“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…
Operation of the instrument may be described as follows: 7he
instrument is inserted in the load line just above the ballast
assembly by attaching the load line to the upper ring (A) and the
rigging from the ballast assembly to the lower ring (B). A canti-
lever spring (F) is set into an adjustable base (K), Which may be
adjusted tor various empty ballast-assembly weights by changing the
setting of the adjusting screw (L). The lower ring is attached
to the cantilever spring, but can be adjusted tor different ballast
weights by sliding along the spring (trom G to Gl, tor instance).
For light ballast weights the lower ring 1s moved away from the
base (K) (to the right on the diagram), and tor heavy ballast weights
it is moved toward the base. Adjustments are made on the adjusting
screw {L) and the lower ring {G) before each flight according
to the weights of the ballast assembly and the ballast.
The cantilever spring is attached to the connecting bar {E) at {H).
Thus the deflection of the lower ring is transferred through the
cantilever spring to the connecting bar and then to the pen arm
{C), which is pivoted about a fixed point {D). !he deflection is
recorded by the pen on a rotating smoked drum {B) • In order to
prevent the pen from going ott the drum, an adjustable stop is set
at {J).
The unit should be calibrated tor ~imum load {pen arm at Ct),
a medium load {pen arm at C) and minimum load {pen arm at C2) before
each flight. A trace of ballast function will start at the top of
the drum and as ballast is discarded will fall toward the bottom
ot the drum. By measuring the deflection at any time and comparing
with the calibration, the amount of ballast lett in the assembly
at any time can be determined. Since this instrument is a part
ot the bare-thermograph, the trace obtained upon recovery will contatn
information concerning altitude, temperature, and ballast tunc tioning
over the complete flight. After proper correction for time dis-
placement of the three pens has been made, the three types of in-
tor.mation can be correlated to give a fairly complete picture of
the balloon flight, including reasons tor various types of motion.
It is expected that this inatrument will be extremely valuable in
determining ballast control operation over a long period of time,
especially after the balloon system is out ot radio reception range.
It also will give information that could not·be obtained it there
were any failure of the autome.tic siphon meter or the transmitter
during launching or flight. The chief drawbaok of the instrument
is that information is dependent on recovery.
At the time of writing of this report the inst!"U1118nt has not been
flight tested. Preliminary laboratory tests indicate that the in-
strument will live up to the high expectations placed upon it.
Since the instrument actually records the tensile force in the load
line during flight, it may also be valuable in analysis of the ac-
celeration forces induced during periods of balloon oscillation
in the atmosphere.
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