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The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert

USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by OCR

The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert was published by Headquarters United States Air Force in 1995. The Black Vault distributes this copy. It reproduces the report by Col. Richard L. Weaver and the synopsis by 1st Lt. James McAndrew, both written after a General Accounting Office inquiry requested by Representative Steven Schiff. The Air Force search found no evidence of an extraterrestrial craft or crew. It concluded that the Roswell debris most likely came from NYU Flight No. 4, a Project MOGUL balloon train.

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26. Photographs, Project MOGUL Balloon Trains

27. Table No. 7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights, November 20, 1946-July 5, 1947

28. Museums Contacted

29. Blueprint, Corner Reflector, ML-307C/AP Assembly

30. Statement, Irving Newton, July 21,1994

31. Photographs, ML-307C/AP Device with Vintage Neoprene Balloons and Debris

## 32. Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings, with Memorandum for SAF/AAZ, Att: Colonel Richard L. Weaver, by James McAndrew, 1st Lt, USAFR

Attachments to the McAndrew Synopsis:

1. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Photographs of Balloon Debris, [July 9, 1947]

2. Organizational Chart, Watson Laboratories, January 20, 1947

3. Drawing, NYU Cluster Flight No. 2

4. Illustrations, AN/CRT-1 Sonabuoy

5. Blueprint, Corner Reflector, ML-307C/AP Assembly

6. Table No. 7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights, November 20, 1946-September 9, 1947

7. Map of New Mexico

8. Illustration, Weather Balloon and Corner Reflector

9. Letter, Brig Gen E. O'Donnell to Commanding General AAF, July 8, 1946

10. Hieroglyphic Drawing, Charles B. Moore, August 28, 1992

11. Alamogordo News, "Fantasy of 'Flying Disc' Is Exlained Here: News Men Watch Army Radar Crew Launch 'Disc'," July 10, 1947

Appendices to the McAndrew Synopsis:

1. Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947

2. Interview, Col Richard L. Weaver with Lt Col Sheridan D. Cavitt, USAF (Ret), [May 24, 1994]

3. Statement, Irving Newton, July 21, 1994

4. Letter, Lt Col Edward A. Doty to Mr David Bushnell, March 3, 1959

5. Letter, Brig Gen E. O'Donnell to Commanding General AAF, July 8, 1946

6. Report, Maurice Ewing for General Carl Spaatz, "Long Range Sound Transmission in the Atmosphere," n.d.

7. Report, HQ Fitzwilliam Fwd, "Sonic Balloon Test Kwajalein," May 17, 1948

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