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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.
“Holloman Air Force Base”16 pages
Witness Description Air Force Equipment/Procedure “Crash Site” 31. “it was ice cold, it felt like it just came out of a freezer”196Anderson Condition of a balloon payload after it has been “cold soaked” in the upper atmosphere at temperatures far below zero. Site 2 Vehicles 32. a “jeeplike truck that had a bunch of radios in it and two big antennas...There was a guy sittin' in there wearin' earphones and he was talking on the radio.”197Anderson Reference to a modified M-37 3/4-ton utility truck, commonly referred to as a weapons carrier, unique to the Balloon Branch. One of the primary vehicles used by recovery crews. Balloons were tracked by direction finding gear and required a radio operator to wear headphones (fig. 32). Site 2 33. “weapons carriers”198Ragsdale Corroboration of description #32. See above. Site 1 34. “six by six Army trucks”199Ragsdale Reference to M-35 21/2-ton cargo truck used to transport dummies and suspension racks for launch and recoveries (fig. 31). Site 1 35. “six by [six]... military truck with canvas...wagon type...thing over it”200Anderson Corroboration of description #34. See above. Site 2 36. “wreckers [with] cranes on 'em'201Anderson reference to M-246 wrecker used to launch and recover anthropomorphic dummy payloads (figs. 23, 28, 70). Site 2 37. “a wrecker”202Ragsdale Corroboration of description #36. See above. Site 1 38. “there was military ambulances”203Anderson Reference to a converted M-43 ambulances used as balloon recovery communications vehicles (figs. 64, 71, 80). Site 2 39. “the pick-up”204Anderson Pick-up trucks were often used to recover anthropomorphic dummies (figs. 71, 79). Site 2
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