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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 85: Released at Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1542 MST, August 17, 1948 Not recovered The objective of this flight was to carry a standard radiosonde to a high levelJ there it was to be released on a parachute and, at the moment of release, the batteries for the transmitter were to be activated. To accomplish this a pressure-triggered switch was rigged on a .001", 20-foot polyethylene balloon. Below the baroswitoh a standard T-69 radiosonde was supported with a parachute stuffed into a case also hanging from the parent balloon (Figure 3d). Two plugs were set to keep the transmitter circuit F"oL.oao__/ CHVTIE- CLOTH .....-G.M. 2.0' SAL LOON PuLL-OuT PLuGs- ~- CI..OSE C'K·T. WWEN .__....~ T-69 FALLS -- STANO~R 0 T- 6 9 I Figure 36: Equipment train, Flight 85 open until the baroswitoh fired the "cannon" which tlevered the supporting line. Then the circuit plugs v1ere to be pulled 1·rom their stops, and the parachute was to be pulled from its sock, supporting the radiosonde on its descent. The railure of this system to act may be attributed to the use o1' a squib to fire the line-cutter cannon. Subsequent tests at lower levels (where the squibs work better) were made with a satisfactory release and activation of ~~e "dropsonde." -44-
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.