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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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April 1 rocket plotting H-SS, H-T, SS-T. July 8(Tues) Alamogordo. C-54 off about 1030 with 23 people - all NYU, WL including 7, E, Godbee. It Thompson, Edmondson, Reynolds and myself left. Wote up report on East Coast Flights for Peoples. July 9(Wed) Alamogordo. Worked today on balloon flights. Studied WL records of them briefly and wrote a memorandum to Peoples about results. Left in car this PM late. Flat tire between Roswell and Tularosa and stayed there. July 10 Thurs. Changed tire and went into Roswell. Bought new tire. On to El Reno, Okla today. Stopped in cafe in Hereford, Texas and met Dannie Harns from UGC. Went up to office and saw Bob Cowder?, PC and Gene Conant, supervisor. July 11 Fri. From El Rosa to Cherokee. Got note at Cherokee that Jimmie was at Tonkawa and went over there. Stayedytonight with J & family. July 12 Sat. July 12 Sat. Jim, Pat , Vanessa along with me on way home. Got to Doolittle, Ark tonight. July 13 Sun. to cabins in Ohio just out of Springfield. July 14 Mon. To cabins near Geneva, N.Y. July 15 Tues. Stopped at Syracuse. Got home about 030. Marion & her baby there. July 16, 17, 18 At home. Drew in 4 or 5 loads of hay but land very wet and rains intermittently. July 19 Sat. Marion and I left in Chrysler for Woods Hole to see Dorothy & family. Through Albany, Springfield, Providence. 463 miles 12 hours. Doc Ewing on Atlantic cruise. Worzel working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim fellowship for next year - positions at WHOI and Princeton are very satisfactory. July 20 Sun. Saw men working with Worzel at WHOI, Pollak, went over to Vine's new house, saw Kit and Bump at their house, then out to Ewings, saw Midge & children, Anne.and Mikey. July 21 Mon. Went down to WHOI, HawcPollak, Bumpus, Worthington. Up 3rd floor and saw Emmons of NYU, who is finishing up some research work there under Ray Montgomery. Talked with Columbus Iselin for short time. Saw Gil Oakley. Marion & I left about 11 am. Went through Providence, Hartford. Crossed river at Hudson. Met rain last part of trip, not home until 130. Jim & family spent weekend with Steve and Esther in Syracuse. July 22,23,24 At home. Drew in a little more hay from lot in front of barn but still raining quite often. Jimmie & family took Thursday PM train to Syracuse to catch tomorrow's plane to Wichita, Kansas. July 25, 26, 27 At home. Steve and Esther came up Sat night. Marion and I went to Watertown to pick them up at bus station at midnight. They left again Sun pm on bus from Canton. Chas Crary up from Canton Sunday PM July 28,29,30,31,Aug 1. At home. Chrysle to Canton, change plugs, reline wheels - Rained hard first part of week then clear. Got in lots in back of barn, north of road and front of house. Aug 2 Sat. Mon Aug 2 Sat. Marion - Bunny and I left 1230 PM, arrived Marcellus about 5 PM. Ate dinner with Steve and Esther, left Marcellus 730 PM. Through Binghamton, Scranton, Stroudsburg, Easton. Arrived in Newtown about 245 am. Aug 3 Sun. In Newton with Flaggs for dinner. Left Newtown about 5 PM. Arrived Jersey Coast. Got room on Hwy 35 near White Bite Shop. Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Hunt Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Went over developments to date with Jim Peoples. Out to lunch with Lt Ball. This PM Chantz and I surveyed to Sonobuoy site. Aug 5 Tues. Oakhurst Worked on Abandoned Aug 5 Tues. Oakhurst. Worked on Aberdeen results - 2 failures - 1 direct wave. - Worked on Bermuda run # 2 - Oakhurst and started Bermuda #2 C.N.C.H., Peoples on vacation starting today. Aug 6, 7, 8 Wed, Thurs, Fri. Oakhurst. Worked on Cruises 1 -28 with Vivian and Epstein. Checked over all recordings of Bermuda #2, Flight 32. Got sonobuoy survey calculated and worked up results of Flight 25 B which depended on sonobuoy signal. Started Epstein on weather data which Wiggett is working on. Wrote letter to Emmons with remaining work to be done there. Conference Wed pm with Clowry, Carroll, Dubell, Bernhoff of Olmsted regarding Bermuda and Alamogordo plans. Mr Mears put up balloons with equipment on here at Oakhurst. Reynolds and Edmondson in and working around lab. Worked some with Eileen on rockets. Aug 9,10 Asbury Park Aug 11, 12,13,14,15,16 Oakhurst. Wrote memo regarding Alaskan work and had copies typed up. Worked most of week on rockets. Plotted altitude against time of origin for April 1, 8 rockets but did not get identical graphs. Tried to vary distance to obtain similar curves but this was not possible. Made plots of time vs SS and altitude vs SS in effort to correlate signals between stations. Correlated fairly good on 1 April but poor on 8 April.
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