The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert

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.

Figure 15. Theoretical height-time curve.

## (4) Rate-of-Descent Switch

It may at times be desirable to control a balloon merely by a switch activated at any given rate of descent. This could be accomplished merely by "reversing" the rate-of-ascent switch. This type of control would prove to be quite difficult, however, for a constant level flight. One flight, No. 97, was made using a type of rate-of-descent switch as shown in Figure 16. In

Figure 16. Rate-of-descent switch.