“small beings”49 pages
- p. 17 …Others remain nonbelievers or
at least skeptical of the existence of alien beings and elusive vehicles…
- p. 19 …Moreover, operational necessity required that these balloons be launched during daylight
hours. It was therefore not…
- p. 30 …This has since grown from a minimal amount of debris recovered from
a small area to…
- p. 35 …This included, for example, a small
amount of missing "decimal files" from the 509th Bomb Group…
- p. 36 …This was a small section of the July Historical Report for the 509th Bomb Group
and…
- p. 37 …To believe that such operational and high-level security activity could be
conducted solely by relying…
- p. 39 …The foil-rubber material could not
be tom like ordinary aluminum foil can be tom... "
Sally…
- p. 40 …Although there does not appear to be much dispute that
Cavitt was involved in the material…
- p. 43 …Lt Col Cavitt described a small area of debris which appeared, "to
resemble bamboo type square…
- p. 72 …being per:ormed on these bodies.
The bodies were described as the body of a small…
- p. 99 …It should be noted that the period from approximately 1946 to 1950 is the least well…
- p. 105 …Several small projects were completed during ~1e mont.~ includine
signs on all the·office doors, a…
- p. 149 …Streett 1s
office recaumends against it on the ground that that is a
small enterprize down…
- p. 159 …I do not recall the incident being mentioned again as being any big
deal and I…
- p. 201 …We even simulated a small lightning strike over dry snow (just
from the snow blowing over…
- p. 258 …Big plastic
balloon with small auxiliary plastics," etc. "Watson Lab and
gear." "Followed" (inaudible) "receiver until…
- p. 261 …explain bodies or material that can't be
folded) by a sledge hammer.
Q: Let's…
- p. 328 …The witnesses have recalled small pink/purple "flowers" that appeared I to be
some sort of…
- p. 401 …b7 how ra*
the receiver •7 be re110ve~ .t'rows the pre~er. red height withqut…
- p. 443 …geostrophic wind (the latter being
derived under certain simplifying assumptions) and since the
geometry of the…
- p. 458 …Two designs which compro-
mise extreme cost (required for balloons of high internal pressure)
with small…
- p. 479 …This means that several hours might be required to fall through
the lanes of aircraft traffic…
- p. 484 …The change in drag effect may be realized by a decrease of
relative size of the…
- p. 487 (a)
Then:
(9)
or for small temperature differences:
(10) : - _L (.AI.)1-B T
the nega…
- p. 490 …gas of a balloon can be lost by:
leakage through small holes in the fabric or…
- p. 491 …for l:n•y small section of altitude is assumed
to be constant); and re.J…
- p. 506 in the preceding, section on diffusion end leakage the appendix
opening should be small. It can…
- p. 521 …is li~ited as indicated
above, small variations may be detected with the result
that it…
- p. 555 …being exposed about 10 hours
at cold temperature. (:S) During the floating period :many small oscilla…
- p. 565 …The very usef.ul information about be.llast flow was reported clearly, and
the principle of…
- p. 566 …Since the small external appendix with cardboard stiffeners was not
suitable for the large balloon, a…
- p. 580 …Following the initial activation at about 38,500 feet, small oscillations were
introduced into the flight…
- p. 614 …Figure 4 shows this appendix construction on a General M lls balloon which
is being inflated…
- p. 652 …At high altitudes, a difference of 40°C may
be expected in the temperature of the…
- p. 658 …To facilitate handling of the
line segments each length is prepared with a small hook on…
- p. 672 signals may be arranged so as to consume a very
small portion of -transmission time.
D…
- p. 738 …These values may
be compared with a diffusion loss of lift of the order
of magnitude…
- p. 742 …The constancy of level will be better the lower the
diffusion and the lower, therefore, the…
- p. 762 …te
.::mrcht:.se of small item£. A furth..:r rec:uest ~s been subr:rl tte…
- p. 783 …be of such a valve that
with a large r~diosonde frequency variation for a small…
- p. 785 …It is expected that this
equipment will be flown about 8 l-1ay. A description of…
- p. 815 …Before gear could be recovered, most of it had be~~tolen. Stations operating
at north hanger…
- p. 842 …Range started to slowly increase as did elevation with azimuth being
stationary. The echo remained beyond…
- p. 862 …By using this
stressed tape design, much larger loads may be carried than
the thin polyethylene…
- p. 874 …At this point, two small holes about
18" apart have been made, and the rip line…
- p. 881 …If thodolite stadia determinations are being
made, the banner can be used as one of the…
- p. 898 …laid out, A small amount of gas at very low pressure
Should be valved into the…
- p. 910 …The motor gears may be cleaned with
carbon tetrachloride and a small clean brush.
If the…
- p. 918 …Each combination of dots or dashes may be identified
by ear, and with a calibration chart…
difficult, but if the two elliptic.al shot bags are em-
ployed, they must be lifted simultaneously upward and
outward away from the balloon. As the cell rises, each
piece of gear must be cradled by its bearer allowing it
to be lifted vertically when the balloon passes overhead.
In many instances where the wind direction is ~ot constant
at the surface or changes as the balloon goes upward, and
exact downwind positioning of launching personnel will be
difficult. It is often necessary for these men to run to
one side or forward or baekward to get directly beneath
the balloon. In cases of extreme wind speed, it has been
found necessary to load the lower pieces of equipment on to
a truck bed before release of balloon and launch 1t by
driving underneath the balloon.
It is possible to estimate the space required to launch a
train of given length if the wind speed is known. By using
the computed figure for rate of rise, the length of time re-
quired to lift the entire train is found. The distance
the bubble will travel during this time is proportionate to
the wind speed. For example, if a train 250 feet long is
launched with the rate of rise at 500 feet per minute, a
bubble will move downwind at 660 feet if the wind is 15
miles per hour (22 feet per second), and the man at the end
of the equipment train must cover 410 feet in 30 seconds
carrying the gear with him.
The use of a restraining line attached to the load line above
any heavy gear or delicate gear is recommended. A loop in
this restraining line is attached to a winch mounted on a
track a few hundred feet downwind of the lowest piece of
gear, or is held by a well-gloved man. The safety ~~ights
are attached near the end of this line. The balloon tends
to pull the gear in beneath itself in calm or light winds,
and may pull sidewise if the train alignment is not perfectly
downwind; the restraining line withstands this pull. Thus
tethered, the b•lloon is forced to come overhead of the equip-
ment bearers, and they are able to launch with less diffi-
culty and danger of equipment damage. If the apparent ascent
rate is too slow, the restraining line is cut between the
.safety weights and the other pieces of equipment. If the rate
of rise appears to be high enough, the restraining line is
severed below the safety weights and they rise, completing
the launch:i.ng.
VII. TRACKING AND ALTITUDE DETERMINATION
Following release, it is often necessary to know the position
of the balloon and its height as long as possible. Several
methods of position and height determination have been found
useful. Advantages and limitations of each system are given.
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