Report of Air Force Research Regarding the Roswell Incident

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auspices of FUFOR, entitled "Roswell in Perspective"
(1994). Pflock concluded from his research that the
Brazel Ranch debris originally reported as a "flying
disc" was probably debris from a Mogul balloon; however,
there was a simultaneous incident that occurred not far
away, that caused an alien craft to crash and that the
AAF subsequently recovered three alien bodies therefrom.
Air Force research did not locate any information to
corroborate that this incredible coincidence occurred,
however.
In order to provide a more detailed discussion of the
specifics of Project Mogul and how it appeared to be
directly responsible for the "Roswell Incident," a
SAF/AAZD researcher prepared a more detailed discussion
on the balloon project which is appended to this report
as Atch 32.
Other Research
In the attempt to develop additional information that
could help explain this matter, a number of other steps
were taken. First, assistance was requested from various
museums and other archives (Atch 28) to obtain
information and/or examples of the actual balloons and
radar targets used in connection with Project Mogul and
to correlate them with the various descriptions of
wreckage and materials recovered. The blueprints for the
"Pilot Balloon Target ML307C/AP Assembly" (generically,
the radar target assembly) were located at the Army
Signal Corps Museum at Fort Monmouth and obtained. A
copy is appended as Atch 29. This blueprint provides the
specification for the foil material, tape, wood,
eyelets, and string used and the assembly instructions
thereto. An actual device was also obtained for study
with the assistance of Professor Moore. (The example
actually procured was a 1953-rnanufactured model "C" as
compared to the Model B which was in use in 1947.
Professor Moore related the differences were minor) • An
examination of this device revealed it to be simply made
of aluminum-colored foil-like material over a stronger
paper-like material, attached to balsa wood sticks,
affixed with tape, glue, and twine. When opened, the
device appears as depicted in Atch 31 (contemporary
photo) and Atch 25 (1947 photo, in a "balloon train").
When folded, the device is in a series of triangles, the
largest being four feet by two feet ten inches. The
smallest triangle section measures two feet by two feet
ten inches. (Compare with descriptions provided by Lt
Col Cavitt and others, as well as photos of wreckage).
Additionally, the researchers obtained from the Archives
of the University of Texas Arlington (OTA), a set of
original (i.e. flrst generation) prints of the
photographs taken at the time by the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, that depicted Ramey and Marcel with the
wreckage. A close review of these photos (and a set of
first generation negatives also subsequently obtained
from UTA) revealed several infesting observations.
First, although in some of the literature cited above,
Marcel allegedly stated that he had his photo taken with
the "real" UFO wreckage and then it was subsequently
removed and the weather balloon wreckage substituted for
it, a comparison shows that the same wreckage appeared
in the photos of Marcel and Ramey. The photos also
depicted that this material was lying on what appeared