roswell

1946 1
:::'ec 2 f·'on. Oakhurst. C:old ~-rave hit about midnight - temperature down to 15° - strong
wind. Started preparations for Alamogordo trip; getting Rubicon drums and galvanometers
r~ady.
Jec '3 ':ues. Oakhurst, '·Iorl-:ed on ::ubi con drums and gaL•a.11ometers for Alamogordo trip -
Stepan off on August 9 data - '!1 vi an working up aruise tabulations. Oliva setting up new
GRJ for Alamogordo. Got oscillograph operating with J T-21 microphones.
Jec 4 ~·Ted. Oakhurst. Set up 20 sec eal·tos and operated for several hours. In with r,;cCurdy
to safety meeting, ~·1.c. C:hantz set up Rubicon "in dark box and took several records with
1 sec gal v. Hade up list for Alamogordo.
Dec c: Thurs Oakhurst. '{orked on :celays for setup at Alamogordo. r~cCurdy & his group on
':'-21 operations. ~·Ioodruff and Chantz getting motors,etc ready for trip. '.lent or.1er
Hork at Cakhurst with ··i·rian.
Jec 6 Fri. Oakhurst. ~forked on equip!'lent for Alamogordo. left at noon, caught 135 to
~Tew York City. Contacted Carl Gerdes and Ed Schempf at United Geophysical office. Curtin
also in riY office. Went out to eat with Carl and Ed and discussed future work. They have
job open for me in Alaska and also later possibilities in Turkey. Ed caught plane out
about 745. Left on 1215 tonight for Asbury Park.
Dec 7 Sat. ~·Tent to Oakhurst 10 - J. '<!'oody and Phil there getting ready for Alamogordo.
Peoples up for awhile pm.
Dec 8 Sun. Worked about 7 - 8 hours at Oakhurst. Chantz and Peoples there - getting realys,
etc ready for Alamogordo. ~ent over all theoretical work on flights, etc with Peoples.
Dec 9 Mon. Oakhurst. Finished getting all equipment ready for Alamogordo. Chantz, Woody and I
went to Watson Labs. Got checks and travel orders. All equipment loaded on.•trucks and taken
to ~~atson late pm. Talked to Colonel Duffy a while about future plans.
DeclO Tues. ~ioody, Chantz and I left Oakhurst in staff car about 9 am. Arrived at rr ewark
airport 10. C-54 in from ~'iddletown about 11, bringing Ball and Oakes from \fright Field.
Loaded up all equipment on C-54 and left Newark about 145 pm. Lewis, pilot; Clowry, co-
pilot. Arrived Oklahoma City about 945 pm EST. Got rooms at Air Base Hotel, Went into Okla-
homa City for dinner tonight.
Dec 11 1·led. Oklahoma City. '1Taited for weather to lift. Unable to leave in time to reach
Alamogordo before dark. At Air Base hotel tonight. Equipment from Johns Hopkins Unicersity
transferred to MOGUL plane, including warhead of •r-2. 4 scientists & crew, including Del-
gano? • Called Jimmie at Fairview, Okla.
Dec 12 Thurs. Left Oklahoma City in C-54 at 0800 CST. Arrived at Alamogordo about 11 RMT.
l"'et Major Pritchard a.t air base. C- 54 unloaded warhead material first then all MOGUL eqpt
which went to North Hanger. Went over to Prichard's office, met Major r-~aguire? and talked
over prospects of serups. Woody and Phil worked on equipment pm. Went up in L-J with Sgt
Mack looking over country of proposed sites. ~AC corporal launched at 4 pm. Worked on
equipment tonight. Staying at BOQ.
Dec 13 Fri.Woody and I left Alamogordo Air Base in weapon carrier and scouted out area south
of White Sands and Turoro Lake. Got lost on ordnance map we had. Located Tower and K station
!lent to Proving Ground. Saw Karsh and Major Grant and got good locations and one of good
maps. Left Proving Grounds about 2 and went up west side of sand area to site A3.
Arrived there at 4 but over very rough roads. Back to Alamogordo Air Base at 620. Chantz in
Alamogordo working on T-21s, BST and Brush equipment.
Dec 14 Sat. 1:Ient out Hwy 70 this am toward Proving Grounds. Turned off at ~ihi te Sands Nat '1
~onument and drove to end of 9 mile road in park, about half in white sand area. Found loc-
ation for #2 site which is about 30 miles north and a little east of launching site. Back to
Air Base at noon. Went out north looking for Site 3. Tried to get through Ordnance Gate but
needed key. ~·lent back and around by Alamogordo and Tularosa but couldn't get in there. Back
to base, got key from Provost r-:arshal and went out to Ordnance Gate. Found it did not lead
in right Came back to Harth Hanger and took road out from there, finally landing at
bombing area about 35 mi from base. Left all Rubicon equipment there. Pack at Base 645
Dec 15 Sun. Got all GR3 recording units and went up to site 3. Set up both Rubicon in tent
and GRJ in small building. Got recordings on both. Back through Tularosa and Alamogordo.
Dec 16 ~on. Signal ~orps people, Dr Kane and Dr Crenshaw in this am. 7hey are planning to
measure time interval between bursts of meteorites at 60, 70, RO seconds after launching.
:~ent over our plang with them. Packed eqpt for Site #2 in ',fuite Sands. Shantz and I stayed
setting up apparatus and ~·roody went back for equipment for Site #1. Left Site 2 about J pm
and went to site 1. Set up equipment there. Finished about 7. To Alamogordo for dinner.