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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. 143 …Robert Gross ar.d 't!r. Jlaher of Lockheed 11~ 55 A.'.!. Gen. Sam Anderson 12…
  • p. 481 …Balloon Volume x Gas Lift Gross Load · It may be noted from this equation that a…
  • p. 482 …Balloon Volume x 24.4 Gross Load K =-w K _ 08.o475Z In turn, w-in…
  • p. 483 …free lift in pounds and G is gross lift in pounds. Although this equation was derived…
  • p. 488 …By equation {10), with a gross load of 52 kg., the unbalance caused by loss of…
  • p. 500 …or a gross buoyancy of 450 lb. • the maximum allowable infle.tion of a 30' diameter…
  • p. 569 …accelerating force equal to 5% of the gross load (52 kg) was acting to bring the…
  • p. 643 …000 feet. In one step, this becomes: Gross Lift/Balloon = (Balloon Volume) x (Difference in molecular…
  • p. 650 (Approximate) where G • gross load A chart, Figure 24, has beendrawn up, based on this equation…
  • p. 652 …G = loss of lift G =gross load (balloon weight plus equipment load) AT : mean temperature difference…
  • p. 653 …not including balloon or its integral parts. Gross load: Load on the gas at release (Balloon…
  • p. 726 …Ballast • • .. • • '" • Total Equipment l~eight. • • • • ' Gross Load • • ' • • • • {56)
  • p. 727 …Balloon volwne x gas litt/mol gross load cu. ft. -----------------NAximum Altitude • • • ft, m.s.l…
  • p. 741 …altitude deter- mined by the displacement and gross load. 7. Control systems Two systems of control…
  • p. 777 …By adjusting th~ gross load to be supported by the gas to equal the total lift…
  • p. 787 …Computations A chart showi~ the relation between altitude, gross lift, and balloon size has been found…
  • p. 883 …The gross load reported should be accurate to the nearest 200 grams. The amount of lifting…
  • p. 885 …A L L 0 0 N 7300 ,, GRoss LoAD Fl G. 17 NYU BALLOON pROJECT I…
  • p. 887 …bubble length and resultant inflated volume, using gross lift as an expression of volume. It will…
  • p. 889 …in Appendix II summarizes the relationship between gross load and floating level for balloons of several…
  • p. 925 …A can of sand is made to weigh the same amount as the required gross lift…
  • p. 933 …the balloon with the equipment load attached. Gross Lift: Lift of all of the gas in…
  • p. 938 …description.______________ Drag chute ---------------------------- Banner description --------------- ---------- Ballast assembly - description -----------~-- Ballast • • • • • • Total Equipment i'ieight • • ' • • • • • • Gross Load • • • • • • • • • • • -86-
  • p. 939 …wnitin_,g________ grams Actual balloon lift • • • • • • • • ". . .• II AActunl gross lift (Balloon lift & balloon wt.) • Number Helium…
  • p. 943 …Gross Lift vs. Bubble Length • • • • • • .107 Graph 3: Buoyancy vs. Altitude • • • • • • • • • .108 Graph 4: Gross Load…
  • p. 955 …BALLOOO DA 'fA General Mills Actual Balloon Estimated Gross Altitude ~ominal Diiameter Volwne Weight Load Limit…
Controls, first use of (cont'd.)
fixed needle-valve ballast leakJl
fixed orifice ballast leak, ~ --
minimum-preuure swi toh w1 thauto-
matic ballast valve, 12
rate-of-ascent ballast sirtoh, 97
rate-of-ascent ballast switch --
combined with displacement
switch, 102
superpre81uri; 23
lifter balloons, r. 7
1olid ballaat, 5, 1
superpressure, 23, 38, 59, 63, 66,
79, 87' 94-
typioal flight with
auto•tic ballaat valn, 92
fixed ballast leak, 82
rate-of-ascent ballast switch
combined with displacement
switch, .!2!.
Deformation of air flow over mountain
range, 11
Destruction device
first use of, 10
first use of new design (ri~-out
principle), ~. (Fig. 16)
Dewey and A~, shrouded rUbber
balloons, ~. 38, 66, 87
Drop sonde, .!!2_
Easterly winds at high levels, 60, 75
Fixed-leak ballast control
first use of, 11
typical flightwith' 82
Flight patterns, typical
with polyethylene balloons and
automat!~ ballast-valve control,
92
with polyethylene balloODa and auto-
matic ballast-valve control
thru a sunset, 90, 92
with polyethylene balloons and
fixed flow of ballast, 82
.Fl.irllt pattenss, :f;ypical loont'd.)
wrth rubber balloons and 1ncreJilbt
ballast loss, 5, 7
Geoetrpphic air flow, compared with
balloon trajectories, 55, 58, 106, 110
Lange barograph
first use of, 52
longest record-or, 75
Litter balloons for altitude control, 5, 7
lleteorograph, Fergusson, ~· 35, 39
Minimum-pressure switch
tailures due to freezing of, 78, 80
first use of, 12
need for, demoiiitrated, 11
Olland-cycle pressure modulator, use of,
~· 52, 55, 68, 73, 97, 98
Oscillations- in the atll.osphere, 10., 62,
65, 58, 63, 71
Polyethylene balloons
7'-diameter, ''• 76, 86, 86
30 1 -diameter,""T02
15 1 -diemeter, W
20'-diameter, !l, 17
70' -diameter, !!
Preasure-measuring instruments
barograph, 3:S
Lange barogii'ph, 52
Olland-o~le modulator, .!!• 52, 56, 58,
73, 97, 98
Program. switch, use of, !,2!
Radar tracking, '15. 86
Radio direction-finding
airborne, .!!.• 103, 110

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