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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.
“Sea”23 pages
- p. 193 …overhead and followed the balloons out to sea. I have no idea about the results that…
- p. 200 …the regular 334 that we had at sea level. From that they could deduce the temperature…
- p. 243 …actually located on the jurisdictional lines between Sea Girt and Springlake, New Jersey. It was an…
- p. 244 …The Sea Girt Inn?
A: Exactly. That's where John had his office, and I was…
- p. 320 …alone is about 24,000 miles at sea level, and about 4500 miles at 45,000…
- p. 325 …twenty-five (25) feet at their largest sea-level diameter. The sonic unit was a combination…
- p. 378 …per hour when one-fifth inflated at sea level).
One other type of balloon which has…
- p. 402 …Let us, then, compare the rate of leakage at any given altitude with leakage at sea…
- p. 404 …The leakage at any altitude may be expressed as a function of leakage at sea level…
- p. 405 Comparing rate of leakage at 40,000 feet with leakage at sea level:
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- p. 407 …If a 20-foot diameter balloon $ \frac{1}{1 0} $ full were tested at sea level…
- p. 408 …At sea level this is equivalent to 5.32 gm/hr. for a 20-foot diameter…
- p. 414 …Using the rules of subsonic aerodynamics, Picard suggests that air at sea level escaping at 1333…
- p. 415 …air at sea level (lb./ft. $ ^{3} $ )
14.7 = pressure of air at sea level (psi…
- p. 432 …to about 20 millibars and increased to sea-level pressure at different temperatures.
The most comprehensive…
- p. 563 …The height above mean sea level as determined from pressure measurements used in this work with…
- p. 644 …point at which the radiosonde reaches the sea surface.
## 2. Earlier attempts
There have been numerous…
- p. 645 …The balloons floated between the surface and 30,000 ft above sea level; those which reached…
- p. 704 …Met Gifford who has 90' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at…
- p. 719 …Worzel working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim fellowship…
- p. 779 …the launching site is markedly different from sea level, a shift in this curve is needed…
- p. 817 …balloon at all times with respect to sea level. On this curve also it is customary…
- p. 825 …The height above mean sea level as determined from pressure measurements used in this work with…
Stiffeners are added so that the appendix will not foul in the rigging. With a fouled appendix the helium cannot be valved, and the balloon after becoming full at its ceiling will burst. These stiffeners are taped to the outside of the appendix just before inflation.
The various appendix types which have been used are given in the following table:
Appendix Data
Appendix Type Stiffeners Effect on Altitude Attained Effect on Descent
None None Ceiling is 10,000 to 20,000 feet lower than computed. Balloon remains full at all times after ceiling is reached by taking on air. Greatly complicates control.
Standard 3 corrugated cardboard battens, $2\frac{1}{2}$ by 15" Computed ceilings attained. Balloon remains full at all times after ceiling is reached by taking on air. Greatly complicates control.
Standard 4 aluminum battens 15 x $\frac{1}{2}$ x .030"24 ST Computed ceiling attained if balloon does not burst due to restriction on appendix. Air excluded during any descent fairly well.
Flattened Tube Metal spring bow to hold appendix flat, like pressed trousers Not yet flight tested. Similitude tests indicate computed ceiling would be reached with no bursts due to appendix at 1000 ft/min rate of rise. Not yet flight tested. Similitude tests indicate almost complete exclusion of air.
Figures 2, 3, and 4 show the various appendices described in the above table. About this file
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