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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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inflated. At KWAJALEIN a wind-break was constructed through the courtesy of the island commander, Captain Vest, USN. At a predetermined time, the balloon was inflated with a fixed amount of helium gas to raise it to an altitude of from 50,000 to 60,000 feet where it floated at a constant level. The balloon was cautiously launched and guided until it cleared all ground obstacles. Electrical power for the microphone-transmitter was provided through wet-cell batteries, especially constructed to prevent freezing. The balloon was tracked visually by use of theodolites. Prior to the actual test on KWAJALEIN on X-day (15 April 1948) two (2) practice runs were made to minimize chance of failure and to improve operating techniques. The transportation requirement was for air lift to transport the team of six (6) scientists and twelve (12) thousand pounds of equipment from BELMAR, NEW JERSEY to KWAJALEIN, GUAM, HAWAII and then back to BELMAR, NEW JERSEY. The Air Materiel Command provided three (3) aircraft, a C-54, a B-29, and a B-17, and crews, under the direction of Captain Stanley C. Lewis, from the 4149th AFBU, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. The C-54 was also utilized in carrying Tracerlab personnel and equipment to KWAJALEIN and GUAM. Maintenance assistance was afforded by the local base and tactical organizations. The mobile team personnel was assembled and partially trained at Watson Laboratories. The team arrived at KWAJALEIN 31 March 1948; departed for NORTH FIELD, GUAM, on 16 April 1948; for HICKAM FIELD on 3 May 1948; and was scheduled to depart from HAWAII for its home station on Z plus one (1) day. The balloon team and aircraft crew personnel were as follows: BALLOON TEAM: Dr. Albert P. Crary Mr. Charles S. Schneider Mr. John W. Alden Mr. John A. Moulden Mr. Murry Hackman Mr. James Smith "Q" clearance "Q" clearance "P" clearance "P" clearance "P" clearance "P" clearance Physicist Meteorological Engineer Radio Engineer Radio Repairman Meteorological Engineer Meteorological Engineer B-29 CREW Captain Stanley C. Lewis 1st Lieutenant Randall S. Kane 1st Lieutenant Wm. L. Adams M/Sergeant W. L. Halliday M/Sergeant R. A. Kabaste T/Sergeant R. A. Cox T/Sergeant L. D. Moon Pilot (Flight Commander) Co-Pilot Navigator Engineer Radio Operator Ass't Radio Operator Ass't Engineer C-54 CREW Captain John P. Clowry 1st Lieutenant Richard Mesher 1st Lieutenant Chas. A. Lamana S/Sergeant James Brau S/Sergeant L. H. Campbell Sergeant George L. Fratwell Pilot Co-Pilot Navigator Engineer Radio Operator Ass't Engineer
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