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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. 143 …Robert Gross ar.d 't!r. Jlaher of Lockheed 11~ 55 A.'.!. Gen. Sam Anderson 12…
  • p. 481 …Balloon Volume x Gas Lift Gross Load · It may be noted from this equation that a…
  • p. 482 …Balloon Volume x 24.4 Gross Load K =-w K _ 08.o475Z In turn, w-in…
  • p. 483 …free lift in pounds and G is gross lift in pounds. Although this equation was derived…
  • p. 488 …By equation {10), with a gross load of 52 kg., the unbalance caused by loss of…
  • p. 500 …or a gross buoyancy of 450 lb. • the maximum allowable infle.tion of a 30' diameter…
  • p. 569 …accelerating force equal to 5% of the gross load (52 kg) was acting to bring the…
  • p. 643 …000 feet. In one step, this becomes: Gross Lift/Balloon = (Balloon Volume) x (Difference in molecular…
  • p. 650 (Approximate) where G • gross load A chart, Figure 24, has beendrawn up, based on this equation…
  • p. 652 …G = loss of lift G =gross load (balloon weight plus equipment load) AT : mean temperature difference…
  • p. 653 …not including balloon or its integral parts. Gross load: Load on the gas at release (Balloon…
  • p. 726 …Ballast • • .. • • '" • Total Equipment l~eight. • • • • ' Gross Load • • ' • • • • {56)
  • p. 727 …Balloon volwne x gas litt/mol gross load cu. ft. -----------------NAximum Altitude • • • ft, m.s.l…
  • p. 741 …altitude deter- mined by the displacement and gross load. 7. Control systems Two systems of control…
  • p. 777 …By adjusting th~ gross load to be supported by the gas to equal the total lift…
  • p. 787 …Computations A chart showi~ the relation between altitude, gross lift, and balloon size has been found…
  • p. 883 …The gross load reported should be accurate to the nearest 200 grams. The amount of lifting…
  • p. 885 …A L L 0 0 N 7300 ,, GRoss LoAD Fl G. 17 NYU BALLOON pROJECT I…
  • p. 887 …bubble length and resultant inflated volume, using gross lift as an expression of volume. It will…
  • p. 889 …in Appendix II summarizes the relationship between gross load and floating level for balloons of several…
  • p. 925 …A can of sand is made to weigh the same amount as the required gross lift…
  • p. 933 …the balloon with the equipment load attached. Gross Lift: Lift of all of the gas in…
  • p. 938 …description.______________ Drag chute ---------------------------- Banner description --------------- ---------- Ballast assembly - description -----------~-- Ballast • • • • • • Total Equipment i'ieight • • ' • • • • • • Gross Load • • • • • • • • • • • -86-
  • p. 939 …wnitin_,g________ grams Actual balloon lift • • • • • • • • ". . .• II AActunl gross lift (Balloon lift & balloon wt.) • Number Helium…
  • p. 943 …Gross Lift vs. Bubble Length • • • • • • .107 Graph 3: Buoyancy vs. Altitude • • • • • • • • • .108 Graph 4: Gross Load…
  • p. 955 …BALLOOO DA 'fA General Mills Actual Balloon Estimated Gross Altitude ~ominal Diiameter Volwne Weight Load Limit…
CONCLUSIONS.
1. Concerted research has failed to turn up any evidence relating to the Roswell incident
or of a flying saucer(s) and/or alien(s) at Wright-Patterson. Because this conclusion is based on
the absence of documentation, the issue can never be definitively resolved. There will always
be those who say "You didn't search hard enough" or "We know you really do have the
records/saucer(s)/alien(s), but you are just not revealing them to us." It would almost be a
physical impossibility to search every desk drawer in every building on Wright-Patterson looking
for the report, if it ever existed, on Roswell-related material. HQ NAIC is convinced that no
such record currently exists.
2. Because no document has ever been found, however, leads center researchers to the
conclusion that the Roswell material, if it came to Wright-Patterson for analysis, was nothing
remarkable, certainly nothing extraterrestrial. The standard procedure for any government record
is that it is kept for some period of time, then retired or destroyed according to a general
schedule established by regulation. One might assume that a document purporting to be the true
analysis of extraterrestrial material would always be needed and, thus, would have been
preserved.
3. Because the Roswell incident occurred so long ago, now nearly 50 years ago, there
may be no record trail to follow to absolutely determine if a study had ever been conducted.
4. Despite the best efforts of UFO researchers over the years, not one scrap of physical
evidence or one incontestable photograph of either a flying saucer or an alien has ever been
found relating to the Roswell incident. Some researchers have devoted years of their lives to this
effort. Again, using an argument based on the absence of evidence, the fact that several hundred
man-years of effort have followed all of the research trails imaginable leads HQ NAIC to believe
that nothing extraterrestrial was found at Roswell.
5. The earliest UFO literature, books by Ruppelt, Keyhoe, and Menzel do not mention
the Roswell incident. Also, the Blue Book records and the Condon report do not mention the
Roswell incident, though many sightings from 1947 were investigated by this organization's
predecessors. ·
6. HQ NAIC realizes that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but every
reasonable avenue of research has been exhausted without fmding evidence that a flying saucer(s)
and/or alien(s) have ever been at Wright-Patterson AFB.
7. Because the GAO will have searched the records of many federal agencies, HQ NAIC
suggests that they be contacted, or Congressman Schiff be contacted, for a comprehensive report
of their findings relating to the Roswell incident

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