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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.
“Anderson”16 pages
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Witness Description Air Force Equipment/Procedure “Crash Site” 21. “It's uniform was torn in a couple spots...their uniforms were in pretty sad shape.”186Anderson Dummy uniforms were often secondhand, rips and other defects were common but they remained in service (fig.75). Site2 22. “Around the collar it [the suit] was trimmed in...maroon-like cording”187Anderson Reference to red duct tape used to prevent air from filling the dummy's flightsuit (figs.29,30). Site2 23. “They looked like they had some sort of bandages on 'em...over his [the crewmember's] arm.'188Anderson Reference to tape and nylon webbing used to prevent arms and legs of dummy from flailing. Tape was also used to secure the removable back plate of head (figs.29,30,35,72-75). Site2 24. [bandages] “around his midsection and partially over his shoulder”189Anderson Reference to parachute harness that had chest and shoulder straps. Site2 The “Craft” 25. “It [the crewmember] felt dead when I touched it, it was very cold.”190Anderson Description of a high altitude balloon payload that was cold soaked at sub zero temperatures of the upper atmosphere. Site2 26. “it was a dirigible, a blimp that had crashed”191Anderson Reference to a partially inflated or deflated high altitude balloon (figs.23,70). Site2 27. “a flying saucer that had burst open”192Maltais Reference to the dummy suspension rack that did not have sides (figs.35,73-75). Site2 28. “clusters of thread like material in the form of a cable”193Anderson Numerous cables and wires were used in the dummy instrumentation kits and balloon control package. Site2 29. “others of those [cables] went from one kind of package of components to another kind of package”194Anderson Both balloon control package and dummy instrumentation kits were connected by cables (fig.73). Site2 30. “some kind of container, a metal box”195Anderson Reference to balloon control package or dummy instrumentation kit (fig.73). Site2
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