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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.
“Nevers”53 pages
May 20 Tues. Edmondson and I left about 0845 in weapon carrier for Roswell. Arrived at Hagerman about 12. Went across Pecos R and found site. Surveyed in locations, dug holes and strung wires. Went over to Roswell Army Air Field, filled up with gas. Checked for room for Bill for Wed and Thurs. Back to Alamogordo about 730 pm. Godbee and Reynolds loaded up one weapon carrier, ready to leave tomorrow. Vivian working on weather data to send back to Watson. Eileen working on March 7 azimuth - elevation plots and checking picks. May 21 Wed. Reynolds and Godbee left about 800 in loaded weapon carrier. Stopped at gate by SC Lt and had to unload on motor pool weapon carrier acc't bad tires and heavy load on other one. Left about noon for Silver City. Bill Edmondson picked up GR8 and left for Roswell in weapon carrier SC about noon. Got all equipment together for shooting tomorrow. Worked with V and E this pm. Eileen finished checking original data 7 March and started checking April 1 azimuths and elevation angles. V finished azimuths direct waves and started extension of weather data to 288, 18 kms fm sky wave data. May 22 Thurs. Thompson and I out at 0730 to Ordnance dump. Sgt Rand met us there and let us in area. Picked up 17 boxes of TNT. Shot 1000 at Site 1, 1100 at Site 3, 1200 at Site 3 and 1300 at Site 1 again. Thompson left for El Paso to meet his family, in from Corpus Christi. Worked a little in office PM. Called up Silver City and Roswell tonight, changed schedule of tomorrow from 1100 last one to 1115. Checked AAF clocks over telephone. May 23 Fri. Went out at 0530 and got sgt Rand. We went out to ammunition dump, picked up 16 boxes of TNT. Sgt Rand to field with me. Shot 0800 Site 1, 0900 Site 2, 1000 Site 3 and 1115 Site 1. Worked on theoretical calculations pm. Bill E in from Roswell about 5 and and Reynolds & Godbee in about 800 May 24 Sat. Went over with Godbee and unloaded his truck, hung his recordings to dry. Went over GR8 records too but didn't see any signals there. GR3 from Silver City has some good sky waves. May 25 Sun. Tried to get into El Paso to catch train to Houston but Alamogordo train too late to make connections. Back to Alamogordo Air Base. May 26 Mon. Worked on Tests 1 and 2 records today. No signals from Roswell - some thunder on 2 shots. 5 sky waves from Silver City. Vivian worked on records, Eileen on thunder recordings. Godbee worked am, Bill and Don off today. May 27 Tues. Worked with V on tests 1 and 2, E back on rocket of April 1. Bill Godbee and Don out to Dona and set up GR3 for Thursday firing. May 28 Wed. B-17 in from Watson with Mears, Hackman, NYU and Alden. They plan to fly test balloon tomorrow. Other gang with recording equipment, due to leave Watson Sat. Got everything ready for HERMES rocket tomorrow, Dona & White Sands. Finished theoretical calculations of T-X solution of sky waves. May 29 Thurs. Mears and Hackman got balloon ascension off about 1 PM today with B-17 plane to follow it. Don and Godbee out to Dona, Bill and I to East White Sands to record HERMES. Set for 1100 am, postponed repeatedly, finally fired at 0730 PM. Rocket off course, landed near Juarez, Mexico. May 30 Fri. Memorial Day. Got 330 bus out of Alamogordo, 1030 train out of El Paso to Houston. May 31 Sat. Arrived Houston 715, went up to bank 900, then to Abbott - Stansell and picked up car - '42 Chrysler. Went up to Sohio and talked to Donnie and Roy Bennett for an hour. Left Houston about 1145, stayed overnight past Post, Texas. June 1 Sun. Left 0400, arrived in Alamogordo about 0930 - 800 miles to base from Houston. C-47 with Moore, Schneider and others from NYU. Also Ireland, Minton, Olsen. NYU men worked on balloons today in north hanger. June 2 Mon. Changed shooting plans to coordinate with balloon flights. Balloon all ready to go. Receiver in plane and receiver on ground. Edmondson with GR8 to Roswell pm, Godbee and Reynolds with GR3 to Silver City. Vivian working on amplitudes of flights - Eileen on April 7 rocket. Jun 3 Tues. Up at 0230 am ready to fly balloon but abandoned due to cloudy skies. I went out to Tularosa Range and fired charges from 6 on to 12, missed 530 shot - trouble getting ordnance man. Jun 4 Wed. Out to Tularosa Range and fired charges between 00 and 06 this am. No balloon flights again on account of clouds. Flew regular sono buoy up in cluster of balloons and had good luck on receiver on ground but poor on plane. Out with Thompson pm. Shot charges from 1800 to 2400. June 5 Thurs. Up at 4 to shoot 2 charges for balloon flight. Whole assembly of constant-altitude balloons set up at 0500. Fired charges at 0537 and 0552, then soon buzzed by plane
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