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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…
## 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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