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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. 106 n1e Public Information Office was host during the mon~~ to the Senior Air Scouts of ~ie…
  • p. 801 …Up to Boston with Lt Frank Ryder with Navy and \.JHOI April 15 Mon. Contacted Doc…
  • p. 802 …I caught 5.50 train out of Penn Station to Red Bank, NJ April 29 Mon…
  • p. 804 …Dec 9 Mon. Oakhurst. Finished getting all equipment ready for Alamogordo. Chantz, Woody and I went…
  • p. 807 …Arrived AP about 1230 Feb 3 Mon Oakhurst. Peoples in Washington regarding balloon ascention in June…
  • p. 808 …Feb 24 Mon. Alamogordo. '.faited for air transportation today but none available and may not be…
  • p. 809 …In Asbury Park 3 pm March 10 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flight 25…
  • p. 810 …Cleaned out hanger and emptied trash out at East White Sands April 7 Mon Talked to…
  • p. 811 …April 21 Mon. Alamogordo Air Base. Bill Edmonston and I went out to Tularosa Range and…
  • p. 812 …Took sleeper out of Canton for NYC May 12 Mon. Arrived NYC and caught 0940 out…
  • p. 813 …May 26 Mon. Worked on Tests 1 and 2 records today. No signals from Roswell - some…
  • p. 814 …Took Treland, Mears, Winton, Olsen to Alamogordo to catch train this pm June 9 Mon. Bill…
  • p. 815 …July 7 {Mon) Alamogordo. Balloon Flight 11 A off at 0503. Big plastic with small auxiliary…
  • p. 816 …July 1 Mon. To cabins near Geneva, N.Y. July 15 Tues. Stopped at Syracuse. Got…
tuel~ usually give a coating Which is too coarse
grained and heavy. In smoking the drum a long
rod is used as a rotating axis. The drum is ro-
tated rapidly in the flame so as to prevent
overheating and oxidizing of the foil. The car-
bon should not be so thick as to obscure the
metallic appearance of the aluminum foil.
(e) Calibrate the barograph for pressur~. The in-
strument is placed in a bell jar and the air
evacuated. The pressure is kept constant at a
number of pressures so that as the drum turns a
step, record is made on the -.>ked foil. Pressure
recording starts at about 500 millibars so the
first level in the calibration should be at that
value. At each level the pressure should be kept
constant for three to five minutes in order to
obtain a measurable line. Great care and consid-
erable practise are required to control the valves
of the vacuum system so that the pressure does
not change noticeably during each step.
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The pressure ~teps at which the barograph 18 cali-
brated may be either at regular pressure intervals
. or at the pressure values corresponding to regular
height intervals according to the standard at-
mosphere figures. The recommended steps are
listed below. If the balloon is not expected to
go to the higher altitudes, the calibration may
be stopped at correspondingly higher pressures.
Pressures Standard Atmos~here Heights
500 mb 466 mb corresponding to 20,000 ft.
400 mb 300 mb If II ~o.ooo ft.
300 mb 188.5 mb " II 40,000 ft.
200 mb 117 mb II
" 50,000 ft.
150mb 72.8 mb II II 60,000 ft.
100mb 45.3 mb " II 70,000 ft.
50mb 28.2 mb " " 80,000 ft.
10 mb 17.5 mb " II 90,000 ft.
10.9 mb II II 100,000 ft.
The temperature calibration may be made by recording
two widely spaced temperatures, s.uch as room tem-
perature and the temperature of dry ice (-78°C).
This celibration will be approximately a straight
line and, therefore, two points are sufficient
to plot the curve.
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