“Project Mogul”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. 15 …Army GR-3 Sound Ranging Set, TNT Detonation, and Project MOGUL PT Boat
Project MOGUL Neoprene…
- p. 18 …Project MOGUL resulted from two important post-World War II priorities set by the
Commanding General…
- p. 19 …However, too much activity
was going on for the project to remain completely hidden. A MOGUL…
- p. 25 …balloon project, designed to
attempt to monitor Soviet nuclear tests, known as Project MOGUL. Additionally,
several…
- 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 …so because
he was either aware of Project MOGUL and was trying to deflect interest from…
- 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. 46 …First, the
recovered wreckage was from a Project MOGUL balloon. There were no "alien"
passengers therein…
- p. 48 …Illustration of Project MOGUL "Balloon Trains"
26. Two Photos of Project MOGUL "Balloon Trains"
27. Log…
- p. 183 …It was called Project Mogul.
SC: Never heard of it.
RW: Mogul was designed to run…
- p. 195 …Equipments used in
project "Mogul" are common to other systems or sets that are now class…
- p. 201 …secrecy agreements for various projects, and I understand that this activity
(Mogul, etc. is now declassified…
- p. 205 …I was not
aware that the project had the name MOGUL until1992 when I was contacted…
- p. 206 …The Watson Lab gear was the microphone equipment specifically for MOGUL.
The idea was proposed in…
- p. 213 …I have also been contacted by several researchers and writers and discussed project Mogul
and provided…
- p. 217 …We have gone through many of the various technical
documents related to Project Mogul and some…
- p. 218 …Project Mogul was probably involved in this incident. The
materials that were being used in Mogul…
- p. 220 …it
was offered and was the project officer on Mogul. I have some
paperwork here from…
- p. 226 …proving ground across the Tulerosa Valley; and Project
Mogul.
I joined the NYU group in January…
- p. 237 …So you were the project engineer?
A: I was the project engineer, and Schneider was the…
- p. 241 …I
interpreted that as saying someone was covering up on Mogul.
That was my interpretation when…
- p. 242 …so you went, moving into Mogul, you did go on the June
and July field trips…
- p. 244 …The balloons that you did launch for Project Mogul and
some of the other test balloons…
- p. 246 …Mogul was classified,
and he said it had the same classification as the Manhattan
Project had…
- p. 255 …But the
aircraft operation here was entirely to support Project Mogul.
We didn't consider ourselves…
- p. 273 …The balloon was not a weather balloon, but was then a classified project, Project
MOGUL, which…
- p. 274 …I came into being as
the project officer on Project MOGUL about November of 1946. I…
- p. 275 …I remained project officer of Project MOGUL through our move of the
laboratory from Watson Laboratories…
- p. 278 …But we were
aware of the sensitivity and of the weakness of security in Project MOGUL…
- p. 281 …At some point in Project MOGUL did you utilize equipment based at Roswell Army Air
Field…
- p. 289 26
Photographs
Project MOGUL Balloon Trains
- p. 299 …60's; we have no reference to Project MOGUL"
Ms Betsy xxxxxxxxxx
d) Sperry Hagley Museum…
- p. 300 …Archivist (202) 504-5416
"no records of Project Mogul; recommend checking with DOE historian or the…
- p. 318 …The project's classified code name was MOGUL.
The current investigation discovered that an experimental ba1loon…
- p. 319 PROJECT MOGUL
Project MOGUL was first conceived by Dr. Maurice Ewing of Columbia University,
NY, and…
- p. 320 …Over the course of the project, MOGUL
had three military project officers, or "chiefs": Maj Robert…
- p. 321 Air Forces, in conjunction with Project MOGUL. 10 The NYU "balloon group" was
to develop and…
- p. 322 …advance team made the first launch for Project MOGUL from Alamogordo
(NYU flight no. 3). The…
- p. 323 …Radiosondes, along with aircraft, were to be
the primary method to track the Project MOGUL balloons…
- p. 326 …Over the course of Project MoGUL,
several balloons had landed and been recovered from that area…
- p. 327 …There, it was identified
by Colonel Duffy, under whose purview Project MOGUL operated. Colonel Duffy,
a…
- p. 328 …briefing bf the
projects, including constant-level balloons, that made up Project MOGUL.40 While
crashed…
- 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. 331 …Project MoGUL Classification Letter
10. Drawing of "Hieroglyphics" by Prof. C.B. Moore
11. Alamogordo Daily…
- p. 411 …Crane as
Project Officer for MOGUL and
TORRID
June 18, 1946
- p. 810 …Gave him memo of progress report
for MOGUL project to date, talked to Lt Dyer of…
- p. 975 …a strong influence on the high-
priority Project MoGUL (see Apps 8 and 9 ). He also…
- p. 979 …Crary (left) and technician
Phil Chantz taking a break during
Project MOGUL operations at White
Sands…
- p. 980 …received and
resulted in the initiation
of Project MOGUL (see
App 6 ). Photo Courtesy of
Woods…
- p. 981 …Marcellus Duffy, a highly capable scientific
research officer, was a MOGUL project officer. Maj. Gen.
Curtis…
- p. 982 MOGUL Project Scientist Dr.
