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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.
“Sea”23 pages
- p. 193 …overhead and followed the balloons out to sea. I have no idea about the results that…
- p. 200 …the regular 334 that we had at sea level. From that they could deduce the temperature…
- p. 243 …actually located on the jurisdictional lines between Sea Girt and Springlake, New Jersey. It was an…
- p. 244 …The Sea Girt Inn?
A: Exactly. That's where John had his office, and I was…
- p. 320 …alone is about 24,000 miles at sea level, and about 4500 miles at 45,000…
- p. 325 …twenty-five (25) feet at their largest sea-level diameter. The sonic unit was a combination…
- p. 378 …per hour when one-fifth inflated at sea level).
One other type of balloon which has…
- p. 402 …Let us, then, compare the rate of leakage at any given altitude with leakage at sea…
- p. 404 …The leakage at any altitude may be expressed as a function of leakage at sea level…
- p. 405 Comparing rate of leakage at 40,000 feet with leakage at sea level:
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- p. 407 …If a 20-foot diameter balloon $ \frac{1}{1 0} $ full were tested at sea level…
- p. 408 …At sea level this is equivalent to 5.32 gm/hr. for a 20-foot diameter…
- p. 414 …Using the rules of subsonic aerodynamics, Picard suggests that air at sea level escaping at 1333…
- p. 415 …air at sea level (lb./ft. $ ^{3} $ )
14.7 = pressure of air at sea level (psi…
- p. 432 …to about 20 millibars and increased to sea-level pressure at different temperatures.
The most comprehensive…
- p. 563 …The height above mean sea level as determined from pressure measurements used in this work with…
- p. 644 …point at which the radiosonde reaches the sea surface.
## 2. Earlier attempts
There have been numerous…
- p. 645 …The balloons floated between the surface and 30,000 ft above sea level; those which reached…
- p. 704 …Met Gifford who has 90' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at…
- p. 719 …Worzel working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim fellowship…
- p. 779 …the launching site is markedly different from sea level, a shift in this curve is needed…
- p. 817 …balloon at all times with respect to sea level. On this curve also it is customary…
- p. 825 …The height above mean sea level as determined from pressure measurements used in this work with…
MEMORANDUM FOR SAF/AAZ ATTENTION: Colonel Richard L. Weaver
FROM: SAF/AAZD 1720 Air Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1720
SUBJECT: Report of Findings on Balloon Research
The following report is submitted in support of findings developed as a result of research efforts conducted at your request in support of the General Accounting Office (GAO) audit that focused on obtaining information relative to the so-called "Roswell Incident."
Previously you were separately provided a list of the locations and records searched in regard to that endeavor. This is in addition to other materials and briefings previously provided. The focus of this paper is to concentrate on those findings developed regarding balloon operations that were taking place in New Mexico during the time frame in question.
The following was compiled from records reviews and in some case, interviews with participants. Where appropriate, copies of the source documents used are provided as attachments. In the case of interviews or other references that are attached to the main report, these will be reflected in the footnotes, but not attached here.
JAMES MCANDREW, 1LT, USAFR Declassification and Review Officer SAF/AAZD
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