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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.
“Blanchard”20 pages
On completion of the survey of balloon materials other orders l-rill be ~.)le..ced for experimental intE:rmediv te bB.lloons. As soon as a series of ~uccessful flights are obtained, it is ?lanned to procure balloons of about 8 times the displacement of the inter- mediate size for tests ~s the model to solve the problem. These larger balloons would be about 30 feet in diameter. Altitude Control Mr. Goudy of the Kollsman Instrument Division of Square D Corpora- tion was contacted to determine the feasibility of: (1) An accurate pressure-actuated liQuid ballast dropping device. (2) A motor-switched modulator for the standard Army radiosonde AN/SMT-1. The standard pressure-switched modulator would be of little vs.lue in determining the height of the constant level balloon s.fter it leveled off on a constant pressure surface. On a subcontract Kollsman undertook to build a pressure actuated "dribbler" or ballast dropping device as follows: Mechanically Controlle~ Dribbler To consist of a diaphre.gm opera ted needle valve which will allow no flow for a 2 mb. increase in pressure on the diaphragm over pressure of which diaphragm is sealed but will allow a flow of 40 grams/minute under 1 foot of lead for a 5 mb. increase in pressure. Petroleum ballast with a density of about .775 gm/cc is to be used. Diaphragm to be open to the atmosphere until it is sealed off by the radiosonde pressure switch at a preset altitude. - 24 -
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