“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…
volume of the 20-foot cell is about 4300 cubic feet and
its uninflated length is 38 feet. It is made up of 20
gores, heat sealed together in a butt weld. Along the
seams thus formed, a special acetate-£iber scotch type
tape (Minnesota Mining and Mfg. Co.,) is laid to reinforce
the weld and to carry and distribute the load. These
tapes converge to an appendix ring at the balloon bottom,
to which the load harness is attached. By using this
stressed tape design, much larger loads may be carried than
the thin polyethylene alone could hold. To exclude
air entering through the bottom, which is left open, an
external skirt or appendix is added.
Figure l Shows a 20-toot balloon ready to be released,
with an external appendix in position. As the balloon
rises, the lifting gas inside will expand until the balloon
is full, whereupon the excess gas which was needed to
make the balloon rise will be valved out. The full bal-
loon will then float at a level where the buoyancy just
balances the load. It will remain there until buoyancy
is lost by diffusion of the lifting gas, or by cooling,
as at sunset.
Neglecting minor effects, the amount of gas which is needed
to just balance the load at the maximum or floating ele-
vation would also just balance the load at any lower level,
including the surface, al~ugh the balloon would be less
than completely full at such a lower level.
B. Load Limits
For a given lifting gas, the altitude to which a balloon
will rise is determined principally by the load it bears.
Yii th a 20•foot General Mills balloon, using helium, a
payload of 40 pounds will reach approximately 46,000
feet and an 18-pound load will go to about 58,000 feet.
Although the manufacturers recommend keeping the payload
between 18 and 40 pounds, no trouble has been folli~d in
launching loads of as much as 70 pounds (37,000.feet) or
as small as 4 pounds (67,000 feet).
C. Appendices
For·highest altitudes and smallest sunset effects on a bel-
loon, it is necessary to keep air from diluting the helium.
To accomplish this, a check valve is required in order
that helium may be valved when the balloon is full, yet
air not be permitted to enter at any time. An appendix,
consisting of a tube of balloon material, whose length is
about 2 to ~ times its diameter is used for this purpose,
and is supplied as part of the General Mills balloon.
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