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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.
“Pacific Ocean”2 pages
Flight 52: Released from Alamogordo, New 1~xico, 0958 MST, April 23, 1948 Recovered at Galseburg, Kansas On this flight a .001" polyethylene balloon carried the first model of the Lange Barograph and an tmproved Olland-cycle pressure modulator to give tmproved radiosonde pressure data. 1.he signal from the radiosonde was lost soon after the release, but the barograph was recovered and the altitude record is shown in Figure 17. It will be seen that the balloon rose~ a ' .. --------- r- ....., ..:. Pon"'m j"'.,.._" k '~I I tO~ ·or.t: ~~_;,.... . Data missing ~ - ./-JI" IN 11:: .; J Clock stepped l'e t!-8 I . · I I 1c I Rote of 8olcu.t,.oWtOIQO,_J11 Jj I I ~ ,_ (lCD "0 t ::3 ·~I H~ghHime .f.u:ve I I fliGHT 52 I ( ! Released otAiamoqordoN.M. I April23-a~ o35a M.S.T. ! IRecovered atGalestug,t<ons. : 2 - ) h ...n e'lferecl Cl ud~ (Barograph "iace Data) Ii f I------ - I f i I I i ! l I I: '. I +----r ! ·-:-- - - t· ; ---· . -··-,··. l I I _I : I i I ___...., I I Tme ( M.S.T.) ; Tune unknown 10 1000 100 liiOO 1300 1400 1100 ~ rruu Figure 17 pressure such that the barograph pen passed oft the chart, and several hours or flight were not recorded. The slowly rising ceiling seen here was the firstlong-period confirmation of the expected behavior of a balloon con- trolled by a constant ballast loss. The flow in this case was set for about 250 grams per hour, and the altitude change was about 400 feet per hour. This rise of "ceiling" is somewhat larger than predicted and heightened the interest in obtaining temperature measurements so that the buoyancy be- havior could be more exactly- determined. -24-
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