The UFO FilesDocument
DOW-UAP-D048, Department of the Air Force Report, 1996
- Kind
- Document
- Agency
- Department of War
- Incident date
- 9/10/96
- Location
- N/A
- Released
- May 8, 2026
- Record
- DOW-UAP-D048
The file opens on war.gov, the Department of War's PURSUE site.
WHAT THE RECORD SAYS
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This report describes the Modeling of Unlikely Space-Booster Failures in Risk Calculations, documenting historical launch failure modes and recommending corrective actions to address them using novel modelling techniques.
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