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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.

  • p. 39 …An advance ground team, led by Albert P. Cray, preceded the NYU group to Alamogordo Army…
  • p. 96 …OSI also developed an advanced Narcotics Investigations Course designed to teach the latest technics in combatting…
  • 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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Nylon	Good low temperature properties, easily fabricated, strong.	Not available, low tear resistance(?)	Awaiting sample.

Vinylite Easily fabricated. Very poor low Discarded. Almost transparent. temperature properties.

## Teflon Strong

Can not be fabricated. Discarded.

Ethocel Easily fabricated. Very high Discarded. Good low temperature permeability. characteristics.

Pliofilm	Easily fabricated.	Poor ultra violet properties, poor low temperature properties.	Discarded.

## Coated Fabrics

Nylon coated with neoprene butyl rubber polyethylene saran	Strong, easily fabricated.	Heavy, expensive opaque, nylon cloth has relative high elongation.	Awaiting Investigation.

Fortasin (regenerated celulose rayon) coated with neoprene butyl rubber polyethylene saran

Awaiting Investigation.

Silk coated with neoprene butyl rubber

As a result of this preliminary study a sub-contract was

given to H. A. Smith, Coatings Inc. of Mamaroneck, New York, to fabricate balloons with the following specifications for test purposes:

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