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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…
Hr. David DuahDcll
MDNH
Air Force MiasUe Ilcftl~nt Center
Hollaun Air Force Bue, Rev Mexico
Dear !ir. Buahnella
It has taken !1M! much too long in ansveri.ng :your inquir1es or
9 October l9S8 but I hope thia Worat1on v1U be or SOlie nl.ue to
you in preparing a hi8to!'7 ot ~OOD operations at Holloman. 'Dlanka
&lao fflr the three reports 1d1ich 7011 eent •·
AzuNeriDc ~ 8J)ecino quatiou, rq EDC2IR to Holloun ... 20
Januarr 1948. I repeated ill about 1 Febl"UU7 1948. I ,_..d.1atel7
joiDed tlle Electna1c aDd Ataolpheric Projecta Section aDd rftY!1ned
in tllil .... bade CIII"'WAUOD throuch ita Tarious DDI8 chances fetr
.,- entire tour at. Holl.m.
I attended the JanUU7 19.$0 Claaa at the Air Tec:Ucal School,
TrJDdall Air roroe Bue, P'l.orl.da tor eixteen (16) veoka aDd returned
to HollCMD iJ7 1.5 Mq•
On 3l J11l7 l9SO I vu uaiped Chief, Qeophflical. Reeearcb trmt,
(BalloCG) Electzoadca ad Atlloapheric Br&Dcb, Teclmic&l Opentioaa
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redelipated • vithnt cbaD&e of u.s.p.Dt aa Chief, B&l.looa
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UDit., lleotroDioa ad Ataolpherlo UDit, Dnelopaent and Test SecUoa,
Operattou.
I vat nner the Hollc.an BaN We•tJter O!!'ietor. Lt Colonel Mau
vaa aallgned as Base Weather Oft1oer and as head or the W organisa-
tion as a dual aeeignment. tor a while.
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&ctift ties 1lp to the preMnt. 'l!le DI.Jie checed but the ll"'UJ> COG\1-
aud • 'l'be radar ""arch aot1'ri.t1ea• the Aerobee rocket atao.erio
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