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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.

  • p. 190 …Well, Boford was Navy, that was the Navy... Q: Like taking a Pi Ball reading now…
  • p. 191 …fabricate balloons for us. During that period we heard of the Navy project that was going…
  • p. 207 …But were any of those used as precursors to Mogul or... A: None whatsoever. That was…
  • p. 270 …Ewing had conducted considerable research for the Navy during World War II, studying, among other things…
  • p. 323 …f) Measurements of actual sound channel transmission using a small stratosphere balloon carrying sound receivers and…
  • p. 657 …At the present time this company cannot supply us with balloons until Navy clearance is obtained…
  • p. 693 …for six hours using a non-extensible envelope with the addition of a ballast valve to…
  • p. 704 …Met Gifford who has 90' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at…
  • p. 705 …Wyckoff, Hungerfield, Vaux and myself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather…
  • p. 718 …Schneider up with O'Day to check use as NYU station. Alamoggrdo crew helped get helium…
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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