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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. 5 …possible without the expert assistance and outstanding cooperation of many persons and organizations. Appreciation is extended…
  • p. 18 …These were to continue the cooperative wartime relationship between civilian research institutions and the military, and…
  • p. 181 …have imagined a lot of things and cooperated more. MC: Well, that's what Doyle said…
  • p. 736 …Meisinger was interested 1 Sponsored by, and in cooperation with the Watson Labora~ tories of the…
  • p. 805 …Made arr- angements for cooperation with Evans in coming tests. Jan 4 Sat. At Oakhurst about…
  • p. 821 …ewer 6/16/47 Mr. r. Y. Cooper SpeCification ot Considering 959 lbittier .lYe. large balloon…
This altitude-control system operated well enough to produce a height-
time ourn (Figure 4) with one descent checked by ballast dropping. Too
muoh weight was lost in this action, and the train rose until aome of the
balloons were burst. Subsequent de1cent was not checked.
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FLIGHT 7
July 2nd,l947
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Figure 4
From this flight it appear• that the inherent instability of freely ex-
tensible balloons is so great that no a~ple control will cause them to
remain at one pressure level.
Tracking for the entire flight period was accomplished with a C-54
aircraft. Two, theodolite stations were operated, one at the launching
site and one at Wafford Lookout, a fire tower about 20 miles northeast ot
the release point.
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