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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.
polyethylene balloon and its protective ground cloth to be removed from a launch vehicle and laid out on the ground prior to inflation. Another procedure described by the witness was an apparent reference to a balloon recovery practice of recording the names of civilians who observed high altitude balloon recoveries.‘“’ The witness stated that military personnel “took everybody’s name and everything,““’ which was a procedure to ensure payment of a $25 dollar reward to persons who assisted in the recovery. This procedure was also necessary to settle future claims of property damage caused by the balloon, payload, or recovery vehicles.‘“” Fig. 80. Witnesses described a “tanker,” “military ambulances.” a “6x6.” and a “~,reckrr”-probable rrfercnces to ,frmn I@) a helium tank trailer. a M-43 smhulancr (converted t” a communicaions vehicle), B M-35 cnrg” truck (partially anlhor,,omorphic dummies for I Fig. XI. Scene typical of a mid- to late 1950s off-range 66
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