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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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to return. Receiver at plane did not work at all. Ground receiver worked for a short time but did not receive explosions. B-17 and most of personnel out to Roswell - recovered equipment some 25 mi east of Roswell. Out at 10 this morning, got TNT and went out to range. Fired shots 12 to 18 every hour. Last of bombing tests this week. June 6 Fri. NYU personnel getting ready for flight tomorrow. Conference about noon, Hackman with radiosonde, Olsen and Godbee with receiver to Roswell - also Smith on theodolite. Regular equipment in plane.Edmundson and Reynolds to operate equipment at labs - receiver with GR8. Worked on adopting GR8 this pm and this evening. Fired some shots pm at site #4 but no transmitter for sonobuoy. This pm put McCurdy low frequency amplifier in circuit before GR8 and have plenty of signal. June 7 Sat. Balloon flight off about 530. Dribbler? broken on takeoff. Balloon was to 60,000' $ \pm $ , broke left balloons then train came down somewhere in mountains. Recordings at north hanger, and at Roswell but plane did not receive. Shot at 6, 630, 7, 730, 8 and 830 at site #4. Plane out to find balloons but no luck. All NYU personnel and John Adden off on B-17 - Lewis, Gallagher. Went over to Alamogordo with Ireland, Minton, Olsen and Mears but no train today - making reservations for tomorrow. June 8, Sun. Rancher, Sid West, found balloon train 25 mi south of High Rolls in mountains. Contacted him and made arragements to recover equipment Monday. Got all recordings of balloon flights. Took Ireland, Mears, Winton, Olsen to Alamogordo to catch train this pm June 9 Mon. Bill Godbee and Don Reynolds went out to Sid West's ranch south of High Rolls and broughtback recovered balloons- clock, 2 radiosondes, sonobuoy and microphone and lower part of dribbler. Bill Edmondson cleaning up hanger and sorting out equipment of NYU. Worked today on balloon records (GR8) from north hanger. No definite signals obtained. Took inventory MRs. June 10 Tues. Bill G, Bill E and Don worked on equipment, repairing GR8, T21 mikes, etc. Getting ready for rocket Thursday. Worked on GR8 recordings from Hagerman, Tests 3,4,5,6. No signals obtained. Worked on balloon tests from Roswell - no signals. V on Gila R tests 3,4,5,6, Eileen on V2 amplitudes. June 11 Wed. Bill Godbee and I went out to Tuleresa Range and located Site #5 for bombing, 24 mi N of Site #3 - roads bad. Laid out wire for shooting, Don and Bill E getting ready for rocket. Checked Rubicon records, all 3 sites. June 12 Thurs. All rockets postponed until July 3 rocket of S.C.E.L. Bill E, Don, Bill G went down to El Paso and then SE along Rio Grande. Located listening site south of Clint, Texas and layed out wires and dug holes. Worked on bombing flights from Oakhurst. June 13 Eri Men off today." worked on tectonics June 13 Fri. Men off today. V worked on tests 3,4,5,6 Tularosa bombing. E on V-2 rocket amplitudes. I plotted T-X all sky waves and started reviewing March 11 and 17 records. June 14 Sat. Bill E and family, Don R and family, V, E and I to Carlsbad. June 15 Sun. Through Carlsbad Caverns and back to Alamogordo. June 16 Mon. Men off today. Worked on eastern shore cruises, plotting T-X corrected to 68 kms & worked on apparent velocities and differences in azimuth. kms & worked on apparent velocities and differences in azimuth. June 17 Tues. Men left for Silver City and Febrero? near El Paso for bombing tests. Worked on Cruises. June 18 Wed. Test 7 of Tularosa Bombing Program, Shots at 7, 930 and 1230. Men called in from field to check clocks. Weather poor - raining at all sites. E on V2 rockets, V Cruises. June 19 Thurs. Test 8 of Tularosa bombing program, shots at 1600, 1830, 2100, 2400. Weather poor - rainy at Alamogordo. June 20 Fri Finish of Test 8. Shots at 0000 and 0230, Sites 1,3,5. Men back today. Godbee, Reynolds at Silver City got all shots, Edmondson at El Paso got 1 possibly 2. Looked over all Fabens records today. E on weather data, rocket firings,V on Tests 3,4,7 and Flights. June 21 Sat Worked on GR8 records from Fabens - calculated azimuth and elevation angles - Fabens recordings and some of Silver City. June 22 Sun. On trip with V & E - San Cruzes, Hot Springs, Carizzo Week of Jan 23-28 Alamogordo Air Base. Men worked on equipment for sound ranging Monday and made arrangements for off base transportation, had to get some from Base Motor Pool; Bill G, Don R left am for Gila Valley and Bill E went to Fabens. Tests 9, 10 Wednesday 25 and Thurs, Fri 26-27. Test 9: 7-10-13-16-18 Sites 1-3-5-3-1. Went out with Sgt Rand. Contacted by telephone Wed night and Thursday. Shot 10 Thurs, Fri at 18-21-00-03-05. Out with Sgt Rand again. Men in Fri pm. Good results from west, but poor or nothing from Fabers. Looked over some of Fabens records Sat. V worked on Tests 7-8 getting all data, including amplitudes, then worked on Flights 1-27. Got met data for all flights up to 18 kms except Oct ones. Found one whole minute error in timing on 24A flight which now checks with others
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