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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…
Witness Description Air Force
Equipment/Procedure “Crash Site”
31. “it was ice cold, it felt like
it just came out of a freezePa
Anderson
Vehicles
32. a ‘jeeplike truck that had
a bunch of radios in it and two
big antennas.. ..There was a
guy sittin‘ in there wearin‘
earphones and he was talking
on the radio.“‘*’
Condition of a balloon
payload after it has been
“cold soaked” in the upper
atmosphere at temperatures
far below zero.
Reference to a modified
M-37 314.ton utility truck,
commonly referred to as a
weapons carrier, unique to
the Balloon Branch. One
of the primary vehicles
used by recovery crews.
Balloons were tracked by
direction finding gear and
required a radio operator to
wear headphones (fig. 32).
Corroboration of description
#32. See above.
34. “six by six Army trucks““’
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35. “six by [sin]... military
truck with canvas...wagon
type...thing over it”‘”
Anderson
38. “there was military
ambulances”‘Oi
Anderson
39. “the pick-up”i”
Anderson
Reference to M-35 2112.ton
cargo truck used to transport
dummies and suspension
racks for launch and
recoveries (fig. 31). I
Reference to a convened M-43
ambulances used as balloon
recovery communications
vehicles (figs. 64, 71, 80).
Pick-up trucks were often
used to recover
anthropomorphic dummies
(figs. 71.79).
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