“Project 1947”60+ pages
- p. 3 …The importance of attachment 32, Lieutenant McAndrew's synopsis, derives from his
description of Project MOGUL…
- p. 13 …Photographs, Project MOGUL Balloon Trains
27. Table No.7, Summary of NYU Constant-Level Balloon Flights…
- p. 14 …Crane as Project Officer for MOGUL and TORRID, June 18,
1946
9. Memo, Maj Gen Curtis…
- p. 25 …Records were located and
thoroughly explored concerning a then-Top Secret balloon project, designed to
attempt…
- p. 27 USAF in September, 1947, the USAF inherited equipment, personnel, records,
policies, and procedures from the AAF…
- p. 29 …EVOLUTION OF THE EVENT FROM 1947 TO THE PRESENT
General Ramey's press conference and rancher…
- p. 31 …This included directing searches at current offices where special or
unusual projects might be carried out…
- p. 35 …USAF records showed that between June 24,
1947, and July 28, 1947, there were five crashes…
- p. 41 …Its name was Project MOGUL (Atch 19).
Project MOGUL was a then-sensitive, classified project, whose…
- p. 42 …These interviews confirmed that Project MOGUL was a compartmented,
sensitive effort. The NYU group was responsible…
- p. 43 …It is very
probable that this Top Secret project balloon train (Flight 4), made up of…
- p. 44 …Trakowski provided specific details on Project MOGUL and described
how the security for the program was…
- p. 45 In order to provide a more detailed discussion of the specifics of Project MOGUL
and how…
- p. 48 …Copy of Vandenberg's Appointment Book and Diary, July 7-9, 1947
16. July 9, 1947…
- p. 51 …Schiff
complaiiled then that the Defense Department
had been "unresponsive" to his inquiries about
the 1947…
- p. 73 …of the
physicians who participated in this project. I must respect his
confidentially and anonymity. He…
- p. 74 •Freedom of Information Act Request
February 5, 1993
Paqe 3 of 3
PROJECT SIGMA
The project…
- p. 76 SUMMARY OF HQ NAIC RESEARCH INTO THE ROSWELL INCIDENT,
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS, AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK…
- p. 78 …study
project officer from 1951-1953 and he investigated a series of reports from 1947. He…
- p. 104 …assWted command
of Ro..;\vell .~rmy Air Field on e July 1947. Colo·nel i1. H…
- p. 106 …Headqt~':'.!"ters, this station,
datod 18 July 1947. 1st Lt. Lewis c. Bohanan. former commanding o…
- p. 108 …Officer and AACS, regarding Headquarters
AMC projects.
22 July- 1947 - Dr. E. M. Townsexrl, PBS, Ft…
- p. 183 …There was a project run by New York University, out ofHoDoman at that time. It
was…
- p. 196 …Plans .for rasearoh on Project "t.t>cuJ. 1 " z. c. lS:~.-ll, priority
lA, include…
- p. 201 …On the December 1947 baUoon project reports the
"service flights" probably refer to the then Top…
- p. 205 …GeNII was the Project Engineer for the NYU balloon project during the 1947 time frame. I…
- p. 206 …Dr Crazy and Dr Peoples were the advance people and scientific monitors for our project Dr…
- p. 213 …I have also been contacted by several researchers and writers and discussed project Mogul
and provided…
- p. 217 Transcript from 8 June 94, Interview with
Professor Charles Moore
(A) Professor Charles Moore
Project Engineer…
- p. 218 …Is there any type of
material from that project that you can think of that would…
- p. 226 …so essentially you'd say there were no radar reflectors
in New Mexico until 1947 until…
- p. 246 …We got into an operation at Alamagordo in early June of 1947, in
which we were…
- p. 261 …It
turns out that during this time frame, 1947, 1948, 1949, there
were numerous aircraft accidents…
- p. 275 …I remained project officer of Project MOGUL through our move of the
laboratory from Watson Laboratories…
- p. 281 …At some point in Project MOGUL did you utilize equipment based at Roswell Army Air
Field…
- p. 299 …B-29 crashed on T/0 from Albuquerque in Jan
1947 and a B-29 crashed…
- p. 300 …Archivist (202) 504-5416
"no records of Project Mogul; recommend checking with DOE historian or the…
- p. 309 …However, I was familiar with them
because we used them and their products on various projects…
- p. 318 …1947.4 An examination of unclassified technical and
progress reports prepared by the balloon project revealed…
- p. 320 …in
January 1947, is shown in Attachment 2. Over the course of the project, MOGUL
had…
- p. 321 Air Forces, in conjunction with Project MOGUL. 10 The NYU "balloon group" was
to develop and…
- p. 322 …June 1, 1947.19 Present Olll this
flight was C.B. Moore, NYU Project Engineer, Charles…
- p. 323 …Dr Peoples, Project
Scientist, decided not to bring the radiosonde recorder (an AN IFMQ1 weighing
approximately…
