“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…
Flight 94: Released from Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1208 MST, September 3, 1948
Recovered At Villa /Ylumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
On this flight, a fourth attempt was made to sustain a Seyfang, neoprene-
coated nylon balloon. On Flight 79, a previous Seyfang flight, no ballast
equipment had been in operation, and so a careful record of ballast flow on
Flight 94 was desired. This was provided by a ballast meter. In addition to
this and the barograph and Olland _pressure-measuring instruments, a thenno-
graph was also part of the equipment train.
The height-time curve (Figure 43) shows that the initial buoyancy sur-
plus of this balloon (for the most part due to superpressure held behind
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FLIGHT 94
Released at Alomogado)'tM.
Sept 3,1948- 1208M.SI
RacxMinrd ot'JIIIo Anlmada.
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OI.LAJI) eMU IMa
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TIME CM.S:tl
Figure 43
the safety valve) was reduced by diffusion so that after one hour of floating
it began to descend at an accelerating rate. After falling about 2000 feet,
the automatic ballast valve began to operate, and ballast was discharged at
the rate of 4:!0 grams per minute. During the descent, however, the strong
superheat Which the balloon had acquired was reduced by ventilation.
The adiabatic lapse rate of helium is 2°C per kilometer, Whereas air in
the troposphere warms up about 60C with ea_ch kilometer of descent. This
means that v.'ith each kilometer of fall, the lifting gas was cooled relative
to the air by an additional 40C. The combination of inertia, loss of super•
heat through ventilation, and adiabatic cooling ot. the gas as it was com-
pressed, proved too great for the limited flow of ballast through the auta-
matic valve, and the balloon fell unchecked to the ground.
From Flight 79, it was detennined that superheat of nearly 400C is built
up when Seyf'ang balloons are fl01m in the sunshine. It this Yrere lost, the
buoyancy of the balloon would be reduced by one-sixth, and no satisfactory
control could be achieved by ba~last dropping.
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