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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.

  • p. 225 …Well, Boford was Navy, that was the Navy .•• Q: Like taking a Pi Ball reading now…
  • p. 226 …fabricate balloons for us. During that period we heard of the Navy project that was going…
  • p. 242 …But were any of those used as precursors to Mogul or ••. A: None whatsoever. That was…
  • p. 319 …Ewing had conducted considerable research for the Navy during World War II, studying, among other things…
  • p. 789 …for six hours using a non-extensible envelope vri th the addition of a balla.st…
  • p. 801 …Vet Gifford ;.;ho has 0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed…
  • p. 802 …tlyckoff, Hungerfield, 'faux and ~yself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather…
  • p. 815 …Schneider up with 0 'Day to check use as NYU station. Alamoggrdo crew helped~.get helium…
Flight 110: Released tram Alamogordo, New Mexico, 0649 MST, February 11, 1949
Recovered at Kershaw, South Carolina
This .flight had as its main objectives the testing of a Winzen Research
Inc ••0015", 20-foot polyethylene balloon, and further testing of the combina-
tion ballast control--displacement switch and rate-of-ascent switch. Following
the initial ascent of this flight, a slow descent resulted from loss of
lifting gas. Three hours were required for a descent of' 2000 feet to the
pressure where ballast i'low was begun. This and the general flight pattern
indicate the satisfactory nature of this Winzen Research Inc. balloon. After
ballast started,. the valve stuck and a constant flow at 1800 grams per hour
followed. The rising ceiling seen in Figure 56 is the typical flight
pattern for a balloon Whose load is being steadily decreased at a rate in
excess of the loss of buoyancy.
FLIGHT 110
Released at Alamogordo, N.M.
Feb. II, 1949-0649 MST
•-.....,-i--+---t---tiRecovered at Keraha!, S.Car. t-t--t-1
OLLAND OYCLI DATA
Figure 56
On this flight all three of the receiving stations positioned along the
expected path were able to receive and record the pressure and bal~st sig-
nal. No temperature equipment was i'lown.
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