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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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Fligllt 6~z Released from Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1116 MST, Kay 13, 1948 Descended at Alamogorde, New Mexico On thie flight: a Seyi'ang X..boratories balloon, made of neoprene-coated nylon, was flown with a valve in the appendix set to open after an internal preesure of 0.02 psi was built up. On an earlier flight (59) such a bal- loon wa.s flown with no valve but an appendix held closed w11h a rubber banda it ruptured upon beooming.i'ull. Both a constant ballast-flow orifice and an automatic ballast control were used to keep this balloon buoyant. In addition to the ballaet, a surplus of buoyancy might have been acquired when. super 'Pressure wai built up inside the cell. Despite these controls, the ballom began to descend after a short period ot tloating, and its descent was not checked (Figure 24). RELEASED liT ALAMOICIIIOO,N.M · MAY 11- ... -maMSt -;--h,__+-1 REcow!IIEDIIr MAYNILL,N.M. MAY ··---11141MSI: TINr(MST.) 1100 lila 1110 IMI 11110 M .IUO 11411 1!00 1111 15!0 13411 Figure 24 An analysis of the acceleration which could be gained from a loss of super- heat indicated that if the coated fabric had absorbed radiation and gained 60°C crver t,Jle outside air, the superheat thus obtained would be so great that its subsequent rapid loss (as by ventilation) could not be compenu.ted for even with the be:'llast flowing at full rate. To improve the analysie of balloon flights, a measure of the temperature difference between lifting gas and air temperature was suggested. -32-
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