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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.
“Headquarters”32 pages
March 31 Monday. Alamogordo. Chantz, Bill Godbee and Ace went out to E. White Sands and Tularosa sites to make final setups. Sal, Edmondson, Peoples and I went out to Dona site this pm and moved tent and Rubicon to #3 position and set up low frequency apparatus April 1 Tues V2 Rocket #22 went off at 1310 this pm. Chantz and Don at Tularosa, Godbee and Peoples at East White Sands, Sal and Edmondson at Dona, Porter and I at Lucero. All 4 stations got good recordings though low frequency instrument at Dona did not work out. April 2 Wed. Peoples, Major Magnur?, Thompson and myself went over to Lt Col McKenson's office this am regarding bombing punts. There are many difficulties with the bombing here, mostly that so many new groups have moved in and are setting up on the northern? range. Thompson and I went over to see Major Mitchell this pm regarding same matter. Wrote memo regarding proposed work to take to CO tomorrow. Peoples left on B-17 today. Don and Bill G went to Dona and Launching Area sites am and got all loose wires. Don and Bill E went to East White Sands and Tularosa pm and got inventory and brought back Rubicon and tent from Tularosa. Worked on East White Sands record. V2 made 85 peaks - down course. Porter worked on calculations pm. Sal and Edmondson took complete inventory and this pm worked on low frequency equipment. April 3 Thurs. Oliva and Edmondson on low frequency equipment. All T-21s changed over to Stds. Edmonton and Bill G went out to Lucero and Dona, got inventory and brought back tent from Lucero. April 4 Fri. Reynolds and I went out to Osurso? Range and located PB1 bombing range. Set up wires and did surveying. Chantz and Porter on computations April 1 April 5 Sat Alamogordo April 6 Sun. Checked clocks. Cleaned out hanger and emptied trash out at East White Sands April 7 Mon Talked to Pritchard re 3rd car for tomorrow. Gave him memo of progress report for MOGUL project to date, talked to Lt Dyer of Signal Corps regarding for tomorrow firing. Chantz and Bill went out to Tularosa and got that site ready. All equipment checked for tomorrow. Edmondston and Reynolds ran drum recording of McCurdy low frequency equipment at base. Porter and I worked on amplitudes and frequencys of all recordings April 1 firing and started calculations. Olive worked on calibration of GR8 recorder attenuation. Got 3rd vehicle and all trip tickets for tomorrow. April 8 Tues. Ace and I went out 7 am to Osarco site. Arrived 9 and set up radio and T-21s. Rocket due at 11, delayed until 1710. Very windy then, all settings at 8. Ran 3 rolls but nothing came in. Chantz at Tulerosa alone - Godbee and Reynolds at East White Sands - Oliva and Edmonston at Dona - all sites windy but 3 closest ones got some signals. April 9 Wed. Worked on yesterday's records. Made picks on Dona, East White Sands and Tularos: Found nothing on Oscuro site recordings. Don and Bill G went out to East White Sands site and took recordings with pistonphone to get GR3 attenuation calibration. Sal Olive left this pm for San Diego. Wrote letters to Vivian and Jim P tonight. April 10 Thurs. Ace and Phil worked on rocket recordings. - azimuths vs elevation angles. Don and I went out to Tulaarosa Range and checked bombing sites - bombing range just north of Range Camp and another site between that and our Tularosa site. Triangulated in with Tularoas Peak, etc. Thompson left in 45 for East. Godbee and Edmondson went with him. April 11 Fri. Don and I went out past Tularosa Site looking for bombing sites. Went back to Air to Ground Range and to air strip. Chantz and Porter working on calculations V2 23 and T-21 calibrations. ## April 12 Sat. Alamogordo Air Base April 13 Sun. Worked on formula for triangulation without using compass - Alamogordo Air Bas April 14 Mnn. Porter, Chantz and I worked on GR3 and GR8 calibration curves for frequency and attenuation settings. Don worked around equipment - Don, Ace and Bill got apartments at air base. Wrote letters to Vivian and Eileen tonight. April 15 Tues Alamogordo. B-29 arrived today - Lt Ball, McCurdy, Woodruff and MOGUL personnel - 41493: Lewis, Wolk, Burnhoff, Adams, Duff . Worked some on instrument calibrations. Lewis, Ball and I checked with Major Pritchard, then to Major Mitchell's office regarding bombing sites. Mitchell said CO had turned down bombing from air, but we could have surface charges along Tularosa road. Went up in AT-6, light plane with Capt Runcraft and looked over area west of Tularosa as far as the mountains, where bombing sites are to be located. April 16 Wed. Alamogordo. Chantz and Reynolds out to East White Sands and Tularosa sites to check GR3 equipment for tomorrow. Porter and McCurdy working on low frequency equipment for V2 tomorrow. Woodruff, Ball, Work and I went out to Dona site then to Launching Area site. Strung out wires and left equipment for tomorrow's firing. McCurdy working tonight on low freq. Oliva in from San Diego this pm
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