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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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altitude as it has no further buoyancy. This altitucie stability
exists only as long as the balloon is in the fully inflated or
"taut" state. Once the balloon sta.rtE descending (due to loss
of hydrot;en by diffusion or by other loss) ii:i becomes flabby and
is no longer ~table. It will continue descerrling until corrective
action is taken or until it reaches the earth.
The altitude control is to be used is the ballast valve. When
correctly set it will determine the lower limit of .the be.lloon' s oscill~tion
as it would release a free flowing liquid ballast from a reservoir whenever
the balloon descends a short distance below a preset altitude.
To test this tentative solution to the basic problem, inter-
mediate sizes of balloon made of suitable fabric or films c.re needed in
addition to the altitude controls.
Balloons
Balloon manufacturers and fabricators of plastic films were
contacted to locate a suitable balloon material. The following materials
were suggested:
Material
Plastic Film
Polyethylene
Saran
Advantages
Good low temperature
properties (Gen.l{ills
desires to fabricate
Picard's balloons
from this).
Transparent, low
permeability, high
tensile strength.
Disadvantages
Low tensile strength,
Milky-translucent,
Medium permeability.
Tears easily, fair
low temperature pro-
perties (?),weak at
seams if heat sealed.
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Disposition
10 ea. 15 ft.
balloons being
fabricated from
it.
5 large ~lloons
being fabricated. FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 993 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.