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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. 31 …Evidence in Search of Proof" (1985) by Moore; The UFO Crash at Roswell (1991) by Kevin…
  • p. 36 …There were no ancillary records in Air Force files to indicate the potential existence of such…
  • p. 76 …All of this organization's UFO study files were transferred to the National Archives and made…
  • p. 78 …These primary documents should have been part of this organization's UFO study files and currently…
  • p. 98 …On 2 March 1994, Inquiries Branch staff developed a list of possible file locations which might…
  • p. 100 …ROSWELL UFO UFOS UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS WEATHER BALLOON WEATHER BALLOONS The IRIS search…
  • p. 114 …These files ~on tain policy guidance and AFOSI District reports of investigation concerning UFOs (filed primarily…
  • p. 273 …He appeared to want to substantiate the existence of the UFO incident as a UFO. I…
Fig. 7
AM-2 Transmitter
12.
In addition to radio direction finding with the scR658 and beacon
tranemiseion with radio compass, s~eral other methods of balloon
positioning were evaluated. Radar positioning was successful
only if a target was attached to the balloon train. Generally,
the ranges possible with radar are not as great as those possible
by radio direction findiqg. For direction finding on the low
frequency AM transmitter some value was found 1n use or loop
antennae. Accuracy of this method is between .S and. 2 degrees
~ is generally hindered by sky wave reflection.
A pulse time modulated transponder beacon at high frequencies
was found to be advantageous for obtaining accurate ·slant range
to the balloon. Preliminary investigation of use of Doppler
effect for positioning indicated that this method is not feasible
due to difficulty 1n measuring the low fre~1ency differences
invol"'ed.

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