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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.
Joe Johnston, the electrical engineer at Columbia, whose name will come up as the person who did these. Q: But you think in these early service flights you did have sonobouys? A: Initially we had sonobouy, according to Crary. We initially were flying radar targets on the balloons only. Then by about Flight 5, we'd had sufficient lack of results that we began putting radiosondes on. (Pause) Q: The end report we're going to write is going to be based on official records, and essentially, transcripts such as this. So there will be a lot of things, Cavitt's tape, the transcript will not be part of that. This statement will be. A: If you remember, there's a note in there from Dave Atlas to Colonel Duffy, a copy of a letter. Dave mentioned somewhere or another that Colonel Duffy took him down in the basement and Colonel Duffy had trunkfulls of documents that were unclassified. I wonder if it would be possible for you to contact Mrs. Duffy... Q: I was wondering about what she might have. A: She may have a great deal. Maybe in the Duffy file I have the address and phone number. I think it's Barrington, Rhode Island. (Looking for name and phone number) A: Here's a letter Todd got having to do with chasing down modern targets, the people who now make targets, who know nothing about this earlier affair. Q: We talked with the Signal Corps up at Fort Monmouth and that's where we got the copy of the engineering drawing, which is a copy for you. They said these targets are no longer made. They have a national stock number and they can be made, but they would have to go out and write a new contract for them. A: This is the C Model. It doesn't show the reinforcements. Q: The young lady I talked with at Fort Monmouth indicated this drawing pre-dated that time frame. June of '44. A: I'll be darned. Q: I found that unusual when she said that was June of '44, and I didn't pick up on the designation being printed on the
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