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

USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 190 …Well, Boford was Navy, that was the Navy... Q: Like taking a Pi Ball reading now…
  • p. 191 …fabricate balloons for us. During that period we heard of the Navy project that was going…
  • p. 207 …But were any of those used as precursors to Mogul or... A: None whatsoever. That was…
  • p. 270 …Ewing had conducted considerable research for the Navy during World War II, studying, among other things…
  • p. 323 …f) Measurements of actual sound channel transmission using a small stratosphere balloon carrying sound receivers and…
  • p. 657 …At the present time this company cannot supply us with balloons until Navy clearance is obtained…
  • p. 693 …for six hours using a non-extensible envelope with the addition of a ballast valve to…
  • p. 704 …Met Gifford who has 90' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at…
  • p. 705 …Wyckoff, Hungerfield, Vaux and myself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather…
  • p. 718 …Schneider up with O'Day to check use as NYU station. Alamoggrdo crew helped get helium…
B. The improvement of radio transmitter gear; it is planned to utilize the three megacycle transmitter developed in the Electrical Engineering Laboratories at New York University. In previous tests, this has provided clearer reception and a longer range for comparable weight than either the 72 megacycle or 397 megacycle units previously used. To provide direction finding, 397 megacycle carrier signal will also be transmitted which will be tracked by SCR-658 sets. It is also hoped that a better light weight battery pack can be developed for airborne use.

C. The Olland cycle time-interval method of presssure measuring and data presentation is being adapted, with the following advantages anticipated:

(1) The direct interpretation of pressure data in terms of the time interval eliminates the ambiguities inherent in counting pressure contacts in the Diamond-Hinman system. Used in conjunction with the Brush recorder operating at medium speed, and with four turns on a helix rotating once a minute, the pressure readability of this system will be better than one millibar.

(2) Under noisy conditions the recorded data obtained with this system will be more readable than the audio signal now being employed. When only pressure data is being transmitted, this system can be more economical of power than is a system of modulated audio frequencies.

(3) In cases where data other than pressure is also to be transmitted on the same radio channel, the pressure

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