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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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Flight 55: Released .from Alamogordo. New Mexico, 1907 MST. May 3, 1948 Recovered at J~ortheast. Pennsylvania On this .flight • barograph was .fl01Vll. and a satisfactory Olland-cycle pressure modulator~& also used .for over 5 hours to give height data. The length o.f time o.f signalreception is significant, since the battery box o.f the transmitter was not insulated, and there was no heat to be gained .from the sun during this nighttime flight. The .001" polyethylene balloon was observed descending 22 hours later a.f.ter traveling mo!"e than 1500 miles. The altitude control used on this flight was an automatic ballast valve. activated by a minimum-pressure switch. and as evidenced by the barogram in Figure 20 (12-hour rotation). the balloon maintained its altitude for over 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 T1me-MST NYU BALLOON PROJECT FLIGHT 55 Barograph Record Of G.M. 20 Ft. Balloon W1th Automatic Ballast Valve RELEASED AT ALAMOGORDO, N.M., 1907 MST- 3 MAY, 1948 RECOVERED AT NORTHEAST, PA., 4 MAY, 1948 DURATION 23 HOURS Figure 20 15 hours before beginning its accelerating descent. On this flight re- cord, marked oscillations are observed at three points. Despite the presence of automatic ballast controls which might cause oscillatory motion, these rises and falls must be attributed to atmospheric disturbances since the magnitude of the .forces required to produce such accelerations is far greater than any which could be supplied by the control equipment. -28-
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