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The Roswell Report: Case Closed

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The Roswell Report: Case Closed was published by Headquarters United States Air Force and written by Captain James McAndrew, with a foreword by Secretary of the Air Force Sheila E. Widnall. It follows the 1994 Air Force report, which tied the 1947 debris to Project MOGUL balloons. This volume concludes that the reported alien bodies were most likely anthropomorphic dummies dropped from high altitude balloons. It attributes the hospital body claims to a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 manned balloon mishap.

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  • p. 59 …the unmanned gondola. (U.S. Air Force photo) Most balloon recoveries were coordinated in advance with…
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to a standard issue, gray, Air Force flightsuit used to outfit the dummies and red duct-type tape used in the tests that prevented air from filling the flightsuit (see fig. 30). $ ^{143} $ The recollection that "crewmembers" had "bandages $ ^{144} $ on their bodies were likely references to tape and nylon webbing used to prevent flailing

Fig. 73. "Some kind of container, a metal box," was described as laying on the ground near the alleged aliens. This appears to be a reference to boxes containing electrical components of the remote controlled systems positioned on the top of the dummy suspension rack. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Fig. 74. "They looked like they had some sort of bandages on 'em...over his... arm... around his midsection and partially over his shoulder"—witness description of tape and nylon webbing used to prevent arms and legs from flailing, and parachute harness that had chest and shoulder straps. Tape was also used to secure the removable back plate of the head (also see figs. 29, 30, 73,75). (U.S. Air Force photo)

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