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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. 15 …Ramey Col William H. Blanchard Maj Gen Clements McMullen Brig Gen Donald N. Yates Albert P…
  • p. 29 …Similarly, two authors, William L. Moore and Charles Berlitz, also engaged in research which led them…
  • p. 31 …The Roswell Incident (1980) by William Moore and Charles Berlitz; "Crashed Saucers: Evidence in Search of…
  • p. 206 …incident"( it was in about 1980 that William Moore contacted me and asked questions about balloons…
  • p. 217 …the books that have been written by William Moore, and Randall Schmidt, and others, a lot…
  • p. 254 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 38 diameter General Mills balloons. We had a very successful set…
  • p. 262 …One thing I should mention is that after I had visited from William Moore around •so…
  • p. 760 …Ben17 Itammenzind Ralph Morrell James Smith William lneer Duties Qualifications Computations & Equip- Undergraduate Elec. ment Construction…
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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