- p. 326 …Over the course of Project MoGUL,
several balloons had landed and been recovered from that area…
- p. 328 …Additionally, in 1949, General Yates received a full briefing bf the
projects, including constant-level balloons…
- p. 329 …Pritchard, a Watson Laboratory Project Officer (not assigned to MOGUL)
stationed at Alamogordo AAF. This article…
- p. 330 …One instance, on April 7, 1947, Crary gave Pritchard
a "progress report for MOGUL project to…
- p. 418 …From September 1946 to Januar,r 1947, Colonel Dut!7 WRI in charge of
apnlled nropagation…
- p. 444 …was decided, during the autumn of 1947 to present the meteorological
diagnoses in a different form…
- p. 708 …20 March 1947
N. Y. Meeting No. 12
PROBLEM:
1. The Secretary of the Subcommittee presented…
- p. 747 …1, 1947 to
Ma7 31, 1947
§tqttoa II
tt.aearch D1'fie ion, ProJect 1fo. 93…
- p. 758 …January 1, 1947
to April 30, 1947
CONSTANT LEVEL BALLOON
Research Division, Project No. 93
Preoared…
- p. 776 …The project ~rsomlel !las been usiiU:; work bencl:.ea occ;.i.9ied
by other projc:cts…
- p. 790 …12. :20 l11arch 1947
PROBLEM:
1. The Secretary of t~e Subcommittee presented a request from…
- p. 819 …June 1, 1947 to
June 31, 19"7
Section II
Research Division, ProJect No. 9S
Prepared…
- p. 975 …Army Air Forces, in 1947, and later Chief of Staff,
United States Air Force, 1961-1965…
- p. 979 …break during
Project MOGUL operations at White
Sands Proving Ground, NM, July
1947.
Project MOGUL Field…
- p. 982 …the
NYU field trip in June 1947
prompted Project Engineer C.B.
Moore to attach additional…
- p. 983 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level Balloon Project Engineer. Moore pio-
neered the use of polyethylene balloons for…
- p. 984 …Sands Proving Ground, NM, in July 1947, by Project
MOGUL balloon and ground-based sensors. Photo…
ALAMOGORDO II Gune 27, 1947-July 8, 1947)
On the morning of June 28, 1947, personnel from NYU and Watson Laboratories
arrived at Alamogordo AAF to resume balloon flights. Present during this field
trip were Dr. Peoples, A.P. Crary, Captain Trakowski, C.B. Moore, and Charles
Schneider. The objective during this trip was to experiment with the newly
developed polyethylene balloons which replaced the neoprene meteorological
balloons used on the previous field trip. Also tested was an improved aluminum
ballast reservoir that had been developed to replace the plastic tubes used during
the June field trip. 32 Another improvement that resulted from the experiences in
June was the presence of a radiosonde receiver/recorder for improved balloon
tracking and plotting. This eliminated the need for radar "comer reflectors" on
the balloon train since radar was not to be used as a primary method of tracking
the flights. This is confirmed by Technical Report No. 1, Table VII, "Radiosonde
Reception%," which indicates the use of the radiosonde recorder on all flights
except for no. 7. Flight no. 7 was not recorded by radiosonde because the
equipment was not operable.33 Also Figures 36, 39, 42, and 44 in Technical Report
No. 1, corresponding to the July flights, do not depict comer reflectors. All·
numbered flights (except for no. 9) flown during the July field trip were summa-
rized in NYU Technical Report No 1, Table VII. Flight no. 9 appeared to have
been launched on July 3.34 On July 8, their work completed, 23 members of the
combined NYU and Watson Laboratory group boarded a C-54 aircraft at 1030 AM
and returned to the east coast.35
Based on the above, it appeared likely that the debris found by the rancher and
was subsequently identified as a "flying disc" by personnel from Roswell AAF
was, with a great degree of certainty, MOGUL flight no. 4, launched on June 4,
1947. This conclusion was based on the following:
1. Descriptions of the debris provided by Brazel, Cavitt, Crary's diary, and the
photos of the material displayed in General Ramey's office. These materials were
consistent with the components of a MOGUL service flight, with neoprene
balloons, parchment parachutes, plastic ballast tubes, comer reflectors, a sona-
buoy, and a black electronics box that housed the pressure cutoff switch (Atch 3).
2. According to Brazel's July 8 statement, the debris was recovered on June 14,
obviously eliminating any balloons launched in July.
3. Only two flights launched in June were unaccounted for, i.e., flight nos. 3 and
4. Flight no. 3, most likely would not have had the "unorthodox" configuration
of comer reflectors devised by Moore, who did not arrive until June 1, three days
after flight no. 3 was launched.
32. NYU, Progress Report No. 7, Sect II, p. 5.
33. Crary personal journal, p. 15.
34. Ibid.
35. Ibid., p. 16.