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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. 225 …Well, Boford was Navy, that was the Navy .•• Q: Like taking a Pi Ball reading now…
  • p. 226 …fabricate balloons for us. During that period we heard of the Navy project that was going…
  • p. 242 …But were any of those used as precursors to Mogul or ••. A: None whatsoever. That was…
  • p. 319 …Ewing had conducted considerable research for the Navy during World War II, studying, among other things…
  • p. 789 …for six hours using a non-extensible envelope vri th the addition of a balla.st…
  • p. 801 …Vet Gifford ;.;ho has 0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed…
  • p. 802 …tlyckoff, Hungerfield, 'faux and ~yself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather…
  • p. 815 …Schneider up with 0 'Day to check use as NYU station. Alamoggrdo crew helped~.get helium…
(Type E preferred) J a rotating commutator ot two segments,
an insulator and a conductor; a six volt 1 rpm motor; and
a shelf' tor the pen arm. In calibration, the aneroid cell is
moved across the base by means or a screw which allows selec-
tion of' various altitudes for control.
Initially tbe pen arm rides on the shelf' during ascent so
that the circuit to the valve remains open until the balloon
approaches floating altitude. Several thousand feet before
ascent is completed the pen arm falls ott the shelf' closing
the ballast circuit (Fig. 2) and causing ballast now during
the final period of ascent. When the balloon reaches control
BALLAST
FLUID
R E L A Y 0 P E.R ATE D
VALVE
DISPLACEMENT SWITCH
5RPM MOTOR
I 11~---~
6 V. BATTERY
BALLAST, 0 0 NTRO L OJR CUI T
Fig. 2
Ballast· Control Circuit

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