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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.
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F~OJECT ABSTTIACTS Chief: Dr. James A. FeoJ;le.i • ..::::-. 1. Fro.1e:~t tit-le: A.~ol.4s"L: ~ounaing of the Atmcspbe:r-e f':roject. sdentist.:;: Dr. :. A. i'eople:3, Jr., Dr. i•lor:ua.n Haskell Summary cf In-Laborat.:'lry ;·,ork: 'When large explosions i1av-;' o>!curred, it J·.as been observed that the soWla was heard locally, say up to ::5 mile:s, and als.:> at dbtances of 100 to 200 miles, but that nothinf; wa:; reard at intermediate distan~es. This phenomeru11can only be explained by assumjng that the sound ts refracted into ths atmosphere over the 1n- termedi2te observers and then is bent back down to the ;nore distant areas. For t~ds to occur t.ho velocity of propagation must first decrease with altitude and then increase &!&in to a value at least as lar~e a3 ground velocity. this is due to a decrease of temrerature up t.o the tropopause followed by an increase in temperature above that level. V:inds also have an appreciable affect which can be determined from asymmetrical propa~ation. Up to abo~t 1946 most data on this phenomenon had been obt&ined by taking polls after accidental eaplosions had occurred. Zones ot audibility were mapped out and ~ener.al conclusions then drawn. Very lit.tle systematic w·ork was done in \Which accurate travel tiAs and other factors were obtair.ed. Beginning in 1~46 at these . laboratories, a systematic study of these pr"p~at!on anomalies were started. Sound~ ran5ing detectors ware set up in arr&Js, so thsarvations h; "te bec!n tG.k6b ih the vicinity of Fairbanl:s• Alaska for in!or.." t on o.t ~.I"i J.igtj latitud~s4 · Ob~er.vatj,.dn,; .ha•e been taken near the Panama Carial Zone for ~:ci~Uiional information i.i1 tbt: !r#i.csi The sounds produced by rockets launched a\. .k..1ar.togordo have been recol'd~d .~ith acousti= detector arrays located on the gro1nd neer the rocket trajectory. From data gath-=red in this nt£11Iler, soraa inoic~ ti.m!:' of apper air te11.par~tl.lre a."lU .viud::> Lo.ve ween obtained and much :no:e accurate date:rm.im. tion:; could be ;,lade if U1Q rock~t trajectories were more accurately known. l
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