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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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- p. 228 …overhead and followed the
balloons out to sea. I have no idea about the results that…
- p. 235 …the regular 334
that we had at sea level. From that they could deduce the
temperature…
- p. 279 …actually located on the jurisdictional lines between
Sea Girt and Springlake, New Jersey. It was an…
- p. 280 …The Sea Girt Inn?
A: Exactly. That's where John had his office, and I was…
- p. 400 …alone 1a about 24,000.m1lea at sea level,
aDd about '500 allea at 45,000…
- p. 407 …five (25) feet at their ls.rgest sea-level diameter. The sonic
unit was a combination…
- p. 466 …hour when one-fifth inf~ated at sea level).
One other type of balloon which has…
- p. 490 …Let us, then, compare the rate of
leakage at any given altitude with leakage at sea…
- p. 492 …The leakage at any
altitude may be expressed as a function of leakage at sea
level…
- p. 493 Comparing rete of leakage at 40,000 feet with leakage at
sea level:
~ 188 .u§. - 0…
- p. 495 …It a 20-foot diameter balloon~ full were tested at
10
sea level and found to…
- p. 496 …At sea level this is equivalent to 5.32 ~r. for a 20-foot
diameter balloon…
- p. 502 …Using the rules of subsonic aerodynamics, Picard
suggests that air at sea level escaping at 1333…
- p. 503 …sea level (psi)
escape velocity of air to produce back pressure
of 1 atmosphere at sea…
- p. 520 …to about 20 millibars and increased to sea-level pressure at
different temperatures.
The most comprehensive…
- p. 654 …The height above mean sea level as determined fram
pressure measurements used in this work with…
- p. 686 …to a thtmble
a.nd attached to re1n forced pCltches
at alterna.te .sea.m.s…
- p. 688 …lQr9e
Ba.lloo n ~hould trQin de .sea nd to 101000'.
6 each.-Gene ral M1lls…
- p. 736 …point
at which the radiosonde reaches the sea surface.
2. Earlier attempts
There have been numerous…
- p. 737 …The
balloons floated between the surface and 30,000 ft
above sea level; those which reached…
- p. 801 …Vet Gifford ;.;ho has
0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed…
- p. 816 …Worzel
working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim
fellowship…
- p. 887 …the launching site is
markedly different from sea level, a shift in this curve
is needed…
- p. 925 …balloon
at all times with respect to sea level. On this curve also
it is customary…
- p. 933 …The height above ~ean sea level as determined
from pressure measurements used in this work
with…
Fli~a 2~ through. 39: 'l'hey were made from Alamogordo, New Mexico during
Wove er and December, 1947 to test ballast controls and to develop a
launching technique satisfactory for high winds. The period of data re-
ception by radio 'W&.S too short in all of' these flights to permit much e"Y8.lua-
tion of the altitude controls. On three flights (33, 35 and 39) a Fergusem
meteorograph was added to the train to record flight pressure; of 11 balloons
released, only these three were not recovered.
On seven flights the pressure signals reoeind by radiosonde were lost
while the balloon was still rising; Flight 38 was a shrouded neoprene
balloon which burst as 1t became .fullJ and Flight 39 was a polyethylene
balloon which burst at or near its ceiling f'ollowing a very rapid rise.
( 1his was the first balloon to burst using a short external appendix with
stiffeners.}
On the .other two flights (30 and 35) a very short period of level flight
was recorded before the balloon-borne radio transmitter passed out of range.
Besides these two, several other .001" polyethylene
were maintained at constant or near-constant levels for
can be seen from their points or recovery (Figure 13).
seen descending 18 hours after release.
Figure 13
balloons probably
several hours, as
One balloon was
On Flights 29 through 33 only a fixed ballast leak was used, set for
flows of from 300 to 600 grams per hour. Other fllghtl used automatic
ballast controls. Although these fixed leaks seemed to be sufficient to keep
the balloons aloft, there was no clear evidence as to what amount would be
needed for most efficient operation. The need for a system of ballast
metering was indicated in this series o.f flights.
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