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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 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.

  • p. 58 …to claim this honor.“h The DISCOVERERprogram had been plagued by failure with IO unsuccessful missions…
  • p. 110 …on board, while on a refueling training mission, experienced a propeller failure four and one half…
  • p. 121 The three pilots, Kittinger, Kaufman and Fulgham, flew training missions together. Kaufman and Fulgham alternately flew…
  • p. 139 …Nenninger who died of injuries received in an aircraft crash during a balloon recovery mission on…
  • p. 182 …dcpendiig on the mission. a crane. weapons carriers. communications van, and occasionally tat&r trucks to…
  • p. 237 …Ciildenberg, Bernard G. “General Philosophy and Techniques of Balloon Control”, in Lewis A. Grass, ed., Proceedings…
to a standardissue,gray, Air Force flightsuit used to outfit the dummies and red
duct-type tape usedin the teststhat preventedair from filling the flightsuit (see
fig. 3O)Y The recollection that “crewmembers” had “bandages”lM on their
bodies were likely referencesto tapeand nylon webbing used to prevent flailing
Fig. 73. “Sume kind of
container, a metal box,” was
described as laying on the
ground ,,cB~ 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 phoro)
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&s. 29, 30.
71.75J. (U.S. Air Fore photo)
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