“Ç.”60+ pages
- p. 12 …Memo, with Attachments, Edward C. Mishler, HQ AFOSIIHO, for SAF/AAZ,
subj: GAO Review on Records…
- p. 14 …Spilhaus, C.S. Schneider, C.B. Moore, "Controlled-Altitude
Free Balloons," Journal of Meteorology, Vol. 5…
- p. 15 …Spilhaus and Col Marcellus Duffy
Capt Albert C. Trakowski and Dr. James Peoples
Charles B. Moore…
- p. 18 …Albert C. Trakowski, a young
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, followed Duffy in the leadership role…
- p. 27 …of their
efforts if they did; and
(c) the overall effort was the task and responsibility…
- p. 33 …AQL, Directorate of Electronics and Special Programs
(c) AF/SE, Air Force Safety
(d) AF/HO…
- p. 35 …Mexico alone, involving
A-26C, P-51N, C-82A, P-80A, and PQ-14B aircraft; however…
- p. 41 …Moore; and the military Project Officer, Colonel Albert C. Trakowski.
All of these persons were subsequently…
- p. 45 …actually procured was a 1953-manufactured model"C" as compared to
the Model B which was…
- p. 55 GAO UnitedStal:eS
General AecolllltiDC omce
WashiDgtoo., D.C; ZOMS
National Security and
Interaatiooal ..urairS Division…
- p. 59 …SEE DISTRIBUTION
Genoral Ac:c:ounti.nq Offic:a (GAO) Latter Dated
February 9, 1994, •aeccrds…
- p. 67 …investigations, and wreckage/debris retention and disposition;
(c) identify~ records (unclassified or classified) related to air…
- p. 71 …Ref para c above. Although we possess no official records related to the subject matter, we…
- p. 72 …OBSTE'TRI RTIUTY. ~·_._
Freedom of Information Act Request
(S O.S.C. 552}
Department of the…
- p. 82 AIRCRAFT DATE
A-26C 24 June 1947
P-51N 10 July 1947
C-82A 12 July…
- p. 94 …1 Atch \nExtracts from AF tV y
Records Schedules
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- p. 103 …Pursuant to CLuthorj.ty c.::.r.taincd in Hqs. 8th Air Forco 'f;.:x
num~.or…
- p. 104 …Colonel Lur.:c.s relieved. Lt Colonel William C. Kingsl-1~
who then assumed oommand of…
- p. 106 …Lewis c. Bohanan. former commanding o£ticer
of the 3rd Pho to Lab Unit, was trans…
- p. 107 …Spurgeon, to coordi-
nate with Adjutant; 's Section; Lt Colonel Ray- C. 16.ltcn, to
coordinate…
- p. 108 …Jr.,
Arrrr:r Air Forces, Washington, D. c., .arrived .for investi-
gation of the B-29…
- p. 113 …Copy of SF 135, 19 Dec 75
c!;i.J&£~{ (fftiJl~.
EDWARD C. MISHLER
Historian
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- p. 127 …51 B-0614 BOLLING FLO
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- p. 143 …unc ey !eels Gen C&.nnor. ~ not too sure o! hi.Jr.selt, as two Z…
- p. 144 …Frank Heckett 1 s aame on it. ·i;c are most
anxious to explode this thing…
- p. 168 …I said it was 700 C at
Bolling. I believe now that you mentioned Andrews, it…
- p. 193 …Graul
to Commanding General AMC;
Brig Gen Tom C. Rives to
Commanding General AAF
July 8…
- p. 195 …COITDllal'lding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D.C.
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- p. 196 …lS:~.-ll, priority
lA, include dcttarrd.nation of con:;n-oasional wa~ voloc.C..t.y…
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- p. 198 Btuic ltr WLAMC., 9 Sop 47, to CO Al!C, aubj: "Research Op:-s in Ala…
- p. 205 …NM
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I, Charles B Moore, hereby state that Jeffrey Buder, was identified as…
- p. 206 C/3.#/
model I think that flight #4 was the flight that was launched out of…
- p. 207 C B. ;vi.
