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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. 129 …6099 2 HQ AMC WRIGHT PAT 342-seA-6191 CAMBRIDGE LABS 342-A~ AMC HQ WRIGHT…
  • p. 228 …overhead and followed the balloons out to sea. I have no idea about the results that…
  • p. 235 …the regular 334 that we had at sea level. From that they could deduce the temperature…
  • p. 279 …actually located on the jurisdictional lines between Sea Girt and Springlake, New Jersey. It was an…
  • p. 280 …The Sea Girt Inn? A: Exactly. That's where John had his office, and I was…
  • p. 400 …alone 1a about 24,000.m1lea at sea level, aDd about '500 allea at 45,000…
  • p. 407 …five (25) feet at their ls.rgest sea-level diameter. The sonic unit was a combination…
  • p. 466 …hour when one-fifth inf~ated at sea level). One other type of balloon which has…
  • p. 490 …Let us, then, compare the rate of leakage at any given altitude with leakage at sea…
  • p. 492 …The leakage at any altitude may be expressed as a function of leakage at sea level…
  • p. 493 Comparing rete of leakage at 40,000 feet with leakage at sea level: ~ 188 .u§. - 0…
  • p. 495 …It a 20-foot diameter balloon~ full were tested at 10 sea level and found to…
  • p. 496 …At sea level this is equivalent to 5.32 ~r. for a 20-foot diameter balloon…
  • p. 502 …Using the rules of subsonic aerodynamics, Picard suggests that air at sea level escaping at 1333…
  • p. 503 …sea level (psi) escape velocity of air to produce back pressure of 1 atmosphere at sea…
  • p. 520 …to about 20 millibars and increased to sea-level pressure at different temperatures. The most comprehensive…
  • p. 654 …The height above mean sea level as determined fram pressure measurements used in this work with…
  • p. 686 …to a thtmble a.nd attached to re1n forced pCltches at alterna.te .sea.m.s…
  • p. 688 …lQr9e Ba.lloo n ~hould trQin de .sea nd to 101000'. 6 each.-Gene ral M1lls…
  • p. 736 …point at which the radiosonde reaches the sea surface. 2. Earlier attempts There have been numerous…
  • p. 737 …The balloons floated between the surface and 30,000 ft above sea level; those which reached…
  • p. 801 …Vet Gifford ;.;ho has 0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed…
  • p. 816 …Worzel working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim fellowship…
  • p. 887 …the launching site is markedly different from sea level, a shift in this curve is needed…
  • p. 925 …balloon at all times with respect to sea level. On this curve also it is customary…
  • p. 933 …The height above ~ean sea level as determined from pressure measurements used in this work with…
In several cases ~uibs used for altitude control failed to
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.
0.. ... •zw obeenatica po•ta, dovnv1D4, are needed tor n •.,_
..... nle&H8J each put aboul4 haw theodollte aDi radioiCIIlde
eb•a •w• ..s equis-nt. Better ~-=.catiaDa betveea, &Ill
oe.rdiD&tioa ot obaerY<&tioa poata 18 Yital tor aatiatactor.r

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