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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…
PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: The service flights were which ones?
A: The ones carrying the microphones.
Q: so specifically that term was used for the microphone
flights from .•.
29
A: That's right. You'll notice when you look at this,
that the flights out in the Pacific don't even get mentioned.
There's just no report on the flights in the Pacific, and the
flights in 1 48 that we made for Sandstone, there are some flight
numbers recorded, but there are no details at all provided.
Q: That was Grab Bag?
A: No, Grab Bag was to grab stratospheric air to measure
the krypton 85 ..•
Q: Essentially particulate detection and gaseous •••
A: That was gaseous. The particulate was, I think we were
less involved in grabbing particulates. There have been
thousands of flights made, and certain people did carry cascade
impactors and other things, but that was a minor part of what we
did, whereas Grab Bag was a very measure effort.
Q: That was in '48?
A: That was more •so odd.
Q: Was that Fitzwilliam?
A: No, Fitzwilliam was entirely acoustic detection. Again,
very long range detection. Fitzwilliam was spring of 1 48. There
were various code names, and thanks to our friend Todd, I've
learned about the code name got termed Black Heart and a whole
bunch of odd names ••.
Q: Black Heart, Rock Fish. He may be wrong on that part.
He may be right, but ...
A: I heard Mogul got converted into Rock Fish. But I
heard the detection part of Fitzwilliam ended up being called
Black Heart.
Q: He may be in error on that.
A: As I say, I'd been much more concerned with the
technical aspects than the military operations.
Q: This is one of the technical reports and it's talking
about the various flights, and this is the report that lists all
of the numbered flights and it talks about, it says, "Excluded
are the flights made to test," it's technical report number one,

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