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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. 15 …Ramey Col William H. Blanchard Maj Gen Clements McMullen Brig Gen Donald N. Yates Albert P…
  • p. 29 …Similarly, two authors, William L. Moore and Charles Berlitz, also engaged in research which led them…
  • p. 31 …The Roswell Incident (1980) by William Moore and Charles Berlitz; "Crashed Saucers: Evidence in Search of…
  • p. 206 …incident"( it was in about 1980 that William Moore contacted me and asked questions about balloons…
  • p. 217 …the books that have been written by William Moore, and Randall Schmidt, and others, a lot…
  • p. 254 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 38 diameter General Mills balloons. We had a very successful set…
  • p. 262 …One thing I should mention is that after I had visited from William Moore around •so…
  • p. 760 …Ben17 Itammenzind Ralph Morrell James Smith William lneer Duties Qualifications Computations & Equip- Undergraduate Elec. ment Construction…
Fig. 7
AM-2 Transmitter
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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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