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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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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page Number
I. Introduction ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7
II.
III.
IV.
Purpose ot Manual • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7
Principles o:f Altitude Control • • • • ••••••• 7
General Mills 20-Foot Balloons • • . . . . . . . . . . • 7
Description • • • • • • • • • • ••••• • • • • • • 7
Load Limits • • • • • • • • • . . • • . . • • • • 8
Appendices • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
Equipment Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lines and Rigging • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 14
Altitude Control Equipment • • • • • • • • • • • • 16
Flight Termination Gear • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20
Accessory Flight Equipment • • • • • • • • • • • , 27
Tracking and Recording Instruments • • • • • • • • 27
Flight Tools and Equipment • • • • • • • • • • • • 29
Pre-Flight Computations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lifting Gas and Rate of Rise ••••••••
Length of Balloon Bubble • • • • • • • •
Expected Altitude ••••••••••••••
Ballast Requirements • • • • • • • • •
• • • 29
• . • • 33
• • 33
36
Altitude Sensitivity •••••••• . . • 36
Forms and Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 36
V. Balloon Inflation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Preparation of Balloon •••••••
Use of Shot Bags and Releasing Device
Inflation Techniques ••••••••••
• • • • • 36
• • • • • 39
• • • • • 39
VI. Balloon Launching • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 47
VII. T~acking and Altitude Determination . . . . . . . • 51
Positioning Equipment • • • • • 52
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SCR-658
Theodolite • • • •
Aircraft Radio Compass • • • • • • • • • • • • • 52
• • • • • • • • • • • • 53
Radar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 53
Altitude Determination •••••••••••••• 53
Olland Cycle Pressure Measuring Instrument • • • 54
Code sonde. • • • • • • • • • •••••• • • 64
Barograph. • • • • • • • ••• • •• • 64
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