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

USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by GLM-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.

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  • p. 174 …Dr Crary and Dr Peoples were the advance people and scientific monitors for our project. Dr…
  • p. 247 …Spilly was a consultant, and even in his advancing age he was still an enormous source…
  • p. 273 …the advance party of the balloon group arrived by B-17. $ ^{21} $ On May 29, the…
  • p. 617 …in advance of balloon release and a second notice will be filed at the time of…
  • p. 618 …Upon attaining the desired altitude, the auxiliary lifting balloons will be released from the main balloon…
  • p. 694 …in advance of balloon release and a second notice will be filed at the time of…
  • p. 695 (1) The type balloon to be used in this phase of the project will be a…

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385 Madison Ave.

New York 17, N. Y.

New York University College of Engineering Research Division University Heights New York 53, N. Y.

Attention: Mr. C. S. Schneider, Research Assistant

Dear Mr. Schneider:

This is in reply to your letter of April 17th.

It is true that at N.Y. Airspace Subcommittee Meeting #12, we advised you that the Phase II operations would be restricted to weather conditions in which the sky was clear of clouds below 20,000 feet and the visibility at least three miles at all altitudes up to and including 20,000 ft. However, it was indicated that these conditions were subject to concurrence and approval by the Washington Airspace Subcommittee.

In order to expedite final approval of this case, coordination was effected with the Washington Airspace Subcommittee immediately subsequent to our Meeting #12. It was revealed as a result of such coordination that the Washington Committee felt that the ceiling restriction was inadequate in the interests of air safety and required that a cloudless sky condition be specified.

This information was relayed to the members of the N.Y. Airspace Subcommittee and they in turn concurred with this amendment in the interest of air safety. The minutes of New York Meeting #12 were amended accordingly.

Yours very truly,

C. J. Stock Secretary, N. Y. Airspace Subcommittee

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