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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. 33. llx iirst “spacedoclor; Lt. Cd John P Stapp (now il retired Colonel) being \trappcd into the rocket sled Sun;, Wind NX 1, on December IO. ,954. al Holloman AFB, N.M. Cuurageously, Stapp was his own vo,m,eer subject on 2’) rocket sled tests and earned IWO awards of the Legion of Merit and the Chrney Award for valor and self-sacrifice. ILLS. Air Fort photo) On a typical flight the dummies were separated from the balloon by radio command and descended by parachutc5’ Prompt recovery of the dummies and their suspension racks, which usually did not land in the same location resulting in extensive ground and air searches, was rssential for researchers to evaluate information collected by the instrumentation and cameras. To assist the recovery personnel, a variety of methods were used to enhance the visibility of the dummies: smoke grenades, pigment powder, and brightly colored parachute canopies.” Also. recovery notices promising a $25 reward were taped to an exposed portion of a dummy.” Local newspapers and radio stations were contacted when equipment was lost.“” The Bravest Man America was introduced to Cal. John Paul Stapp on December 10, 1954, when he became known i,\ both the “the hra\:esc” and “the f,~stest” man on earth. Stappearned these titles following a rocket sled test that accelerated him to 632 miles per hour. He reached this speed in just five seconds-faster than a 45 caliber bullet--and was decelerated to a stop in I .4 seconds. subjecting his body to more then 42 rimes the force of gravity! While this was America’s inlroduction to Cal. Srapp. the 1954 rocket sled test that examined aircraft restraint devices and human responses to accelerativeldcuelcrative forces and windblast, was just one of many achievements of this legendary Air Force physician. Born in Bahia, Brazil to American missionary parents, Stapp sold pots and pans door to door during the Depression while he earned both undergraduare and graduate degrees in zoology and chemistry at Baylor University. He went on to earn a doctorate in biophysics from the University of Texas, and a doctorate in medicine from the University of Minnesola. In 1944 Stapp entered the U.S. Army Air Forces and became a flight surgeon. From 1946 to 1963, due to his unique qualifications in biophysics and medicine, he conducted a series of acuelerationidecrleration experiments on the high-speed track at Muroc (now Edwards AFB); Calif..h’ and later a1 Holloman AFB, N.M. Developments from these and other studies resulted 31
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