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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.
coated nylon seem to be most generally satisfactory. Eighteen plastics and balloon fabrication companies were contacted in an attempt to secure fabricators. Table I Fabric Low Temp. Properties Permeability Tensile Strength Tear Resistance Ease of Fabrication Stability to Ultraviolet Polyethylene Good Medium Low Good Good Good Saran Fair Low High Poor Fair Fair Nylon Good Low High Low Good Good Vinylite Very poor Medium Medium Good Good Good Teflon Believed good Low High Good Cannot be fabricated Good Ethocellulose Good Very high Low Fair Good Good Pliofilm Poor High Poor Fair Good Poor Nylon or silk fabric coated with: 1. Neoprene 2. Butyl rubber 3. Polyethylene Unknown
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