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What is Moores so-called Mogul trajectory hoax?

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What is Moores so-called Mogul trajectory hoax?

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It is a model calculation by former Mogul Project balloon scientist Charles Moore, based on historical wind data, that supposedly demonstrated how Moore’s lost Flight #4 Mogul balloon launched June 4, 1947, explained a crash reported in early July on the Foster Ranch, that triggered the so-called Roswell crashed flying saucer incident. In 1997, Moore bragged that the winds were “exactly right” and that his calculation “exactly landed” the balloon on the Foster Ranch. By implication, in many minds, this virtually proved his balloon explained the Roswell events. But when Brad Sparks and I went over Moore’s tables and calculations in 2002, we discovered Moore’s trajectory was fraudulent and that Moore had resorted to numerous cheats to get his balloon to his desired location.

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