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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.
“Nevers”53 pages
- p. 16 …of alien beings and elusive vehicles which never quite seem to manifest themselves. Regardless of one…
- p. 28 …Conversely, there has never been any previous documentary evidence produced by those who would debunk the…
- p. 29 …This had never been officially done before, although most of the persons contacted reported that they…
- p. 37 …Lt Col Cavitt also stated that he had never taken any oath or signed any agreement…
- p. 67 …Because this conclusion is based on the absence of documentation, the issue can never be definitively…
- p. 82 …If written, there is good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never received…
- p. 84 …histories and supporting documents, and it has never routinely received the kind of records which might…
- p. 131 …I have never been sworn to any form of secrecy by anyone concerning this matter and…
- p. 136 …It never crossed my mind that it could be anything but a radio sonde.
RW: How…
- p. 139 …as far as I knew, I never heard anyone say, "Don't talk about this and…
- p. 140 …I never met LaPaz personally, but I knew what he was.
RW: Did Rickett go with…
- p. 141 …I forget since I was there in the Washington area for awhile but I never did…
- p. 143 …To the best of my recollection, I never met the rancher, Brazel.
RW: O.K., because…
- p. 144 …I've never seen a Geiger counter myself, but I didn't know if you knew…
- p. 145 …said you never saw...and then you said you were going to...you never saw the…
- p. 146 …I never had any idea that it was anything with the V-2. They told us…
- p. 148 …You and I never saw this. You don't see any military people or military vehicles…
- p. 149 …said in a facetious way: "Lets make out like it never existed, because we're wasting…
- p. 150 …to him the crash and recovery had never happened. There was no investigation on the Foster…
- p. 153 …No, I never saw this.
SC: I don't know what that is from.
RW: "But…
- p. 154 …So, some of there records were TS and still are.) That is because they have never…
- p. 156 …Cav never told me anything. He said I'll never tell you anything then you won…
- p. 160 …I am quite sure that we never gave it a thought until that book.
- p. 161 …Now, we have never found the flight records to substantiate that, so I don't know…
- p. 171 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning not…
- p. 175 …related to this inquiry and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning refraining…
- p. 179 …We never considered a planned cover story; we were concerned with security.
I was the project…
- p. 180 …I never observed any of the balloon "trains" but I did see some of the early…
- p. 190 …and subsequent models were brand new, had never flown anything like that in this area.
A…
- p. 193 …I'd never heard the name Mogul -- the classification was that high. I knew what we…
- p. 205 …I just wanted to see if there had been anything stated to you never to discuss…
- p. 207 …Yeah, I knew that guy, but I never knew Marcel.
Q: So you went, moving into…
- p. 208 …I've never seen a Japanese balloon that I know of, I've never seen the…
- p. 211 …No, I've never seen this.
Trakowski argued that even the name Mogul was classified, and…
- p. 214 …Out PM with several NYU men by weapons carrier, but we never located it. Rocket postponed…
- p. 229 …As far as I know we just never interfaced with the military.
Q: Where were you…
- p. 231 …We never saw anybody in security. There was certainly nobody keeping us secure. If anything, we…
- p. 237 …who was writing a story, and I never quite could determine whether he was on the…
- p. 238 …I have never seen such a document nor have I ever heard of any effort to…
- p. 241 …radar reflectors for tracking purposes—but it never comes out talking about MOGUL and the instrumentation…
- p. 242 …I never met Richard Robert Crane. I knew him only by the path of debris he…
- p. 246 …They never said it, but I know they did because they left me free to do…
- p. 269 …Before now, however, a larger portion of the story was never told. Recent research indicates that…
- p. 271 …and Project MOGUL as first conceived was never put into operational use. However, MOGUL did serve…
- p. 272 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level Balloon Project Engineer, stated that they were never informed of the classified…
- p. 314 …I was never the Holloman Base Weather Officer. Lt Colonel Maas was assigned as Base Weather…
- p. 477 …automatic ballast controls, and this flight was never recovered. Presumably the marked easterly flow then observed…
- p. 501 …of efficiency since on-off operation was never permitted.
The temperature data of these flights is…
- p. 648 …The theodolite lost the balloon in clouds earlier and the airplane observer never succeeded in seeing…
- p. 670 …make model and submit same before quoting. Never heard anything.
