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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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Ltr, Md37, to. CG, AEC, Subj: Research Operations in Alaska c. Noated and lighted storage and workshop space for scientific equipment (approximately 400 sq. ft.). d. Upper air meteorological data from the surface to maximum obtainable altitudes for establishing host conditions and evaluating host data. o. Ground vehicles for transporting test crew and up to one ton of test equipment to recording stations, up to 50 miles from the base. f. Storage of explosives, bombs and/or TNT demolition charges, is required conveniently available to the base and aircraft. g. Six thousand (6000) pounds of tetratol (2-1/2 lb. demolition charges) or one hundred (100) each 100-1b. to 500-1b. bombs are required to carry out the experimental work. 4. It is requested that the Natcon Laboratories be granted permission to conduct the above outlined tests within the Terriroty of Alaska, preferably in the vicinity of Fairbanks, beginning between the dates of 15 October and 15 December 1947 for a period of six weeks. In addition, it is requested that the following clearances and authorities be established in connection with the carrying out of this work. a. Permission to install and operate recording stations at convenient points between Fairbanks and Point Barrow. b. Permission to drop airburst bombs over at least a 150 mile straight-line course from Fairbanks. c. If airburst bombing is not possible or proves unsatisfactory, it will be necessary to obtain permission to detonate up to 500 lbs. of TNT on the ground within 50 miles of the operating base. A vehicle will be required for carrying up to 1000 lbs. of explosives, and the assistance of two Corps of Engineers or Ordnance Department enlisted personnel will be required in firing the charges. d. Authority is required for these Laboratories to draw upon any available supply of explosives in Alaska, requirements as indicated in paragraph 3 (g). If explosives are unavailable in Alaska, these Laboratories will make arrangements for obtaining explosives within the United States and transporting them to the point of the text. 5. If overall approval is granted to conduct this work as outlined, it is requested that these Laboratories be notified immediately, even though detailed arrangements are incomplete, so that aircraft clearances and personnel orders may be initiated. / a / W. H. Congdon, Lt. Col., AC D. P. GRAUL Colonel, Air Corps
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