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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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l'ligllt 5& Released trom Alamogordo, New Mexico, 051 T liST, June 5, 1947 Recovered at Roswell, New Mexico In this flight, a 65-pound load was lifted with a linear array of 28 350-g~ rubber balloons. By attaching the balloons at 20-toot intervals along the load line, a total length ot apout 600 teet was required. 1'he train ia shown in Figure 1. For altitude control, three lifting balloons ... .g?_-LifTER BALLOONS LJi -'""" '"'"'· ~" .,_. TOTAL LF:NGTH 0,.8ALLOON TRAIN SIS' (L!:U U.f"TE: R.S) aoG+TE:$T NYLON LINE. HAND tiRAIDf:D L08.JT £ R T\o/INC ~STIIAND 100e T~.~' NYLO ~ 0---CANNON T')CUT or,-LAUNCHING LINE I. ·-._--.SILK PARACHUTC. '"'-- 72.Q.R .. ~IOiONDt: 'WITH HE:AV f DUTY 8AT'I'ERIE$ ~ND tS ORDINAT !:' 'HUMIDIT ,· .J ·...--- PAy UAll (1~10 'W T.) I<I!:S;ITOR. ~ -- !!A~LOON TO BURN O:cf" AT 45CCO'. 14' • --FIII~LO)N TO BUR" o~fAT41.00Q'. --HALF' F':LLP:DBALLOON TOLlUii:IOfF'AT 4-rJf.J'JO' --- li PO:NT PAE.S~URE. .~'vJI"T'.:H F'"')R .:J BJ.Li_()ON& .\NDML!..J..~T --· iAH)B-ILLUT 1111 PLASTIC TUBE~, TOTAL o.- S!O·)Jm B.t.LLAST,DRQI'PI!:D rtl THE F'OL,LO\ofiNG INCREMENTS' 500 3• AT'.:li,OOO' ~,,. AT 'I.'K)OO' TOO,_ AT '1.7,000' 7 00,_ AT 13,000' \ TOO.,,. AT 14000' roo, .. " T 1~ooa (1! T00,. "'-T "000' it l'u.STIC Rf:Sf:R'IOIR ANll DRIBBLER S£ T A '-------------....-. . 4~00' Figure l a Train, Flight 5 were cut tree at 35,000 teet, and the remaining load was weighted to balance at that point. Aa a precaution against over-buoyanoy 11 three more balloon• -6-
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