“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…
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.