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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.
“The Advance”8 pages
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. 401-----f-- ~ 101-----r-.r-~--~~~~~----------~----~------i 0 --+-------1 t-IEIGHT-TIME CURVE t----------'--~--4 FLIGHT 7 July 2nd,l947 o--DA'Ia .,. -AL- 1'IIBIIIOU1I ~--------1\ A---1-.nl TIMliN-'* 100 110 100 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. -9-
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