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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. 15 …Gen Roger M. Ramey Col William H. Blanchard Maj Gen Clements McMullen Brig Gen Donald N…
  • p. 36 …Additionally, this history showed that the 509th Commander, Colonel Blanchard, went on leave on July 8…
  • p. 37 the supposed first ever recovery of extraterrestrial materials. (Detractors claim Blanchard did this as a ploy…
  • p. 46 …Additionally, it seems that there was overreaction by Colonel Blanchard and Major Marcel in originally reporting…
  • p. 75 …William Blanchard. the Public Information Officer, Walter G. Haut, issued a news release that the Amry…
  • p. 104 …e July 1947. Colo·nel i1. H. Blanchard, ; y ::o!'!lr.'a.od.ing Of.f…
  • p. 105 …Colonel Oliver LaFarge, Air Reserve Corps, at Santa Fe, made atrangernents for Colonel Blanchard to visit…
  • p. 106 …Colonel Blanchard spoke on the fu"':ure of the Air Force, and the talk was very…
  • p. 164 …Colonel Blanchard. RW: Oh yeah. Excuse me, Colonel Blanchard. SC: He was the Wmg Commander of…
  • p. 167 …The first picture is actually with Jesse Marcel and that's General Blanchard and ... SC: I…
  • p. 172 …Colonel Wdliam Blanchard and the other officer suggested that Marcel and CIC agent accompanied Brazel to…
  • p. 174 …O.K. "Blanchard, who was still at the base... ordered Marcel to accompany the rancher back…
  • p. 176 …Albuquerque rather than Fort Worth and although Blanchard outranked the CIC agent (meaning yourself) a phone…
  • p. 183 …time and we don't know if Blanchard knew about that or not: (we don't…
  • p. 184 …crash at the request of Marcel; maybe Blanchard, and I probably took Rickett with me. We…
  • p. 189 …The things that Ramey and Blanchard used to! Blanchard came over to the Philippines. I think…
  • p. 254 …What about then Colonel Blanchard and General Ramey? Do you think they may have had any…
  • p. 964 …CU'l'IVE CALEJ\'D!Ul. -3 September 1947 - ColoP..el Blanchard and Lt. ;-iaut went…
  • p. 975 …Roger M. Ramey and Col. William H. Blanchard. Brig. Gen .. Roger M. Ramey was the Commanding…
  • p. 976 …As commander of Roswell Army Airfield and the 509th Bomb Group, Blanchard is alleged to have…
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fire at ertre11el7 high al titudea. It is believed that plac-
iD& a aall load on b&tteriea may help keep cella warm enough
to produce the neceaaary voltage at. high altitude on future
fiighta.
3. Liaitations
The greatest factor hinderi.Dg the progress ctwork is still
the lack or an.Uabl.e apace at lev York UD1versit7.
d. METHODS Of ATT.lCE
Field testa at Alamogordo indicated that a Helios-type cluster
1a auch superior to a long coaaic-ray type flyi~ line in case
at fabricatioa, ballllling aDd launching when it is necessary to
u.se clusters. Therefore, thia type or cluster where tha balloons
are all at the sme lenl, vill be U8ed on all future multiple
balloon flighta.
Large plastic ballooaa have been obtained ani will be novu
at J.l.&Jiogordo d'ID'inc tba teate to be conducted in Jul.7.
e, APP.UU.TUS .AJm EQUIPMDJT
The main sand ballaat-droppi.Jlg deTice wa1 iaproved as a result
ot expen...nta at .11-.,gordo b.r constructing the ballast tubea
of allainua rather than plastic, and by ueing stronger paper
41aphrapa aa tM franclble IUpport for tbe ballast.
f. COICWSIOIS AID BECa4MEID.t.TIOIS
OpiDion baa *"· atrencthelll4 tbat cluatera of •teorological
ballooD& vill DeTer be • aatistactory ..thod ot achierlDg con-
atant altitude for long period nighta. Yarioua tactora which
Wich against tl:a &u.oceaa of Such night& &rei the inherent
wrtical iutabllity ot exte11a1ible b&l.l.OOUJ the rapid deter-
ioration of DeOprene UDier the .raya of tba 8\Dl (average 6 hour
Ute) J th.e complex aet of b&llaat am littirl& equipment re-
quire4J the variable &Dd 1Ddeter.a1Date ettecta ot superheatJ
tal the clitticultJ' or l.aunob1na a long train aeaeabl71 eveD
lllder tl:a beat conditio••
·Ia PDRIIl, equipaat ..t bl atreJIIthened am higher aatev
h.ctara ---- lit ... to vithatud t:t. atraina or launchiDg aD4
"- ••cUl&tioaa of the ~l~n train ia f'li&ht.
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..... nle&H8J each put aboul4 haw theodollte aDi radioiCIIlde
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