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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.

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The following is a list of equipment needed for launching of a single flight of this type:

## (a) Launching Equipment:

1 ea.set instructions (Operations Manual)

2 ea. elliptical shot bags (each filled with 100# of shot)

1 ea. 40' x6' Ground Cloth

4 ea. sheets polyethylene, .001" to .004", 4' x 4'

1 ea. gas tank manifold with pressure gages and valve

1 ea. rubber hose, 1" I.D.,10' long with diffuser

1 ea. rubber tubing 1/2" bore, 1/8" wall, 8" long

1 ea. solution balance

1 ea. inflation nozzle, ML-196 for rubber balloons

1 ea. tool kit complete with 2 sheath knives, 50' cloth measuring tape, brass wire, 1" Mystic tape, volt ohmmeter, pliers, screwdrivers, inflation tools, flashlights, crescent wrenches, soldering iron, compass, 2 open-end wrenches, 1-1/8" x 1-1/4" openings, 14" pipe wrench, spanner for helium tank valves, etc.

1 ea. theodolite ML-247 with tripod ML-78 (optional)

1 ea. recorder, brush oscillograph or other with amplifier.

1 ea. SCR-658 radio direction finder

1 ea. chronometer

## (b) Flight Equipment:

2 to 5 tanks helium

1 ea. balloon

2 ea. rolls acetate fiber scotch tape

1 ea. appendix stiffeners (if appendix is to be used)

500# test nylon line

75# test linen twine

2 ea. 350 gram balloon ML-131A (for wind sock)

5 to 10 toggles or hooks

1 ea. radio transmitter

1 ea. pressure sensor (and temperature if desired)

Payload instrumentation

1 ea. banner, 3' x 6'

Data sheets

Weight sheets

Reward tags (English, Spanish or other language)

## (c) Termination Equipment

1 ea. flight termination switch

1 ea. set rip rigging

2 ea. cannons

2 ea. squibs (treated for high altitude)

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