I can think of no other explanation for Roswell than one of our…
- p. 208 …saw one of these targets more than
20 years ago . )
c.a. Moore
August 28, 1992
- p. 211 Statement
Albert C. Trakowski
June 29, 1994
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- p. 213 …VA
I, i\lbert C. Trakowski, hereby state that Jeffrey Butler, was identified as a Colonel…
- p. 224 …I think this was a C-45. We did, indeed, have B-17's
attached to…
- p. 228 …we still carried
microphones aloft and a C-54 orbited overhead and followed the
balloons out…
- p. 230 …June 1st, "C-47 with Moore, Schneider and others from NYU,
also Irewin, Minton, Olson, NYU…
- p. 247 …Trakowski went over in a c-54 and
picked them up. Also radiosonde receivers set up…
- p. 249 …It looks like
Maryalls' "C-54, located on Tulerosa Range by air. Out PM with
several…
- p. 258 …HT SST, whatever that is."
July 8th. "C-54 off about 10:30 with 23 people…
- p. 263 …I had forgotten, but he reminded
me that he had gone on the C-54 to…
- p. 264 …what sticks in my mind as either c-s or an M-5
radar. I knew…
- p. 266 …A~ I say, these c~me out right at the end
of the war. The warrant…
- p. 268 …This is the c Model. It doesn't show the
reinforcements.
Q: The young lady I…
- p. 269 …I thought the B Model was a 1947 vintage and assumed,
wrongly so, that the C…
- p. 271 24
Interview
Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James
McAndrew with Col Albert C.
Trakowski, USAF…
- p. 278 …balloon
launch-Maj. W. D. Pritchard, Maj. C. W. Mangum, Lieutenant Siegal, and a Capt. L…
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- p. 299 …1675
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- p. 307 …other· icial, non-judicial, or administrative
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- p. 308 …70 U.S C BOis. 44 U.S.C 3101. and EO 9397
PRINCIPAL PURPOSES: usea…
- p. 320 …Crane, spring
1946-July 1946; Col Marcellus Duffy, August 1946-January, 1947; and Capt Albert
C…
of documents concerning a variety of events, including aircraft crashes, errant missile
tests, and nuclear mishaps.
The researchers reported to the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force
(SAF/AA), the office responsible for both Air Force records and security policy oversight.
Within SAF/AA, the tasking fell to the Director of Security and Special Program
Oversight and its specialized subunit, the Declassification and Review Team. This team,
comprised entirely of Reservists, was well versed in the Air Force's records system and
its complex declassification procedures. Previously, Declassification and Review Team
members demonstrated their expertise and effectiveness by declassifying millions of pages
of Southeast Asian War and Prisoner of War-Missing in Action records.
As this study makes abundantly clear, the Declassification and Review Team found no
evidence of any extraterrestrial craft or alien flight crew. In fact, what they did find had
been declassified for more than twenty years-a shadowy, formerly Top Secret project,
code-named MOGUL.
Project MOGUL resulted from two important post-World War II priorities set by the
Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, Henry H. "Hap" Arnold. These were to
continue the cooperative wartime relationship between civilian research institutions and
the military, and to maintain America's technological superiority, especially with respect
to guarding against a bolt from the blue-in other words, a devastating surprise attack.
MOGUL addressed both of these concerns. Developed partly under contract with leading
scientific institutions-such as New York University (NYU), Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Columbia University, and the University of California at Los Angeles-
MOGUL's objective was to develop a long-range system capable of detecting Soviet
nuclear detonations and ballistic missile launches.
Army Air Forces officials assembled an expert group of military and civilian scientists
to carry out the project. The group included Dr. W. Maurice Ewing of Columbia
University, a preeminent geophysicist and oceanographer; Dr. Athelstan F. Spilhaus, the
Director of Research at NYU who later advised five presidents on scientific and cultural
matters; Dr. James Peoples, the Air Force's civilian project scientist and later editor of
the Journal of Geophysical Research; Albert P. Crary, also a civilian Air Force scientist,
known for significant contributions to Antarctic research; and Charles B. Moore, Project
Engineer at NYU and an atmospheric physicist who pioneered the use of giant plastic
research balloons still widely used today. Col. Marcellus Duffy, a respected Air Force
pilot and scientific administrator, led the project. Capt. Albert C. Trakowski, a young
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, followed Duffy in the leadership role.
Determining whether the Soviets were testing nuclear devices was of the highest national
priority; it demanded the utmost secrecy if the information gained was to be useful. When
the Soviets exploded their first atomic device in August 1949, the experimental Project
MOGUL was not in operation. However, the explosion was detected by a specially
equipped Air Force B-29 aircraft. Accordingly, MOGUL was conducted under stringent
security-secluded laboratories, code words, maximum security clearances, and strictest
enforcement of need-to-know rules. Nevertheless, while the nature of the project remained
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