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The Roswell Report: Case Closed was published by Headquarters United States Air Force and written by Capt. James McAndrew. It follows up the July 1994 report, which traced the 1947 debris to Project MOGUL balloon trains. The report says the reported alien bodies were probably anthropomorphic test dummies dropped from high altitude balloons. It also says the accounts of bodies at the Roswell Army Air Field hospital probably merged two separate events: a 1956 KC-97 crash and a 1959 manned balloon mishap.
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Fig. 19. Maj. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. in 1963 as a member of the 1st Air Commando Wing. Ben Hoa, Republic of Vietnam. (U.S. Air 15-w photo) Kitfinger was not Buck Rogers. nor was he a daredevil or tkrill- seeker: He was a modem dav test pilot: intense,focused, usually quiet, and always polite witk,jrm reli&us convictions and a powerful Senseqf loyalty. If he was often stubborn, uncompromising, and demanding he also dealt ,fairly and respec<fully with those who came into contact with him. He was a straight arrow and a straight shooter:“lh Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., USAF (Ret) Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.‘scareer in the U.S. Air Force and in aviation has spanned the spectrum of experiences: test pilot, balloon pilot, test parachutist, combat tighter pilot, MiG killer, combat squadron commander, and prisoner of war. He has demonstrated, during a nearly 30.year military career and beyond, that he is among the very best in the U.S. Air Force and the field of aeronautics. Kittinger began his career in 1949 as a U.S. Air Force aviation cadet. After earning his wings at Las Vegas AFB, Nev. in March 1950, he was assigned to tighter squadrons in Germany and then as a test pilot for NATO. In 1953, Kittinger received an assignment as a test pilot to Holloman AFB, N.M. While at Holloman, he began a many year collaboration with the legendary Air Force scientist and physician, Cal. John P. Stapp. In association with Stapp on numerous aerc medical projects, Kittinger became the first pilot to fly zero-gravity experiments, now commonly used for astronaut training. For project Mu HEII on June 2. 1957, Kittinger piloted a high altitude balloon to 96,000 feet to examine the physiological and psychological effects on man in a space equivalent environment. This night marked the origins of the manned U.S. space program with the experience gained from Mnh HIGHbeing incorporated in NASA’s Project MERCURY. Ill
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