The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert

USAF / The Black Vault · 1995 · 882 pages · text by OCR, confidence 99%

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Teardrop shaped polyethylene balloons were produced by General Mills Inc. and Winzen Research, Inc., both of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The General Mills cells were supplied in four sizes with the diameters of 7, 20, 30 and 70 feet to carry loads to varying altitudes. A 20-foot balloon is shown in Figure 5. [figure] Figure 5. 20'-Diameter, teardrop polyethylene balloon. In all of these, film is .001" polyethylene, butt-welded with fiber tape laid along the seams to reinforce the seal, and to carry -13-

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