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A: .•. much of which we can copy and make it easier for
you. These are balloon fragments, things that held balloons [up]
after they'd been exposed to the sun.
Q: Is this the neoprene type or the •••
A: That's the neoprene type. I have the polyethylene
type ...
Q: Is this from the '47 era?
A: That's a balloon probably from the '50s. That's a K-
San balloon. The kind of balloons we used then were the
(inaudible) derricks balloons, and that's the way they look after
they've been out in the sun. That's about three weeks' exposure
to sunlight here in New Mexico.
Q: So the polyethylene really is degraded by sunlight.
A: That's neoprene. All that's neoprene.
Q: This almost looks like ashes of paper.
A: That's right. And there's a big point in some of the
recovery that the material was black •••
Here is the list of the people who,were assigned under
Colonel Duffy in the Air Force liaison office. Istvan's name
you'll find in there. He ended up being in the Titan program
and, I think, retired as a lieutenant colonel maybe back in the
'70s. ·
Schneider was the administrative director of our project.
He and I worked together. He was in Maine, and was not really
technically involved. I have letters from him if you're
interested in seeing them. He says he has no memory of this.
A person who was heavily involved
radar thing was Colonel Joe Fletcher.
asking for his help and he essentially
much.
in developing this whole
I wrote him a letter
says he doesn't remember
Q: He's also been hounded by some of these UFO ...
A: And by Todd and by me.
Q: So it appears as though you, yourself, have done some
extensive research into this particular incident.
A: Until two years ago, I was quite convinced one of our
polyethylene balloons we didn't recover caused it. Then I got
this newspaper, Todd sent me this, and I immediately saw there's
no way that could be a polyethylene balloon.