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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. 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…
Flight No. ___

Date___

Time___

## BALLOON INFLATION

Desired Rate of Rise . . . . ___ ft./min.

Gross Load . . . ___grams

Free Lift - from Rise chart___grams

Free Lift = $ \frac{V}{412} $ $ ^{2}G^{2/3} $ ___ grams

Equipment Weight___grams

Desired Balloon Inflation = Free Lift ♢ Equipment Total___grams

Allowance for Leakage @ ___gm/hr., ___hrs. waiting___ grams

Actual balloon lift . . . . . . . . . . . ___ "

AActual gross lift (Balloon lift & balloon wt.) . . . . . ___ "

Number Helium tanks required at___kg lift/full tank. . . ___ tanks

Length balloon above shot bag . . . . . . . . . ___ feet

## MAXIMUM ALTITUDE

Balloon Volume . . . . .

Gas Lift/mol . . . . . . . . . . Hydrogen 12.0 kg/mol

Molar Volume = $ \frac { \mathrm { B a l l o o n v o l u m e x g a s l i f t / m o l} } { \mathrm { g r o s s l o a d} } $ ___ cu. ft.

Maximum Altitude . . . . . . . . ___ ft. m.s.l.

Altitude Sensitivity . . . . . . . ___ ft./kg.

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