Project Mogul
The debunking community notes that Project Mogul balloons used reflective materials that ranchers might find exotic, and that "alien body" accounts only emerged in the 1980s—four decades after the event, convenient timing for the UFO lecture circuit. The Air Force released two reports (1994, 1997) claiming the wreckage was from Project Mogul—a classified balloon array designed to detect Soviet nuclear tests.
If you're learning about this topic for the first time, these are the best places to continue — documented evidence and historical relationships are the guide.
Project Mogul is documented in the evidence record of this published dossier.
Co-documented with Project Mogul in 1 published dossier, including “The Roswell Incident”.
Co-documented with Project Mogul in 1 published dossier, including “The Roswell Incident”.