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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.

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“Randles”11 pages

  • p. 29 …Since 1978-1980, other UFO researchers, most notably Donald Schmitt and Kevin Randle, claim to have…
  • p. 31 …Randle and Donald Schmitt; The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (1994), also by Randle…
  • p. 159 …I have reviewed the pictures in the 1991 Book by Randle and Schmitt on the UFO…
  • p. 168 …It had been alleged in a number ofbooks, including the one by Randle and Schmitt, that…
  • p. 170 …I went through and pulled out wherever, in this book UFO Crash at Roswell by Randle…
  • p. 171 …From the very start, when these clowns started hounding me, Randle and Schmitt, I told they…
  • p. 176 …He makes a number of claims that, at least Randle and Schmitt; and when I say…
  • p. 178 …risk injury to civiliaDs on the ground. Randle asked if he remembered my talk at aD…
  • p. 190 …Well, of course, Randle and Schmitt do claim that those people are out there and that…
  • p. 191 …Well, I got a perfect example of this with Randle and Schmitt. Randle is the outgoing…
  • p. 205 …On review of the photos in the Randle/Schmitt book, the material looks like one of…
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The physical and chemical properties needed in a balloon material
are: (l) chemical stability, (2) low permeability, (3) high tensile
atrengtb, (4) low brittle temperature, (5) high tear resistance,
(6) high transparency to heat radiation and (7) light weight.
In Table 1 the properies of 7 plastics and 2 coated materials are
given. From this data polyethylene and saran appear to be the most
sui table films.
Table l
!Low Temper- 1 Penne- : Tensile . Tear Re-i Ease of' I Stability to
~ture Prop-· ability 1 Strength i sistance 1 Fabrioa- 1Ultraviolet
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Neoprene Fair Low High Fair Fair Fair
Butyl Good Low High Fair Fair Good
rubber
Having decided upon the proper fabric to be used, an effort was
made to interest a number or companies in the fabrication and
production of balloons. The first supplier or balloon• ..d. or
·polyethylene was Harold A. Smith, Inc., lfame.roneck, lrew York.
In these balloons, 4 and 8 mil sheets were heat sealed to to~
a spherical cell open at the bottom. Load attachment tabs were
set into the fabric and loading lines ran from these taba to a
load ring. This method of' supporting the load proved to be un-
sa ti sfac tory.
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 993 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.