The Roswell Report: Case Closed

Dummy Drop Procedures
For the majority of the tests, dummies were flown to altitudes
between 30,000 and 98,000 feet attached to a specially designed rack
suspended below a high altitude balloon. 49 On several flights the
dummies were mounted in the door of an experimental high altitude
balloon gondola. 5° Upon reaching the desired altitude, the dummies were
released and free-fell for several minutes before deployment of the main
parachute.
The dummies used for the balloon drops were outfitted with
standard equipment of an Air Force aircrew member. This equipment
consisted of a one-piece flightsuit, olive drab, gray (witnesses had
described seeing aliens in gray one-piece suits) or fuchsia in color,
boots, and a parachute pack. 5 1 The dummies were also fitted with an
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Fig. 28. (Left) Witnesses at
both flying saucer "crash"
sites stated that a "wrecker"
was used in the recovery of
the "alien" craft. This was
a likely reference to the
M-342 five-ton wrecker,
used to launch and recover
anthropomorphic dummies.
Fig. 29. (Right) Three tests
utilized anthropomorphic
dummies mounted in the door
of an experimental Project HIGH
DIVE gondola. This launch took
place on October 8, 1957, in
front of curious onlookers at
the public picnic area of White
Sands National Monument, N.M.
(U.S. Air Force photo)