roswell

1947 11
to return. Receiver at plane did not work at all. Ground receiver worked for a short
time but did not receive explosions. B-17 and most of personnel out to Ros·well - recovered
equipment some 25 mi east of Roswell. Out at 10 this morning, got T1~ and went out to
range. Fired shots 12 to 18 every hour. Last of bombing tests this week.
June 6 Fri. NYU personnel getting ready for flight tomorrow. Conference about noon, Hackman
with radiosonde, Olsen and Godbee with receiver to Roswell - also Smith on theodolite.
Regular equipment in plane.Edmundson and Reynolds to operate equipment at labs - receiver
with GR8. Worked on adopting GR8 this pm and this evening. Fired some shots pm at site #4
but no transmitter for sonobuoy. This pm put McCurdy low frequency amplifier in circuit
before GR8 and have plenty of signal.
Jmne 7 Sat. Balloon flight off about 530. Dribbler? broken on takeoff. Balloon was to
60,000':, broke left balloons then train came down somewhere in mountains. Recordings at
north hanger, and at Roswell but plane did not receive. Shot at 6, 630, 7, 730, 8 and 830
at site #4. Plane out to find balloons but no luck. All NYU personnel and John Aaden off
on B-17 - Lewis, Gallagher. Went over to Alamogordo with Ireland, Minton, Olsen and Mears
but no train today - making reservations for tomorrow.
June 8, Sun. Rancher, Sid West, found balloon train 25 mi south of High Rolls in mountains.
Contacted him and made arragements to recover equipment Monday. Got all recordings of
balloon flights. Took Treland, Mears, Winton, Olsen to Alamogordo to catch train this pm
June 9 Mon. Bill Godbee and Don Reynolds went out to Sid West's ranch south of High Rolls
and broughtback recovered balloons- clock, 2 radiosondes, sonobuoy and microphone and lower
part of dribbler. Bill Edmondson cleaning up hanger and sorting out equipment of NYU. Worked
today on balloon records (GR8) from north hanger. No definite signals obtained. Took inv-
entory MRs.
June 10 Tues. Bill G , Bill E and Don worked on equipment, repairing GR8, T21 mikes, etc.
Getting ready for rocket Thursday. Worked on GR8 recordings from Hagerman, Tests 3,4,5,6.
No signals obtained. Worked on balloon tests from Roswell - no signals. V on Gila R tests
3,4,5,6, Eileen on V2 amplitudes.
June 11 Wed. Bill Godbee and I went out to Tulerasa Range and located Site ~5 for bombing,
24 mi N of Site #3 - roads bad. Laid ~ut wire for shooting, Don and Bill E getting ready
for rocket. Checked Rubicon records, all 3 sites.
June 12 Thurs. All rockets postponed Until July 3 rocket of S.C.E.L. Bill E, Don, Bill G
went down to El Paso and then SE along Rio Grande. LocatedLlistenine site south of Clint,
Texas and layed out wires and dug holes. Worked on bombing flights from Oakhurst.
June 13 Fri. Men off today. '.' worked on tests 3,4,5,6 Tularosa bombing. E orr.V-2 rocket
amplitudes. I plotted T-X all sky waves and started reviewing March 11 and 17 records.
June 14 Sat. BillE and family, Don Rand family, V, E and I to Carlsbad.
June 15 Sun. Through Carlsbad Caverns and back to Alamogordo.
June 16 Mon. Men off today. Worked on eastern shore cruises, plotting T-X corrected to 68
kms & worked on apparent velocit~es and differences in azimuth.
June 17 Tues. Men left for Silver City and Febrero? near El Paso for bombing tests. Worked
on Cruises.
June 18 Wed. Test 7 of Tularosa Bombing Program, Shots at 7, 930 and 12)0. Men called in
from field to aheck clocks. Weather poor - raining at all sites. E on V2 rockets, V Cruises.
June 19 Thurs. Test 8 of Tularosa bombing program, shots at 1600, 1830, 2100 , 2400.
'lleather poor - rainy at Alamogordo.
June 20 Fri Finish of Test 8. Shots at 0000 and 02)0, Sites 1,3,5. Men back today. Godbee,
Reynolds at Silver City got all shots, Edmondson at El Paso @ot 1 possibly 2. Looked over
all Fabens records today. Eon weather data, rocket firings,V on Tests 3,4,7 and Flights.
June 21 Sat Worked on GR8 records from Fabens - calculated azimuth and elevation angles -
Fabens recordings and some of Silver City.
June 22 Sun. On trip with V & E - San Cruzes, Hot Springs, Carizzo
Week of Jan 23-28 Alamogordo Air Base. Men worked on~equipment for sound ranging Monday
and made arrangements for off base transportation, had to get some from Base Motor Pool;
Bill G, Don R left am for Gila Valley and Bill E went to Fabens. Tests 9, 10 Wednesday 25
and Thurs, Fri 26-27. Test 9: 7-10-13-16-18 Sites 1-3-5-)-1. Wen~ out with Sgt Rand.
Contacted by telephone Wed night and Thursday. Shot 10 Thurs, Fri at 18-21-00-03-05. Out
with Sgt Rand again. Men in Fri pm. Good results from west, but poor or nothing from Fabers.
Looked over some of Fabens records Sat. V worked on Tests 7-8 getting all data, including
amplitudes, then worked on Flights 1-27. Got met data for all flights up to 18 kms except
Oct ones. Found one whole minute error in timing on 24A flight which now checks with others