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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.
Taple II shows the balloons which have be~n p:urchased l'rom those manufacturers who expressed an interest in the problem. Table II Film type, thickness, Special Unit Delivered Company diameter, shaf! Features Cost to date H. A. Smith .004 Polyethylene Proto- $150.00 4 Coatings, Inc. 3 feet diameter ·type spherical H. A. Smith .ooe Polyethylene Low $630.00 5 Coatings, Inc. 16 feet diameter Permeability spherical H.A. Smith .004 Folyethylene Low $530.00 5 Coatings, Inc. 15 feet diameter Permeability spherical General Mills,Inc. .001 Polyethylene Stressed $20.00 25 7 feet diameter tape type Teardrop. seam General Mills,Inc. .001 Polyethylene Stressed $125.00 47 20 feet diameter tape type Teardrop. seam Dewey & .llmy A spher~cal nylon $339.00 2 Cheaical Oo. cloth shroud around a ne~prene balloon. Table II is based upon fi~al or modified orders in those oases where the rapid progress of flight technique rendered certain features obsolete before the balloons on order were delivered. Figure l shows the spherical bal+oon as originallydesigned. This type of balloon was made of .004 and .ooa inch, heat-sealed, polyethylene. It had several good characteristics, such as very low leakage, but the method of load attachment furnished by H.A. Smith, Inc., was not satisfactory. Of the six balloons of this type which were used, two ripped free from the shroud lines durin& launching. - 4 -
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