“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…
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