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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. 704 …Saw Bob Foster 731, also on way to NYC April 8 Mon. Arrived NYC 730 am…
  • p. 705 …I caught 550 train out of Penn Station to Red Bank, NJ April 29 Mon. Up…
  • p. 706 …1130 pm Owl to NYC May 6 Mon. Caught 625 train out of Penn Station to…
  • p. 707 Dec 2 Mon. Cakhurst. Cold wave hit about midnight - temperature down to $ 1 5^{\circ} $ - strong…
  • p. 708 …Dec 23 Mon. Oakhurst. Worked on Alamogordo and Flight 13. Had flight # 14 this pm. - 24…
  • p. 709 …Jan 13 Mon. Oakhurst. Working on sky wave curves. Made plans for Alamogordo this Thursday Jan…
  • p. 710 …Arrived AP about 1230 Feb 3 Mon Oakhurst. Peoples in Washington regarding balloon ascention in June…
  • p. 711 …Feb 24 Mon. Alamogordo. Waited for air transportation today but none available and may not be…
  • p. 712 …In Asbury Park 3 pm March 10 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flight 25…
  • p. 713 …Cleaned out hanger and emptied trash out at East White Sands April 7 Mon Talked to…
  • p. 714 …April 21 Mon. Alamogordo Air Base. Bill Edmonston and I went out to Tularosa Range and…
  • p. 715 …May 19 Mon Reynolds and I left about 0946. May 19 Mon Reynolds and I left…
  • p. 716 …May 26 Mon. Worked on Tests 1 and 2 records today. No signals from Roswell - some…
  • p. 717 …Took Ireland, Mears, Winton, Olsen to Alamogordo to catch train this pm June 9 Mon. Bill…
  • p. 718 …July 7 (Mon) Alamogordo. Balloon Flight 11 A off at 0503. Big plastic with small auxiliary…
  • p. 719 …Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Hunt Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Went over developments…
I. The following new men were employed on the Balloon Project during May:

Name	Duties	Qualifications
J. Richard Smith	Meteorologist(full time)	Former Weather Bureau and Army forecaster.Taught weather equipment at New York University,M.S. in Physics-Meteorology,NYU.
William O. Davis	Balloon Performance Analyst(part time)	B.A. Physics, New York University.Former AAF pilot.Graduate student in Physics.
Fred Barker(rehired)	Equipment Construction(part time)	Undergraduate Aeronautical Engineering Student.

II. The following administrative action was taken during the month of May:

A bid was obtained from Skinner, Cook, & Babcock, Contractors, at 60 E. 42d Street, New York City, for the erection of a prefabricated building for the Balloon Project. The quotation of $4,000 was forwarded to Watson Laboratories.

Correspondence during this period was as follows:

Date of correspondence	Address	Abstract	Answer
5/2/47	WIRE
Dr. Frank Myers
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pa.	Use of football bield requested for balloon launching on 6 May.	Granted.
5/5/47	WIRE
Same	Bad weather postponed flight until 9 May.	None needed.
5/6/47	Kellman Instrument Div.
Square D Co.
Elmhurst, L.I.
Att: Paul Goudy	Request for quotation on diaphragm seal-off for dribler and for increased quantity of modified dribblers.	Furnished.

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