lockheed 11~ 55 A.'.!. Gen. Sam Anderson 12…
  • p. 481 …Balloon Volume x Gas Lift Gross Load · It may be noted from this equation that a…
  • p. 482 …Balloon Volume x 24.4 Gross Load K =-w K _ 08.o475Z In turn, w-in…
  • p. 483 …free lift in pounds and G is gross lift in pounds. Although this equation was derived…
  • p. 488 …By equation {10), with a gross load of 52 kg., the unbalance caused by loss of…
  • p. 500 …or a gross buoyancy of 450 lb. • the maximum allowable infle.tion of a 30' diameter…
  • p. 569 …accelerating force equal to 5% of the gross load (52 kg) was acting to bring the…
  • p. 643 …000 feet. In one step, this becomes: Gross Lift/Balloon = (Balloon Volume) x (Difference in molecular…
  • p. 650 (Approximate) where G • gross load A chart, Figure 24, has beendrawn up, based on this equation…
  • p. 652 …G = loss of lift G =gross load (balloon weight plus equipment load) AT : mean temperature difference…
  • p. 653 …not including balloon or its integral parts. Gross load: Load on the gas at release (Balloon…
  • p. 726 …Ballast • • .. • • '" • Total Equipment l~eight. • • • • ' Gross Load • • ' • • • • {56)
  • p. 727 …Balloon volwne x gas litt/mol gross load cu. ft. -----------------NAximum Altitude • • • ft, m.s.l…
  • p. 741 …altitude deter- mined by the displacement and gross load. 7. Control systems Two systems of control…
  • p. 777 …By adjusting th~ gross load to be supported by the gas to equal the total lift…
  • p. 787 …Computations A chart showi~ the relation between altitude, gross lift, and balloon size has been found…
  • p. 883 …The gross load reported should be accurate to the nearest 200 grams. The amount of lifting…
  • p. 885 …A L L 0 0 N 7300 ,, GRoss LoAD Fl G. 17 NYU BALLOON pROJECT I…
  • p. 887 …bubble length and resultant inflated volume, using gross lift as an expression of volume. It will…
  • p. 889 …in Appendix II summarizes the relationship between gross load and floating level for balloons of several…
  • p. 925 …A can of sand is made to weigh the same amount as the required gross lift…
  • p. 933 …the balloon with the equipment load attached. Gross Lift: Lift of all of the gas in…
  • p. 938 …description.______________ Drag chute ---------------------------- Banner description --------------- ---------- Ballast assembly - description -----------~-- Ballast • • • • • • Total Equipment i'ieight • • ' • • • • • • Gross Load • • • • • • • • • • • -86-
  • p. 939 …wnitin_,g________ grams Actual balloon lift • • • • • • • • ". . .• II AActunl gross lift (Balloon lift & balloon wt.) • Number Helium…
  • p. 943 …Gross Lift vs. Bubble Length • • • • • • .107 Graph 3: Buoyancy vs. Altitude • • • • • • • • • .108 Graph 4: Gross Load…
  • p. 955 …BALLOOO DA 'fA General Mills Actual Balloon Estimated Gross Altitude ~ominal Diiameter Volwne Weight Load Limit…
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7. Memo, Brig Gen James L. Cole, Jr., AF/SE, for SAF/AAZ, subj: GAO Review
on Records Management Procedures with Weather Balloons, Unidentified
Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents ... , March 14, 1994
8. Memo, Col Michael W. Schoenfeld, SAF/AQL, for SAF/AA, subj: GAO
Review on Records Management Procedures Dealing with Weather
Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents ... , March 22,
1994
9. Memo, Col Steve 0. Ouzts, AF!X.OWP, for SAF/AAZ, subj: GAO Review on
Records Management Procedures Dealing with Weather Balloons,
Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents ... , March 9, 1994
10. Memo, Grace T. Rowe, SAF/AAIQ, for SAF/AAI, SAF/AAZ, subj: GAO
Review of Records Management Procedures Dealing with Weather
Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash Incidents ... , March 10,
1994
11. Memo with Attachment, Richard S. Rauschkolb, AFHRA/CC, for AF/HO,
SAFIAAZ, subj: GAO Review on Records Management Procedures
Dealing· with Weather Balloons, Unknown Aircraft, and Similar Crash
Incidents ... , March 8, 1994
12. Memo, with Attachments, Edward C. Mishler, HQ AFOSIIHO, for SAF/AAZ,
subj: GAO Review on Records Management Procedures ... , May 11,
1994
13. Records Searched
14. Letter, Lt Col Thomas Badger, Jr., HQ/AAF, to Commanding General, AMC,
subj: Issuance of Orders, June 5, 1947
15. Appointment Book and Diary, Lt Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, July 7-9, [1947],
and July 5-9, 1947
16. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, [July 9, 1947]
17. Satement, Lt. Col. Sheridan D. Cavitt, USAF (Ret), May 24, 1994
18. Interview, Col Richard L. Weaver with Lt Col Sheridan D. Cavitt, USAF (Ret),
[May 24, 1994]
19. Letters, Brig GenE. O'Donnell to Commanding General AAF, July 8, 1946; Lt
Col W.H. Congdon and Col D.P. Graul to Commanding General AMC,
September 9, 1947; and Brig Gen Tom C. Rives to Commanding General
AAF, September 10, 1947
20. Statement, Athelstan F. Spilhaus, June 3, 1994
21. Statement, Charles B. Moore, June 8, 1994, and Hieroglyphic and Balloon
Train Drawings, August 28, 1992
22. Statement, Albert C. Trakowski, June 29, 1994
23. Interview, Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with Professor
Charles B. Moore, June 8, 1994
24. Interview, [Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James McAndrew with] Col Albert C.
Trakowski, USAF (Ret), June 29, 1994
25. Drawing, NYU Cluster Flight No. 2

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