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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…
The following personnel were hired but later resigned:

Name	Duties	Qualifications
Robert Wisnieff	Equipment Construction	Undergraduate Physicist Student.
Robert Ferris	Equipment Construction	Undergraduate Physics Student.
Fred Barker	Equipment Construction	Undergraduate Aeronautics Engineering Student.

II. The following administrative action has been taken in connection with this contract:

## Personnel

1. The assignment of Charles S. Schneider to act as Assis-ant Project Director.

2. The employment of Charles B. Moore Jr. of Georgia Tech. as a Research Assistant with duties as Engineer.

3. Murry Hackman was engaged to take charge of the Electronic weather equipment due to his past experience as a weather equipment technician and as an instructor of the AAF classes in the maintenance of radiosonde receptor AN/FMQ-1 and radio directional finder SCR-658 at Chanute Field, Illinois.

4. Richard Hassard, a former Signal Corps Officer was hired because of his general knowledge of electrical and radio circuits to handle the construction of special flight equipment.

## Equipment

5. As New York University did not possess all the necessary equipment a list of equipment was prepared and submitted to the Government with the request that this equipment be loaned or furnished

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