James Peoples. Peoples's deci-
sion not to bring the radiosonde
tracking…
- p. 984 …This modified PT boat that was assigned to Project MOGUL is
shown here off Block Island…
- p. 985 Launch of Project MOGUL neoprene balloons, Alamogordo AAF,
NM, June 1947. While awaiting the experimental polyethylene…
- p. 986 …Moore (right and reaching down) prepares
experimental Project MOGUL microphones for launch (Holloman AFB, Alamogor-
do…
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~·a.rcr 9 c:un. Left Olmsted 0934 am - c47, Manjak and Schneider and landed at Newark 1130
~hompson and I took train to Asbury Park from Pa station. In Asbury Park 3 pm
March 10 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flight 25, Parts 1 and 2. Started Eileen
on V-2 rocket ~ecordings.
~arch 11 Tues Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on Flights 25, 24. Flight 26 off today, Part
1 at 9, part 2 at 2 pm. Good results! Eileen on V2 rocket March 7, Dona Site.
March 12 Wed Oakhurst. Vivian and I worked on records - Flight 26, and started Flight 23.
Eileen worked on Dona site , V-2. Thompson and I went over Alamogordo plans.
March 1J lhurs Oakhurst. Worked with Vivian some on Flight 23 and 22. Worked on Tularosa
site of V2 - 7 March. Eileen worked on Launching Site, V-2. Flight 27 today - at 12 noon
and at 4 pm. Probably last of flights.
March 14 Fri Oakhurst. Vivian worked on identification of returns, last~~=5 cruises. gave
good sky waves. Trakowski, Peoples and myselfwrote up report for General Reves on overall
program to be hand carried by Thompson to Washington. Eileen worked on V-2 records, #21
March 15 Sat Oakhurst. Worked up survey of Launching .irea and Tuleroso sites lc plotted all
sites on air map. Worked on V2 rocket March 7 records.
March 16 Sun Oakhurst. Worked· on fon~ula for amnnd correction un.:t.il 2 p11 - went over to
McCurdys tonight.
March 17 Mon Oakhurst. Vivian plotted up all last sky waves. Worked on eqpt list for Alamo-
gordo. Worked on formulas for wind correction. , , ,
March 18 Tues Oakhurst. Worked with V. Checked through all March 13 records.,. Worked on
Woods Hole recordings pm. Eileen working on V-2 rockets.
March 19 Wed Oakhurst. Reviewed Flight 24A trying to get, some azimuths .from Oakhurst but
records very poor. Reviewed records of ·Jan 2Jrd and started on stratosphere calculations.
Eileen working on corrections Jan 20 V2 rocket from meteorological data. Baten? in from
Florida Field Station, ready to go to Alamogordo next Tuesday.
March20 Thursday, Oakhurst. Went over final calculations for stratosphere data using
seiSJiic methods, of Jan 23 data with Vivian. Got V=J25 at 3 kms. Studied azimuths on that
data and got w = 10 m/sec coming from south on June 2Jrd. Worked with Eileen on rocket
Jan 20thcorrecting for met data and plotting final H against X in kms from surface for
up data.
March 21 Friday Oakhurst. Worked on Alamogordo plans - Lewis & Clowry over this pm and we
went over all future plans including bombing for Alamogordo. Worked on rocket data with
Eileen and on flight data with Y, S,1-4tpanoff on ray paths of Dec 13
March 22 Saturday Oakhurst. Went over all V2 rocket data. Studied azimuth - elevation
graphs & studied WAC Corporal of 3 March. Caught 534 train from Asbury Park - 1045
sleeper out of NYC
Marcb 21 Sunday. At boae. Arrived Cant.on abo~'!ow9. lo@;t'~1 .qn sleep~::r, tonight &bpltt 8 pm
March 24 Monday. Arrived NYC about 7. At 0930 went up J.o Math DQ&rtment at NYU - Washington
Square. Met Mr Bennett of WL. Found that Dr. Courant would not be in until late and decided
not to wait but caught 104o train to Asbury Park. Went over shipment ready for Alamogordo
and over work for Vivian and Eileen. Packing tonight.
March 25 Tuesday Truck at Oakhurst at 9 with scales - all equipment weighed - about 3500#
total including TORRID. Edmonton, Reynolds, Thompson, Porter, Godbie? and I left about 10
and went through to Mitchell Field in staff car. B-17, Carroll, pilot -- co-pilot. Left
Mitchel Field about 3 pm. High level winds - went southern route - stayed at Maxwell Field
Alabama tonight. Thompson stayed behind waiting for B-45
March 26 Wednesday, Left Maxwell Field, AlL.labout 9 and landed in Alamorgoro J pm
March 27 Thursday Alamogordo. Phil, Beynilds and I went out to Tower site, took in all wires,
Pulled down tent and Rubicon equipment and took it over to new site west of Lake Lucero.
Strung out wire, surveyed in site & set up Rubicon tent. Sal, Edmonson, Godbie?, Porter
weighing in equipment in Alamogordo air base.
March 28 Friday. Alamogordo. Went out with Godlers, Porter to White Sands west of air base.
Located site and surveyed it, put up shelter and set up GR). Phil and Reynolds went up tp
Tularosa site, Sal and Edmondson worked on GR8 and low frequency equipment, Thompson in
with B-45 from Newark.
March 29 Sat Alamogordo
March 10 Sun Alamogordo. Phil and I went out to Dona site and picked up some equipment and
then out to Lucero site. Set up Rubicon and took a record. Tried to get through to Tularosa
site west of White Sands but couldnt find road.