“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…
ni 0 1. Otural. York AcgOJIPlishe4
A ooDt'ereDCe vaa held on Ma7 l at MinDB&polia vith Mr.
0. C. V1naen of General Mills concerning the mazmtacture of
ball.oou b.r General MUla tor thia project. At the present tU.
tbia coapaD.J ca.nDOt supJ)l7 ua w1 th balloons until 1a...,.. clee.rance
ia obtained, bat it is hoped that arrange11enta ee.n be completed
in the De&1" future. The type ot balloona manufactured br <eneral
MUla aeeu to be well suited to the n.eda ot this proJect.
On Ka7 8 a trip waa •de to Lehlch Uni Terai t7, Bethlehea,
Pa. 1 to fl7 a cluster ot Mteorological be.l.loona caJ'I'1i:ac Vataoll
Laboratories equip88nt. ViDdl developed during launch1ng aZid the
'-lloou escal*f when the reetraininc lioes snapped wxler the
atrain, C&JT1iD& balloou aloft without pa7load.
Aa a ~eul t ot this incident, two conaluaiou were
dJ'&1nll lira._, that a DIY launohi.aa techniqu. waa oeededJ aeooad,
tbat uot.ber laUDChiDC ai te auat be selected ofteri.aa eouistent.l7
Gila viDda d11ri111 laUDOhinc. It wa decided to make the DeXt
nlcbu at J.l..,gordo, .., Maico, earl7 in JUlie.
Oil 1fa7 14 a conterence vas held at the Vulcan ProofiDC
Co., ill Brookl.J"A. I.I. to diacuaa the posaibilit7 ot this eoapaa;r
telti!ll TU'ioua tJP~a of fabric am ru. uaed in the -.nutacture
ef 'balloou. It vaa l.p'Md tba t tM coapaiQ' vould aka tbe desin4
testa vblll orderecl bT ua.
'na. h1cb poiDt ot the •nt.h• • act1T1 t1ea vaa tbe upartve
tw .U..pl'do Oil Jlq ,1, aal tM bal&DCe of the .,ntla vaa spent
1a .__~ration et equi~Jlt tor the n1pt.8 to be ada there.
lepa/tvl waa .ada troa Olaatea4 field, Middletown, Pa. ill a c-1.7
t.nillbe4 bJ tbe Vat808 Laboratories.
2. a..w, Prob1••
Ill ..-Nl, pron... r.atn t~w .... •• tbo .. d1acwa ... 1a
~ pJ"n1ou nport, ..,..171 ·tU detendnation ot the relatiw •rita
at 'f&ri.ou ballooa ru.. tal fabric• an.UabliJ the &DlllJii• of the
alUtude ooiiUol 4ni.cee to be WledJ am the ni&ht testi111 of the
eq1&1s-a\ M be UMd. ia prel.bdDa17 vork. All of theM probl_. an
..U\ tuUaer tliP"• u4 d.ell••I'J' ot equipMilt ordered betoJ"e
I01aUea .. '- attapte.t.
J•. !.'sl t.aUoMa
fte IJ'Mtlat b1Dd•r1DS taotor ill the prosre•• ot work ia tbe
1aek at nallable apace. The prefabricated build1nc to be tundahlll
lr tM Pft~ll\ lUider \1M tenaa of the colltract 1• aov 110re upa\17