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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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10 16 16 From this survey and a study or aerostatics, ' ' it appeared that a non-extensible balloon is highly desirable due to the vertical stabili~ exhibited when such a balloon is full of the lifting gas a A non-extensible balloon with 'no diffusion or leakage through the walls, which could withstand a high internal pressure, would automatically remain at the densi~ where the buoyancy of the fUll balloon equaled the load. In practice, control devices are needed to offset tqe leakage and diffusion of the lifting gas and to correct for the motion or the balloon due to diurnal changes or the balloon's temperature and to correct for vertical wind currents in the atmosp~ere. It was decided to use a pleatio a• the balloon fabric, since available plastios have suitable characteristics, and are also relatively inexpensive as compared to coated fabrics. The desirable properties to be considered in the selection of a plastic balloon material area a. Ease of fabrication b. High tear resistance o. Light weight d. High tensile strength e. Chemical stability f. Law permeability g. Low brittle temperature h. High transparency to heat redie.tion Table I is a qualitative-characteristics catalog of the film and fabrics investigated. The date in the table are presented as approximations because of the great variations of a given prbperty with choice of samples and test methods. From this study, polyethylene, nylon, saran, and neoprene- - 2 -
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