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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.

  • p. 190 …Well, Boford was Navy, that was the Navy... Q: Like taking a Pi Ball reading now…
  • p. 191 …fabricate balloons for us. During that period we heard of the Navy project that was going…
  • p. 207 …But were any of those used as precursors to Mogul or... A: None whatsoever. That was…
  • p. 270 …Ewing had conducted considerable research for the Navy during World War II, studying, among other things…
  • p. 323 …f) Measurements of actual sound channel transmission using a small stratosphere balloon carrying sound receivers and…
  • p. 657 …At the present time this company cannot supply us with balloons until Navy clearance is obtained…
  • p. 693 …for six hours using a non-extensible envelope with the addition of a ballast valve to…
  • p. 704 …Met Gifford who has 90' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at…
  • p. 705 …Wyckoff, Hungerfield, Vaux and myself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather…
  • p. 718 …Schneider up with O'Day to check use as NYU station. Alamoggrdo crew helped get helium…
Subsequently, other companies produced balloons of one type or another for us; the total number and type of balloons purchased is given in Table 2.

Table 2

Plastic Balloons

Company	Film Type, Thickness Diameter, Shape	Special Features	Unit Cost	No. Delivered to Date
Harold A. Smith, Inc.	.004 polyethylene 3-ft.diam., spherical	Prototype	$150.00	4
" " " "	.008 polyethylene 15-ft.diam., spherical	Low permeability	530.00	5
" " " "	.004 polyethylene 15-ft.diam., spherical	Low permeability	530.00	5
General Mills Inc.	.001 polyethylene 7-ft.diam., tear-drop	Stressed tape type seam	20.00	25
" " " "	.001 polyethylene 20-ft.diam., tear-drop	Stressed tape type seam	125.00	175
" " " "	.001 polyethylene 30-ft.diam., tear-drop	Stressed tape type seam	250.00	15
" " " "	.001 polyethylene 70-ft.diam., tear-drop	Stressed tape type seam	900.00	5
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.	.004 polyethylene 20-ft.diam., egg-plant	Stressed tape type seam and low permeability	475.00	10
Winzen Research, Inc.	.015 polyethylene 20-ft.diam., tear-drop	Low permeability	115.00	20
Non-Plastic Balloons
Dewey and Almy Chemical Co.	J-2000 neoprene balloon with nylon shroud of 15-ft. diam., spherical	Internal pressure	325.00	3
Seyfang Laboratories	Neoprene-coated nylon 22.5-ft. diam., spherical	Internal pressure	550.00	10

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