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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…
1946
\pril 2 ~ues D & I left caracas Pan Am bus 9 pm. Arri'led l:iami 10 pm on Pan Am.
throll{:h customs and caught 1 am rational Airlines plane for Ne1-1ark
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.'.pril -; ·.led Arri ·.'ed J{ewark 730 am and took airline bus to l:YC:. D left for Providence
9 am. ~alled up ~win~ but he was in Chicago - due back tomorrow, Left on 1040 sleeper
for ~anton tonight.
April ?: Jat At home. OYer to Cgdensburg to see Steve thi::: pm
Anril 7 :::un. Left Canton on 805 sleeper. 3aH -:=ob Foster 1
J1, also on ;;ay to KYC
Anril 8 !-'on. Arrived NYC 730 am. Up to Columbia Ur!iversity to see Ewing 130 pm. ··:yckoff
3.nd Do?e on way to Los Angeles py plane this -pm. C:rane and !·:orrison in also from \vatson
labs. ·.-Jent back to Red Bank :-rith them in A'.·:1JS car to Cfficer 1 :::: Club near ~-latson lab.
:::rar.e, : orrison and I ~-Tent t:.p tonight to <;:ee ::einnegle at office. Vet Gifford ;.;ho has
0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at Cfficer 1
s C:lub tonight
Anril 9 ~t:es. At ~-'atson labs all day. '.Tent through all processes necessary for employ-
ment urder Gi vil Ser-:ice, ;-Tarrant Officer Gifford transferred to \ITERl-4 today, Jl:cCurdy
already in and started work. ':::'alked with _,Reinnagle and Gallo re Columbia contract.
Gifford left pm for '.fashington, Hajor Crane for Camp :iJix and Jl:orrison for NYC. Reinnagle
and I went down to CO this pm to meet.group from Cornell extension at Buffalo- Aeronaut-
ical research wantil'!g to get contracts. Stayed at Kelly Pitcher Hotel in Red ~ank tonight
Anril 10 ··'ed ~hecked out of !'ally Fi tcher Eotel and caught 7JO am train out of Red Bank to
liYC, Checked in at Hotel ;.rebster and then up to Ewings at Columbia University. Mr Gallo
of '·ratson labs in at 10 am and we went over contract questions regarding Watson Lab contract
with C:olumbia until 1 PM, \-lent over all parts of work with Doc from 2 to 5JO pm. John
Swing in from Missouri.
April 11 Thurs. ~orked on rough outline of ~lin Field and SOFAR project Am. Up to see
Swing at Columbia PM. Doc and I went over contract with '·Jatson Lab & Columbia tonight.
•:::aught 1205 sleeper to Boston.
April 12 Fri. Arrived Woods Hole about 11. Joe Worzel went over all sound transmission
work at NHOI this pm.
April 1'3 Sat. Talked with Columbus Iselin this Am regarding ;-Iatson Lab work and needs.
Crane and Gifford up pm and Joe and I went up to lab with them.
April 14 Sun. Down to lab this am with Joe looking for G9A files. Jim Peoples over about
noon for awhile. Joe. and I went golfing pm. Took 600 pm train to Boston and 1230 sleeper
to NYC. Up to Boston with Lt Frank Ryder with Navy and \.JHOI
April 15 Mon. Contacted Doc Ewing in NYC and rode down to Red Bank with him. Talked over
instrumentation of upper atmosphere investigations. Out to Oakhurst this pm. Conference
with Col. Cole and Col. Grough re Project 188-5 and regarding microseisms. Doc and I went
back to ~olly Pitcher Hotel in Red Bank tonight.
April 16 Tues. Rode out to Watson Labs with Ewing. Went over to Evans Lahs with Harry Davis
':latson Lab navigation man, and saw newly developed ranging apparatus and talked to Lt
Rydetor? re Spherics, location of lightning and thunderstorm data collected during past
few years. Saw Col. Duffy of ~eteorological Division AAF and back to 'ilatson labs, Doc ilent
on through to NYC. '·Tent over program with Dove and Crane this pm, Back to lab tonight with
Crane and Gifford, discussing Project 185-7-1. Back to Y.yrtle Hotel at 1045 pm.
April 17 '·led, Rode out to Hats on Labs with McCurdy. Worked with f1ajor Crane on report
regarding underwater work, Eglin Field and deep water. Took this in to 8olonal Cole this
pm. Acceptance probable, Got room in private house in Red Bank. i·oved out of '·:olly Pitcher
Hotel.
April 18 Th~. Caught bus out to ~·Tatson Lab. Col Cole up this am and advised writing new
~ost Exnenditure for and revising the R. & R. ~ajor Crane left about noon for trip
Phila and '!Toads Hole. 1-'ade arrangements to meet him in 1TYC r-:onday. ~l'rote. out new R & R
and 8ost Expenditure ready to take to Col Cole. up 2nd EO covering all ocean work.
to see Col Cole and then wrote up
EO and A for P processed this pm
April 19, Fri. Talked o·..-er work with Dove and we wrote
~alked to Ewing on phone this am. Dove and I went down
~ew SO for deep water work. Saw Hincke? regarding this
and ready to p;o out to '·lright Field.
April 20 <:!at. Caught 710 train to NYC, cashed check at Chase Natl Bank, talked to :!!:wing on
phone. Back to Red Bank about 4 pm.
April 22 r-•on. At 'Hatson labs this am. Got final physical exams. Down to Supply to see Jl!ajor
!!,orris with Reinnagle re getting equipment out that came from 'llHCI without paper coverage.
Got tra'lel order back and authority to use it. Caught )42 pm out of Red Bank and arr1 ved

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