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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…
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~ay 4 Sat. Up at WHOI this am. Out with John Ewing taking bottom shots in water. Worked
with Joe on his boat this pm. Over to Jim and Rowes tonight and to Euzzards Bay bowling,
l'ay 5 Sun. L'p to ·.moi about 11. '·!ent over deep water equipment 'trith Joe :·lorzel and Jim
Peoples. Jim and I caught cOO pm train to Boston tonight, got 1130 pm Owl to ?YC
f.'ay 6 ron. Caught 625 train out of Penn Station to Red Bank. Arrived Red Bank 730 and caught>
bus out to 'tTatson labs. Checked at library for caps?militar;tnfo. Called up l:orris of Supply
and wrote supply request. Stepanoff in fm Oakhurst. :Jrote up weekly report to Watson Labs
for 189-7-1. Arranged truck to take fathometer to Nyack, F. Y. for 104' boat and bring back
microbaragraph from C:olumcia. Vent out to Oakhurst and saw Rooke who is >forking on.. flux-
meter, and got fathometer IWB-1 ready to send to Nyack. :fent over list of parts needed
189-7-1 with Peoples, Peoples signed in at '·Tat son Labs today. Capt Kellogg in from Evans
labs re how they can help- rough draft of letter of request to be written by Col Graul.
Got travel orders to NYC tomorrow and to Nyack.
}'ay 7 Tues. Jim Peoples and I caught 608 train out of Red Bank and arri ·1ed 5:wing 's office
about 850 am. Conference at Ewing's office Gallo, Bradley, Crane, Peoples and I from Watson
Labs 1 Lane and Ewing of Columbia and Iselin and r·:ccrory? of WHOI regarding 189-7-1 contract
of WHOI with Columbia. Conference later Iselin, Crane, Ewing, Peoples and myself regarding
technical procedure and plan for Atlantis 1 Anton Dohrn and two boats of Hatson Lab ,for
summer and next winter. Crane, Peoples and I left about 240 pm for Nyack, NY in Army car.
Arrived in Nyack at Peterson's Shipbuilding Co, new 104' boat P778 docked about the same
time. 1olent over all changes and additions to the boat w1 th Gifford and made plans for con-
version to our needs. Left Nyack about 6, Jim Peoples and I caught 740 train out of Penn
Station and arrived i~ Red Bank 9 pm.
ray 8 '..ted. Jim Peoples and I went up to \-Iatson Labs this am

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