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The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert
USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by OCR
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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- p. 118 …Robert Gross and Mr. Maher of Lockheed
11:55 A.M. Gen. Sam Anderson
12:00…
- p. 393 …in the form of an altitude vs. gross load chart with helium as the lifting gas…
- p. 394 …4}{\text {Gross Load}} = \frac {K}{W}
$$
In turn, $ \frac{K}{W}=a e^{-0. 4…
- p. 395 …free lift in pounds and G is gross lift in pounds.
Although this equation was derived…
- p. 400 …By equation (10), with a gross load of 52 kg., the unbalance caused by loss of…
- p. 412 …or a gross buoyancy of 450 lb., the maximum allowable inflation of a 30' diameter, .001…
- p. 479 …accelerating force equal to 5% of the gross load (52 kg) was acting to bring the…
- p. 552 …000 feet.
In one step, this becomes:
Gross Lift/Balloon = (Balloon Volume) x (Difference in molecular…
- p. 555 …of rise in feet per minute
G = gross lift in grams
For our purposes, we wish…
- p. 559 …G) ^ {\frac {2}{3}}
$$
(Approximate)
where G = gross load
A chart, Figure 24, has beendrawn up…
- p. 561 …where $ \triangle G= $ loss of lift
G = gross load (balloon weight plus equipment load)
$ \triangle T…
- p. 562 …not including balloon or its integral parts.
Gross load: Load on the gas at release (Balloon…
- p. 635 …Serial No. ___
description ___ ___
Line length ___
Banner description ___ ___
Ballast assembly - description ___ ___
Eallast. ___
Total Equipment Weight. ___
Gross Load ___
- p. 636 …Gross Load . . . ___
Assumed Gross Lift (Gross Load + 10%) G ___
G 2/3 ___
Free Lift - F = $ (\frac…
- p. 649 …theoretical altitude determined by the displacement and gross load.
## 7. Control systems
Two systems of control…
- p. 681 …By adjusting the gross load to be supported by the gas to equal the total lift…
- p. 691 …A chart showing the relation between altitude, gross lift, and balloon size has been found necessary…
- p. 775 …The gross load reported should be accurate to the nearest 200 grams. The amount of lifting…
- p. 777 500 gm DRAG CHUTES
300 " BANNER
2000 " PAYLOAD
4500 " BALLOON
7300 " GROSS LOAD
## NOTE:
Use low…
- p. 779 …bubble length and resultant inflated volume, using gross lift as an expression of volume. It will…
- p. 781 …in Appendix II summarizes the relationship between gross load and floating level for balloons of several…
- p. 817 …A can of sand is made to weigh the same amount as the required gross lift…
- p. 825 …the balloon with the equipment load attached.
Gross Lift: Lift of all of the gas in…
- p. 830 …Serial No. ___
description ___
Drag chute ___ ___
Banner description ___ ___
Ballast assembly - description ___ ___
Ballast ___
Total Equipment Weight . ___
Gross Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ___
- p. 831 …waiting___ grams
Actual balloon lift . . . . . . . . . . . ___ "
AActual gross lift (Balloon lift & balloon wt.) . . . . . ___ "
Number Helium tanks required…
- p. 835 …Gross Lift vs. Bubble Length . . . . . . . 107
Graph 3: Buoyancy vs. Altitude . . . . . . . . . . 108
Graph 4: Gross Load…
- p. 847 …Estimated Gross Load Limit kg. Altitude Range ft.
7 200 0.6 1.5 to 5…
Further tests on the FM transmitter being developed at this laboratory showed that the deviation was likewise a function of the applied plate supply voltage. This problem will have to be solved by improved circuit design before a suitable FM transmitter can be evolved.
In addition to the AM transmitter modal already constructed, a second unit was built. This duplicate was installed in a cardboard container which also houses the storage battery supply and a blocking oscillator to supply an audio-frequency which modulates the carrier at 50 c.p.s. Plans and arrangements were made for testing this unit on a captive balloon.
## d. APPARATUS
A battery box containing a metered circuit for constant monitoring of transmitter currents were constructed for field or blimp transmission tests.
An antenna approximately 150 ft. in length was erected on poles twenty feet above the roof of the Electrical Engineering Building for use in receiving signals during test flights.
## e. FUTURE WORK
In view of the excellent characteristics of the automatic frequency control of the Radio Receiver R-2a/ARR-8, an attempt will be made to secure the circuit diagram of this equipment and employ its use in any FM receiver which might be used.
Further circuit investigation will be carried out to develop an FM transmitter which is free of the undesirable effects introduced by input voltage variations.
Field tests will be carried out on the AM transmitter using a tethered balloon and a blimp, if available. It is desired to obtain information about the operating range and difficulties which might develop with this transmitter.
Philip Greenstein
Project Director
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