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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. 75 …He brought some of this material to the :mention of Chaves County Sheriff George Wilcox. who…
  • p. 379 …in any way reSemble either Geo-rge Wilcox,' to whom Brazel Roswell Army Air Fteld and…
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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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