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but it was postponed until Thursday.
Nay 20 Tues. Edmondson and I left about 0845 in weapon carrier for Roswell. Arrived at
Hagerman about 12. ~ent across Pecos R and found site. Surveyed in locations, dug holes
and strung wires. ;{ent over to Roswell Army Air Field, filled up with gas. Checked for room
for Bill for lied and Thurs. Back to Alamogordo about 730 pm. Godbee and Reynolds loaded up
one weapon carrier, ready to leave tomorrow. Vivian working on weather data to send back
to Watson. Eileen working on March 7 azimuth - elevation plots and checking picks.
l·'ay 21 Wed. Reynolds and Godbee left about 800 in. loaded weapon carrier. Stopped at gate
by SC Lt and had to unload on motor pool weapon carrier acc't bad tires and heavY load on
other one. Left about noon for Silver City. Bill Edmondson picked up GR8 and left for Ros-
well in weapon carrier SC about noon. Got all equipment together for shooting tomorrow.
':Jorked with V and E this pm. Eileen finished checking original da~a 7 March and started
checking April 1 azimuths and elevation angles. 'f finished azimuths direct waves and started
extension of weather data to 288, 18 kms fm sky wave data.
May 22 Thurs. Thompson and I out at 0730 to Ordnance dump. Sgt Rand met us there and let us
in area. Picked up 17 boxes of TNT. Shot 1000 at Site 1, 1100 at Site 3, 1200 at Site 3 and
1300 at Site 1 again. Thompson left for El Paso to meet his family, in from Corpus Christi.
:·!orked a little in office PM. Called up Silver City and Roswell tonight, changed schedule
of tomorrow from 1100 last one to 1115. Checked AAF clocks over telephone.
l'!ay 23 Fri. Went out at 0530 and got sgt Rand. We went out to ammunition dump, picked up
16 boxes of TNT. Sgt Rand to field with me. Shot 0800 Site 1, 0900 Site 2, 1000 Site 3
and 1115 Site 1. Worked on theoretical calculations pm. Bill E in from Roswell about 5 and
and Reynolds & Godbee in about 800
Y,ay 24 Sat. Went over with Godbee and unloaded his truck, hung his recordings to dry. Went
over GR8 records too but didn't see any signals there. GR3 from Silver City has some good
sky waves.
May 25 Sun. Tried to get into El Paso to catch train to Houston but Alamogordo train too
late to make connections. Back to Alamogordo Air Base.
May 26 Mon. Worked on Tests 1 and 2 records today. No signals from Roswell - some thunder
on 2 shots. 5 sky waves from Silver City. Vivian worked on...records .. Eileen on thunder
recordings. Godbee worked am, Bill and Don off today.
r.ay 27 Tues. Worked with V on tests 1 and 2, E back~ .on rocket of April 1. Bill Godbee and
Don out to Dona and set up GR3 for Thursday firing.
V:ay 28 Wed. B-17 in from Watson with Mears, Hackman, NYU and Alden. They plan to fly test
balloon tomorrow. Other gang with recording equipment, due to leave Watson Sat. Got every-
thing ready for HERMES rocket tomorrow, Dona & White Sands. Finished theoretical calcul-
ations of T-X solution of sky waves.
May 29 Thurs. Mears and Hackman got balloon ascension off about 1 PM today with B-17 plane
to follow it. Don and Godbee out to Dona, Bill and I to East White Sands to record HERMES.
Set·,for 1100Jam, postponed repeatedly, finally fired at 0730 PM. Rocket off course, landed
near Juarez, Mexico.
May 30 Fri. Memorial Day. Got JJO bus out of Alamogordo, 10)0 train out of El Paso to Housto.
May 31 Sat. Arrived Houston 715, went up to bank 900, then to Abbott - Stansell and picked
up car - '42 Chrysler. Went up to Sohio and talked to Donnie and Roy Bennett for an hour.
Left Houston about 1145, stayed overnight past Post, Texas.
June 1 Sun. Left 0400, arrived in Alamogordo about 09)0 - 800 miles to base from Houston.
C-47 with Moore, Schneider and others from NYU. Also Ireland, Minton, Olsen. NYU men
worked on balloons today in north hanger.
June 2 Mon. Changed shooting plans to coordinate with balloon flights. Balloon all ready
to go. Receiver in plane and receiver on ground. Edmondson with GR8 to Roswell pm, Godbee
and Reynolds with GRJ to Silver City. Vivian working on amplitudes of flights - Eileen on
April 7 rocket.
Jun 3 Tues. Up at 02)0 am ready to fly balloon but abandoned due to cloudy skies. I went
out to Tularosa Range and fired charges from 6 on to 12, missed 530 shot - trouble getting
ordnance man.
Jqn 4 Wed. Out to Tularosa Range and fired charges between 00 and 06 this am. No balloon
flights again on account of clouds. Flew regular sono buoy up in cluster of balloons and
had good luck on receiver on ground but poor on plane. Out with Thompson pm. Shot charges
from 1800 to 2400.
June 5 Thurs. Up at 4 to shoot 2 charges for balloon flight. Whole assembly of constant-
altitude balloons set up at 0500. Fired charges at 0537 and 0552, then soon buzzed by plane