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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.
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May 2 Friday. Alamogordo. Assembled apparatus to go back to Watson Labs. Phil and Bill Godbee out to Tularosa and picked up all GR3 equipment. Duff, Mosher, Dubell and I went out to Tularosa Bombing Site #2 and shot off 2 100# bombs, using the TNT blocks alongside. All went off OK. Duff got box caps for use. Will cancel 500# bomb order and use just TNT blocks if possible. All equipment loaded on plane this pm. May 3-4 Sat, Sun. Left Alamogordo about 9 am, Chantz, Porter and myself, 2 Signal Corps men along. Stopped at El Paso and went over to Juarez for pm. Left El Paso about 8 pm. Landed in Scott Field about 4 and found weather bad in East. Stayed at BOQ until 10. Left about 11 and arrived in Middletown, Olmsted Field, about 6. Weather bad in Newark. Stayed in Olmsted Field BOQ May 5 Mon. Left Olmsted Field at 7 am. In Newark about 8. Trucks in about 11. Loaded equipment and sent to Oakhurst. Arrived Oakhurst about 230. Chantz left for Frenchtown fm Newark May 6 Tues. Oakhurst. Worked with Vivian and Eileen on their calculations. Eileen working on several? Feb 20 rocket and Vivian on last flights from Oakhurst. May 7 Wed Oakhurst. Conference am - Dr Delassos? and Leonard from UCLA. Went over T-21 calibration they had - also the results from Alamogordo. Conference pm with Mr--- from AMC Wright Field. Flight scheduled for tomorrow, balloons with instruments going up at Bethlehem - B-17 following balloons with recording equipment and B-29 dropping bombs eastward from Atlantic City. May 8 Thurs. Oakhurst. Scheduled balloon flight this morning at 730. Mears and men from NYU at Bethlehem with balloons. Trouble with winds and instruments did not go up. Peoples, Moulton over to Middletown with recording equipment on B-17 following balloons. Had no trouble following them. B-29 started dropping bombs near Atlantic City about 8. Trouble with oil leak in a motor and B-29 had to jettison the bombs and return. Recorded at Oakhurst with Brush and GR3. Working today with Eileen on Feb 20 rocket - final ave velocity data May 9 Fri Oakhurst. Worked on calculations - bombing runs and V2 tests Feb 20. Took sleeper out of NYC for Canton tonight. May 10 Sat Canton tonight. May 10 Sat. Canton. Steve and Esther up from Syracuse for weekend. May 11 Sun. May 11 Sun. At home. Took sleeper out of Canton for NYC May 12 May May 12 Mon. Arrived NYC and caught 0940 out to Asbury Park - then to Oakhurst. Saw Mr Emmons of NYU this pm regarding future flights both here and in Alamogordo. May 13 Tues. Chents and I would like to May 13 Tues. Chantz and I went down to Cape May today with staff car and driver. Located suitable site for bomb recordings on road between Cape May Court House and Goshen. Surveyed out 5 pickup locations and took solar observations. Back in AP about 0800 pm May 14 Wed - Finished checking up with Chantz and Goshen. May 14 Wed - Finished checking up with Chantz and Oliva in regard to bombing runs on east coast. Run scheduled for 9 and 12 on Friday. Packed up all equipment from computing office to go to Alamogordo. Checked transit and rod to go to Alamogordo. Jappett?, new computer, in today. Started him out on work Stepanoff was doing. May 15 Thurs Oakes, Stevens?, Oliva and myself to Fort Dix this am early. Loaded up C-54 when it arrived, with 229 boxes of TNT, about 12,000#. Carroll - pilot and Hoffman- copilot. Mears, Vivian and Eileen arrived laterand we took off Fort Dix about 1130, EDST. Arrived in Fort Worth about 9 EDST. Off again to Big Springs, Texas, where forced to stop account of weather conditions. Stayed overnight at Hotel Supples. May 16 Fri C-54 arrived at Alamogordo from Big Spring about 930 MST. All TNT unloaded and put in dump. Vivian and Eileen got rooms at girls dorm, Mears and I at BOQ 25. Went over future program with Edmondson, Reynolds and Godbee. Vivian and Eileen in office this pm. Have office in Watson Lab Bldg. Checked out ready to go to Silver City Monday. Got car ready and gas for car. Checked transit and made from field wire chain for 125 meters. Mears and Thompson down to critique at White Sands and to see Capt Smith of Weather Service. May 17 Sta. Alamogordo. Vivian, Eileen and I worked on May 15 rocket data. Plotted up azimuth angle against elevation angle for Dona and White Sands stations. Plotted azimuth against time for Dona site. May 18 Sun. Alamogordo. Harbed on Dona site. May 18 Sun. Alaomgordo. Worked on Dona record, May 15 rocket. Checked through picks - plotte elevation angle against time, calculated elevation and distance from bombing site using straight line plane between launching site and point of impact. May 19 Mon Reynolds and I left about 0946. May 19 Mon Reynolds and I left about 0745 in weapon carrier for Silver City. Arrived at Giles National Forest Station about 1230. Got permission for site there and went along valley 16 miles, then back 5 and located site. Surveyed location, dug holes and strung wire. Back to ranger station and located ourselves on range map. Left Bayard about 630 pm. Back at Alamogordo about 1045 pm. Edmondson and Godbee out to record WAC Corporal at Dona site
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