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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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Table II shows the balloons which have been purchased from those manufacturers who expressed an interest in the problem. Company Film type, thickness, diameter, shape Special Features Unit Cost Delivered to date H. A. Smith Coatings, Inc. .004 Polyethylene 3 feet diameter spherical Proto-type $150.00 4 H. A. Smith Coatings, Inc. .008 Polyethylene 15 feet diameter spherical Low Permeability $530.00 5 H.A. Smith Coatings, Inc. .004 Polyethylene 15 feet diameter spherical Low Permeability $530.00 5 General Mills, Inc. .001 Polyethylene 7 feet diameter Teardrop. Stressed tape type seam $20.00 25 General Mills, Inc. .001 Polyethylene 20 feet diameter Teardrop. Stressed tape type seam $125.00 47 Dewey & Almy Chemical Co. A spherical nylon cloth shroud around a neoprene balloon. $339.00 2 Table II is based upon final or modified orders in those cases where the rapid progress of flight technique rendered certain features obsolete before the balloons on order were delivered. Figure 1 shows the spherical balloon as originally designed. This type of balloon was made of .004 and .008 inch, heat-sealed, polyethylene. It had several good characteristics, such as very low leakage, but the method of load attachment furnished by H.A. Smith, Inc., was not satisfactory. Of the six balloons of this type which were used, two ripped free from the shroud lines during launching.
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