“G. A.”60+ pages
- p. 33 …The specific Air Staff/Secretariat offices queried included the following:
(a) SAF I AAI, Directorate of…
- p. 75 …the Public Information Officer, Walter G. Haut,
issued a news release that the Amry Air Force…
- p. 104 …vt. G. Hilburn, f'onner Assistant Base Adj•lba.nt, transferred
~~ Squedr~n "A", 427th AAF…
- p. 114 …SFERRED
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- p. 133 …reporti.Dc aot later t:t:.a date 1Jl41catecU
8 Jplx 1947 Cl&tl
Lt. G…
- p. 143 …9:15 A.l:.
9:15 A.~.
9:40 li..M.
9:43 A.ll.
9…
- p. 144 …on fhone requesting a B-29 be sent to
Blackstone, Va. for a celebration by the…
- p. 198 …Cor.anandinr; G~nerel, Army Air Forces, \'/aehint;ton 25, D. C.
ATTN s AC/AS…
- p. 282 …I then went into industry, and I worked for EG&G, a high-
technology company based…
- p. 303 …AlllllffO
PAirrS OP rNF ./OSS.tMM:Y WI./.£ FIT AND
01'€/t.ttrl /It A PROYFA…
- p. 307 …I do not want a lawyer. lamwi · g to answer questions or make a statement or…
- p. 322 …4 consisted of a "cluster of (meteor(>logi-
cal) balloons" and a "regular sonobuoy."23 Presumably…
- p. 401 …a.:-:1!! of the sound channel would also
b~ detectable by l1!te~1r.g at…
- p. 407 …dribble constructed of a five (5) gallon tin incorporating e 11etered
jet to allow a predetermined…
- p. 418 …O.oJ nnel KN'$~.ll.!a G, ~ftr. 0-18373.. «C •.• _~ ..
Retent1Qn: Indefinite. No known replacement…
- p. 436 …A typical night using
constant ballast flow at a rate slightl7 exceeding leakage losses
is shown…
- p. 437 Fig • 9 is a typical night with DO ballaet. !he night train· tor
these flights ia…
- p. 472 …the tloa tin_g level. (The
switch is set so that a rate of change ot…
- p. 483 We may use this equation to approximate the rise of a full balloon
system when controlled…
- p. 488 …A = 2.39 x 108 col I erg
Cp = specific heat at constant pressure
g = acceleration…
- p. 490 …flow, Is and a co-
efficient of leakage,Cd•
(1) where g is the acceleration
due…
- p. 495 …lf • 50 ~ tof:g}af =7820 GII/HR
Values for leakage at several different altitudes…
- p. 506 …tight upon release of this internal pressure.
G. A Ge.tleral Equa.ttc:m of Motion…
- p. 509 …It is for this reason that a non-extensible balloon is said to be
in a…
- p. 510 …a g I -'- (~ .!L)
F, = vb Pa LAo To - Tg Rp + Ro
Discussions of the contamination…
- p. 511 …or 9J <{J)G · dt dt lc
We might also have a control tbl t will…
- p. 512 …1t> !!A_} is the- time during which pressure change of
the airdlurro8h!1~g the balloon…
- p. 523 …The performar.ce specifications are as follows:
(a) Rotation: one revolution every 12 hours
(b) Duration…
- p. 528 …Adjustments are made on the adjusting
screw {L) and the lower ring {G) before each flight…
- p. 536 …flight, a 65-pound load was lifted with a linear array of 28
350-g~ rubber…
- p. 553 …On Plight 43 the tiret model ot an Olland-o7cle pressure modulator was
tlown with a…
- p. 558 …and a satisfactory Olland-cycle
pressure modulator~& also used .for over 5 hours to give height…
- p. 560 …This flight was released at night with a fixed ballast flow of about 300
~rams per…
- p. 573 …Flight 82 is a good example of i'light using a single
fixed-leak orifice for…
- p. 574 …Below the baroswitoh a standard T-69 radiosonde was
supported with a parachute stuffed into a…
- p. 577 Fli.g!lt 89: Released from Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1005 MST, August 26, 1948
Not recovered…
- p. 584 …a near-floating condition for about four hours when the transmitter
40
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ICIUMD G…
- p. 589 …With a loss of 10°C superheat, and a limited flow (900 grams per hours), it…
- p. 594 …flight a high loss of lifting gas caused the total ballast
load ot 600 g~s…
- p. 610 …g. Low brittle temperature
h. High transparency to heat redie.tion
Table I is a qualitative…
- p. 625 …C"N-~.~-
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CA…
- p. 630 …11A rt:~IA.t. - B.t.owN Pr.eex
G£.A.5S
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- p. 646 …rate of rise in feet per minute
G : g~oss lift in grams
For our purposes…
- p. 650 (Approximate)
where G • gross load
A chart, Figure 24, has beendrawn up, based on this equation…
- p. 652 ~G = G X ~X (1 • K) K
T
where t::.. G = loss of lift
G =gross…
- p. 675 III
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NYU BALLOON PROJCT
FLt8ht 5
DAT£ 6-5-4…
- p. 680 …Fl G 36
NYU BALLOON PROJECT
FLlGHT 7
D<ll-e: 7-2-47 E 0…
- p. 683 …n..1m•tter
Fl G.3 9
NYU BALLOON FROJtCT
FLIGHT 8
D a. te 7…
- p. 686 …to a thtmble
a.nd attached to re1n forced pCltches
at alterna.te .sea.m.s…
- p. 688 …H.A.Smtth Inc. v.11th reinforced
blowout pa.tches to vent 9Q.b when
f1red…
- p. 690 …G.M.. OO!"pol.yettHlent- balloon
w1th 1ncend.1a. ry pa.tch on e~:~u a…
- p. 713 …OBSTRUCTIONS TO AIR NAVIGATION
A. WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, PROV»>G GROUND -NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - RELEASE…
- p. 731 …2. "Progress in Developing a Constant-Level Balloon", Report by Dewey and
Almy Chemical Company, Cambridge…
- p. 732 …Lugeon, Jean, "Le Poste Aerologique de la Station Centrale de
Meteorologie a Payerne et les nourelles…
- p. 742 …The automatic control is needed for flights
lasting through a period in which day changes to…
- p. 749 …1\\a Mr. o. c. Vinsea to C.B. Moore on rlait.
5/l'J/47…
- p. 761 The follo'W1.n.g personnel lolere hired but later resigned:
1!.!.!!
Robert 't:isnieff
Robert…
- p. 770 …diameter ballgons made
from polyethylene .00411
polyethylene .008 11
saran • 00~25 11 aDd a
fortisan…
- p. 775 …g o! Ul ins":.tument coiilpany whicr. wo,.tld cor.struct
the altitude control devices. A…
- p. 779 …As a result of this preliminary study a sub-contn:.ct was
given to H. A…
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Source documents dating from 1948 to 1968
concerning the USAF investigation of Un-
identified Flying Objects (UFOs). These
records contain documents on investigative
policy and Air Force Office of Special
Investigation reports of investigations on
UFO sightings.
SOURCE DOCUMENTS
1 File folders 24-185-1 through 24-185-27 (Xote:
There is no file for 24-185-3; there are two
files under the number 24-185-17; and there
is no file for 24-185-26) These files ~on
tain policy guidance and AFOSI District
reports of investigation concerning UFOs
(filed primarily by district).
2 File folde.r.s. 24-185-001 through 24-185-·008
containing policy guidance and AFOSI District
reports of investigation concerning UFOs
(filed primarily in chronological order.).
(Use Standard Form l35A far continuation ah£ets)