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The Roswell Report: Case Closed

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The Roswell Report: Case Closed is a 1997 Headquarters United States Air Force report by Captain James McAndrew that follows up the 1994 Air Force report on the Roswell Incident. It concludes that the 1947 debris came from Project MOGUL balloons. It also says the reported alien bodies were probably anthropomorphic dummies dropped from high altitude balloons. Claims of bodies at the Roswell hospital most likely combined a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 manned balloon mishap.

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“Mission Control”7 pages

  • p. 53 …been plagued by failure with 10 unsuccessful missions in 1959 and 1960. With the eyes of…
  • p. 102 …on board, while on a refueling training mission, experienced a propeller failure four and one half…
  • p. 113 The three pilots, Kittinger, Kaufman and Fulgham, flew training missions together. Kaufman and Fulgham alternately flew…
  • p. 129 …Nenninger who died of injuries received in an aircraft crash during a balloon recovery mission on…
  • p. 171 …The recovery vehicles included, depending on the mission, a crane, weapons carriers, communications van, and occasionally…
  • p. 173 …I recall an overnight balloon training mission that was conducted in May, 1959. Capt Joe Kittinger…
  • p. 223 …ADA 323108 Gildenberg, Bernard G. "General Philosophy and Techniques of Balloon Control", in Lewis A. Grass…

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High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops

Number	Date	Launch Site	Landing Site
1	6/23/54	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Holloman AFB, N.M.
2	6/28/54	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Dunkin, N.M.
3	6/30/54	Holloman AFB, N.M.	10 miles Southwest of Holloman AFB, N.M.
4	12/1/54	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Holloman AFB, N.M.
5	12/2/54	Holloman AFB, N.M.	12 miles South of Artesia, N.M.
6	12/6/54	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Near Twin Buttes, N.M.
7	12/9/54	Holloman AFB, N.M.	3 miles West of Twin Buttes, N.M.
8	2/23/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	28 miles East of Roswell, N.M.
9	3/1/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	25 miles South of Caprock, N.M.
10	3/3/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	25 miles East/Northeast of Roswell, N.M.
11	6/15/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	5 miles Northwest of Dunkin, N.M.
12	6/23/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	35 miles Southwest of Holloman AFB, N.M.
13	6/29/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	25 miles West of Three Rivers, N.M.
14	7/7/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	13 miles West of Tularosa Peak, N.M.
15	7/15/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	15 miles Northeast of Hatch, N.M.
16	11/17/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	8 miles Northwest of Roswell, N.M.
17	11/21/55	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Holloman AFB, N.M.
18	1/25/56	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Holloman AFB, N.M.
19	2/8/56	Holloman AFB, N.M.	20 miles South of Roswell, N.M.
20	2/21/56	Holloman AFB, N.M.	20 miles East of Dunkin, N.M.
21	2/21/56	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Holloman AFB, N.M.
22	5/18/56	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Data Not Available
23	5/22/56	Holloman AFB, N.M.	Data Not Available

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