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ATrn'r Mr. R.L. Maeon
toss of MR Equipment
'iCllDB-4 19 J"an 56
Lt. Nielsen/lbc
Ext. 2-4194/B.J3
1. On 17 November 1955, en anthropo!!Orphic dlllllley'o B-15 jacket and a stop watch
were lost during a hi&~ altitude dummy drop from a balloon at Holloman Air Forcs Base,
New 1-B:cico,
2. The drop was performed to determine the affectiTeness of a two stc.ge
personnel parechute ill lowering a =·like dllllley from 85\000 feet. The test was part
of a continuing task •High Altitude Escape Studiaa•, 7218-71719. The point at which
the dUOJllllY reached the ground vas not lalovn to the recovery crews at the time and an ex-
tensive search lasting through the firat week of DeceMber 1955 failed to discoTer the
lC>st items.
3· !.ost ores
a, l ea., dllllllcy', anthropomorphic, Sierre Ecgineering Co. model 120, stock
no. 3500-NL-30010,
b. 1 ea,, jacket, B-l-5, spec. ,3220, abe 36, stock no. 8415-269-0512,
c. 1 ea., stop watch, Fisher Scientific eo. P/N 14-646, stock no, BT,\A
9854.5.
4, Because of the loss of these i tams as a result ot a test, 1 t is requested
that Lt. Henry F. Nielsen be relieved of tha responaibilit7 for these items,
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Figs. 36-38. Actual
photographs of an Alderson
Laboratories type
anthropomorphic dummy
falling away from its
suspension rack at high
altitude over New Mexico.
Fig. 37 (center) appears on
the cover of this publication.
(U.S. Air Force photos)
Fig. 39. Memo taken from
Project HIGH DIVE files
explaining the loss of a
dummy near Roswell, N.M.
in November 1955.