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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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  • p. 115 …OSI also developed an advanced Narcotics Investigations Course designed to teach the latest technics in combatting…
  • p. 206 …Dr Crazy and Dr Peoples were the advance people and scientific monitors for our project Dr…
  • p. 283 …Spilly was a consultant, and even in his advancing age he was still an enormous source…
  • p. 322 …20 On May 28, the advance party of the balloon group arrived by B-17.21…
  • p. 708 …in advance of balloon release and a second notice will be filed at the time of…
  • p. 709 B • FRASE II. (l) The type balloon to be used in this phase of the project…
  • p. 791 …Upon attaining the desired altitude, the auxilliary lifting balloons wife be released from the main balloon…
coated nylon seem to be most generally satisractory. Eighteen plastics
and balloon fabrication canpanies were contacted in an attempt to secure
fabricators.
Table I
Ease of
Low Temp. Permea- Tensile Tear Fabrica- Stability to
"Fabric Prof!rties bilitl Stre~th Besistance tion Ultraviolet
Polyethylene Good Medium Low Good Good Good
Saran Fair Law High Poor Fair Fair
~lon Good Low High Low Good Good
Vinylite Very poor Medium Medium Good Good Good
Teflon Believed Low High Good Cannot be Good
good fal5rioa ted
Ethooellulose Good Very Low Fair Good Good
high
Pliofilm Poor High Poor Fair Good Poor
Nylon or silk
.fabric coated
with:
1. Neoprene Fair Low High Fair Fair Fair
2. Butyl
rubber GoQd Low High Fair Fair Good
I. Polyethylene Unknown
4. Saran Unknown --
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