1/21/47 Western Products Inc…
- p. 710 …Recorded at Dona but Phil at Tower site never saw rocket. Waited at Dona until 6…
- p. 718 …Out pm with several NYU by weapon carrier but we never located it. Rocket postponed until…
- p. 726 …CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Opinion has been strengthened that clusters of meteorological balloons will never be a…
SUMMARY OF NYU CONSTANT - LEVEL BALLoon FLIGHTS
FLIGHT MEMBER DAYS AND HELIAGE TIME LAUNCHING DATE MEMBRANUM OF BALLOON BALLOON MASS MASSATURE OF EQUIPMENT TOTAL WEIGHT ON BALLOON INCLUDING BALLAST DESCRIPTION OF ALTITUDE CONTROL BALLAST WEIGHT PAN LIFT BALLOON LIFT RADIOGONDE RECEPTION % TRACKING % AIMGHT OBSERVATION % FLIGHT DURATION 0.TIMEM CONSTANCY MAXIMUM CONSTANT LEVELS HSL NOVARRY LANDING SITE CRITIQUE
A 20 Nov. 1946 1438 AST NYU, N.Y. 2 - 350 gram meteorological 0.7 kg 72.2 mc Radiosonde 1.8 kg None 0 Not known Not known 80% 0% 0% 70 min. 4 min.1000' Max.37000'Const.37000' 0% Balloon balancing load. Free lift from 350 gram meteorological balloon. Successful cutting free of lifter balloon. Balloon did not level off.
B 16 Dec. 1946 1219 EST MTU, N.Y. 2 - 350 gram meteorological 0.7 kg 72.2 mc Radiosonde 1.8 kg None 0 Not known Not known 80% 80% Theodolite 50% 0% 31 min. 6 min.1070' Max.15000'Const.15000' 0% Balloon balancing load. Free lift from 350 gram meteorological balloon. Successful cutting free of lifter balloon. Balloon did not level off.
1 3 April 1947 1412 NST Bethlehem Pennylvania 14 - 350 gram meteorological balloons. Long comic ray train 4.9 kg 72.2 mc Radiosonde Sand ballast 13.0 kg 3 cane of ballast to be dropped on descent 6.8 kg Not known Not known 60% with recorder 50% without recorder Theodolite 66% 0% 115 min. None Max.46000' 0% Failure due to poor rigging. poor launching technique. 2 lifter balloons. 12 main balloons. Train rose until some balloons burst then descended rapidly.
5 5 June 1947 1317 NST Alamogordo New Mexico 29 - 350 gram meteorological balloons. Long comic ray train 10.2 kg 72.2 mc Radiosonde Data gear Sand ballast Liquid ballast 26.4 kg Balloons to cut off above 40000'5 kg sand and 5 kg liquid to fall under 32000' 10.0 kg 9.9 kg 36.3 kg 100% with-out recorder Theodolite 90% 90%B-17 348 min. 38 min.200' Max.58000'Const.51000' 100%E. of Roswell N. H. First successful flight carrying a heavy load. 3 lifter balloons, 26 main balloons.
6 7 June 1947 0509 NST Alamogordo New Mexico 28 - 350 gram meteorological balloons. Long comic ray train 9.8 kg 74.5 mc Radiosonde. 69.3 mc transmitter. Ballast assembly 26.3 kg Balloons to cut off above 40000'5 kg sand and 5 kg liquid to fall under 32000' 10 kg 1.9 30.2 kg 95% with-out recorder Theodolite 90% 40%B-17 166 min. None Max.72000' 50% Flight unsuccessful. Altitude control damaged on launching. 4 lifter balloons.
7 2 July 1947 0521 NST Alamogordo New Mexico 20 - 350 gram meteorological balloons in 2 balloons clusters 7.0 kg 74.5 mc Radiosonde Ballast assembly 25.7 kg 4 over inflated balloons. 10 kg load shot to fall under 34000 10 kg 10.5 kg 36.2 kg 60% with-out recorder Theodolite 100% 100%C-54 412 min. 147 min.15000' Max.48500'Const.35000' 1% (1 balloon) neck Best flight thought possible with flabby neoprene balloons. 4 lifter balloons. 16 main balloons.
8 3 July 1947 0303 NST Alamogordo New Mexico 10 General Mills 7.00" polyethylene 4.6 kg 74.5 mc Radiosonde Ballast assembly 16.7 kg Dribbler, composite fluid Fixed leak 160 gm/hr 3 kg 3.5 kg 20.2 kg 100% with recorder Theodolite 33% Reder - last 55% Last 15%C-45 195 min. 42 min.15000' Max.18500'Const.18000' 0% First non-extensible balloon flight. Due to lack of information on volume the altitude control was not actuated. However flight shows excellent stability of non-extensible balloons. Loss of lift due to balloon leaks 1000 gm/hr.
10 5 July 1947 0501 NST Alamogordo New Mexico 1 H.A. Smith 15.000" polyethylene 14.2 kg 74.5 mc Radiosonde Ballast assembly 16.3 kg Dribbler Compass fluid 3 kg 5.6 kg 21.9 kg 512 min. with recorder Theodolite 82 min. 0% Over 512 min. 130 min.300'282 min.42700' Max.15200'Const.9000' 0% Successful flight with altitude control working. Balloon reported over Albuquerque after 11 hours. Pebble Colorado after 26 hours. Fluctuations toward end of transmission bellows due to correction currents over desert. Balloon diffusion 10 gm/hr.
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