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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. 17 …of alien beings and elusive vehicles which never quite seem to manifest themselves. Regardless of one…
  • p. 31 …Conversely, there has never been any previous documentary evidence produced by those who would debunk the…
  • p. 32 …This had never been officially done before, although most of the persons contacted reported that they…
  • p. 40 …Lt Col Cavitt also stated that he had never taken any oath or signed any agreement…
  • p. 77 …Because this conclusion is based on the absence of documentation, the issue can never be definitively…
  • p. 99 …H written, there is good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never received…
  • p. 101 …histories and supporting documents, and it has never routinely received the kind of records which might…
  • p. 159 …I have never been sworn to any form of secrecy by anyone concerning this matter and…
  • p. 165 …It never crossed my mind that it could be anything but a radio sonde. RW: How…
  • p. 168 …as far as I knew, I never heard anyone say, "Don't talk about this and…
  • p. 169 …I never met LaPaz personally, but I knew what he was. RW: Did Rickett go with…
  • p. 170 …I forget since I was there in the Washington area for awhile but I never did…
  • p. 172 …To the best of my recollection, I never met the rancher, Brazel. RW: O.K., because…
  • p. 173 …rve never seen a Geiger counter myseU: but I didn't know if you knew what…
  • p. 174 …ordered Marcel to accompany the rancher back to Corona, •· You said you never saw... and then…
  • p. 175 …I never had any idea that it was anything with the V-2. They told us…
  • p. 177 …You and I never saw this. You don't see any military people or military vehicles…
  • p. 178 …said in a facetious way: "Lets make out like it never existed, because we're wasting…
  • p. 179 …to him the crash and recovery had never happened. There was no investigation on the Foster…
  • p. 182 …No, I never saw this. SC: I don't know what that is from. RW: "But…
  • p. 183 …So, some of there records were TS and still are.) That is because they have never…
  • p. 185 …Cav never told me anything. He said nl never tell you anything then you won't…
  • p. 189 …I am quite sure that we never gave it a thought until that book.
  • p. 190 …Now, we have never found the ftight records to substantiate that, so I don't know…
  • p. 202 …related to this inquicy and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning not…
  • p. 207 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning refraining…
  • p. 213 …We never considered a ..planneq cover story; we were concerned with security. I was the project…
  • p. 214 …I never obsCJVed any of the balloon "trains" but I did see some of the early…
  • p. 225 …and subsequent models were brand new, had never flown anything like that in this area. A…
  • p. 228 …I'd never heard the name Mogul -- the classification was that high. I knew what we…
  • p. 240 …I just wanted to see if there had been anything stated to you never to discuss…
  • p. 242 …but I never knew Marcel. in my mind, and there are Yeah, I knew that guy…
  • p. 243 …I've never seen a Japanese balloon that I know of, I've never seen the…
  • p. 246 …No, I've never seen this. Trakowski argued that even the name Mogul was classified, and…
  • p. 249 …Out PM with several NYU men by weapons carrier, but we never located it. Rocket postponed…
  • p. 264 …As far as I know we just never interfaced with the military. Q: Where were you…
  • p. 266 …We never saw anybody in security. There was certainly nobody keeping us secure. If anything, we…
  • p. 273 …who was writing a story, and I never quite could determine whether he was on the…
  • p. 274 …I have never seen such a document nor have I ever heard of any effort to…
  • p. 277 …radar reflectors for tracking purposes-but it never comes out talking about MOGUL and the instrumentation…
  • p. 278 …I never met Richard Robert Crane. I knew him only by the path of debris he…
  • p. 282 …They never said it, but I know they did because they left me free to do…
  • p. 318 …Before now, however, a larger portion of the story was never told. Recent research indicates that…
  • p. 320 …and Project MOGUL as first conceived was never put into operational 1use. However, MOGUL did serve…
  • p. 321 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level Balloon Project Engineer, stated that they were never informed of the classified…
  • p. 567 …and this flight 11as never recovered. Pre- sumably the marked easterly flow then observed above 60…
  • p. 591 …ficienoy since on-ot.f' operation was never per- mitted. The temperature data of' these flights…
  • p. 740 …The theodolite lost the balloon in clouds earlier and the airplane observer never succeeded in seeing…
  • p. 815 …Out pm with several NYU by weapon carrier but we never located it. Rocket postponed until…
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A F.eport tor Ge~e~al Carl Soaatz
oreoared b;- Y.aurlce Ewlng
Undor a contrnct w1 th the i:breau of Shlc.s, we hmte
prove~ thot ~her~ 1~ a ~cund channel 1n the ocean wltr 1ta
axis at a ~1ench of '"bot.:.t 4606 fee€. Conflrld.nf D. nredletlion
.made by tt:".O wr1 tor, a four oound bomb fired at thlS depth
bas been heard at a d!.stance of -2:300 nt1les, using • hy.~rop'bone·
at the ~ame depth as a receiver. 1'h.!.5 range enormc.v.sly
exee1.1ds anyth1ne before achieved, o.nd 1~ possible pr111111r111
becausa the so~!rco aod the receive:- are placed at th• most
advantaaeoua depth. Th3 slGnal strengt~ indicates that
far :!reater ranees ca;, be vnta1ned 111 thoclt change or eq>l1naent.
At a typical place in the ocean, the speed or
eound at tt,e surface 1s 5001 tt/sec. It decreases to 4888 tt/aeo
at a depth of 4000 feet. 'it.n.:i ~hen 1.ncreases to 5065 !"t/aec,
at a depth or 16.200 feet. Tb1e situation 1s~escr1beo a•
a sound channel .. 1tb 1t& axis at 4000 feet, because all 801.l'ild
rays are deflected downwar~ at points above the axis and u~ard
at ooints below it. Detailed cal~;lation ot the bending of
tho ray lJaths due to -presat:re and teu;pera ture shows that all
ra~s leaving a sound source on the axta 1n directions within
lzg or the no~izontal are refraoted back and forth across t~
ax1a and can tr&Yel unlimited d1ataneea w1thnut contact with'
aurtace or bottom, hence the long ~ea. A eimilar calculation
ror a sound aouree nea~ the· surtace abo•• that all raya :DU•t
be reflected at aart~ee and bottom many timoa 1n the course
of a tn tmndred ::tlilca, hence the 11m1ted range of detect1qrt
of or::11nar;r shallow explosions, and the ocourence ot skip
~1stancea. ·
~·sound fro~ an explosion at the axis ot th6.80ucd
channel baa a duration of abo,tt 12 aeconda per thousand mtlea
of travel, a."'ld an umalatak&ble pe.ttem or a gra~ual bu1ld1!1l6
up to :ax111Uil 1ntena1ty wttb a very sharp cut-ott. 'rhta
laat feature 1a ot great importance beoauae 1t perm1ta aoc~rate
trlansulation w1tb A network or three 11aten1ng ata~1ona,
the rate of ta nsm1aa1on be1n~ about one !Idle per ,••oond.
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