“Moore”60+ pages
- p. 6 …Special thanks go to Athelstan and Kathy Spilhaus, Charles
and Wilma Moore, Col. Albert and Jean…
- p. 12 …June 3, 1994
21. Statement, Charles B. Moore, June 8, 1994, and Hieroglyphic and Balloon
Train…
- p. 13 …8, 1946
10. Hieroglyphic Drawing, Charles B. Moore, August 28, 1992
11. Alamogordo News, "Fantasy of…
- p. 14 …F. Spilhaus, C.S. Schneider, C.B. Moore, "Controlled-Altitude
Free Balloons," Journal of Meteorology, Vol…
- p. 15 …Trakowski and Dr. James Peoples
Charles B. Moore
U.S. Army GR-3 Sound Ranging Set…
- p. 18 …contributions to Antarctic research; and Charles B. Moore, Project
Engineer at NYU and an atmospheric physicist…
- p. 29 …crashed UFO. Similarly, two authors, William L.
Moore and Charles Berlitz, also engaged in research which…
- p. 31 …The Roswell Incident
(1980) by William Moore and Charles Berlitz; "Crashed Saucers: Evidence in
Search of…
- p. 41 …Additionally, transcripts of the interview with Moore and Trakowski are also
included (equipment malfunctioned during the…
- p. 42 …The interview with Professor Moore indicated
that these gaps were the unlogged "service flights."
Professor Moore…
- p. 43 …The material and a "black box," described by Cavitt, was, in Moore's
scientific opinion, most…
- p. 44 …device. These
persons included Professor Charles B. Moore, Robert Todd, and coincidentally,
Karl Pflock, a researcher…
- p. 45 …An actual
device was also obtained for study with the assistance of Professor Moore. (The
example…
- p. 48 …Signed Sworn Statement of Moore, June 8, 1994
22. Signed Sworn Statement of Trakowski, June 29…
- p. 171 …Berlitz and Moore?
MC: Now, you see, he was here at the house. I've heard…
- p. 185 …Was it with Berlitz and Moore?
SC: Our son sent this book to us.
RW: This…
- p. 201 …I recommend you check with Charlie Moore for
those details. Many of the projects I just…
- p. 203 21
Statement, with Hieroglyphic and
Balloon Train Drawings
Charles B. Moore
June 8, 1994
- p. 205 …NM
C/3!_4
I, Charles B Moore, hereby state that Jeffrey Buder, was identified as…
- p. 206 …it was in about 1980 that William Moore contacted me and asked questions about
balloons making…
- p. 208 …saw one of these targets more than
20 years ago . )
c.a. Moore
August 28, 1992
- p. 213 …Charlie Moore was primarily responsible for
development of the constant level balloons for lifting the instrument…
- p. 215 …Col Jeffrey Butler and 1st Lt James
McAndrew with Professor Charles
B. Moore
June 8, 1994
- p. 217 Transcript from 8 June 94, Interview with
Professor Charles Moore
(A) Professor Charles Moore
Project Engineer…
- p. 218 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
you've talked with also. Colonel Weaver talked with Sheridan
Cavitt…
- p. 219 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
not leave any creases. This material looks like it would almost…
- p. 220 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: we have tried to reach Colonel Trakowski, and he has…
- p. 221 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 5
A: .•. much of which we can copy and make it…
- p. 222 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 6
Q: w.w. Brazel mentions eyelets which appear in the…
- p. 223 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
A: A guy named Sam Kay formed a company and it…
- p. 224 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
A: That's about two mil polyethylene here.
Q: Obviously, you…
- p. 225 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
At the same time, then Captain Fletcher was assigned •••
Duffy had…
- p. 226 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
strings from these four corners. Obviously, trying to take
something that…
- p. 227 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 11
balloons out of a Goodyear film called pliofilm. It was…
- p. 228 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 12
this manual in '44. I was commissioned in September of…
- p. 229 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 13
A: No, we didn't.
Q: Not a letter or…
- p. 230 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: The early nylon line, would it have degraded, such as…
- p. 231 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 15
June 4th, "Out to Tulerosa Range and fired charges between…
- p. 232 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 16
have ambiguities. You don't know if it went up…
- p. 233 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 17
A: What the wind did.
The description that Brazel gives…
- p. 234 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 18
executive officer of a flight detachment at Newark Airport. I…
- p. 235 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: He was unsuccessful?
A: He was unsuccessful.
