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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. 704 …Saw Bob Foster 731, also on way to NYC April 8 Mon. Arrived NYC 730 am…
  • p. 705 …I caught 550 train out of Penn Station to Red Bank, NJ April 29 Mon. Up…
  • p. 706 …1130 pm Owl to NYC May 6 Mon. Caught 625 train out of Penn Station to…
  • p. 707 Dec 2 Mon. Cakhurst. Cold wave hit about midnight - temperature down to $ 1 5^{\circ} $ - strong…
  • p. 708 …Dec 23 Mon. Oakhurst. Worked on Alamogordo and Flight 13. Had flight # 14 this pm. - 24…
  • p. 709 …Jan 13 Mon. Oakhurst. Working on sky wave curves. Made plans for Alamogordo this Thursday Jan…
  • p. 710 …Arrived AP about 1230 Feb 3 Mon Oakhurst. Peoples in Washington regarding balloon ascention in June…
  • p. 711 …Feb 24 Mon. Alamogordo. Waited for air transportation today but none available and may not be…
  • p. 712 …In Asbury Park 3 pm March 10 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flight 25…
  • p. 713 …Cleaned out hanger and emptied trash out at East White Sands April 7 Mon Talked to…
  • p. 714 …April 21 Mon. Alamogordo Air Base. Bill Edmonston and I went out to Tularosa Range and…
  • p. 715 …May 19 Mon Reynolds and I left about 0946. May 19 Mon Reynolds and I left…
  • p. 716 …May 26 Mon. Worked on Tests 1 and 2 records today. No signals from Roswell - some…
  • p. 717 …Took Ireland, Mears, Winton, Olsen to Alamogordo to catch train this pm June 9 Mon. Bill…
  • p. 718 …July 7 (Mon) Alamogordo. Balloon Flight 11 A off at 0503. Big plastic with small auxiliary…
  • p. 719 …Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Hunt Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Went over developments…
## Source

Pressure from surface (0 feet) to 65,000 feet: taken from National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Report #538, and corrected as noted below.

Pressure from 65,000 feet to 163,538 feet: taken from National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Report #1200.

Temperatures at 1000-foot intervals, taken from National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Reports #538 and 1200.

## Geopotential Assumptions

for pressure corrections:

0 feet to 30,000 feet based upon assumed constant geopotential.

30,000 feet to 65,000 feet corrected for geopotential, by approximate correction factors. (Taken from extrapolated curve of difference in feet, from 65,000 to 100,000 feet, between N.A.C.A. table #538 (uncorrected) and N.A.C.A. Technical Note #1200 (corrected).

35,000 feet to 163,538 feet, corrected for geopotential by National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Note #1200.

## Accuracy

Surface to 30,000 feet = 15 feet, assuming constant geopotential.

30,000 feet to 65,000 feet	±30 feet
65,000 feet to 100,000 feet	±50 feet
100,000 feet to 120,000 feet	±100 feet
120,000 feet to 135,000 feet	±150 feet
135,000 feet to 163,538 feet	±250 feet

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