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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. 100 …the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex., 1947-1950 (Holloman AFB…
  • p. 246 …reports from the people at later Holloman Air Force Base, Mogul appears in things that are…
  • p. 318 …Meanwhile, Brig Gen Roger Ramey, Eighth Air Force Commander, ordered that the debris be flown to…
  • p. 391 …David DuahDcll MDNH Air Force MiasUe Ilcftl~nt Center Hollaun Air Force Bue, Rev Mexico Dear…
  • p. 840 HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE Alamogordo, New Mexico - - .. .. P R 0 G R E S S S…
A blimp hangar at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ (left), contains a Project MOGUL balloon
during its preparation for flight. Lying on the desert floor near Roswell, NM, in July 1948
(right) is a Project MOGUL balloon. Due to the prevailing westerlies, MOGUL balloons often
descended in the vicinity of Roswell after launch from Alamogordo. The unpredictability and
hazards to aircraft presented by the balloons prompted the Civil Aviation Administration (now
the Federal Aviation Administration) to conduct a hearing addressing safety concerns of balloons
landing in the Roswell area (see App 13, pp. 43-44).

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