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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 42
A: There was really no contact, at that time, as far as I
know, between Peoples and Roswell, and there's no way Roswell,
other than my memory of getting turned away by the MPs at the
gate, there's no way that the people at Roswell would have known
what was going on over at Alamagordo. When we sent people to
Roswell, Hackman worked out of a motel to receive.
So the more puzzling thing in line with what you say comes
from Crary's diary. Here's what crary's diary says:
"Alamagordo. Balloon Flight llA, off at 5:07. Big plastic
balloon with small auxiliary plastics," etc. "Watson Lab and
gear." "Followed" (inaudible) "receiver until about 11. Picked
up on radiosonde receiver at Roswell then followed. Then came
down. At 10,000 feet, cap should have punctured plastic. Then
it came down near Highway 70, between Roswell and Tulerosa.
"Second balloon, met balloons with radiosonde up about 6:30.
Third balloon with two and a half pound stick of TNT and cap set
by pressure element set to fire at 35,000 feet, up at 6:20."
Q: What day is that again?
A: July 7th.
"Surface bombing at site 4 from 5:45 to 8:45 at 15 minute
intervals. (Inaudible) followed main receiver only three-
quarters of an hour, but followed radiosonde about three hours.
Thirty-five thousand food implosion? off about 6:55. Vivian got
instructions for completing work on Flights 1 to 30 and packed
all records and photo. Sent off TWX regarding Bermuda flight
and wrote up memo on it. Worked with Eileen on April 1st rocket
plotting HD5 HT SST, whatever [that is]."
July 8th. "C-54 off about 10:30 with 23 people, all NYU,
Watson Lab including Vivian, Eileen," and somebody else. I can't
tell. "Lieutenant Thompson, Edmondson, Reynolds and myself left.
Wrote a report on East Coast flights for Peoples."
Here's 9 July, the time this occurred at Alamagordo.
"Worked today on balloon flight. Studied Watson Lab records of
them briefly and wrote memorandum to Peoples about results. Left
in car this PM later. Flat tire between Roswell and Tulerosa,
and stayed there."
July lOth. "Changed tire and went
tire. Off to El Rino, Oklahoma today.
Hereford, Texas and met Danny Hard from
and saw Bob Cowden, somebody in charge,
into Roswell. Bought new
Stopped in cafe in
UGC. Went up to office
and supervisor."
That's the end of it. So there's no hint that Crary was
involved in any coverup such as this clearly is. This is a
coverup right here because they talk about our operations, they
talk about our balloons we thought went to Colorado,and they all
claim it to be part of Pritchard's radar operation.

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