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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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Plight 73a ReleaHd traa Alamogordo. New Mexico. l9f8 MST. July 14. 1948 ' Reoovered at Lincoln National Forest. New lrlexico the objectiw ot this nighttime flight was to determine whether a fixed ball•ut leak ot 100 grams per hour would suata1.11. a 20-foot •• 001" polyethylene ballOon at floating levels near 50.000 feet. From the Olland- cyole pressure record (Figure 27) it appears that loss of buoyancy due to 10 OFt./M ~ ~ "' I '""""' """~ ~ ?I 40 10 I I EL.IGt:ti Z~ • Released at Alamogordo,N.M. J Julyl4,1948- 1948MSJ. I Recovared .approx. 50MilesS.E. II of Halloman A.F.B July 15,1948- 18~MS.T. OlJ.AND CM:t.E DAlll v BALLAST F1.0W 108 ..lllr 10 ,I0 1000 1100 2200 !100 Tllll (M.IJJ Figure 27 diffusion and leakage is more than this. Indeed, the balloon with this ballast flow did not .remain at altitude as long aa either Flight 70 and 71 which were without altitude controls. -34-
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