Q: What method…
- p. 236 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: How did you come in possession of it?
A: Todd…
- p. 237 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 21
It's of interest, in the Holloman report there's…
- p. 238 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 22
A: No. we were the balloonists. This was all ground…
- p. 239 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 23
Here's a nice paper that came through courtesy of…
- p. 240 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: No.
A: He worked for a Tracer lab and is…
- p. 241 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
A: There's a gray area here. I was certainly aware…
- p. 242 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
A: Oh, yeah. I visited people in Washington.
Q: Just for…
- p. 243 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: But you had them available for study, but you didn…
- p. 244 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 28
Q: so is that pretty much maybe a condition of…
- p. 245 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Q: The service flights were which ones?
A: The ones carrying…
- p. 246 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
"Excluded are those two tests' special gear in launches which
were…
- p. 247 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 31
Q: so you made your plan in New York to…
- p. 248 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/~/94 32
from north hangar and from Cloudcroft for awhile. Nothing from
Roswell…
- p. 249 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
A: By a pressure switch.
Q: were those tracked? Was there…
- p. 250 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 34
miles. Then he had Don Edmondson went to Silver City…
- p. 251 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94 35
A: Brush recorders. (Strip charge) recorders feeding out
at high…
- p. 252 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
Brazel gives the impression that it is the smoky rubber of…
- p. 253 PROFESSOR MOORE - 6/8/94
A: As I say, I find it hard to think that…
balloon files; Neal Stark and Jack Griffin, of the Geophysical Directorate's Aerospace
Engineering Group, whose corporate knowledge of Air Force ballooning answered many
difficult questions; and to historian Ruth Liebowitz for sharing her files and photographs.
Many. thanks also to Sheilagh Banacos in Information Management and Evelyn Kindler
of the Public Affairs Office.
At the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, it was a
pleasure to collaborate with archivist Edward Reese of the Military Reference Branch. Mr.
Reese, who retired in October 1994 after more than fifty-three years of faithful civil
service, provided a much-welcomed professional logic and calm to our endeavors. Also
at the Military Reference Branch, Wil Mahoney's knowledge of Air Force records proved
invaluable. At the Washington National Records Center in Suitland, MD, we thank
Reference Section archivist Carry Conn, who patiently led us through the stacks, and
Richard Boylan, Reference Branch Assistant Chief, for his truly prodigious memory. At
the National Personnel Records Center, in St. Louis, MO, archivists Bill Siebert and Eric
Voltz helped to map out a search plan, while Carl Paulson capably guided us through it.
Pearline Foster shared her time, personnel, and an all-important photocopier. At National
Archives II in College Park, MD, Allen Lewis graciously provided access to their
excellent facilities.
Numerous individuals agreed to be interviewed for this publication. We would like to
express our sincerest thanks to them and their spouses for helping guide us through the
complex maze of names, projects, and places that had been shrouded in secrecy by the
passing of nearly fifty years. Special thanks go to Athelstan and Kathy Spilhaus, Charles
and Wilma Moore, Col. Albert and Jean Trakowski, Lt. Col. Sheridan and Mary Cavitt,
and Maj. Irving Newton, USAF (Ret). Also sincerest thanks to Mrs. Emily Duffy and
Mrs. Mildred Crary for sharing their recollections and photographs of their distinguished
husbands.
We also put to good use the fine reference facilities at the Naval Research Laboratory in
Washington, DC, and thank Eileen Pickenpaugh, the Deputy Librarian, Murray Bradley,
head of Research Reports Section, and Ralph Peterson, the Research Report Librarian, all
of whom helped immeasurably to make our searches easier.
Our thanks go also to the men and women of the 913th Airlift Wing (AFRES) at Willow
Grove ARS, PA, especially to Col. Richard Moss, the 913th Airlift Wing Commander,
and Lt. Col. (Col. Select) Robert Hunter, the 913th Logistics Group Commander, for
providing end-of-year assistance. And we are grateful to CMSgt. Michael Breitenbach,
for sharing his very useful experiences and insights.
We are most grateful to the members of Air Force Publishing-Ray Del Villar, Linda
Garmon, and Jack Fischer-who brought this publication into print, and to SRA Garrety
Wood of the 11th Communication Squadron Photo Lab for excellent photo reproduction
services.
In the course of researching and writing this report, numerous other individuals
contributed to the success of the project. Among them were Col. Gerald Merritt, Director,
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