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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. 42 …An advance ground team, led by Albert P. Crary, preceded the NYU group to Alamogordo Army…
  • p. 115 …OSI also developed an advanced Narcotics Investigations Course designed to teach the latest technics in combatting…
  • p. 206 …Dr Crazy and Dr Peoples were the advance people and scientific monitors for our project Dr…
  • p. 283 …Spilly was a consultant, and even in his advancing age he was still an enormous source…
  • p. 322 …20 On May 28, the advance party of the balloon group arrived by B-17.21…
  • p. 708 …in advance of balloon release and a second notice will be filed at the time of…
  • p. 709 B • FRASE II. (l) The type balloon to be used in this phase of the project…
  • p. 791 …Upon attaining the desired altitude, the auxilliary lifting balloons wife be released from the main balloon…
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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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