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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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Flight 55: Released from Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1907 MST, May 3, 1948 Recovered at Northeast, Pennsylvania On this flight a barograph was flown, and a satisfactory Olland-cycle pressure modulator was also used for over 5 hours to give height data. The length of time of signalreception is significant, since the battery box of the transmitter was not insulated, and there was no heat to be gained from the sun during this nighttime flight. The .001" polyethylene balloon was observed descending 22 hours later after traveling more than 1500 miles. The altitude control used on this flight was an automatic ballast valve, activated by a minimum-pressure switch, and as evidenced by the barogram in Figure 20 (12-hour rotation), the balloon maintained its altitude for over NYU BALLOON PROJECT FLIGHT 55 Barograph Record Of G.M. 20 Ft. Balloon With Automatic Ballast Valve RELEASED AT ALAMOGORDO, N.M., 1907 MST-3 MAY, 1948 RECOVERED AT NORTHEAST, PA., 4 MAY, 1948 DURATION 23 HOURS Figure 20 15 hours before beginning its accelerating descent. On this flight record, marked oscillations are observed at three points. Despite the presence of automatic ballast controls which might cause oscillatory motion, these rises and falls must be attributed to atmospheric disturbances since the magnitude of the forces required to produce such accelerations is far greater than any which could be supplied by the control equipment.
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