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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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Fig. 1. Plastic Balloon for Constant Level Balloon Project... 4 Fig. 2. Thin, tear-drop, polyethylene balloon... 5 Fig. 3. General Mills twenty-foot balloon... 5 Fig. 4. Ten-foot appendix attached to a General Mills balloon... 5 Fig. 5. Two-foot appendix, stiffened, shown on a General Mills balloon... 5 Fig. 6. General Mills twenty-foot balloon in flight... 5 Fig. 7. Idealized time-altitude curves for various balloon control systems... 7 Fig. 8. Manual ballast valve... 7 Fig. 9. Components of Manual Ballast release assembly... 7 Fig. 10. Manual ballast release assembly... 7 Fig. 11. Automatic ballast valve... 7 Fig. 12. Automatic ballast valve, showing loaded diaphragm... 7 Fig. 13. Automatic ballast valve... 7 Fig. 14. Minimum Pressure switch... 8 Fig. 15. Ballast reservoir... 10 Fig. 16. Ballast release assembly... 10 Fig. 17. Complete ballast release assembly... 10 Fig. 18. Coverage of probable balloon paths with four-station. SCR-658 net... 12 Fig. 19. Buoyancy vs. altitude for various diameter balloons (helium)... 17 Fig. 20. Buoyancy vs. altitude for various diameter balloons (hydrogen)... 17 Fig. 21. Calculated net lift for General Mills Inc., balloons... 18
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