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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…
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lJntU plastic balloou can be obtained, ve vill contill1Je
to ~ cluatera ot uteorolo&ical balloons.
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Tlw oll1.7 aubatantial chanp in equi}D8nt duria, the
periocl ooTerecl bJ' this report, other than general atrengtheainc
ot fi71DC liMit 11 the addition ot a D8Y aiD sand t.llaat. droppiDC
dnioe to tlw equi~nt traiD ot the nights to be made at. .llamogordo.
TM dnice conaistt or a Mat or eight. plaatic tubea each
t1lle4 vith di'J' 8&Dd ud sealed on the bottoa with a aturd7 paper
--... .lt. the bot.t.oa ot each tube, reatiDC apiut. the -bra•,
S.. a ..U detoat1DC ~quilt ot sufficient tore~ to ruptUN the paper
&Dd pend.t the sud to tall. !ach squib is con.otecl to a d1tteren\
1-.d Oil tbl baro-nitoh ot a radio-sonde modulator, ao that a
predete1'111Ded wight or H.Dd •7 be released at ei&ht predetendned
alt.1t1Jdea. .A ....U. wire •aheit• ia placed over the o~tor ot t.be
mclulator ill such a •7 that tba pill &I'll 1• litted clear or the ooa-
taot.a 4l11"1DI ascent &lid pemittecl to drop into place at &D altitUI!e
alto'ft tbat ot the hipeat tiriDC contact.. 'l'hia ia delicnecS to prenn\
tM t1.ri.J1c ot aquibe aD4 conaequellt droppiDC or b&l.laat duriDC aacent.
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lallooM 11 uuatiatactoi'J' tor &DJ' tiDal aolutioa of our probl-
lleoaue or their i.DMreiR iutab111t'7 &lid the rapid det.eriorat1oa
ot DeO'"• rubber UDder tbe r&J'II ot the lUll. It. 11 felt. that. cluater
niptt of theN balloou &1"0 a purel7 atop-1ap •thod ot fioat.iDC Yateoa
J.aberator1ea equi~at. u.atll pla.at1o DOD-ertenaible b&l.loo• call be
olrM1 DIM ... tettecl.
!Ill ... tor P"Mter. work apace 11 becOIIinc 1DO:reaa1~
•pat u ..., pencnmel are added to the project. a.Dil t.ba eztent ot
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