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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. 129 …6099 2 HQ AMC WRIGHT PAT 342-seA-6191 CAMBRIDGE LABS 342-A~ AMC HQ WRIGHT…
  • p. 228 …overhead and followed the balloons out to sea. I have no idea about the results that…
  • p. 235 …the regular 334 that we had at sea level. From that they could deduce the temperature…
  • p. 279 …actually located on the jurisdictional lines between Sea Girt and Springlake, New Jersey. It was an…
  • p. 280 …The Sea Girt Inn? A: Exactly. That's where John had his office, and I was…
  • p. 400 …alone 1a about 24,000.m1lea at sea level, aDd about '500 allea at 45,000…
  • p. 407 …five (25) feet at their ls.rgest sea-level diameter. The sonic unit was a combination…
  • p. 466 …hour when one-fifth inf~ated at sea level). One other type of balloon which has…
  • p. 490 …Let us, then, compare the rate of leakage at any given altitude with leakage at sea…
  • p. 492 …The leakage at any altitude may be expressed as a function of leakage at sea level…
  • p. 493 Comparing rete of leakage at 40,000 feet with leakage at sea level: ~ 188 .u§. - 0…
  • p. 495 …It a 20-foot diameter balloon~ full were tested at 10 sea level and found to…
  • p. 496 …At sea level this is equivalent to 5.32 ~r. for a 20-foot diameter balloon…
  • p. 502 …Using the rules of subsonic aerodynamics, Picard suggests that air at sea level escaping at 1333…
  • p. 503 …sea level (psi) escape velocity of air to produce back pressure of 1 atmosphere at sea…
  • p. 520 …to about 20 millibars and increased to sea-level pressure at different temperatures. The most comprehensive…
  • p. 654 …The height above mean sea level as determined fram pressure measurements used in this work with…
  • p. 686 …to a thtmble a.nd attached to re1n forced pCltches at alterna.te .sea.m.s…
  • p. 688 …lQr9e Ba.lloo n ~hould trQin de .sea nd to 101000'. 6 each.-Gene ral M1lls…
  • p. 736 …point at which the radiosonde reaches the sea surface. 2. Earlier attempts There have been numerous…
  • p. 737 …The balloons floated between the surface and 30,000 ft above sea level; those which reached…
  • p. 801 …Vet Gifford ;.;ho has 0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed…
  • p. 816 …Worzel working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim fellowship…
  • p. 887 …the launching site is markedly different from sea level, a shift in this curve is needed…
  • p. 925 …balloon at all times with respect to sea level. On this curve also it is customary…
  • p. 933 …The height above ~ean sea level as determined from pressure measurements used in this work with…
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Dayton 21 Ohio
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l. Plans .for rasearoh on Project "t.t>cuJ. 1 " z. c. lS:~.-ll, priority
lA, include dcttarrd.nation of con:;n-oasional wa~ voloc.C..t.y !n the upper
atnoaphere in rogiona or l:ig&"l latitude. 1'hi.a intorr..ation 1s vital to
the cor.pletion ~r the prt~jeot and as far sa is lcnmm 1 no previous 110rk
baa been d)nw 1n tha f.i.ald. Tbeao L&b:>ratorios are now pl.a:-.n1ns to
begin the .t'1rst phase of tr.ia resoarch in Alaska betli'Sen 15 October
and 15 Decanber 1947• Cocplotion or this !irst phaso will require
about six weelaJ at the teat aito.
2. lhe method or detenrJ.ning acoustic velocity fields in the
upper atz:otOsphere will be siml4r to t.lvlt which has been done ott the
Nn Jersey coast and in Nn liexico t.hrougl"'.out t.hia ,..ar. i\'xploeivu
are set orr at or nuar the earth's aurrace and the resulting coqrea-
aional •voa refracted through tho upper atmosphere are recordsd at
sit" up to )00 :zd.loa distant. One 'Oithod conisista or cro~ 1111'-
burst bombs !'ro:n airplanes !'l.ying a course in various directions !rom
the recordin& a1 t.a, SO to ):)0 mLle• away. Anothor r:ethod involve•
firirl& charges or e~losi vos on the gound at fi.Dd d.lst.ances' t:rom
the reoordi~ sites. 'Wldcbever !Dit.~od is used -.ill depmd upon
aT8il.able cond1 t.ions and the &ranting or clearanc•• to do the work.
Both mthods haw bean succesatul.J¥ u.sod !or owr a )"tar• ·Tochniques
are wU est.ablishGd and the enetnem-ine per.10nnel ar• wll ~rlenced
on all phaaoa ot tho ~rations.
). A previous survey or !'aa:l.liM.ee in Alaaka by peraonnel of
tlwae Laboratoriea indicates that all requiremlnts ··may be ful!illad at
Ladd J'ield, Fairbanks. 11le :tollor...ng require~nts AN nace:saary to
conduct ei t!Jtr ar both typos ot teats a
a. Facil1tios ror lzdi.ng and aerTlcing a :;.54 airplane and
either a B-17 or a B-29 airplano.
b. Houa1ns .and •aaing racS.l1t1ea tor three c1v:Ll1an
techniciiDII trom the llataon Laboratories and the m1Utary atrorai"t
ONW tttr a• pcoiod ot lix 11WIIQ•

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