“G. A.”60+ pages
- p. 33 …The specific Air Staff/Secretariat offices queried included the following:
(a) SAF I AAI, Directorate of…
- p. 75 …the Public Information Officer, Walter G. Haut,
issued a news release that the Amry Air Force…
- p. 104 …vt. G. Hilburn, f'onner Assistant Base Adj•lba.nt, transferred
~~ Squedr~n "A", 427th AAF…
- p. 114 …SFERRED
A. OfFICE , •. STORAGE A. FILE CABINETS (No.) 1. TRANS. FILES (.Yo.) lc SHELVING (Li•. Fl…
- p. 133 …reporti.Dc aot later t:t:.a date 1Jl41catecU
8 Jplx 1947 Cl&tl
Lt. G…
- p. 143 …9:15 A.l:.
9:15 A.~.
9:40 li..M.
9:43 A.ll.
9…
- p. 144 …on fhone requesting a B-29 be sent to
Blackstone, Va. for a celebration by the…
- p. 198 …Cor.anandinr; G~nerel, Army Air Forces, \'/aehint;ton 25, D. C.
ATTN s AC/AS…
- p. 282 …I then went into industry, and I worked for EG&G, a high-
technology company based…
- p. 303 …AlllllffO
PAirrS OP rNF ./OSS.tMM:Y WI./.£ FIT AND
01'€/t.ttrl /It A PROYFA…
- p. 307 …I do not want a lawyer. lamwi · g to answer questions or make a statement or…
- p. 322 …4 consisted of a "cluster of (meteor(>logi-
cal) balloons" and a "regular sonobuoy."23 Presumably…
- p. 401 …a.:-:1!! of the sound channel would also
b~ detectable by l1!te~1r.g at…
- p. 407 …dribble constructed of a five (5) gallon tin incorporating e 11etered
jet to allow a predetermined…
- p. 418 …O.oJ nnel KN'$~.ll.!a G, ~ftr. 0-18373.. «C •.• _~ ..
Retent1Qn: Indefinite. No known replacement…
- p. 436 …A typical night using
constant ballast flow at a rate slightl7 exceeding leakage losses
is shown…
- p. 437 Fig • 9 is a typical night with DO ballaet. !he night train· tor
these flights ia…
- p. 472 …the tloa tin_g level. (The
switch is set so that a rate of change ot…
- p. 483 We may use this equation to approximate the rise of a full balloon
system when controlled…
- p. 488 …A = 2.39 x 108 col I erg
Cp = specific heat at constant pressure
g = acceleration…
- p. 490 …flow, Is and a co-
efficient of leakage,Cd•
(1) where g is the acceleration
due…
- p. 495 …lf • 50 ~ tof:g}af =7820 GII/HR
Values for leakage at several different altitudes…
- p. 506 …tight upon release of this internal pressure.
G. A Ge.tleral Equa.ttc:m of Motion…
- p. 509 …It is for this reason that a non-extensible balloon is said to be
in a…
- p. 510 …a g I -'- (~ .!L)
F, = vb Pa LAo To - Tg Rp + Ro
Discussions of the contamination…
- p. 511 …or 9J <{J)G · dt dt lc
We might also have a control tbl t will…
- p. 512 …1t> !!A_} is the- time during which pressure change of
the airdlurro8h!1~g the balloon…
- p. 523 …The performar.ce specifications are as follows:
(a) Rotation: one revolution every 12 hours
(b) Duration…
- p. 528 …Adjustments are made on the adjusting
screw {L) and the lower ring {G) before each flight…
- p. 536 …flight, a 65-pound load was lifted with a linear array of 28
350-g~ rubber…
- p. 553 …On Plight 43 the tiret model ot an Olland-o7cle pressure modulator was
tlown with a…
- p. 558 …and a satisfactory Olland-cycle
pressure modulator~& also used .for over 5 hours to give height…
- p. 560 …This flight was released at night with a fixed ballast flow of about 300
~rams per…
- p. 573 …Flight 82 is a good example of i'light using a single
fixed-leak orifice for…
- p. 574 …Below the baroswitoh a standard T-69 radiosonde was
supported with a parachute stuffed into a…
- p. 577 Fli.g!lt 89: Released from Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1005 MST, August 26, 1948
Not recovered…
- p. 584 …a near-floating condition for about four hours when the transmitter
40
/ llllllff-~ CUIIVK ~
ICIUMD G…
- p. 589 …With a loss of 10°C superheat, and a limited flow (900 grams per hours), it…
- p. 594 …flight a high loss of lifting gas caused the total ballast
load ot 600 g~s…
- p. 610 …g. Low brittle temperature
h. High transparency to heat redie.tion
Table I is a qualitative…
- p. 625 …C"N-~.~-
8 "/)/A.,=_--.s:¥::J.i:;##
PuRD.t.;f.T..t:Jte fiL relf! ----....
