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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. 17 …of alien beings and elusive vehicles which never quite seem to manifest themselves. Regardless of one…
  • p. 31 …Conversely, there has never been any previous documentary evidence produced by those who would debunk the…
  • p. 32 …This had never been officially done before, although most of the persons contacted reported that they…
  • p. 40 …Lt Col Cavitt also stated that he had never taken any oath or signed any agreement…
  • p. 77 …Because this conclusion is based on the absence of documentation, the issue can never be definitively…
  • p. 99 …H written, there is good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never received…
  • p. 101 …histories and supporting documents, and it has never routinely received the kind of records which might…
  • p. 159 …I have never been sworn to any form of secrecy by anyone concerning this matter and…
  • p. 165 …It never crossed my mind that it could be anything but a radio sonde. RW: How…
  • p. 168 …as far as I knew, I never heard anyone say, "Don't talk about this and…
  • p. 169 …I never met LaPaz personally, but I knew what he was. RW: Did Rickett go with…
  • p. 170 …I forget since I was there in the Washington area for awhile but I never did…
  • p. 172 …To the best of my recollection, I never met the rancher, Brazel. RW: O.K., because…
  • p. 173 …rve never seen a Geiger counter myseU: but I didn't know if you knew what…
  • p. 174 …ordered Marcel to accompany the rancher back to Corona, •· You said you never saw... and then…
  • p. 175 …I never had any idea that it was anything with the V-2. They told us…
  • p. 177 …You and I never saw this. You don't see any military people or military vehicles…
  • p. 178 …said in a facetious way: "Lets make out like it never existed, because we're wasting…
  • p. 179 …to him the crash and recovery had never happened. There was no investigation on the Foster…
  • p. 182 …No, I never saw this. SC: I don't know what that is from. RW: "But…
  • p. 183 …So, some of there records were TS and still are.) That is because they have never…
  • p. 185 …Cav never told me anything. He said nl never tell you anything then you won't…
  • p. 189 …I am quite sure that we never gave it a thought until that book.
  • p. 190 …Now, we have never found the ftight records to substantiate that, so I don't know…
  • p. 202 …related to this inquicy and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning not…
  • p. 207 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning refraining…
  • p. 213 …We never considered a ..planneq cover story; we were concerned with security. I was the project…
  • p. 214 …I never obsCJVed any of the balloon "trains" but I did see some of the early…
  • p. 225 …and subsequent models were brand new, had never flown anything like that in this area. A…
  • p. 228 …I'd never heard the name Mogul -- the classification was that high. I knew what we…
  • p. 240 …I just wanted to see if there had been anything stated to you never to discuss…
  • p. 242 …but I never knew Marcel. in my mind, and there are Yeah, I knew that guy…
  • p. 243 …I've never seen a Japanese balloon that I know of, I've never seen the…
  • p. 246 …No, I've never seen this. Trakowski argued that even the name Mogul was classified, and…
  • p. 249 …Out PM with several NYU men by weapons carrier, but we never located it. Rocket postponed…
  • p. 264 …As far as I know we just never interfaced with the military. Q: Where were you…
  • p. 266 …We never saw anybody in security. There was certainly nobody keeping us secure. If anything, we…
  • p. 273 …who was writing a story, and I never quite could determine whether he was on the…
  • p. 274 …I have never seen such a document nor have I ever heard of any effort to…
  • p. 277 …radar reflectors for tracking purposes-but it never comes out talking about MOGUL and the instrumentation…
  • p. 278 …I never met Richard Robert Crane. I knew him only by the path of debris he…
  • p. 282 …They never said it, but I know they did because they left me free to do…
  • p. 318 …Before now, however, a larger portion of the story was never told. Recent research indicates that…
  • p. 320 …and Project MOGUL as first conceived was never put into operational 1use. However, MOGUL did serve…
  • p. 321 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level Balloon Project Engineer, stated that they were never informed of the classified…
  • p. 567 …and this flight 11as never recovered. Pre- sumably the marked easterly flow then observed above 60…
  • p. 591 …ficienoy since on-ot.f' operation was never per- mitted. The temperature data of' these flights…
  • p. 740 …The theodolite lost the balloon in clouds earlier and the airplane observer never succeeded in seeing…
  • p. 815 …Out pm with several NYU by weapon carrier but we never located it. Rocket postponed until…
c. 1. GENERAL WRI ACCOMPLISHED
field testa were conducted at llaaogordo Arrq llr Base during
'Ule veelt of JUDI!I 1, uaing clusters of meteorological b&lloona.
Tbe pri111Ll"1 object of tbeee teste waa to perfect h&a:iling aDd
launching technique• far large nights am to cheek the opera-
tion ot the T&rioua altitude controlling devices developed for
this project. At the ••• tiJie, the testa afforded the oppor-
tunity to carrr aloft payloads of Watson Laboratories equip-
lEnt. In general, vhUe the nights were successful 1n the
sense ot carrying Watson Laboratory gear aloft for an extended
period or tiM, d1ff1eul tie a &a:l •teriel tail urea encountered
eerved to ..pbas1ae the unaatistactor.r charaeteriatics of
Eteorolog1cal balloon clusters. .l technical report wxier
preparation vill contain discuaaion or tbe nights •
.l!ter the retum froa .lla.:>gordo, the reMinder ot the month
vaa occupied with prepa.ratiou for a second field trlp to
Uaaogordo A.J:a7 .l1r Base tor testa to be conducted in Jul.7.
!vent,--fin aeTen-toot d.i&M\er 1 1111. thick poly-eth7len.
talloona were reeeiTecl troa GeDBral Hilla. One each fifteen-
foot diaMter 8 .U. thick polreth7lene balloona waa receiTed
troa B• .l. Saith, IDC.
A aeven-ua b&lloon crew departed for .lluogordo .lnr;J .lir
!aae on Jw. ;n to Jll&b the aecond aeriea ot launchings there.
!be plastic b&l.last resenoir ued for the first nights in
lev Mexico vaa too traP.le to take l&UDC.hing atressea. .lD
al181nua reaenoir, .ounte4 oa legs containiDg a baUt-in
tUter vaa deaipd aDil a supplier vas located. The capaci t7
of tl» nn reservoir u 5 pllona (301) thoueh it vill veigh
eDl.y 2 pouzdl. It ia belieftd tbat the alUIIinua reservoirs
U recnered •7 b8 uecl repea tecll7.
2. S•clOc Probl•
!he greateat problea encountered during the field testa at
A.l.uogorcbt vas tbt unpredictable am hi&blT variable etrect
et IUperbeat on •teorololioal balloons. Tbe unpredictable
iDcreaae 1a litt ot the olus ter UDder the r&7• of tba aun vaa
aa 1111Ch u 2~ higher tbaD the 1D1tial Utt. !hi a 1a aenral.
lut.auea reeulted 1a the iD&bUi\7 ot altitude oontrel bal-
l.eoa cut-etta to atop the aaoent of tbl bUloon train at tbl
4eaire4 alti\ude,
!he at.n. 1-. t•peraturea e~~eountered at hi&b altitudes
apparea\1.7 hu ooaaWerable ettect on the operation of elec-
t~ eqgt,._t uaecl ill &lt1 tude contl'Ol.

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