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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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N. J. The flight was of value in tre.ini:ng personnel, establishing a net for reception of the 74 megacyle radiosonde data, and in obtaining familiarity with the type of operation peculiar to all large balloon flights. The actual layout of the train used is sketched in the ap~endix. Using the lessons learned on the dummy flight, improved equipment was built for a flight with a payload. Release was attempted on 18 April. Due to the high vim at 0830 EST, the time of release, and due to mal- functioning of the Army receiver in the ylane that was to follow the balloons, release was not made. The already-inflated balloons were cut free and the equipment was brought back to New York University. It is expected that this equipment will be flown about 8 l-1ay. A description of the final flight equipment will be given in the report for May. A sketch of the layout of equipment built for the second cluster flight is given in the appendix. As this is a stop-gap method usiDg modified standard components, no detailed report is being prepared on the equipment. Preliminary altitude controls used in both flights consist of standard radiosolXie mcdulators ~310 which have bad leads taken otf of the desired contacts of the coJIIIILU'ta.tor. The modulator thus acts as a pressure actuated control that releases ballast or balloons. In the first flight small radiosonde rela7s were used to close circuits to burn off cans filled with ballast. In the improved, second flight, a nest of plastic tubes were filled with dried sand. The bottom of the tube was covered with paper and a DuPont type S64 Squib was placed on the paper UDier the sam. On firing the squib, a hole is torn in the paper, permitting the sand to trickle out. This method permits dropping of more ballast and yet~ in smaller increments. In the - 27-
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