“Nevers”49 pages
- p. 17 …of alien beings and elusive vehicles which never quite
seem to manifest themselves. Regardless of one…
- p. 31 …Conversely, there
has never been any previous documentary evidence produced by those who
would debunk the…
- p. 32 …This had never been
officially done before, although most of the persons contacted reported that they…
- p. 40 …Lt Col Cavitt also
stated that he had never taken any oath or signed any agreement…
- p. 77 …Because this conclusion is based on
the absence of documentation, the issue can never be definitively…
- p. 99 …H written, there is
good evidence through accessioning and microfilming records that the Agency never
received…
- p. 101 …histories and
supporting documents, and it has never routinely received the kind of records which
might…
- p. 159 …I have never been sworn to any form of secrecy by anyone concerning this matter and…
- p. 165 …It never crossed my mind that it could be anything but a radio sonde.
RW: How…
- p. 168 …as far as I knew, I never heard anyone say, "Don't talk about this
and…
- p. 169 …I never met LaPaz personally, but I knew what he was.
RW: Did Rickett go with…
- p. 170 …I forget since I was there in the Washington
area for awhile but I never did…
- p. 172 …To the best of my recollection, I never met the rancher, Brazel.
RW: O.K., because…
- p. 173 …rve never seen a Geiger counter myseU: but I didn't know if you knew what…
- p. 174 …ordered Marcel to accompany the rancher back
to Corona, •· You said you never saw... and then…
- p. 175 …I never had any idea that it was anything with the V-2. They told us…
- p. 177 …You and I never saw this. You don't see
any military people or military vehicles…
- p. 178 …said in a facetious way: "Lets make out like it never existed, because we're wasting…
- p. 179 …to him the crash and recovery had never happened.
There was no investigation on the Foster…
- p. 182 …No, I never saw this.
SC: I don't know what that is from.
RW: "But…
- p. 183 …So, some of there
records were TS and still are.) That is because they have never…
- p. 185 …Cav never
told me anything. He said nl never tell you anything then you won't…
- p. 189 …I am quite sure that we never gave it a thought until that book.
- p. 190 …Now, we have never found the ftight records to
substantiate that, so I don't know…
- p. 202 …related
to this inquicy and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning not…
- p. 207 …related to this inquiry
and I have never been threatened by US Government persons concerning refraining…
- p. 213 …We never considered a ..planneq cover story; we were concerned with security.
I was the project…
- p. 214 …I never obsCJVed any of the balloon "trains" but I
did see some of the early…
- p. 225 …and subsequent models were
brand new, had never flown anything like that in this area.
A…
- p. 228 …I'd never heard the
name Mogul -- the classification was that high. I knew what we…
- p. 240 …I just wanted to see
if there had been anything stated to you never to discuss…
- p. 242 …but I never knew Marcel.
in my mind, and there are
Yeah, I knew that guy…
- p. 243 …I've never seen a Japanese balloon that I know
of, I've never seen the…
- p. 246 …No, I've never seen this.
Trakowski argued that even the name Mogul was classified,
and…
- p. 249 …Out PM with
several NYU men by weapons carrier, but we never located it.
Rocket postponed…
- p. 264 …As far as I know we just
never interfaced with the military.
Q: Where were you…
- p. 266 …We never saw
anybody in security. There was certainly nobody keeping us
secure. If anything, we…
- p. 273 …who was writing a story,
and I never quite could determine whether he was on the…
- p. 274 …I have never seen such a document nor have I ever heard of
any effort to…
- p. 277 …radar
reflectors for tracking purposes-but it never comes out talking about MOGUL and the instrumentation…
- p. 278 …I never met Richard Robert Crane. I knew him only by the path of debris he…
- p. 282 …They never said it, but I know they did because they left me free to
do…
- p. 318 …Before now, however, a larger portion of the story was never
told. Recent research indicates that…
- p. 320 …and Project MOGUL as first conceived was never put into operational 1use.
However, MOGUL did serve…
- p. 321 …Moore, NYU Constant-Level
Balloon Project Engineer, stated that they were never informed of the classified…
- p. 567 …and this flight 11as never recovered. Pre-
sumably the marked easterly flow then observed above 60…
- p. 591 …ficienoy since on-ot.f' operation was never per-
mitted.
The temperature data of' these flights…
- p. 740 …The theodolite lost the balloon in clouds earlier and
the airplane observer never succeeded in seeing…
- p. 815 …Out pm with several NYU by weapon carrier but we never located it. Rocket
postponed until…
mass-production methods and quality eontrol associated with stan-
dard dry batteries gave greater assurance of satisfactory IS rformance.
Subsequent measurements made of the temperature inside the trans-
mitter battery pack showed that the temperature can be maintained
above -1ooc if the transmitter and batteries are housed in a box
insulated with one-to two-inch walls of Styrofoam. This insulation
is effective even through long nighttime periods when no solar
heating is added.
One type of battery tested in flight was a light-weight wet cell
(Burgess Type AM) of the "dunk" type, (magnesium • silver chloride).
These cells were vacuum-packed to provide indefinite shelf-lite.
Activated by immersion in ~~ter just before release, they were ex-
pected to produce a constant voltage over a period of 6 hours to
overcome cold temperature effects. Those units used proved to be
rather unsatisfactory and subject to erratic behavior. Further-
more the cost of the cells was very great compared with ordinary
cells.
E. Radio Direction-Finding
For ground stations, when the balloon-borne transmitter is a T-69,
.the SCR-658 RDF set has been used. With such a set the radio sig-
nal can be picked up at distances up to 150 miles and good azimuth
bearing may be obtained (accurate to less than one degree). Although
the elevation angle may be obtained with equal accuracy when free
from distortion, angles of less than 13 degrees are usually affected
by ground reflection to such an extent as to render them valueless.
To extend the range over which such sets were effective, two or more
usually were used, positioned along the expected track of the balloon
at intervals of about 100 miles. With two sets giving crossed azi-
muth "fixes" the position m~y be d~termined. If the elevation
ar1gle is above 13 degrees, it is possible to fix the belloon with one
SCR-658 (assuming the pressure altitude is kr.own).
For details of the mainte~~nce and use of the SCR-658, see War De-
partment publication T.M. ll-1158A.
VVhen aircraft are used to follow and position the balloon, the use
of a radio-compass is found ~o be feasible, using the AX-1 tre.ns-
mitter at a frequency that is within the limits of the compass re-
ceiver. By homing on the signal end flying along the indicated
bearing until the compass needle reverses~ the balloon~ position
may be found from initial distances or up to 500 miles. No appre-
ciable cone of silence has been observed in recent flights which
used a transmitter operating at 1746 kc.
Radio compass equipmen~AN/A~-~ is described in U.s. A. A. F.
publication T. o. 68-10.
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