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- 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
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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. 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. 307 …other· icial, non-judicial, or administrative
proceedings.
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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…
23-24). These interviews confirmed that Project MOGUL was a compartmented,
sensitive effort. The NYU group was responsible for developing constant level
balloons and telemetering equipment that would remain at specified altitudes
(within the acoustic duct) while a group from Columbia was to develop acoustic
sensors. Doctor Spilhaus, Professor Moore, and certain others of the group were
aware of the actual purpose of the project, but they did not know of the project
nickname at the time. They handled casual inquiries and/ or scientific inqui-
ries/papers in terms of "unclassified meteorological or balloon research." Newly
hired employees were not made aware that there was anything special or
classified about their work; they were told only that their work dealt with
meteorological equipment.
An advance ground team, led by Albert P. Crary, preceded the NYU group to
Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, setting up ground sensors and
obtaining facilities for the NYU group. Upon their arrival, Professor Moore and
his team experimented with various configurations of neoprene balloons;
development of balloon "trains" (see illustration, Atch 25); automatic ballast
systems; and use of Naval sonobuoys (as the Watson Lab acoustical sensors had
not yet arrived). They also launched what they called "service flights." These
"service flights" were not logged nor fully accounted for in the published
Technical Reports generated as a result of the contract between NYU and Watson
Labs. According to Professor Moore, the "service flights" were composed of
balloons, radar reflectors, and payloads specifically designed to test acoustic
sensors (both early sonobuoys and the later Watson Labs devices). The "payload
equipment" was expendable, and some carried no "Reward" or "Return to ... "
tags because there was to be no association between these flights and the logged
constant altitude flights which were fully acknowledged. The NYU balloon flights
were listed sequentially in their reports (i.e., A, B, or 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 ... ), yet gaps
existed for Flights 2-4 and Flight 9. The interview with Professor Moore indicated
that these gaps were the unlogged "service flights."
Professor Moore, the on-scene Project Engineer, gave detailed information
concerning his team's efforts. He recalled that radar targets were used for tracking
balloons because they did not have all the necessary equipment when they first
arrived in New Mexico. Some of the early developmental radar targets were
manufactured by a toy or novelty company. These targets were made up of
aluminum "foil" or foil-backed paper, balsa wood beams that were coated in an
"Elmer's-type" glue to enhance their durability, acetate and/or cloth reinforcing
tape, single strand and braided nylon twine, brass eyelets and swivels to form a
multi-faced reflector somewhat similar in construction to a box kite (see photo-
graphs, Atch 26). Some of these targets were also assembled with purplish-pink
tape with symbols on it (see drawing by Moore with Atch 21).
According to the log summary (Atch 27) of the NYU group, Flight A through
Flight 7 (November 20, 1946-July 2, 1947) were made with neoprene meteorologi-
cal balloons (as opposed to the later flights made with polyethylene balloons).
Professor Moore stated that the neoprene balloons were susceptible to degrada-
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