CA…
- p. 630 …11A rt:~IA.t. - B.t.owN Pr.eex
G£.A.5S
"A1-e CHA/"'f1J4…
- p. 646 …rate of rise in feet per minute
G : g~oss lift in grams
For our purposes…
- p. 650 (Approximate)
where G • gross load
A chart, Figure 24, has beendrawn up, based on this equation…
- p. 652 ~G = G X ~X (1 • K) K
T
where t::.. G = loss of lift
G =gross…
- p. 675 III
II
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I
rl G 01
NYU BALLOON PROJCT
FLt8ht 5
DAT£ 6-5-4…
- p. 680 …Fl G 36
NYU BALLOON PROJECT
FLlGHT 7
D<ll-e: 7-2-47 E 0…
- p. 683 …n..1m•tter
Fl G.3 9
NYU BALLOON FROJtCT
FLIGHT 8
D a. te 7…
- p. 686 …to a thtmble
a.nd attached to re1n forced pCltches
at alterna.te .sea.m.s…
- p. 688 …H.A.Smtth Inc. v.11th reinforced
blowout pa.tches to vent 9Q.b when
f1red…
- p. 690 …G.M.. OO!"pol.yettHlent- balloon
w1th 1ncend.1a. ry pa.tch on e~:~u a…
- p. 713 …OBSTRUCTIONS TO AIR NAVIGATION
A. WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, PROV»>G GROUND -NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - RELEASE…
- p. 731 …2. "Progress in Developing a Constant-Level Balloon", Report by Dewey and
Almy Chemical Company, Cambridge…
- p. 732 …Lugeon, Jean, "Le Poste Aerologique de la Station Centrale de
Meteorologie a Payerne et les nourelles…
- p. 742 …The automatic control is needed for flights
lasting through a period in which day changes to…
- p. 749 …1\\a Mr. o. c. Vinsea to C.B. Moore on rlait.
5/l'J/47…
- p. 761 The follo'W1.n.g personnel lolere hired but later resigned:
1!.!.!!
Robert 't:isnieff
Robert…
- p. 770 …diameter ballgons made
from polyethylene .00411
polyethylene .008 11
saran • 00~25 11 aDd a
fortisan…
- p. 775 …g o! Ul ins":.tument coiilpany whicr. wo,.tld cor.struct
the altitude control devices. A…
- p. 779 …As a result of this preliminary study a sub-contn:.ct was
given to H. A…
related to unidentified flying objects and/ or the crash of a weather balloon near the base
in the June/July 1947 time frame. The results of this search were as follows:
509th Bomb Group (H) - June/July 1947 - One brief passage mentioning the Office
of Public Affairs and "flying disc" activities
in GP-509-Hl, July 1947, p. 39 (see
Appendix 1).
393rd Bomb Sqdn
715th Bomb Sqdn
830th Bomb Sqdn
1027th Air Materiel
Sqdn
427th AAF Base Unit
- No AFHRA files for June/July 1947.
- No AFHRA files for June/July 1947.
- Nothing in unit history for 24 May 1946-23 June 1947 (SQ-
BOMB-830-HI, 24 May 1946-23 June 1947).
- Nothing in unit history for 17 Dec 1944-Nov 1947
(SQ-SV-1027-HI, 17 Dec 1944-Nov 1947).
- This unit's historical reports are included in Roswell AAFld
installation histories (AFHRA series 288.17-28, 1947). No
mention of Roswell incident found.
390th Air Service Sqdn - No AFHRA files for June/July 1947.
1395th Military Police - No AFHRA files for June/July 1947.
Company (Aviation)
603rd Air Engineering - Nothing in unit history for Feb-Nov 1947 (SQ-ENGR-603-
Sqdn HI, Feb-Nov 1947).
It should be noted that the period from approximately 1946 to 1950 is the least well
documented era in the Air Force's unit history program. During this time of drastically
reduced forces and peacetime concerns, major unit histories were frequently thin and
their content sketchy at best Small units, especially support units, frequently did not
submit histories at all dUring the 1946-1947 period. Although we cannot be absolutely
sure that the histories marked "no holding" in the above list were never written, it
appears virtually certain that they were not, in fact, ever created. H written, there is
good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never
received those indicated as absent from the AFHRA collection.
Result of the Search - Base Histories
On 3 March 1994 the Agency's files of Roswell AAFld histories for June/July 1947 were
examined. These base or installation histories are designated AFHRA 288.17-28, Roswell
AAFld Histories, Jan 1946-Dec 1947 (3 vols). These histories amount to approximately
two linear inches and are largely concerned with administrative matters (number of