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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 81: Released from Alamogordo, N6W Mexico, 0548 MST, August 6, 1948 Not rec.overed The balloon flown on this flight was made of .004" polyethylene, and it was eggplant shape about 20 feet in diameter and 25 .feet long. The first o.f' its kind, this balloon was made by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc. Only a short period o.f' radio reception was obtained, but during this time the balloon rose with predicted speed (500 feet per minute) nearly to its predicted altitude (40,000 .feet) and floated within 1500 feet of the 37,000- .f'oot level. Figure 34 is the height-time curve for this flight. 50 10 ~ --v ---- I II $ v~ 1S .. FLIGHT 81I J I Released at Alamogordo,N.M ... Aug.6,1948- 0548 M.S:r. "-3 OU.AND eva.£ DATA iii •oooYEAR 8otiU..OON WITH :1: AUTOMATIC IIAUASr W.'f£ 40 30 20 I 0 0700 0100 0900 1000 1100 TIME (M. S.T.) Figure 34 Since the balloon ttid not descend far enough below its maximum altitude to activate the minimum-pressure switch and the automatic ballast valve, no ballast flow data was telemetered wnile the balloon was within the radio range. This indicates a verJ low rate o.f' gas loss through the walls of this balloon. -42-
FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 993 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.