“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…
1947 13
April 1 rocket plotting H-SS, H-T, SS-T.
July 8(Tues) Alamogordo. C-54 off about 1030 with 23 people - all NYU, \-IL including .', E,
Godbee. lt Thompson, Edmondson, Reynolds and myself left. Wote up report on East Coast
Flights for Peoples.
July 9( Wed) Alamogordo. Worked today on balloon flights. Studied \•TL records of them briefly
and wrote a memorandum to Peoples about results. Left in car this P~ late. Flat tire between
Roswell and Tularosa and stayed there.
July 10 Thurs. Changed tire and went into Roswell. Bought new tire. On to El Reno, Okla
today. Stopped in cafe in Hereford, Texas and met Dannie Harns from UGC. Went up to office
and saw Bob Cowder?, PC and Gene Conant, supervisor.
July 11 Fri. From ElRosa to Cherokee. Got note at Cherokee that Jimmie was at Tonkawa and
went over there. Stayed~tonight with J & family.
July 12 Sat. Jim, Pat , Vanessa along with me on aay home. Got to Doolittle, Ark tonight.
July 1a Sun. to cabins in Ohio just out of Springfield.
July 1 Mon. To cabins near Geneva, N.Y.
July 15 Tues. Stopped at Syracuse. Got home about 230. Marion & her baby there.
July 16, 17, 18 At home. Drew in 4 or 5 loads of hay but land very wet and rains inter-
mittently.
July 19 Sat. Marion and I left in Chrysler for Woods Hole to see Dorothy & family. Through
Albany, Springfield, Providence. 463 miles 12 hours. Doc Ewing on Atlantic cruise. Worzel
working on gravity at sea. Saw Geo Woollard and the Ryders. Woollard after Guggenheim
fellowship for next year - positions at WHOI and Princeton are ? very satisfactory.
Jul~ 20 Sun. Saw men working with Worzel at WHOI, Pollak, went over to Vine's new house, saw
Kit and Bump at their house, then out to Ewings, saw Midge & children, Anne •. and Mikey.
July 21 ~:on. '1fent down to WHOl.,; .l'lawcPollak, Bumpus, Worthington. Up Jrd floor and saw Emmons
of NYU, who is finishing up some research work there under Ray Montgomery. Talked with Col-
umbus Iselin for short time. Saw Gil Oakley. Harion & I left about 11 am. ~vent through
Providence, Hartford. Crossed river at Hudson. Met rain last part of trip, not home until
130. Jim & family spent weekend with Steve and Esther in Syracuse.
July 22,23,24 At home. Drew in a little more hay from lot in front of barn but still rain-
ing quite often. Jimmie & family took Thursday PM train to Syracuse to catch tomorrow's
plane to Wichita, Kansas.
July 25, 26,27 At home. Steve and Esther came up Sat night. Marion and I went to Watertown
to pick them up at bus station at midnight. They left again Sun pm on bus from Canton. Chas
Crary up from Canton Sunday PM
July 28,29,30,31,Aug 1. At home. Chrysle to Canton, change plugs, reline wheels - Rained
hard first part of week then clear. Got in lots in back of barn, north of road and front of
house.
Aug 2 Sat. Marion - Bunny and I left 1230 PM, arrived Marcellus about 5 PM. Ate dinner with
Steve and Esther, left Marcellus 730 PM. Through Bingham~on, Scranton, Stroudsburg, Easton.
Arrived in Newtown about 245 am.
Aug 3 Sun. In Newton with Flaggs for dinner. Left Newtown about 5 PM. Arrived Jersey Coast.
Got room on Hwy 35 near White Bite Shop.
Aug 4 Mon. Up to Oakhurst. Went over developments to date with Jim Peoples. Out to lunch with
Lt Ball. This PM Chantz and I surveyed to Sonobuoy site.
Aug 5 Tues. Oakhurst. Worked on Aberdeen results - 2 failures - 1 direct wave. - Worked on
Bermuda run# 2 -Oakhurst and started Bermuda #2 C.M.C.H., Peoples on vacation starting
today.
Aug 6, 7, 8 W•ed, Thurs, Fri. Oakhurst. Worked on Cruises 1 -28 with Vivian and Epstein.
Checked over all recordings of Bermuda #2, .. )<'lig'ht 32. Got sonobuoy survey calculated and
worked up results of Flight 25 B which depended on sonobuoy signal. Started Epstein on wea-
ther data which Wiggett is working on. Wrote letter to Emmons with remaining work to be
done there. Conference Wed pm with Clowry, Carroll, Dubell, Bernhoff of Olmsted regarding
Bermuda and Alamogordo plans. Mr Mears put up balloons with equipmen~ on here at Oakhurst.
Reynolds and Edmondson in and working around lab. Worked some with Eileen on rockets.
Aug 9,10 Asbury Park
Aug 11, 12,13,14,15,16 Oakhurst. Wrote memo regarding Alaskan work and had copies typed up.
Worked most of week on rockets. Plotted altitude against time of origin for April 1, 8
rockets but did not get identical graphs. Tried to vary distance to obtain similiar curves
but this was not possible. Made plots of time vs SS and altitude vs SS in effort to corr-
elate signals ·between stations. Correlated fairly good on 1 April but poor on 8 April.